Evening star., 1926-09-26
IDA GILBERT MYERS.

lDA UILbEhI M Ems.
EoMAD'S LAND. BY Mary Roberts
Rinehart, author of The Red
Lamp etc. Illustrated. New
York: George H. Doran Co.
- oMING out of "Nomad's
Land" one realizes that here
the travellers usual question
of where to 60 ceased IN no
time at all to have any i'm
rortance. For right at the start II
stood clear that the company was IN .ne
main count in this adventure. !no
ovra nnids, and the Sphinx. ana the
teronles and the tonbs Of Egypt went
into sudden eclipse behind the masseo
;nAuence of the desert. and Daoahean'
and Assour. and Mary Roberts Rlne
hart C.rayeyards and dead kings
tha stock in trade of Egypt nova
Savs-have been overplayed, ose,
staged. No one would eaten ina. ioHo ~
more promptly than thls Mfi.e, All,
one would understand NOR 20, in
Than she that a really llVe outn' -
+ha desert would be in the nature oL,
go an oasis. SO while Mrs. Rlnenar.
,asLas respectful obeisance TO lne
5nad and gone grandeur or Egyp.
nnci.rt kines and gives graphlc oe
scrintions Of this ana that IN lne va! ~oS
~ custom. and rite. ana cei 49,,
she. for her moments OF SUE sasert
s,aoah devotes herself to the oese,t'
I urt''in hsheah. and Assour, and the
S.ti,, routine of desert life. hsoutlne
a. -, tho word. for there Is no suC.l
.5,ne IN This. adventure. Dapaneah 40
tha can,el that Mrs. Rinenart Is ~
Ia. ofter q while when she gets tiIe
hong of the business. "Dresseu III "a
hest, tingling with small pens .is. evil
various necklaces to keep OH nc ,,,i,d
eve, prone. acquiescehl har two
there she was. I got on hei, -
shedov-y figures who had oeen staI.ua
tar oy her doubled-up forelegs steppeu
es bar rear shot up into the al "
forward portion followed SUN 80 e, i,
n.oh Iet ont behind and 'anothel ~
front and she was up. % 80 +,,.
Ear below me were the sanue -. .ad
I.ihyan desert. The tau beuoun naha.
.hr,,rk 10 insignficance. Ana Do
snru''t 1,,rned ~ her long neck and gave
Glance Of concentrated hal' GU.
III. io,1rney in the desert Is on.
,Ihe, ;s the use of talking oil .t!S w!
..in ar any other made oH tiltH 1
.,on,ano You all know her you a., ~
read her. But want to ASK aoS. su,, T
vou know any other Writer y. .h;ne
doincs-and she converts eNe,
into the exchange ol cohllliu,, hl,,,,,;cshle Tl
who has the completely comm 100
snir;t of humor, gusto, common seuss
I,-l,,er mental alertneSs ana toi,iN
; ~, this one has? Out on tle
ranch when Summer comes up II, ~
air where the sky's the hnlt' me-
Gifts are as manifest as "he" ~
author is in Egypt OF any - %
where 4 charming va ,hst
a,roan3ine with-no doubt about 'hd''
,vc pv " H. Davies.
anthor Of "rhe Autobiography OF
Super.Tramp." etc. Ne" io' N
George H. Doran Co.
..x-AcARoND" is a beautiful word
that has fallen upon eVl' uaH
Not at all does it carry IN us es;anI,,
tba faint of wastrel, or even rutnidn'?
i..a,cA that now so commonly iS
ono1ied 70 II. Instead. it points out 'le
strol,er moving here and there' as
+be heart dictates. as the SKIES III,
80 tho wind calls as the song OF DIT"
or the scurry of hare throws ou. t,1
lure of new road and tfesh .,' neIu
Vow. w. H. Davies is perez
good vagabond. leading OF INTO Ma
Of pleasure and dellght anu -, r.
noent~-an easy-going man. reaoH
ston for talk and cool stretch upon
4Le Grass. pocketful of talk thiS
vseahond has on all manner OF SUI
iects-beggars. poets. artlsts; ha!u
luck and good luck, authors pE sec
and land, war. politics. society loai.
ing along the road. famous met-N ,,,,
not. Easy talk. Running alohs liNe
h,,s, hrook: honely talk about com,
@ uuS9 thires-tohacco. and dogs, and
food and drink. Wise talk sometlmes'
10 like how 10 know without chance
IF making a mistake beggars canp
u,ben Won come upon it. First there
will be A curious assortment u ~.
cans and If YOU know anythlns doou'
heeears and the way they llNe !ou
viii see by the position OF the cams
what kind of men were thete 20
"1f they were true travellers ana pro
<aae;n,,o, hecrars. the cans will he
curved INSIDE down. so that the de"
nv rain shall not set inside ana rus'
+hen, For in his consideration io'
o+hars the true traveller Is a Gehlie
n,sn" And so on through long ana
delightful list of possibilities for these
kings Of the open road. 1t seems ihd'
eraat writers have a lustful eye
turned upon vagaoondage' lol u,,.e se
of the most cirCumsreCt OF tnese I'd We
onened their hearts to the enVhpie
1iSa of this "super-tramp conrad
Hudson. Masefield among them.
heautjf,1l book. a true vagrant, brim'
wing with a thousand things that are
without price; things that demand
only the heart to desire them, ana
there they are.
THE BIG MoGUL. BY Joseph {;
Lincoln, author Of Queer Judson'
etc. New York: D. Appleton & 90.
CERTAIN novelties have done more
~ 70 move entire localities into the
tnt,roate affection Of readers than MS
torians have done. or. indeed, than any
e,her brand of authorship has sue
ceeded in doing. Joseph Lincolh IS
clearly one Of these. By way or MS
stories New England has moved out
into every other part Of the country
tts characters as familiar as the IONS
q ecross the waN its features OF ths
east coast life as clear as II tneE nau
haen life long companions. ereat
achgavanent hv way of an art that
has held steadfa silly to sincerity 10 tne
viii 10 reproduce in words the people
n,hom Lincoln has always known peo'
nle IF whom he is himself a part leef
NO as they do. behav wing as they uo'
iookine at life as they do. hut Jus'
eoough removed to obtain that truth
Of distance which is the aim OF al arr.
Joseph Lincoln's characters are
reaIlv a rart Of New England as Cape
Cod is part Of it. or Plymouth ROCK.
And 10 the sincerity Of this writer Is
sdded a kindliness, half humorous and
aItoeether friendly. that fits like glove
to hand the themes of his choosing,
The Big Mogul" projects the great
man of the town. He is a type. no
matter where the town that oo"s 10
him may be. Dominating. inconslo-
erate. hard. In this case II is io.e
stor-v which the mogul seeks TO de-
strov that serves Mr.. Lincoln as an
other chance to portray a character
that Is less harsh than its rough eX'