Evening star., 1927-11-27
IDA GILBERT MEYERS.

1EOESS AthSS. 1ltoSttANCh' A'No
ton; Little, Brown & Co.
"HE pleasant flavor Of a stroll
in Bloomsbury with Dickens
himself greets one at the out
set of this adventure in life.
Just sauntering through
Museum street. at one end OF whose
short stretch the British Museum
stands on guard. at the other end
Nudes Library. 1t Is. however. the
shops in between that give such
reminiscent gusto to the outing
Mr.. Hickman's, where paper and pens
are sold. the booksellers shop kept
by old Mr.. Stubbs and young Mr..
Stubs. Then at the corner shop is
Mr.. Parr, in his long white beard,
looking for all the world like one OF
the Il apostles. And Miss Ryan's.
where such cakes may be found as
YOU would buy coming from Nudes
on your way TO the museum, or. hav'
ing left the museum, you might get
TO stay YOUR stomach while you called
at the library.
Holding to this mood Of genial look.
ing backward, Mr.. Arliss moves hap
PLY through his childhood. where even
then play-acting on his part amused
not only the immediate family. but the
nelghborhood as we'll, since street and
yard served him as stage even more
satisfyingly than nursery or drawing
room, In leisurely fashion the story
makes it's way. gradually widening to
the dimensions of a stage career. This
point achieved, the book becomes a
wide domain OF art and stage craft
where celebrities OF the profession
come and 20 in something like pa
geant OF notable artists who, as a
whole, represent the recent years OF
the stage in purpose and method and
development. Intimacy with the
theater and all that this connotes.
both behind the curtain and in front
of it, marks this book Of recollections.
Innumerable fresh points OF view
upon it are offered readers. Actors
those lucky folks about whom every
one IL Unfortunately curious-come out
here in frank service OF open avowal
and intimate disclosure. The big
book embodies and projects the stage
Of the past IS years in its general
purpose and effect as part OF the
artistic and social life of the day. Be-
side all this worthy business. 1t is the
most compa nionable Of reading on a
theme OF very general interest. given
straight out of the hand and heart
of a we'll beloved actor who possesses
a peculiar genius Of his own.
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BALLADS FOR SALE. BY Amy
Lowell, author of East Wind" etc.
Boston: Houghton, Miffiin Co.
FROM every point of view a most
= desirable volume Of Amy Lowell
All Ax,k IA IL,
controversy over the claims of free
most readers of poetry that Amy
Lowell Is, by virtue of her work. be.
yond the reach of such disputations,
even as Walt Whitman himself is also
beyond dispute the great poet of a
new world, of new day. Ballads for
Sale" the third volume to be published
since the death OF their author, is an
uncommoniy rich book in one respect.
1t covers a wide reach OF place and
mood and subject. But however far
these poems may range-from Italian
scenes to portraits of people. On to
reflections upon all manner OF themes,
and on still further to songs of the
Pueblo Indians-they come together
in original imagery. in rugged treat.
ment. in straight outlook. in courage
and fearlessness toward the art of
poetry. They are fine and tonic in
effect. beautiful in design and color.
homespun to the soil OF their birth
so richly worth a. treasuring and a
pondering. Not the least of the at.
fractions here is the companionable
little volume in which these poems are
offered to the friends OF this great
woman.
MEN OF DESTINY. BY Walter
Lippmann. illustrated by Rollin
Kirby. New York. The MacMil'
Ian Co.
A COLLECTION of interesting es.
says from an interesting man.
The essays themselves are bound to
draw out a pretty general acceptance
on the single count that they deal
with people and affairs of the day.
Everybody is more deeply concerned
about the present moment than he
possibly can be about even the most
glorious past. The present is his and
in 1t he is looking for reliable assist
ance along many lines in which his
form of government requires his CO.
opinions, from clearly reliable
SOutCSp uPOh ttftHe 6t&tCShNh niio
upon Government meas.
ures. upon current states of mind re-
specting important issues, with a
touch or two upon writing men and
their work. The collection does not
aim at strict unity Of theme. only such
as inheres i'm the fact that in the
main these are questions which face
Americans alone. The real point of
the book is, however. Mr.. Lippmann
who In outstanding measure
possesses the gift of Qualification. of
drawing the kernel Of a question or
clean out from the shell and
husk of obscurity and hearsay and
confusion In which 1t is commonly
wrapped. Beside this power, so i'm.
portant to the average reader. the
author has also that Of discussion and
in which rancor. bitterness
even smilingly. he makes
use of his political wisdom for the ex.
posure Of political fallacies and fulfill.
ties--a much more Illuminating and
effective method than the most bril-.
liant vituperation could ever hope
to be. Beside being timely and sub.
stantial in character the writing of
Walter Lippmann is good meaty read
ing that cannot fail to capture any
reader of serious mind and bent
toward current importances.
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THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY. BY
Mrs. Bertrand Russell. New York:
Harper & Bros.
HERE is book, written by a
woman, that all intelligent and
women would be the better
for reading. That is. they would be
the better for reading 1t il getting
out from the shell of few hoary