Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

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scenes on a grand scale. engineers a
| plot of excellent substance. and. i'll
! a word. rounds up a splendid story
of strange do!ngs in big places.
! ); 4 s. *
! TIE CASTLE or LUCAS. BY AL
fonso Fernandez. Boston; Jamaica
Publishing Co.
nNE of the most knowing writer's OF
| ~ the present has given much OF ms
| thought and about the whole of his
! practice to a serious advocacy of ro'
nance as mans only way OF escape
from reality too drab for endurance
without such easement rs imagininSs
and dreams bring. Now and then one
may catch a dream escaping from its
secret place in the heart to declare it
self in story. | know man whose
profession is bIti!din2-that of plan
ming and putting up houses. shops,
offices. An arduous and eNacting
way OF life that passes from early
enthusiasm into routine and then into
drudcerv. This builder is Spaniard,
so it goes without saying that he is
possessed of an imagination. romantic
in cast Now. for change and ease
ment he still builds houses. But these
are castles with towers and battle
mentS. with underground passag es
ard dungeons. One particular castle
he sets down upon paper. as If he
had been able to lift it out of the
Old World setting which he knows SO
we'll And there it stands. tower. wall.
moat dungeon. Then what? Why,
lovely lady, OF course. seized upon
and brought to this safe hiding place.
BY this time you are able to see that
the prosaic builder of every day has
stepped aside for the romanticist who
has a story of adventure in his hand.
And the tale goes on with crime ana
! mystery, with rescue at the hands or
a gallant man. with love and-iust
in the otfing, with something that
| looks exactly like matrimony. Here
is a clear case of turning the days
| work into a novel of mystery and
intrigue by way of letting romantic
dreams have their way. Any writer
is more interesting than his books.
And sometimes. as in this case, the
| inspiring source of a story is more
| significant than the story itself, no
matter how absorbing the drama may
be. A very active and colorful tale
! of mystery stands here, disclosed from
| the moment and source of its incep-
ton to it's climax. the whole piece
| of pure romanticisn. an example OF
| the dynamic illusions" withoN which
man is unable to maxe his way
through existence in its naked
actually.
DIVOTS. BY p. c. Wodehouse. au-
thor Of Golf Without Tears" etc.
New York: George Fl. Doran Co.
ITO THE golfer p. G. Wodehouse is.
l. no doubt. a joy and a celebra.
ton. His humor and good humor
applied TO the game in its general
aspects of mixed comedy and tragedy
are, presumably, an uproarious mat
ter to those initiate to the great mys-
terry and a greater seduction of this
pastime-or is it a religion? Here in
group of tales-mystery tales to the
outsider-the author presents in turn
the various behaviorS of human ma
ture in the thrall of golf. and the
game itself both in its regular normal
course and in its temperamental
lapses away from any rule or reason
| whatever. Even to the reader who
knows not word of the lingo of
| this amusement. the pictures here set
down are mildly amusing. To the
knowing ones they NUT be irresisti-
| BILE. The technical Speech of any
game is as generally unintelligible as
| is that of the sciences or any other
| branch of special learning. Base ball.
| foot ball. tennis, bridge, any sport, in
| fact, has TO have its special terms,
| just as medicine has or the law. The
| average person can't read law book
with ease nor a book on medicine.
So. here, the no sport hardly knows
| what the fun is about. but he is GER
a 10
| and then a word comes along that
is of use in the common run of
| things. and these words. linked up
make a sum of human stuff that be.
| HAYES about the same whether the
game is that of golf or the indoor
sport of washing dishes.
| MYSTERY DE LUXE. BY Rufus
King. author of "Whelp of the
Winds" etc. New York. George
| Ii. Doran Co.
THIS story of mystery and impend-
ing crime runs throughout to the
million-dollar scale. The motive behind
the action is as familiar as a daily
press item. A rich man, at a certain
time and in a certain place, must de-
! liver huge sum Of money, or have
it delivered there. else-Wen, he'll
just wish he had were it not for the
fact that he will be beyond wishing,
in case of failure to comply with the
demand. Right at this point appears
young mantle inevitable young
man who loves the rich mans daugh-
ter. SO far, he has failed to register
noticeably with either the father or
the daughter. But after taking over
the whole nasty and dangerous job
Of running down the blackmailer and
probable murderer, then the young
man becomes rather more Of a sutton
and potential son-in-law than he
hitherto had been. The action of this
busy story takes place, in the main
on a gorgeous yacht to which has
been enticed, artfully, the entire en-
semble of the to-do-victim. pursuer
detective, lovely girl, with besides, the
common odds and ends Of society
folks. such as yachts are accustomed
to harbor. Mr.. Rufus King makes his