Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS
The Political Education of Wartime Predent-The Latest
Novels and the True Story of Musician and
His Wfe-Trains Book.

Spain and France. Then. in the course
of time and out of the spiritual unrest
OF the period, came the founding of
the order and it's spread throughout
the neighboring world under the per-
sonal zeal and contagion of Loyola
himself. There is a full description of
the workings of the new order and of
it's effect in the religious world. There
is an account, also. of the spread of
Jesiitism to every land, with an est.
mate of it's effects upon the various
periods and conditions where it was
established TO the religionist the
book is of special value. To the mere
reader it stands as an exalted example
of the new biography which embodies
clearly great character in story
that moves consistently through many
changing scenes of great and vital i'm
port. There is no advocacy here nor
is there any condemnation. This Is.
beyond dispute, the life record of lg.
natius Loyola himself. as he reacted
to his own spiritual urges In a par
ticular period and place. Remote
though the central figure may be from
the present and its concerns, here is,
nevertheless. a study whose effect is
that of immediate contact, whose in
terest is demanding at every point OF
disclosure. Here is clear evidence that
high scholarship. with it's painstaking
research, forms no barrier to q vivid
and impressive setting out of a dra-
matte body of truth
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HEIR TO KINGS. BY Wihifred Duke.
New York: Frederick A., Stokes Co.
MO one blames you for not warming
up toward the historical novel.
They are not warming things. as a
rule. But, just try this one. oh. yes,
the boy is rather worn with being over
Bonnie Prince Charlie of
Scotland and the rest of it. Here is
only a boy-young, beautiful, bitten to
death by the king bee, impetuous-
marching buoyantly upon self-destruc-
ton. And you'll love him, because he
is beautiful and because he Is doomed.
Here, however, he is keenly alive and
around him a wonderfully beautiful
and wonderfully true Scotland spreads
in all of it's many moods that chasten
and fascinate at the same time. And
here are the clans gathering around
this slip of a boy, because of their un-
dying fealty to the Stuart line. Hard
men, keen men. beguiled against their
own straight-thinking minds, by this
gay young prince out to prove his
dreams and to dare his destiny. No.
this isn't history. This Is life, set in
vivid and austere land, and moving
up into the present by virtue OF the
men, and the boy, who walk along be-
side you, more real than the folks out
on the street. and more interesting by
far A quite remarkable thing for
any writer to have done. TO evoke a
bit of the past so completely in per-
sonalities, in historic action, in a set
ting that actually breathes with life
and beauty and in q complete drama
of Illustration and fatality. A thing
to be very proud of in the doing, and
in the reading to be quite pleased and
happy over.
A MUSICIAN AND HIS WIFE. BY
Mrs. Reginald de Koven. Illus
trated. New York: Harper & Bros.
MRS. REGINALD DE KOVEN here
A'A offers to musicians and music
lovers a vivid and brilliant picture of
the progress of music in America
within the past score of years
or more. These personal memoirs
include many distinguished and in
teresting personalities. many Incl
dents in. the world of art and So
ciety. many recollections of unusual
stamp and quality. Every page is a
fresh revelation in this running ac-
count of Reginald de Koven's develop
ment as an artist and composer. Be-
side it runs the story of ancestry and
early years that produced this gifted
pair A book to enjoy page by page
for its zest and yivacity and wit, for
its general view also of the artistic
side of life both in America. and other
where. Family pictures in abundance
add to the intimacy and interest of
this frank and happy Renaissance.
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PAGE MR.. TUT. BY Arthur Train,
author of Tut and Mr.. Tut" etc.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
HAPPILY for all of us, there is
nothing new to be said about Mr..
Tut. Having been away, somewhere,
for four years or thereabout, any
number of things might have hap
pened TO him. Here he is again, how
ever. as good as new, with not an
extra wrinkle nor any noticeable gray
ing of his hair. Just as wise and
benign and friendly as when he last
took hand in the courts to see that
justice walked straight for the de-
fenseless as we'll as for the highly
supported. Here is a handful of Tut
stories. with Mr.. Tut in his very best
form opening up the law in some of