Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25

would rather hold back now and
Guido Moses at this business by trav'
cling all my promised lands"
JEWELLERS IN THE JUNGLE. BY
Lieut.. Col. Gordon Casseriy. IL
Illustrated by Warwick Reynolds.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
THERE Is more than mere sugges.
ton Of the Kipling spirit and man
ner in these jungle tales by Col CAS-
serly. Long personal acquaintance
! with the life of the East Indian jungle
has bred in the author understanding
and friendship. Sheer wonder, too. at
the likeness in more than one direc-
ton between its creatures and the
human animal himself. Along with
such keen interest, driving 1t into the
open of general appreciation and en-
joyment, is the gift Of words. Here -
tho Kipling touch again. With sucn
two-fold power the author constructs
many a drama Of Jungle life. Here,
first one, then another, takes leading
role in the general business or WIN
ming the daily food supply, in field
where competition Is sharp and fierce,
much as IL IS in modern Industry.
Here is the drama Of raising the fam
lily, Of warding off foes, Of teaching
the little ones the long ritual or safety
now sheer cunning and craft. now
open warfare. Glorious battles are
staged here, the reader as violently
partisan as any onlooker Of Tunney
and Dempsey, with much more reason
for interest. since these are wars OF
necessity bent upon self-defense and
continued existence, whereas the other
| Is but vicarious Indulgence In rather
| thinncd out heroics. Particularly good
| Is the setting OF each Of these tales.
Col. Casserly has taken pains with his
atmospheres, with the feeling OF the
situation out Of which each episode in
! the economy OF jungle life springs and
grows to its exciting conclusion. My
Lord. the Elephant"-to quote a
| matchless Kipling title and story-is
here drawing out sharp human admi-
ration. as he always does. The blood.
brother Of man, the monkey, COMFORTS
| himself in his usual human fashion.
| THE Warden of the Ford" is a beau
| tiful story stepping out from tense
| devotion to the law Of the jungle. But
all of these stories are OF the same
good quality-life, adventure, the feel
| ing of far places. the kinship OF man
| to these other animals. 1t is all here
in stirring and valuable set OF jungle
tales.
THE ROMANTICK LADY: The Life
Story OF an Imagination. By
Vivian Burnett. New York: Charles
Scribners Sons.
I'VE smile nowadays, a shade supe-
w rior wise. at mention OF the
Little Lord Fauntleroy" fashion in
| hxyt hn ho1n
| ton novelist OF e. few years ago.
Frances Hodgson Burnett. As mat.
ter of fact. nothing wa wrong with
the little lord" so gallant and gay
and lovable. The trouble was that il
| took more than the curls and vide
white collar and velvet gear to be.
stow upon an army OF male children
the ideal charm OF boyhood that this
author gave 10 the little boy OF her
creation. But mothers all over the
country couldn't know that. So they
rugged their boy babies up In this at.
: tractive garb. expecting them to live
| up TO Il. And the boys struck. II
was too much for young human ma
ture TO stand. So In partial recogni-
tion OF their own defeat the elders to-
day smile at the overdrawn picture OF
| the little lord. Fine little fellow. new
ertheless. though one can't find IL in
his heart to blame the boys for their
hearty and unanimous rebellion
against him. Reading here Vivian
Burnett's story of his mother. one
finds that the life OF this novelist was
| from the beginning the fortunate ex.
| istence Of long and sustained make
believe. Along her way fairies and
all good spirits lent q hand to make
the days softer and more beautiful
stretches OF time than they really
were. Letters and diaries and per.
sonal recollections OF the early life
| handed over straight to the son con-
tribute TO the unanimous evidence that
! always was this writer flying away
| on the wings OF fancy. imr 'ination
was tho wa p OF her existence. Upon
this threads OF actually, mixed gener.
ously with fancy. wove the pattern OF
| her stories and OF her life as well. A
most interesting part OF this unusual
biography gees back TO the childhood
OF Mrs. Burnett. vi re innumerable
| incidents serve 10 show that here was
born story,telier. living n different
life from those around her. inventlng.
playing. making believe. on to the
very days OF her popularity as q nov
elist. A beautiful and tender hiog-
raphy OF unusual pattern and intent.
THE LUCK OF THE LAIRD. BY
| Albert Payson Terhune. author 81
| My Friend. the Dog" etc. New
| York: Harper i Bros.
THIS Terhune adventure runs along
pretty much like love story. IL
il at heart, nevertheless, y dos story.
IL would be. As romance IL begins
| In America and ends in u lasrd's castle
In Scotland. Begins with an Anieri-
can youth much i'll love with his EN-.
ployer's daughter and dS with the
same youth equally in love with u
| Scotch lassie. The real business OF
the adventure Is that OF securing for
his American employer a wonder collie
owned by the Laird Macheath, Since
| the laird IL under some sort or super
stiticn that will not allow the dog 10
| leave his possession. the quick shifts
W adventure hinge upon the measures
| for securing this marvel vt collie per-
lection. YouUl not believe the story,
hut II was not made for complete
credence. On the other hand. Its
prime object il ~ provide hazard and
excitement and peril and escape OF u
| quality 10 fit the Importance az the
| main purpoSe~~that securing a per-
| feet dog for the kennels of the rich
l. an across the sea. The matter eaas
| rather the matter Stcps~~~a shade III
ccnctusiveiy. With the shifted aNec>
tons ~ the young man from America.
coupled with his trials and trieula,
TONS over the dog. IL looks as IL he
were going to stay IN Scotland, keep.
Ing tho dos for himself and keeping
| the Young woman, too, whose uncle.
the Laird Maceeatn, seems about done
| for, az the story II left somewhat ~
| the tnas nation NJ the reader tc make
such conclusion as he thinks best ua,
der the circumstances.
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