Evening star., 1927-09-25

NOW EAST, NOW WEST. By Susan
! Ertz, author of Madame Claire"
etc. New York: D. Appleton &
| Co.
| &ERENE and sincere, Susan Ertz
- here writes af true and basic
! things. as she has a way of doing.
Here is a simplicity hardly to be met
| in any other writer. A disarming
| simplicity that at first, maybe. OBJ.
| scures the depth OF insight vitalizing
the work 1f this author A plain
| story. Just a man and a woman at
! the heart of the matter, touched by
| the usual fringe of family and friends.
| Married, yes. That ia the trouble,
since it Is coupled with the husbands
belief in his wife as the pearl of great
| price. The woman Is an essential in
| Sincerity-pretty, ambitious. snob
at heart. George Goodall is truth
itself. Ordinarily one despises man
who is truth itself" But not
| George Goodall. If you can find
| finer fellow than he is--either in
story or in life--you are lucky. Such
| development is that of these two
lives merged in the problem of living
| together. in the problems of ones own
! identity under such a condition. Lon
don is the setting of the story, which
grows by way of the social life Of the
| two in a most agreeable circle of Eng
| lish folks. Enjoyable and most en-
gaging Is the picture Of this period
during which the wife's vanity and
| ambition grow to degree that causes
| her to make a hideouS error, one that
| reveals her clearly to the husband,
| one that leaves her at the same time
IT, ,1NAn p i;At
ton. That is really a main point in
the affair. Here is complete revela-
ton. The next step is adjustme mt to
the new situation. George Goodall Is
man OF the first quality. There
fore, he is fair and understanding and
even sympathetic. But-thank heaven
for the compensations that lie in
every disaster. Such comes to George
Goodall--no, not in any shirking, or
evading, or in being anything but the
fine man that he is. No, no happy
ending-that would not be life. Rath-
er. a growth on the part of the i'm
portant character in this book, a bet
ter understanding and, in very real
sense, the command of true happi-
ness. A beautiful story and a very
strong one.
MALLORCA THE MAGNIFICENT
BY Nina Larrey Duryea, author Of
''The Soul Of Fighting France"
etc. New York: The Century Co.
a N informal and interesting story of
travel. Its first call to the reader
is that of freshness. Here is place
that has not been overrun and over
| written. Rather odd. too, since it lies
N a Nf fra 10 toll
in the Mediterranean, right in the
seaway between Spain and Italy.
When we studied geography we called
it Majorca, one Of the Balearic group.
Mallorca is better, II you pronounce it
right, to say nothing Of its being the
true name OF the place. In a mood
OF plain enthusiasm this writer offers
Maliorca to readers for the past 500
years OF its tempestuous history,
wherein the fierce sea rovers of an.
cient times played their part against
little land of lure. Greek and Roman
and Phoenician and Moor came. in
turn, first as marauders and then
as settlers, each leaving the stamp Of
his own civilization as he was himself
overrun and displaced. In a pains
taking OF research and enthusiastic
study. the author uncovers and eX-
plains the lovely mosaic Of history
that the Island Of Mallorca cherishes
and reveals. Beside such a portrayal
of the work Of man in succeeding ages
she also pictures the face Of the Is.
land, gem in the setting OF the blue
| Mediterranean. Then, in a mood of
practical helpfulness, Mrs. Duryea Of
| fers all sorts Of information and ad-
vice about the actual seeing Of NAL
| lorca, about getting to the island in
the most desirable and easiest way,
| about the general housekeeping of
! this adventure to "Mallorca the Mag
| nificent." A delightful book, one cal
culated to stir the blood Of outfaring
and adventure in any one who has the
privilege OF reading il.