Evening star., 1928-02-05
REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS
Survey of Modern Spiritual Ideals Presened-Buncss and
Science in Partnership Thoughts Inspired by Recent
i Examples of Fiction.

seeing OF a thousand passing contacts,
for the dull matter Of laying roads to
link up native villages in the heart Of
Africa Instead. every mile Of the way
Is made to pay its tribute Of native life
70 these grasping sons Of adventure
And so We, too. come into possession Of
scenes that change with the miles grow
ing so swiftly under the ambitious mo-
tor car The land itself spreads It's
strange panorama OF desert sand and
infrequent oasis. Of shifting lights and
weird sunsets. The natives in their pc
culiar racial marks. in their modes Of
dress. or undress. in their superstit!ong
that shape many curious custom. in
their ways OF hunting. coUrting we'd
ding and bringing new folks into the
world. all gather round the amazing
train moving so easily through the un-
charted desert Anccdote. description,
chapters o! history. the tragedy over
taking many an earlier explorer. pic
turcs Of the future OF this region-all
assemble here - an orderly array, even
though it be q packed and crowded ac-
count. One cannot fail TO fee! the
buorant spirit that lifts the entire ad-
venture into the zone Of complete cap
tivation. yet that holds the account OF
fine body Of fact drawn out from the
remarkable trade venture in the Sahara
br the inspired business man, NJ
CItroen.
MEN WITHOUT WOMEN. B. Ernest
Hemingway. author Of The Sun
Also Rises New York Charles
Scribner's Sons
MANY times We had discussed it al
length, often az odds but finally
IN grudeIng agreement that stories
about men alone would command a
very limited reading Moreover. that
stories bare OF the padded cushions OF
long description projected in the name
OF atmosphere" would also receive
Scant favor from, those who Ike
good deal OF fat around very thin
streaks Of lean in their literature We
had come To practical agreement on
these TWO points. And here is Ernest
Hemingway brazenly making both OF
these aToidances. and getting away
With 1t. too. Not q woman worth the
nama-tlat is rot worth the modern
name for the woman that has run
away With the most OF current fiction
has look-in upon these Il short
stories. Every one of them is made of
sheer man stuf-gamblng, bull fight
ing. prize fighting. rough adventure
here and there and all around the
world. But. and this Is the point In
all OF these tales. Il is the human that
Counts-Some gift. or quality. or char
acterlstic of the man IN the case. or
the men, that lifts the action out of
the category OF events and ,mplants
ii IN the heart and soul OF the actor
himself. whatever lire OF rascality or
adventure he may be after Again
every story Is all talk-not the long
speech 0! the man a. my door who
Wishing 10 sell me something approached
the matter with I am a doctor OF
philosophy. I have a lecture" which
he gave as completely as he could in
face OF my strenuous objection The
talk Of these tales IS laconic, ellipt!cal
part OF wccd here. another part over
there-but p,eced together they tell the
whole story. the silence as vocal a the
words themselves And they are stories
whose manner Is the very best one for
the ;hene-and The whole Of !, some
. thing 10 welcome, 10 invite again. to
re loice over.
CONFLICT. By Olive Higgins Prou;v.
author OF stella Dallas" Boston:
Houghtoa, MiE'in Co.
THIS story marches forward 10
marriage that Is Clearly fore
doomed To failure Death. 50 often
proving a first AID of irlmeasuraole re-
lief. GENES in TO save the greater tras-
edy OF life sentence OF miserable
d0.aeSiic!tv. Then the story faces
brightly upon the familiar makesl,lt,
OF the happy ending Sounds ike the
Stereoiyped fiction plan, doesnt it?
Perhaps, as 10 plan. that is not an un-
fair opinion But the story mas
abundant compsyISati0nS. such as far
outweigh a slight lack o. originality II
its general scheme These present
themselves through the authors true
and subtle instinct toward the hear.
OF youth. On the surface this Is the
story % 3 Young girl who nlavr?eS =