Evening star., 1928-05-27
REVIEWS OF SPRING BOOKS
The Men Who Missed the Presidency Draw Writers Atten
tion--New Fiction From the Publishers - Volume
for Business Men.

Is both a science and an art. He sets
out. in practical way. the purpose be-
hind it. He shows the growth Of ad-
vertising along with the growth OF
business itself. keeping both in step
with advance In all other Of the aspects
of civilized life. Doesn't sound engross-
ing? Well. 1t is Engrossing in the
vast array OF facts collected in demon
stration Of the thesis itself. facts picked
up from every uuarter-ofr the street,
in the corner grocery, in the house, In
many another place. Deeply interest
ing in It's summary OF the ethics OF
every business and in all advertising
that endures. It Is hard TO convey TO
you the volume Of this work, its practi-
cal appeal its vision Of business growth
and business morality. Read it. 1t Is
history, poetry, play and everyday busi-
ness besides.
THE SUN HAWK. BY Robert W.
Chambers. author of THE Drums
OF AuIone," etc. New York: D.
Appleton g. Co.
y OBERT CHAMBERS, with IS novels
~ already to his credit and doubtless
more of these in the near offlng, with
publishers still kind and the public
still hospitable. can afford TO sit easy
and undisturbed while scholastic criti-
cism of the novel plies It's own trade
and unending discussions to the true
purpose of fiction 60 their own way
For the easement of many an otherwise
bored or burdened hour, Mr. Chambers
provides stories drawn from history
from social life. from crimes and their
detection, from other mysteries than
those Of crime itself These, clothed in
the spirit of adventure and enviseged In
the glamour of romance, become the
popular novels OF this beloved writer
History stands as the foundation Of
THE Sun Hawk" New France Is the
field in which Count Frontenac. serv-
ing Louis XIV. works for the glory Of
his king in the New World. The ac-
tual material for the romance in hand
is a vast unopened country OF great
beauty and lure. native population OF
strange ways and uncertain friendship
toward the newcomers. Soldiery
somewhat loosened from the rigors Of
old disciplines. There is lovely lady,
too-more than one of these-to serve
the supreme purpose Of romance. All
other kinds of adventure are accept
able to this writer. The adventure Of
love is the prime essential Without
that Robert Chambers would not
trouble himself to write q story at all
Wise man and excellent spinner Of
yarns History is all very WELL an i'm
portant subject. Travels and explora-
tions make useful reading. The detec-
ton Of crime becomes valuable social
documents sometimes. But the univer-
sally pleasing adventure ia that Of love
objectified in fiction. All the others
belong primarily to the field Of learning
"a dun field to the general reader. 1t
is this general reader who ia glad of the
amazing productivity of Robert Cham
bers in the field Of high romance.
ALL THE KINGS HORSES. BY Louis
Stevens. New York: The John
Day Co
THIS is first novel. More interest
ing than this is the fact that its
author was, primarily a news writer,
newspaper man. This. 1t seems to
me, Is plain sequence. the clear logic
OF the situation--that news writer
should fiedge out ultimately into the
novelist. More and more often, too.
does this nowadays come 10 pass How
story Just now is "All the Kings
Horses" Budapest here provides the
back drop against which Is projected
a drama of modern stamp Its actors
are. in the main. members of the old
Magyar nobility brought to something
like actual poverty by the effects of
the World War. The reaction of these
to the new situation provides the thread
of the story and brings out as well
the individual character Of each person
taking part in the drama. Nothing like
adversely to show q man what he him.
self is, to show the world also what
this man is So 1t Is here Under the
strain OF the situation these separate
into the good and the bad--whatever
that may mean--into the courageous
and the cowardly. into the manly and
the craven. into the generous and the
niggardly Love, so called. and intrigue
are prime movers In this situation. A
gayety, reckless and somewhat des-
perate. animates the whole. For to-
morrow we die" appears 10 be the spirit
in which these pursue the moment, re-
gretful OF the past. most uncertain of
the future. The novel as q whole seems
to be q brilliant. yes q hectic. speeding
toward some high cliff OF occasion for
desperate leap off into space. An
undeniably flne Interpretation by way
of fiction of what may really be a
combination OF facts IN that troubled
and. as yet, unsettled part OF Europe.