Evening star., 1928-04-29

ume Of evidence here submitted by Mr..
HudleSton himself Gentleman Johnny
Burgoyne." The author admits thai ne
has spent five or six evenings a WeekS
for the best part Of year In the eon-
panv of Gentleman Johnny and that he
has grown to like him tremendously.
Pompous, gambler. not too moral,
soldier Of unquestioned courage. but not
a great general courteous and pei
ished man about town, loving his pro-
fession loved by his soldiers. The point
of the moment, however. Is that here IS
a biography that laughs its way along
the road Of fact and of such substantial
historic material as these facts yield
TO the scholarly research OF the autnor.
Humor, wit. sincerity, high competency,
carry on here in a study that refuses 10
pull the long face of pure scholarship
before a figure that. IL understood at sl,
must be offered In the plain human
stuff of which he was so clearly and ex-
clusively compounded. A JOY OF a book,
out of which one is going to remember
for always Gentleman Johnny Bur-
goyne.'
DESERT WINDS. BY Hafsa. New
York: The Century Co.
TO SAVIOR to the full this journey
through northern Africa, it is good
to know little more about the author
| Of Desert Winds" An American citi-
zen by Law, Hafsa by blood strain itself
is of Arab and Spanish blend. There
! fore. in a quite real sense this writer
! goes back TO the desert TO find, one
| surmises, some half-forgotten part OF
herself. In contrast to the casual
| tourist. picking of the top Of things,
| this one turns instinctively 10 the IN
| huence Of the desert upon native emo
| tions and the religions to which these
| give rise. upon the workings Of the
mind in custom and mode of life that
! the vast stretches Of desert impose upon
/ the dwellers therein. Such deep. in
stinctive quest lies back of her move
ments here and there within this
| region. back of the descriptions Of places
and peoples and the general preoccu-
/ pations that crowd her way. These
descriptions form into pictures. many
/ of them. distinct and glowing compost
tions characteristic and illuminating.
/ Finely subtle interpretations. beautiful
| in word and cadence. issue along each
| step Of this backward trail Of Hafsa's s
| quest. sympathetic and understand
/ ing journey here contributes to the en-
! ioyment and appreciation Of readers
who delight in far places.
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| THROUGH THE HEEL OF ITALY.
| BY Katharine Hooker, author OF
| "Wayfarers In Italy etc New York
Rae d. Henkle Co.
/ THERE appears to be about as much
competition among travel books
| nowadays as there so certainly Is
/ among rival brands OF motor car
/ Therefore. i'll both cases each must Of
| fer something of special call and at
/ traction Having read Through the
| Heel Of Italy" it is a pleasure TO point
| out at least two outstanding exceilen-
| cies for the readers use. First there
| is the. authors manifest intimacy with
/ the country coupled with her warm
| friendship for It, Not one journey alone.
I but several instead. have been rounded
I here into a fine body OF important and
| deep personal interest in the country
Is the fine gift Of communieability that
drs. Hooker possesses. Keen sight, back
! ground of general information. simple
| speech delivered with the gtlSto of high
/ personal enjoyment practical direc-
! ttonS in every case where means must
| be devised to reach certain ends There
/ are maps and other useful graphic de-
4 vices offered for the use OF one who
I would like TO make real guide book
/ OF this volume. To the reader it pro-
/ videS a ZeStful excursion back into the
1 Middle Ages. Still holding a belated
/ sovereignty within the heel of the boot
4 The very names are bits of cryStallized
/ ancientry-medieval music running 70
/ the tunes of Gargano. Monte Santan-
| gelo, CaStel del Monte. Alherohello
| Avigliano and many more equally
Sonorous and beautiful.
- - a
/ THE RAMPANT AGE: A Story of
! High School Life OF Today. BY
Robert S. Carr. Doubleday. Doran
a. Co.
y oBERT CARR. the author, is himself
~ q high school boy OF Is That he
is not a new hand at writing Is clear
from the technical excellence OF the
story, However. the point is that this
book is offered as a fair disclosure OF
age You may as well know at once
that this Is revolving story. which
appears to have kept back nothing.
Ones first thought Is that parents
everywhere should read this book. The
second thought Is that parents better
not read II. Clearly they are helpless,
else such a situation would not have
so far outrun their influence. Nor do
the parents escape In this novel They
too are partakerS of the entieements
of the rampant age" Homes have
disappeared except as the last resort
with parents and children alike, Read
II II yon want to be greatly distressed.
DO something about the situation. II
parents are directly Involved. why. of
course the starting point of better
ment Is with themselves A word about
this boy, He was horn tn Washington
Later With his parents he moved West
Young as he still is he has been writing
for several years. though this Is his hgSt
novel The Rampant Age" IL only
ir part true. poSitS to parents the ur-
geat question. What are you going
10 10 about it,"
0UEKN OF CguRS. BY Hubert Foot
ner. author of MADAME Storey, ("
etc. New York. George Il Doran CO,
THE thriller" among ronaaneeS can
u nowadays run along in perfect step
with plausible fact itself The spirit
of the age" elastic and aceoumodatinS
phrase, has certainly proved a GadSend
Co noveliSts Of the mystery order Here
Is case IN point, A $40 00o, 600 Sirl
footlooSe and fancy free in respect 20
family, or any other authority, may be
counted on III do yeoman service In a
story Of modern night life, Here is such
a girl and here is exactly that kind Of
corporation on her part TO hVen up the
nights OF New York, perfectly n-
uocent girl. mind YOU, Almost too M
nocent, Ii seems 60 the casual en~lookeF
But. In this case, she would have 70
be OF that unborn stripe, or there
would have been no adventure, no mys.
terry. no murder, no anything that
stands here aS entertainment lar the
Unsuitable consumer of stories of crime
We'll, God takes care ef ehildrcn and
foolS--So the ease Is not quite 4 hone
Lass Nna THAT inslilnfinnal Aaalal,n ,,a,.