Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS
Harry Hervey and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Contribute Travel
Chapters-New Fiction From Pens of Several
Well Known Novelists

pie. You see. I had murdered them
all myself, so knew how IL was done"
Astonishment, dismay. fear. took hold
OF his official audience And Father
Brown went on: Il had planned out
each OF the crimes carefully. had
thought out exactly how a thing like
that could be done and in what style or
state Of mind man could really do IT,.
And when was quite sure that / felt
exactly like the murderer himself. OF
course knew who he was. / mean
that I really did see myself and my
real self. committing the murder !
didn't actually kill the men by ma
terial means. but that's not the point
I mean that / thought and thought
about now a man might come to be
like that. until realized that really
was like that in everything except
actual final consent to the action.
don't try to get outside the man.
try TO get inside the murderer I try
to think his thoughts, vrestle with his
passions TO see the world with his
eyes. till am really murderer.
And this confession Is the secret" oil
Father Browns success. as set Of!
against the external gestures Of detec-
ton that flourish under the name o!
scientific investigation. Ten corkine
tales bear up Father Brown in his the
DRY and practice.
FANCY LADY. By Homer Croy au-
thor OF West of the Water Tower.
etc. New York: Harper & Bros.
THIS is the story OF Mrs. leila Boone
II is. however. the story Of any one
else who has travelled through faith out
st-t~ FasS ~
the adjustments that must be made be-
tween these two states. To bring such
fairly general experience within reach
to give it point and color and meaning
Mr.. Croy deals with the individual In
her own immediate surroundings, tr
her own personal problems. So this /,
the story of leila Boone. smalitovr
woman. religious. devoted 70 good works
a shining light In the small community
of familiar and realistic pattern. Trou-
bles. deep enough and frequent enough
turn the mind Of this woman. as they
do the minds of the most OF us. against
the Providence in which she had sc
devoutiy trusted. These troubles are
depicted literally. so literally that they
are of the likeness of our own. The,
turn the woman away from he- faith
1t is then the business OF the story Il
lag AtCi W tAAnE Ro"EA Va Os4AAo<
between the religion OF her youth anC
the denial OF IL under disappointment
and hurt-the compromise that about
everybody Is driven to make. As a story
OF individual life in a small community
this is a consistent and interesting de.
yelopment OF the school of realism IL
nevertheless. partakes OF the Cinderella
brand Of fairy tale in its Joyous ending
II is however in its broad application
in its deep general significance. that
the novel reaches its highest level.
THE DARK ROAD" BY Haro!c
Bindloss, author OF The Ghost O.
HenlocS Canyon" etc. New York
Frederick A. Stokes Co.
IT Is generally agreed that q chang'
now and then is good for everybody
And there Is no reason 70 assume tina
the novelist also does not AZ time:
feel similar urge toward fresh theme!
and settings. toward new approaches
new routes Of development. truer issues
Harold BindloSs appears TO be a cas-.
in poin.. Thirty novels, or sh.resbout
drawn from the Billiards of the North.
vest. from ranch and cattle range. from
mine and lone trail have set UP IN thi.
novelist a yearning for blue seas and
white palm-fringed sands, place where
the emotions run not. where revolution.
rise and set With the sun. where the
hinterlard stretches away in irnpene.
traoie iungies. Something like thi.
would do for nev location and fresh
impulse. Mr.. Bin6ioSs has q persecti,
good errand down that way. one con.
nected with the finding of raw niateyia
Tor certain industry in the North
This Is 10 be staid business venture
As II having his ovn doubts In IN,
matter, the novelist invites a compar,
70 SO with him 50 that. in case tht
errand itself proves vain. he will still b:
left with the wherewi,hal for romance
and adventure. A good prov.der. thi!
man. for down by the ,ropica. sea:
about everything ccn,es 10 pass ;ha'
! that quarter Specialires ,n--revo.utsor
personal danger budding ccurtsnlps
SseiSsstoas romaUceS In a word. alr,cS
Z everything. exceps the pain business II
hand, comes along IN q swift parade o,
shifting incidents and scenes. Th.
storytelling power 20 which Mr.. Bind.
loSS has trained himself 50 accer,ah,y
carries him through with the us,,sl
color and dash. Nevertheless, yca'd
better 30 back home. Mr.. EindloSS. "a
draw Scrse more robust mar size aSyea-
lures our az your own familiar North
west,