Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

EAMBT. A Life in The Weeds ~
Felix Salem. Torew ord by joan
Calworjly New York. Simon and
SchYSter
~ ANfBI IS a deer. And this is 'he
- story Of Eamb's life The story
\ begins wst as Ea"hl for the
IL first time 50. IN or his feet
svayirg and unsteady. trer1-
bling and Si6dv a. the face Of s brand
new world "Wl>,t 2 beautiful child"
cried 2 magpie flying across the tree
tops, And 50 ne was, or grew to be, a.
cay by day In the ccmpany Of his
mother he stepped cut a h.t Around
him naturally lust AS with human
children. there were 4 mother and
father, cousins and host Of neigh
boTs-foN and squirrel and rabbit owl
ana pheasant and Wild duck. interest
ms people all Of them The story Ron>
on with the affairs Of this forest life.
al SET down II knowledge and Svin
pathy that give % actual scientific fact
the grace ana beauty Of imaginative
ar al its highest. Sympathy. knowl
edge. and 2 way with wo~6s-theSe
have wrought the clear magic Of this
story And IN il Bambi is growing up.
with many 9 mysterious thinc "a con-
front ana confound him. But there is
DIS UlDttlSI- &BGAE Il aiA1NS ibDitEN#-
Almost always except when father
comes around or one Of his rare visits
Then. trle mother is = shade al0Of
but not for long Father is aiwevs
kind but serious As Il h had S0uca-
thing mighty 20 say when the time
comes. And all around Bamhi are tho
other creatures learning amazing
things ABOUT being alive Not dlfferen.
really. from the human animal learn
lnS 70 live by living. And the DAYS 90
BY and the months Changes come.
This friend disappears. that one doosr t
act the same doesn't look the same
Nor does Esmbi either. fo- that matter
But ike all Of US, he doesn't see HIM
self. only the others Il was from MS
great father that he. finally. learned
his most useful lesson. The old STAG
Sal5 to his son. 50 Solemnly, You
must i've alone. If YOU want 70 pre-
serve yourself. If you want to attain
wisdom YOU have - live alone" 81
that was Barlbi's great lesson. as it is
our own.
Felix salten. the man whose hear,
and hand wrought so beautifully here
has a forest lodge beside the Danubc
L is here. 10 be sure that Bambl"
came into being and grew 10 tbs
lovely story Of the forest Poet play
wright and pure artist, this man has
given to readers everywhere the Joy Of
this greatly simple story The trans
lator Whitaker Chambers. has put
readers in debt 10 him for so pure and
feeling a transcription. And the pc
ture man. Kurt wiese. is inimitabie
with Bambi himself. with the owl and
the rabbit and the squirrel in their
different moods and savings. fore
word BY John Galsworthy will please
the rea Ter for it is a little story III
itself. A touch Of general appreciation
comes also through the fact that the
July selection Of the Book Of the Month
Club is "Rambi' and "Ban1bi' is
source of deep delight both in its
beauty Of form and in its real signif-
canoe
THE UNFORGIvEN. By Gen P n.
Krassnof. Translated By Olga Vital
and Vera Brooks. New York: Duf-
field g. Co.
A WAY from his beloved Russia which
"A he has served with devotion and
distinction. Gen. Krassnof by way o.
authorship is seeking to make psrma-
nentiy clear the tragic case Of his ra-
tive land. The Unforgiven" is q novel
Of characteristic Russian bulk whose
purpose is to portray in both scope and
detail the new regime in Russia The
focus Of this panoramic view is that
Of q Czarist general who for the sake
Of MS family and his country attempts
service with the new order. Such an
experiment brings within manageable
compass the whole Of Russia through
its experiments and failures and fresh
beginnings IN the name Of the people
F~r~ &zrs a.
reader knows IN newspaper outline the
political turmoil that is Russia. t.
such sketchy view this author adds
the BODY and spirit Of the great and
tcrmented country IN the hands Of
svowed friends and secret enen1ICs
Following the central figure one a
every step meets spies, petty oppres-
giors utter poverty. the budding Of
families together in sordid and fou,
quarters. every movement made mat
ter Of record and report. Under the
story. dramatic and poignant, Is the
discussion of an entire civilization fall
ing away into something much less
than civihza ton. That fact is the one
that gives name 70 the noVel--the IN
forgiven fact Of ruined and degraded
country. The deepest interest here il
reused over Gen. KraSsnofs under
standing Of the Russian nature. an
Oriental nature so hard for the West
20 seize in any tsllying with Occidental
ways and points Of view. Like every
Russian writing this Is of the volumi-
nous sort. q big somewhat SPRAYING
recital yet il takes the whole Of It -
deliver over that which is really tia
Russian people in their facing upon
new future Not less than the other
great writers Of Russia does The IN
49, af 1as
To be.
AMBITION. B. Arthur Train, author
Of High Winds. etc. New York
Charles Ecrlbner's Sons
4 FTHUR TRAIN has picked the
n theme u his new novel right on
the common top Of things-a married
pair oaelcslly unsgJted 10 each other.
What IS % be done about Il? Tae
answer makes the story So familiar
avn actk- sterNe zur treatment IN nc