Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
ny IDA GILBERT MYERS.

OLD TRAILS AND ROADS IN
PENIS LAND. BY John r. Farls,
author of Seeing the Far West"
etc. illustrated. Philadelphia: j.
b. Lippincott Co.
TN the company Of this way..wise
explorer and writer you have
now the best of chances to see
i Pennsylvania, that great State
whose scenery--now grim, now
smiling, but always lovely--is~ sur
passing thing to see. And as you 90
along this road and that one. history
will unfold before you. and legend and
old tale well on its way to becoming
legend You will here and there see
some old mansion, the remains OF
some crumbling structure. Each OF
these will, in turn. step out to give It's
part in contributing to the sum OF
roma nee that broods over the State az
a whole. There is no more devoted
champion OF Seeing America First
than John Faris. In pursuance OF
such plan there is no more competent
guide to the undertaking than John
Faris. Section after section-East
subject of first.hand study, following
its roads. ferreting out the history
that these cover, making himself Ia
miliar with the little intimate con-
facts that put immediate life into eacn
section under consideration. Ana
reada ble-there in no one VINO SUI
nasses this American place writer IN
n,ttiuy his travel records into the
warm interest Of the reader. An ac-
cident. or lucky chance. put INTO my
hands "Seeing the Middle West a.
the moment when this book wouIa
mean most to any one In like sitna-
.inn n at once became my guide,
philosopher, friend. BY virtue OF its
continued and often repeated associa'
t;nn am on more intimate. more
eniovable. more intelligent terms Win
tbat section than, I'm sure. are the
naonle living there-that IL. the peo-
ple who have not had my opportunity
ana advantage. 1t would not De easy
| TO outdo me in enthusiasm over tne
service that John Faris mas oone
America by his Seeing" series. wn,cn
| In so complete. so accurate ana "i. una.
so enticing toward the ROMANCE .h a.
| lies in all history seen race 10 lace IN
INC places and regions where II ac'
| tually had existence ana NE.
YELLOW GENTIANS AND BILE.
Nv IONA Gale. author OF MISS
Lula Bett." etc. New York: L.
Appleton & Co.
TOuRNEYING about nowadays q
y girl can carry fun weeks waro'
| robe-gear for morning. afternoon
evening and night. all cornplete-h
an absurdly diminutive box that
| few wears ago wouldn't have begun
/ 10 hold even her grandmother
hustle. This tiny volume OF snort
stories by iona Gale suggests sucn
luggage contraption OF the mooern
girl. A mere nothing in size, yer u
In sufficient for every essential.
score Of stories or thereaoout. eacn
breathing the breath OF Ire, eacn
swinging upon a center OF actuai
human stun. stands as the content
OF the book ms a whole. giving con.
| crete demonstration OF the value or
economy In art as we'll as In material
| matters. Two or three pages at most
serve here to project one or anotner
poignant human prepossession--ione
illness, failure. inconsistencies. Here -
one or another Of the little ironies
Of life--see BILL" page 20--moments
of hope and vision and dream. hours
of Weakening reality. Yet. these are
not stories Of gloom. That Is. not
such out OF set purpose and plan.
Rather are tk4 woven out OF tne
|
| whose predominating tone In gray,
with only here and there heck OF
bright color. No. this 10 not an
anthor of over-ciouded mind. looking
for the xiooms of existence. Instead.
coming upon this or that moment OF
individual experience. OK personal
problem, she finds IL a blend OF JOY
and sorrow, OF brightness and shadow
and 80 she projects 1t into the deep
accepting places OF the readers heart
and mind. Here are haunting bits
OF human truth that. once In the
open, become as diffused and per
vasive as human life itself. Simple
work, or 80 II seems. though such
economy Of invention 10 certainly Of
the highest degree OF art.
ALAS. POOR YORTCk' BY Alfred
Hoyt Bill. author of "Highroads OF
| Peril" etc. Boston; Little, Brown
| Il Co.
WHEN you were talking" literature
w In high school you had to study.
with many others. Laurence Sterne.
clergyman and genius. who wrote the
immortal "Tristram Shanty." You've
long ago forgotten all about him and
many another writer called great
Inv the dull preceptors Of those days
Precepturs are always. or generally
dull TO youth. Ii would never occur
To you that any boy on earth. Ger
tainly no American boy. would re
memher the author Of ''Shandy" with
any sort of appreciation and affection
Would remember him at all. But. Be"
lieve IL or not. Just this has happened.
Here IL a Young fellow who has &C.
funlly made Laurence Sterns tho hero
Of his last novel A soldier In the
World War. too. On the Mexican
border. also. and otherwise comport.
Ing himself like n iusty modern OF
regular American brand, Going back
into the world OF century anu
half ago, he there ricks out Laurence
Sterne. around whose joyous ana
witty genius he contrives certain Incl
| dents and scenes Of that long gone
n.riod. From these Sterne looks OUT
in most engaging manner upon the
| naopla around him 10 the readers
eenuins entertainment, The happy
| recital. a recreation In fact. centers
unon ''three hitherto unreccrded ad'
| ventures Of the Rev. Laurence Sterne.
A a.. Vicar Of coxwold In Yorkshire.
author OF the Life and Opinions OF
| Tr,stram shandy. Gent, Fiction
| why. certainly, but fiction that II
saturate with the manners ana Gus.
TOMS and outlook Of history itself
carried forward by the personality OF
a famous genius and wit. through the
agency and support at skilled writer
ana an appreciatsve man.
|
REnEl.f.toN Try Mateei Howe
tarnham. New York; ne,fd. Mead
| u 60.
IfrnE offered prise for novels ap'
pears ~ he bringing INTO the ansh
"a f,ne harvest 1T hitherto hidden
talent And this. no doubt. Ia exs
tartlv what tho now familiar cahpett
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