Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15
REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS
ThreeVolume Set the Subject of Mothers Study CAL
culated to Shake the Old Foundations-The New
Fiction of the Season.

Observant. appreciativc. experienced,
Or. Lldy provides an ENTERTAINMENT
that is most enjoyable ard informing.
CHILDREN OF ANCIENT GArL.
BY l.. Lamprey. author OF Chill
dren Of Ancient Britain" etc. IL
lustrations by Margaret Freeman.
Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
CTANDING off from this story, 30
- fttingly and happily set down
one il impressed with the work Iylng
behind il and the others Of the same
purpose and general cast tina. Mss
I.arlprcv mas produced. This one, wi'a
the others. comes fairly under the
subject ~ history I, is the histor.ca!
romance of childhood. 50, before ne
story Is begun there must be-there
Eas-the research 70 buttrH@s eFaTJ
fact AMI event noving 50 bilthe.y here,
in the gllisc .: mere story telling E1ck
To ancient GaUl the author rnNst 20
for the particular mode % lie s(r-
rounding the children Of that tine and
place. Since. play Is the daily susie
nance ot children. their games ard
sports must b. dug ont u the past and
set down beside those " the present.
all essentIais--Inust b touched upon.
20 make the matter TINE and real. Yet
these must be dealt with not too teay-
liz. iest the record he plain record ARD
not the joyous playful period ~ child
mood that Il promises n be. IG@ pro
portion j. carefully estimated. tar ths
= an author % experience a-d s'9rrfE=
ALREADY has she brought back u la
the children % many lands 50 -5@rA
is M danger OF failure This time. ara
here i no hint Of failure. on IRE
contrary. the children ot s-c.e-.
France step out here into the open u
general Interest and enthusiasm III
der the consistent and informed and
essentially dramatic treatment 90 The
author.
THE UNPAID PIPER. By WOOD
ward BOYD. author Il The Love
Legend etc. New York: Charles
Scrlbner's Sons.
THE preceptS and FraNi-s ard saws
u invented or supported by tt= ed
ers of every generation - keep -
Young folks within bounds have. p~cS-
ably never before received 80 many
black eyes ard complete kn7c,.ctltS as
within the present period. TEsra = A
Cus,o Of emancipation nowadays. p
passion for independence. thai - ts-
rack & enc searches ard reads csTzrs
. 10 counterpart Take the pTeceT- IRA.
names this novel. running SChs-.v %
, the effect that he who dances Tnus-
pay the piper The story sands II
the nature of a concrete de,z5cCSt-a-
! tion Of the fallacy - thar Frightening
/ safeguard az the pas SCI II Chicago
~ atou. the time ct The way :. pro-
their horls environment I've The COM
. mon life % the youth around Them.
Since love i tEs prescription & girls.
IL is This thread o. emotion ard jrl-
Pulse urcu which she story 3 Str1I--
Plausible work within such medium
carries the matter forward toward -
elimination. which Is. according 20
the elders that ~ setting VI. 81 PAP
ing The bill. Right NJ IN :hs end -,s
Sch0olei and conventional -ea fe-
moves. booking 20 RICH. and left so-
Nemesis TO dart cut aCcour--bCso II
hand-arG nothing % the SORT hap
pens. That's shs story. \ waYWsSA-
snpa!s;icats little social drama ers~-e
I OF from The passing current o. LIFE
for the sake OF giving an hour o. En-
tsrtaiHmsnt by way CT proving thai
one ~ least Of the ola s-4i1s-~csse
cf behavior has rested 20 ire ground.
taS fallen 2nto GjsuSs- Even ye-.
though, ore Is Go- convinced. How
ever, This IS q good S.oTy CT the strictly
modern mode /, has a cast in one q
It's eyes az ;ha, you VIII BE sure IS
You read IL