Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

the story Of the covered wagon ana
the opening out of the land toward the
West. But above all, here Is the solid
sense and deep wisdom In which this
man OF TRANQUIL spirit and steady heart
has met the marvels of change that
have surrounded him.
The book is one for many readings
through the half hours that slip in be-
tween the whites of work. 1t is q book
to take up and put down in the prom
Use Of q near meeting again. It Is q
book to carry out with one into the
stresses of the street and the ONCE.
Human advice Is not very important" !;
therefore keep away from 1t. II do not
regard the old days as better than the
new. The wonderful days. the days Of
most comfort and intelligence. OF kind
ness and 1elpfulness are being lived
fine, and unusual. talk
from an octogenarian! But exactly
this spirit of youthful outlook may be
found on almost every page OF the
free self-communing that stands as the
autobiography Of this noted original
thinker In American life-a tonic book
for the disheartened. a bracing book
for the one who feels himself weaken
ing at any point, in any measure.
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SAND CASTLE. BY Walter Mills.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
UT DON'T care what you're playing it
l. with, whether it's love. or good
job or getting your name In the papers,
or making money, you can't win. I've
seen too much of It. It's no use to try.
I know that. It's all know"
"You can't VIM" such is the philos-
ophy that backs this new novel by a
TnRidAFfallI1 n iS this
philosophy that names the novel also.
Greenwich Village provides the set
ting for the business In hand, as II also
furnishes lodging for the heroine who,
despite her really exceptional quail
life and the lives of couple or so
her borders. The novel is
new and fresh. You will say 50. Not
a sign of the rubber stamp about it
anywhere A waywise author-"sophis-
ticate," I think this brand is named
Yet here is no cynic, no pesshnist, no
ironist. Just q wideawake onlooker
who knows how to round into dramatic
content the most conspicuous fact that
he has plucked out of the matter of be-
ing alive. Learned the job of writing
by being a newspaper man, by rubbing
shoulders with things generally. Learned
1t we'll, you'll discover Don't like his
philosophy? Hopeless? Gloomy? All
right. Look at it. Think about 1t.
You can't win!" Well, can you?
THE DUCHESS OF YORK. BY Lady
Cynthia Asquith. Illustrated. Phila-
delphia: j. B. Lippincott Co.
HERE is the story of a nice girl. An
= = intimate story that begins early and
in fine detail following the baby, the
little girl, the big girl. the young wom-
an and finally the wife of King
Georges second son. And that culmina-
ton makes this the story of a real
princess, most captivating of themes for
lovers Of the fairy tale. And that is
just about everybody. So transferred
young woman becomes matter of mo-
ment here. To the announcement Of
grown people so hopeless over the pres
ent generation. this intimate record
comes. For though wholly of the hour.
and princess at that, here g a young
woman of such good sense, of such
kindly heart, of such sympathy and
understanding and practical helpful
ness, Of such intelligence and charm,
that the old ones must throw up their
hands in acknowledgment Of the OUT
standing fact that virtue and good con-
duct are not dying out after all. A
heartening story is this one of the
kings daughter who, nevertheless, is
kingdom as we'll. The author is an en-
thusiast on her subject, but who
wouldn't be! The best effect of the
account Is to bring forward such in
dubitable and concrete evidence of beau
tiful sincerity and simple heartiness on
the part of this English girl.
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QUEEN DICK. BY Nalbro BARLEY. au-
thor of The Fox Woman" etc.
New York: Doubleday, Doran g.
Co.
A STORY of the eficient woman.
Efficiency, run to excess / n the
female OF the species. presents a most
devastating individual Here she is.
Competent, exact. never wrong on the
job at every possible demand, gradually
usurping the rights of all aroundq her,
turning out model house, model
husband, an exemplary neighborhood
and community even. That is the stu
alton. Against it is defined. in daily
scene and incident, the slow rise of
revolt against this human perfection
of purpose and plan. First the out
tFOSNo Vi IICtktlOOi IOWIlSIIldu II
against the fine woman of such super
lative powers. Naturally it is the hus-
band who last becomes a rebel HuS-
bands are enduring things. So. partly
from self-pride and partly from laSiness.
they hold to the family tyrannies
longer than the mere outsider could be
expected to do. The man of this model
house does this. But, finally-well, you
would better read Of this special case
Of rebellion in the household. You
may say do-that in this case Nelbro
BARLEY overplsyed her hand. No one
that is-almost no one-is so insuffer-
ably and brazenly self-exalted as is the
good wife" and fine woman" who
core of her newest novel.
SPIES. BY Thea Won Harbou, author
Of Metropolis Translated from
the German by Helen J. Stiegler.
New. York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
IF mystery, change, speedy action be
= the measure of the good crime
story-why, here you are! Interna>
tional politics provides the roomy field
for this whirligig of crime. Prideful
people take part in it. The mechanics
of modern science complicate and con-
ceal its activities. A stupendous organ
ization directs and controls the vari-
Gus departments of criminal industry
that engage the reader. SpieS--not OF
the usual sort-become the intelligence
lines of the great body. OF these a
beautiful woman-oh, q most beautiful
Woman-opens the way to something
beside murder and other law VIOLA
tions as the sole motive power Of the
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