Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

pected to find.
SIXTY SECONDS. BY Maxwell Bod
enhein, author of George May"
etc. New York: Horace Liveright.
A MINUTE and a lifetime all in one.
"a The last minute so Illuminating
and inclusive as to seize the full drama
of one mans existence. The man is
John Musselman. In so seconds he Is
to be snuffed out. Condemned to that
certain and sudden taking OF, you see.
A fash Of time, but it is enough Tor
boyhood TO appear in 1t, and youth WIN
its passions and its dreams OF adventure
and glory and love-every boys dreams.
And here, not hurrying, or not seeming
to hurry, is spread In binding light the
second of establishment in which the
untruth of love appears, and the
treacheries Of friendship and the Vll-o-
the-wisp of high empriSe, and the bitter
futility OF youths visions And the
wonen-they who so bedevil youth, all
unconsciously to be sure, as they quest
ravening among the various foods OF ex-
iStence-the women dance TO and FRO
within this last go seconds, the prime
force in the life Of John MusSelman that
worked for mistrust of the human, Tor
the Qrin1ly bitter cast OF the succeeding
wears. Just review, you see. Original
indeed. as the theme and moth OF
novel. To make it register upon the
reader in It's full content OF dramatic
tension and deep-searching effect only
one additional element Is required
Maxwell Bodenheim, or another OF equal
power in the seizure OF the ironic quail
ity of every mans life. GrueSome-but
true and tremendously impressive.
THE LIFE OF M1CHELANGELO
BUoNARRoTI. BY John Adding
ton symonds. New York: The Mod
ern Library.
HERE is the story Of the great Flor
L entine artist, born in 1474. At his
birth the planets were propitious-
Mercury and Venus having entered
with benign aspect into the mouse OF
Jupiter, which indicated that mar
veious and extraordinary works, both OF
manual art and intellect, were 10 DC
expected from him.
So far. John Arlington Symonos me
OF Michelangelo stands at the top OF all
literary endeavor in behalf OF the sur
nassinc Fforentine. The most compete,
the most intelligently apprehenoeo' Inc
most conyincingly a part OF his own
time and place, and yet at the same
time the most universally interpreted
for the advantage OF every ume aLlu
place-such are the qualities that set
this Life" permanently IN the favor
of critical readers.
Here is another Of the many oppor-
tunities offered by the Modern Library
tn come upon the best in literature oy
way of publications that are available 70
all We'll made. attractively prolecteo'
nriced within the reach OF every one
these books are literal treasure mouse
to readers.
TIME IN THE TREES. BY Nelia
Gardner White, author OF Dsvlo
strange" Philadelphia: the Penh
Publishing Co.
THE story of Cinderella brought up 70
i date. The little drudge Is Katne-
r;ns D,Irney.. servant to Mrs. Binderly,
Who in her own person sums 10 tne
whole abusive tribe that oppressed tne
original of this old, old tale: HoWeVeI'
times have changed and this modern
cinderella owns a spirit that cannos
he nuite 80 meek and submissive as Una.
H,hich dwelt in the rfieager little BODY OIL
her forebear Of the older adventure
i And so. despite work and no play, oe-
| spite shabby clothes and never non
| dav this slip of a girl went aoout man A.
! inc friends and finding for hersen more
than one hour of happiness and JOY.
everybody liked her. everybody but Mrs.
Binderiy-and she liked not even her
self Besides. the girl had made little
singing tune out of the common Things
around. Out of the tall trees hoonoo.
hing together high up in the air, out OF
the play of sunshine and shade upon
| the grass beneath them, out OF the me-
lodious things that birds have to say N
one another, out OF the TREMENDOUS
secret colloguin of small animals oen'
upon their particular business OF oeine
alive. And then-as the years crawie ,c
along there was a boy who gradually
became a young man. And that Is the
end of the story-almost the end. The
very end has to do with cottage. al
built and furnished to which one Win
ter night he drove this new Cinderella
And there was light in the window OF
about the contest place that can bt
imagined. And that is really the end OF
the story. Simple, believable. compan'
ionable, hopeful. engaging-so the
TUNE in the Trees" Is bound to sing
especially to young readers.
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THE DAGGER. BY Anthony WINNIE
author Of Sinners Go Secretly" etc
Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott Co.
A NTHONY wYNNE is a London doc
"A tor. Besides. he writes medica
books Of technical and practical i'm
portance to students Of the art OF heal
ing to practitioners in the art also
A busy man. one would say. And 80 n
Is. In the pursuit Of his profession n
deep and intimate knowledge of TIT
emotional life Of the human. upon tn
areas of secret feeling and desire ant
action which every man holds deel
within himself. A fund Of true psy
chology Is part Of the professional stool
in trade OF this London physician. !
story teller probably BY native bent, n
has fallen into the habit Of writing tn
mystery tale, drawing for It's funda
mentals upon his own store Of obServa
| ton and practice. Half dozen storie
count. BY way Of these he has create'
Dr. HALEY. who Is the Sherloc
Holmes, the Philo Vance of his particu
lar inventions. 1.-THE Dagger" is mrs
and foremost Of psychological substance
A most unlikely criminal emerges as tn
climax of a series Of crimes OF excep
tional brutality. Of exceptional mystery
The whole exciting round Of outrag
goes back to certain conditions of child
hood and birth. out of which from in
Vulnerable SunpressionS and conceal
ments step the deep hatred and tn
slowly developed cunning upon whicl
this series of murders rests The write
of mystery tales Is invited to exces
through the avid reach Of readers 70
more and more Of thrill and vicariou
danger. So. as a rule. these stories ar
too heavy with crime. too careless Of tn
states Of mind inducing IT, too readv b
resort to the sensational rather thal
to the even fairly plausible. There is
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