Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24

seeking his fellows. one traVeIS ioI
change. One for adventure. for the
thrill of danger, for the test OF human
courage and endurance. TnS man
Travelled to find souls-no. not a spe-
ciflcally pious quest, this one. Almost
a different sort of spirituality is mani
fest here than the one connected py Inc
usual purpose and method OF the
schooled missionary. 1t is big ana
beautiful and heartening story TO Wn1cn
Philip Wilson has devoted himself IN
fine zeal of appreciation, In nne
competency Of production.
THE HOUSE OF THE THREE GAN
DERS. BY Irving Bachelor, author
of Coming Up the Road" etc: IN
dianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Co.
TN spite of the ups and downs which
l. every romance must have In oroer
In he a romance at all, this one never
reaches so high nor dips so low as to
remove it from the smiling acceptance
of even the most critical reader. WITHIN
certain limits one knows what TO ex.
pect of this author. Besides the gooo
story which his readers count upon
there must be enough Of human KIND
ness and decency in 1t to leave people
not altogether discouraged at having
landed upon this earth. In other words
the good folks must outnumber the
other kind as they undoubtedly 90 III
fact. There must be wholesome ieaVen
of fair dealing, lot OF kindness, many
a playtime, and many an hour OF leSur;
and laughter. These are all here. All
here circling around story OF gooG
plot, nothing less than famous trlai
whose end upholds justice, as 1t shoulo
n in q
worth attention by Irving Bachelor.
Amity Dam is the hamlet where the
chief interest of the matter centers ana
Amity Dam is exactly the kind OF spot
up in Northern New York that Mr..
Bachelor knows as well as he knows
the back of his own hand. Its queer
characters. its friendly homeSpuns, It's
kindly humor, its all-around good hu-
man stuff. come out in the activities
set agoing by the adventures OF young
Shad Morryson, who is certainly III
need of friends and who gets them.
A mellow Bachelor story to take It's
place among those novels that, ike THIS
one, proclaim the balance OF goooness
and decency over badness ana lnoe,
cency in this amazing and oeautnul
world of ours.
DREAM BOAT. BY Norval Richard
son. author of Pirates Face" Bos-
ton: Little. Brown 81 Co.
IN spite of the fact that this is just a
l. made-up story, sheer romance, 1t
turns out, nevertheless, to be an en-
gaging matter. The plot Is snaoe
thin, but it achieves its purpose since
| 1t sends the young man who centers
| the action out from the United states
across to Southern France, wnere on
some off-shore OF the Mediterranean
| lies anchored the dream boat tnat
shapes the adventure and brings IL &c
issue. Bequeathed to Francis Bruce ny
his staid and successful father, Its mrs,
ONCE is to disclose evidence Of that
| fathers two-faced existence. However
that is a minor matter. To take pos
session of the legacy is the point that
leads to the romance itself. incidentally
opening the mystery of an Grant IA
ther-of another Grant father. But the
man Is dead. Fate in this case shows
plain common sense. She slips q lovely
lady of the younger generation into MS
place and the romance Is on. Not SC
novel. YOU see. The triumph OF the
matter. and there Is fair triumph In 1t,
issues from the sincerity and beauty
with which Mr.. Richardson has en-
bodied and passed on that southern
stretch of French country. that ole
Provence which merely grows richer II
its essences and emanationS under the
commonly destructive offices OF time
It is with this that the author WINS the
readers gratitude. An old able sur
rounded by the parish peasantry ir
their separate and distinct traits anc
| behayiorS; a ruin of a castle on the
mountainside wherein lives the beau.
| tiful and mysterious girl with her slim
household; a group of strolling gypsies
these provide the material out OF
which emerge the savors and fragrances
of that ever-youthful siren, old Prov
ence. Norval Richardson has fine
! stock of words and keen sense OF thell
significanceS and of the ways they best
| love to get together In tuneful COM
panies. And with this gift he works
)ut the full and fruity atmosphere OF the
| land wherein the romance OF Dream
Boat" comes to its issue OF happiness
forever after.
HEART OF THE WOODS. BY Isabel
Adams. New York: The Century
| Co.
WHO was it? John Burroughs. thai
own dooryard? Well, there 1t Is, In
everybody's yard. provided only there
are the heart and mind and eye to
know it, Isabel Adams did come to
realize this-not, however, till she had
| travelled pretty much the wide world
over. Then something said to her that
this was all back home, every bit OF 1t
So she went home to find the world
home to the house in the depth Of the
pine woods that blanket the Laurentian
hills There, not far from French
Canadian hamlet, she lived the life OF a
world traveller, taking notes, making
records, finding romance and adven-
| ture and fresh experience. Among her
simple neighbors she discovered all the
strange intricacies of the human heart.
all the familiar traits that one crosses
the world to discover anew. 1t Is OF this
,, discovery, 1t Is Of this wild life that she
writes in Heart of the Woods" Hard
Winters find place in it-snow and biz
bard with interludes of brilliant sun
Adventures crowd in the rescue of man
and beast from the Unsuitable storm
king. Other adventures take on the
form of hunting. hunting moose and
deer. Too bad, thatl However, 1t Is her
story, not ours. So We go along-not
gladly. on those shooting trips. But.
happily, there Is much beside this. A
delightful strain of record includes the
interesting people roundabout - the
"habitants" themselves, the genial par
ish doctors, father and son: famous
wayfarers and occasional visitors. 1t
is the French Canadians, the native
jewellers. who spice the story to its finest
fiavors of fresh interest These, with
the lone woods in their mysteries Of
voice and manner, provide the chief
interest In this personal record of those
northern solitudes by a keenly appre-
ciative friend and writer of charm