Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

not That Is, at first he cannot. And
much of the business of the well de-
vised romance is the schooling of this
youth to the matter of rents and furni-
lure and food and clothes. Now, in all
the world there is no greater strain
upon the Sanctity of the home as it
IS called, than just this You ask any
woman you know. Ask yourself. The
ways and means employed in this story
ring true. And the outcome is plaus-
IDLE one, the only one with people OF
this stamp. An excellent novel, excel
lent in its imagination and workman
ship.
FOUR FACES OF silva. BY Robert j.
Casey Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Co.
A CIVILIZATION dead and buried,
lost even, works potently upon the
imagination of even average man. The
old Mayas coming to the surface of
Yucatan through soil-deposit and jungle
provide romance and adventure that
many stirring above--ground matter
fails to secure. And here, away of
across the world, there comes to the
light of day by way of Robert Casey
traveller, adventurer and recorder, very
marvel of q matter about the long
buried city of Angkor, about the lost
civilization of the Khmers, discovered
far beneath the jungles Of Cambodia.
Many kinds of man. Mr.. Casey brings
all of himself to this great quest and his
account of it. Gusto, the taste of adj
venture is here. Test in its pursuit goes
along Triumphs of discovery, here
and there, become shouts of joy or
songs of praise. For, you see, the man
is poet, too. He is. moreover, drama
fist setting out in passing scene and act
the high points of his journey. oh, yes
a sober scientist as well, careful in his
findings, painStaking In his accountings
And yet, upon this momentouS business
of discovery in respect to facts calcu-
lated TO stir scholars and Investigators,
the mans mood is largely that OF the
romanticist building q first-class detec-
tive yarn upon the mystery of q van
ished people. And it works. The
method and the mood get together in a
way that offers readers an out-faring
of tremendous stir wherein moving pic
lures of gorgeous colors pass by, where
in poetry asserts its right to beautify
the past with a radiance that moves 1t
up into the present. A pageant, this,
for the delight of any reader. A record,
too, for the widening of his field of in
induces high praise. Read 1t. You will
be sure then to join the chorus OF ap-
proval and appreciation.
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THE GREAT REVOLT IN CASTLE:
A Study of the Comunero Move
ment Of 1520-1521. BY Henry Lati-
mer Seaver, A. M. Illustrated. Bos-
ton: Houghton Miflin Company.
A BOOK for the special student of
history. A big book, sourced in ex-
haustive research, in much Of first-hand
material in competent and scholarly
organization of this material for the
true and balanced projection of a sin
gle episode in the reign Of Charles
of Spain. This is a scholars offering
VI scs.v.ars. Not in any sense, however,
is it the arid document which the pure
student too commonly achieves. 1t is,
rather, the writer's full conception of
a picturesque period and one significant,
as well, in the subsequent history of
Spanish dominion. 1t is record OF
political intrigue, with the Characters
ties of such movements whenever and
wherever they exist. In this sense the
work takes on more general implica-
tions and explanations than 1t contains
In its literal connotation. Around
Charles v cities and peoples surge in
revolt on the one hand, in allegiance
on the other. It Is the great game OF
empire that spreads here. Spain,
France, England. contestants for SUI
premacy in that world OF the sixteenth
century. An admirable chance for the
student of special phases of history IS
offered here. The lay reader finds 1t
too big, too unilluminating OF his own
day for consideration. But, then. II Is
not made for the lay reader. But Tor
the student. instead.
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MINOR SKETCHES OF MAI. FOLK.
BY Dora c. Jett, author Of In Tide
water Virginia" Richmond: Old
Dominion Press.
THE FIRST stir toward this original
l. little book rose from the old Ma
sonic burying ground OF Fredericksburg,
Va. Many names registered there SEEM
ed. to this author, to be of historic con-
tent, both to the people OF Virginia and
to the people of other States as well.
Gathering these, the author made re-
search among original documents, IN
library records, court files, old story and
transmitted recollectionS for the pur-
pose of re-embodying these celebrities.
local and national, for the advantage
and interest of readers OF today. The
result of such work, so intelligently and
SO thoroughly carried out, Is charm
ing little volume OF real worth in its
historic substance, of real information
about certain conspicuous figures that
have not hitherto received attention ac-
cording to their deseryings. To stu
dents zeal in pursuing body of re-
liable facts concerning each Of the
characters here set out. the author adds
a clear way with the story itself, making
of this an interesting medium for the
entirely worthy purpose underlying the
adventure of research inspired by the
old Masonic burying ground at Fred