Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

striving to conquer despair with
dreams OF q world not altogether lost.
So, this story moves along through the
literal warfare of each days providing
and yet It moves forward in a way
transformed by the simple heart of
this poetic boy. A soldier with the best
of them--yet seeing everything intensi-
fed by virtue of his own gifts of mind
and heart. Not so long ago another
remarkable war story came to us, "All
Quiet on the Western Front" Essen
TALLY like this one--that is, like it In
its sharp illumination, like 1t in its
wholly believabe picture Of war as the
fighting man saw 1t and lived it. Yet,
the stories are unlike since the two
chief figures in them are unlike.
Neither Of these young warriors had
any special animosity toward that
vague antagonist over the line. Here
but to be done. And so they went at
it. OF all the war accounts that have
been written, the average reader-man
or woman-could get along, richly, with
Just these two. Hans Volkenhorn is a
lovable youth, trimming with an early
enthusiasm, sinking into misery and
disillusionment-just q growing young
fellow who, like tens of thousands OF
others, becomes entangled in the vicious
from the German, this story is that
of a common soldier on the side OF the
Germans Not a shade Of partisan
luminosity about it. But, instead, there
Is the beauty of a fine character max
ing its way through the savagery OF
great war. The spirit of Zero Hour"
is its great triumph and its great GIT
to readers as well.
X X X
SEEING GERMANY. BY E. M. New
man, author of Seeing Italy," etc.
illustrated from photographs. New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
THE waywiSe traveller is great and
i useful institution. And Mr.. New
man Is certainly the waywtseSt OF them
all. With him, travelling for the enter
tainment of the wide world is both a
profession and an art. Just what TO
select along the way of discovery, just
what blends Of the vital and outstand-
ing to make with personal and intimate
tfings-he knows exactly what to DO
and how to do it. He proportions his
tory and legend most fifty. He links
legend with romance and adventure IN
vitingly. The fair measure of current
municipalities, economies, social
changes--with the past OF these Is one
of his prime concerns. And so, conf
QCI4ts VIC ~ dAOlB NASAh AlAAA eAAOAoAA SsAS
new Germany, through that new repub-
he so energized and dauntlesS, toward It's
own new future. 1t is in the spirit OF
this renaissance that we, with Mr.. New
man. visit the old familiar places
Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin
and on UP toward the north. The old
scenic wonders Of the land have lost
none of their beauty and grandeur
through the loss of an empire and the
gaining of q republic. The old stories
are still old and enchanting. The same
celebrities composer story teller
are all here. The art is still deeply
cherished for the benefit Of the whole
world of artists. The people, both Of
the common and the uncommon variety,
are the familiar Germans of the warm
heart and the welcoming hand.
I read Seeing Germany" this way
For a whole evening I went along with
the pictures of this book, 800 of them,
and more, from original photographs,
showing the same selective skill as does
the text itself. Pictures of historic castles
or, maybe. Of a child by the wayside.
Pictures Of scenery and industry, of
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