Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

for his new faith, the other on the
long errand of saving souls. With both
came the settlers and emigrants, the
restless human tribe ever reaching Tor
that which it has not. Beyond this
point of early outfaring the story
comes we'll within the familiar records
of the history books. But, somehow.
this is a more alive story. one more
immediate and appealing. than the old
school book could possibly invent. The
study sums to a full and comprehensive
story, authentic and vital in its cast.
A readable book from first to last. one,
too, that has involved much of original
research, that includes much OF fresh
material, that has. moreover, a way OF
its own that is really beguiling. Listen
to q few questions whose answers are
in this story:
DO you know of a tragic trek on
which respectable men and women be-
came cannibals?"
DO you know how the Mormons
went into the wilderness, and how the
Lord gave them -four and bacon a
thousand miles from ciVilization?'
DO you know about the massacres
of the trail?" do you know how
many thousands followed the Trail
how marriages were made, how chill
dren were born, how many men and
women died?" A dozen more Of such
thrilling queries lead to high points in
the story of that march which pro-
duced, finally, one Of the great, rich
parts of this great country OF ours.
History and adventure here In abun-
dance.
ALL OR NOTHING. BY J. D. Beres-
ford. author of Loves Pilgrim" etc.
N
A SERIOUS novel by an author who
already has to his credit half
dozen stories of the same serious brand.
The disadvantage Of such writing Is
that it lacks the wayside lures OF sensa-
tional turn calculated to keep readers
on their toes so to speak, to meet the
edge of scandal in which they SO de-
light. Not thread of that sort here
but. wait! I'm wrong. There is the
stuff of scandal here, but it falls away
and unsung in the face
Of greater matters. And this brings us
to the man of the story. He, as
matter of fact, is all there is to it. Here
is the story of the rich young man who.
literally, gave all that he had to the
poor. Going one better than that rich
man of the Bible who. when Jesus told
him to do that very thing, turned and
went away sorrowful." A study. this,
Of serious youth looking out upon
world of inequalities and inequitles.
with this fact, coupled with
the fact of his own unearned wealth,
the young man slowly enters into tn
new life of unloading mere money from
himself, of placing it among the real
producers, where, he thought, it be-
longed. Such is the sum of the story.
1t moves so quietly and so sedately that
one fails to realize fully the absorbing
business that is going on. There Is
layer of surface work which includes
love and marriage on the part OF this
young man. Interesting, this, by virtue
Of the quality of the love given. The
is unfaithful-more than once,
with more than one lover. That comes
out merely between him and her. It
has nothing at all to do with the love
that he has given this woman. You see,
he does not mix his emotions. He loves
her. That is the sum and substance of
it all. He seems to me to be some rela-
ton to Jesus. 1 don't know. 1t is a
great story-simply great, unshowily
great. 1t grows and grows as enc reads.
Only weak spot in 1.-THE woman.
She gets to see the mans way. Be-
comes convert. so to speak. Do you
believe that? Well, all right. whether
you do or not, here is something worth
the time you put upon it.
X y X
THE FOURTH MUSKETEER: The
Life of Alexander Dumas. BY j.
Lucas-Dubreton. Translated by NJ
c, Darnton. New York: Coward
Mccain, Inc.
THE immortal "Musketeers" having
been brought back to life again by
way of the screen, it is to be expected
that the story of their creator will
itself revive in common interest. And
here 1t S-the life of Dumas, Fourth
MuSketeer" AS matter of fact, you
reading here, will find that Dumas was
all four OF them, drawing OF from him.
self for the one and the other. of the
everything three. There is another
reason for the re-birth of Dumas. This
is the period of the best seller. For
80 years the books of this man have
belonged to this newly risen era of the
best seller. The task of the biographer
here must have been that of bridling
himself of holding himself away from
the riot that constituted the life of
Dumas. A mad and grotesque career
that simply revels in escapade, adven-
ture, change. all in a crescendo of alb
surdity and gayety. Not all absurd and
mad. for here is triumph of the real
sort in play writing as well as in the
weaving of fabulous tales. Here is
fame with an uproar of reclamation.
A soldier, too, off to Sicily and Naples
with Garibaldi A lover of immense
appetite besides But most certainly
a worker. else he could not have given
to the world not only the MuSketeers
but THE Count of Monte Cristo," THE
Queens Necklace" and countless other
stories that have died along the way
Through it all, laughing boy, a ca
PRECIOUS child-but he could write
stories! I leave it to you. II have the
honor of presenting to you my father, a
grown-up child that had when I was
very small" is the formula of intro
duction used by the son of Dumas in
his father. Lovely! think,
since nobody knows how to play any
more. oh, yes, We caper and cavort,
but we do not play. We grimace and
we grin. but We do not laugh. So let
us get inside this big playboy of France
and go about with him in mirthful
days. in his adventures. both proper
and improper 1t will loosen us up and
do us good. Well, be that as it may.
here you have the fellow as he is. quite
in his own mood and spirit. Enjoyable.
NSAy' aAAo 70 the
magic tales that Dumas made for US.
x X x
CLOTH OF GOLD. BY Elswyth Thane.
author of Riders of the Wind" etc.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
INDIA. A stolen veil from the temple
OF a goddess. whose power. to the
mind of the native, is as great as it is
terrible. A group CT Credentials, Eng
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