Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14

the Lone Eagle will win plenty of people, as
they should. War and its moments of victory,
defeat, come into this volume Stanley
hunt for Livingstone is an ever-new adventure.
miss here that immortal story of Capt. Scott
no, no, I'm wrong. I've found it at the very
last-that gallant man, that heroic gentleman
who lost to Amundsen the glory of the Ant
arctic discovery. No greater story than his can
be found, no more heart-breaking account OF
endurance and courage and the brave facing
of death as it step by step moved over to his
side
desirable book for our low moments when
are feeling sorry for ourselves. Thanks are
due Evan David for getting it together for US
that Welsh miner of the Pennsylvania coal
pits who grew out of coal into writing and who
is, no doubt, on his way to substantial success
in that direction He is, too, from a record Of
what he has done Mush On" Big Boy" a
biography of Leonard Wood, and so on. Good
luck to him.
THE SON OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS.
BY Cami. Translated from the French by
Jean Wright German. With an introduction
by Herbert German. Illustrated by the au-
thor. New York. Farrar g. Rinehart.
HERBERT GORMAN says: ct can very well
imagine Alexandra Dumas pere, corpulent,
crinkly- haired and vociferous, shaking with
laughter he follows the astounding adven-
lures of the hero of The Son of the Three
ton of D'Artagnan, Athos and Porthos to a
single offshoot of spectacular heroism is an
exceedingly rare piece of inspired burlesque.
Here is a sample of Gallo wit. Those who
swear by DArtagnan and the two others will
settle down into it in the joy that first smiles
and then breaks out into gales of laughter.
Those who do not catch the Gallo tang
delicate and with something of q childs
imaginative credulity about it, will prefer our
rougher stuff in the way of fun. Cami, the
author, is counted nowadays as the most famous
of the French humorists, earning his honors
as a newspaper man at the start creating in
that capacity a new order Of journalistic humor
for the French. The tip-top of his fame came,
no doubt, when his name was expanded TO
Cami-'the man who made Chariot laugh"
"a heavy-handed artist would have destroyed
his purpose in the first chapter"-Mr German
still talking-"but Cant is never heavy-handed.
His satire Is a satire of love, and because 1t is
so there is quality about his outrageous char
acterS that arouses affection. Here is q typical
Dumas plot, but observe what the humorist has
made of i'll Here is the typical Dumas hero
carried TO the last extreme" One source of
enjoyment here, quite apart from the nonsense
itself, is the study of French farce and comedy
beside the English and American acceptance in
this field of literature.
MOUNTAINS ARE FREE BY Julia Davis
Adams, author OF "Vaino: Lad of Finland"
Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen New York:
E. P. Dutton & Co.
THE legend of william Tell is as fresh today
it was in its beginnings four centuries
and half ago. The great war by which the
mountain land of Switzerland won its freedom
from the tyranny of Austria has gone the way
OF wars-into the limbo of forgetfuness. But
Tell and Gessler and the little son persist in
a constantly reviving legend of personal hero
ism, working out in protection of the lad in
devotion to the cause of freedom for the native
land. 1t is this story that Julia Davis Adams
reviyes here in a fullness of fact and detail
that turns the single tale of brave adventure
into panorama of history covering the strug-
giles of Switzerland for its own independence
This is, in substance, the story of the Alpine
country fighting for political liberty It is. in
effect, the ultimate and triumphant struggle
OF little mountain land to gain and establish
the independence and freedom without which
the natives of such a region cannot live at ALL
History, authentic as it is here takes the charm
OF story by way of its hero and the hazards and
escapes of his courageous resistance to the
enemy, by way of the ingenuity and ardor of
his soldlerly service. An exciting picture of
Switzerland in its passion for freedom A
great adventure of youth for young folks to
take delight in. The book is of fine substance;
It's events backed by research and proof And
this adds appreciably to the enjoyment of the
reader. true story wins over a merely made
up one every time. Quite remarkable are the
illustrations by Theodore Nadejen-boId and
active pictures that move into their respective
roles with gallant distinction and the lure OF
true beauty. The book for boys and girls Is
dedicated to MY Father" who is John W.
Davis, in 1924 candidate for the presidency
against Calvin Coolidge
OLD MOTHER EARTH AND HER FAMILY
BY Milton Goldsmith, author of II Wonder
Why" etc Illustrated by RoSalind Gold
smith. New York: George SuIly g. Co. Inc.
A BOOK Of geography for 12-year-oids, or
thereabout. Not like old geOgraphies.