Evening star., 1931-06-21
y IDA 6ILBRI MYER
EmiILudgoig 5 Neevest Book Is the Story Of a
Career -Novels for Summer Reading.
Scotty allen Tells His Interesting Yarn.

When an artist forgets her career, as she picks
a primrose here and there with the man who
has forgotten his wife. When the rusty street
musician fcrgets his shabby carrousel. carrying
Slarieking little devils in place OF singing
seraphs, while he remembers when he was q
great tenor in his beloved Italy. While he re-
members to make love to the fading lady as
he abstracts from her pocket the wherewithal
for q splendid new carrousel fitted with air.
planes and submarines and stesming Levia-
tlaans In place OF moth-eaten goats and scale
less se4pents, and hairless tigers and fangless
lions Sounds like the house that Jack built
doesn't 1.-THE round of Spring, flowing as not
stream through the veins, driving men and
women to every sort of moon-struck madness.
Here we ali are, all of us But, under the
smiling irony of Robert Nathan and wise old
Prof. PembaMer, we hardly feel the softly anit-
ing hand As We go along, agreeing TO the truth
of ourselves, 1t is more than likely that we
pass much Of the frailty and the selfishness and
the folly Of US over to the rest ef the world
instead Of taking it home.
Here is satire, with the sting extracted Here
Is complete understanding, with the rancor
missing. Here is q way with words that Is o
delight. A smiling and inspired bit OF irony
applied to all Of US in the Springtime-
Again let me thank ycu my dear H for
the good reminder Of THE Orchid" and Rob-
ert Nathan.
DARK HERITAGE BY shirland Quin Bos-
ton: Little Brown q GO.
lust q minute for praise Of the admirable
~ craftsmanship OF this novel. The author
has theme Many of them do net have. She
is possessed also Of a definite purpose in offer
ing that theme Therefore, SO she doubtless
said, theme and purpose must get into harness
together to direct the course of this matter to
the end for which it was created And, with
out any obvious effect of striving straining,
that is exactly what she did for this creation.
The result is, clearly, work of art. And, as
such, beautiful In balanced harmony of gen.
eral effect. As such, beautiful too, in its unity
Of substance and form.
And the matter itself is worthy of high con-
sideration, and deep The love Of native land,
the passion for the home spot-this proposes
sion % general as to count among the univer-
sals And, just possibly, among all these home
lovers there Is none more tenacious in such
affection than the Welshman. Passionate in all
emotions imperious by nature this one clings
to his land and reSists alienation from 1t.
A family of Welsh sons sons for generations
Of Plas Mawr, becomes the center OF this highly
dramatic story. That which Shirland Quin has
done SO feelingly for these sons she has eQualed
in her heart-and-hand seizure of the land it
self. The Welsh landscape, Welsh moods Of
weather, fierce and battling or austerely serene
In capturing beauty, the accord between the ma
ture OF its people and the land itself-these un-
as certain as it Is bold and beautiful. High
passions enter the story. Family dissensi0n.
Separation and the flight OF the youngest son
impact Of the new land upon this alien. Then