Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

@WindaestFawS," etc. Boston: HOughtOn
kGtfnin Co.
THE playground Of this novel completes with
the two or three humans Who here ere
assiWmeA the business Of carrying modern no
manne ssrwaEd upon its familiar latitndinous
course.
the Austrian Alps, white and shining. The
MsountMin ain, IN elixir ef hfe end Aerce
activity. The rugged and hazardous sports;
the yOdeling eries, the gay laughter. The tiny
patches q farmland here and there, with their
peasantry of age-old nnchanging pattern. The
great castle 4of an ancAent overload gradually
diminishing in state and power. This, tins
setting. Is . mastery Of intimate acquaintance
euEbo0ied IN pictures, print-made, f0r the
pleAsuring Of readers generally.
The story is right on the passing moment
AJAX Won Ulm. Nathalie. Marieanael An Of
the sOia Lii the outlander The original
mauann IKE Eve and Helen and others Of that
old and consistent tribe. Lii is the wife Of Max.
Max down On his luck, has come back 70 the
home 4n0mntains for any sort Of nay 10 hold
body and soul toeether. In the hut Of
peasant he finds the loyal and sturdy Marie
andei. Nathalie ard Marieande1, mountain
wnmaen, one q lady of the castle, one n peasant
of the deldg these two are Of surpasking human
@uality High courage, stoat hearts, sOyal In
fraendship resoarcefaa under trial These two
beFEaemd Ajax, Nathalie By lowing him. Marie
ZMMEA UY~-WElA VI
Yet, one wonders. Bat no matter. Marieandel
o balnd - be right m any ense. Taais b .
good time 10 get away frone the matter. To
ret away frnnn the mountains and these mOan-
tain folks. 6tEl there is LII out IN the world,
blood-suekang. And there h AGAE-one o
shade resentfu about Max Por like Nathalie
mnd A1arieaDdel, the woHaaa neader gives - %
the gentle charm Of Max. I stan maintain
that Phyllis Bottome did not play fair M ne
spect 10 him. Unforgivable In single act
seprehensible IN many at, nevertheless the
man Is OF Willingness undeniab1e weak"
shy extenuataon. what business has man
10 being weak2 However. something b fatally
WRONG with Max So Nathalie found him and
cUsild net bide the fndfng.
Well, read It for q fine and captivating tale
Of the Austrian Alps and few weak uaOEtals.
the book closed one-laIf resents, YET, that
title. Half resents Il Il the other name ~ that
Devil" rs Max. Not o saint. Max. Not even
good, maybe. But charm. sheer human charm,
discounts even some OF the really sturdy virtues.
DARKNESS Ar NOON BY Harry Carlisle.
New YORK: Horace LiyeEigkt.
TINS b the story OF Red, mizer, whOse body
from, the start - far OntEnew his mind that
ned besMmae o prey 30 all the Kind folks RoaaDd-
ahsat. ned esuld work harder than the Others
with that giant Of body. Red could be beaten
cant Of . good part Of his wages. A silly Fellow.
Good natured, withal, except fer occasional
demOnic RACES that swept him umAer vague
sseainss Of unzatrness to him. hat everybody
the a,irl who S008cd him % get aRks earnings
fnem the mine Everybody save inst enc
Cd woman. Working IN the dark. season IN
and cat, hating u, yet wftaowt w1t to work
release.
That's the story II you have adopted the
sang-eong that everything is lovely IN this Aase
world, don't read Harry Carlisles novel
If on the other hand you FIRST like good work
II reading y0a feea ehe consistent partnership
Of theme and motive and growth, then read it.
sound economy Of construction, IN making every
word pay its way no matter how hard that way
may be- n yOu respond 20 the bludgeon1ng II
bltaer facts BY every sort Of recording two-fsted
phEase-tten read the "DArkneB ut Neon"
Moreover, II you are willing to look 0Et from year
padked seat upon hardships inenneeiVahae Ia one
another line Of labor that has emily h0rror as
- ultimate and probable destruction % It's
goal-then read this tzagsc tale. Having read
1t, stop Numbering on the taaeme IAN maen
ere created equal" and 80 en-. At points In this
life OF the miner. In the life Of Acd, one stops
TeaGing Is IL too hard Bmt 0ne does 30 on
for the lure b certain despite rs bitterness.
clean, straight, sinewy piece 81 woxk A
navel a great power An Interesting wan this
Harry Carlisle miner himself and then,
many things beside- Began . laA-9rOcer
bog, mOul0ers apprentice, mAeaainsst, waiter
and IN America sailor. dish washer, motaan
p1eeaEe reader and-and-and. ~r6lling
stsne'9~ Very .l1hely. But right here taaat stone
tragedy, authentic INSIDE and cit. He has
cTeate1 in Red o dramatic figure Of paercing
solyOW 70 any reader. The kind ~ ache that
demands measures Of aileviazfon On, M, never
. pepular novel. A fine one taevertaaeiess, beth
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