Evening star., 1932-06-25
THE LIBRARY Fable
BY SARAH C. BOWERMAN.


field: BIRTHPLACE of George Washing
ton" by Charles Moore, chairman OF
the Commission of Fine Arts. The little
book consists of three interesting es-
saws. written with all the historical IN
formation available, and in a clear style,
enlivened by delightful humor-Tne
WashinQtons in England" "Wakenelo:
Birthplace of George washington. ana
washington at Home" The illustra-
tions. from photographs, include view
of the entrance front, showing the box
bordered brick walk, the front OF the
restored house, facing the Potomac the
parlor, with Dutch tiled nrepiace' tne
graveyard of the Washlngtons peIore
and after restoration; view across
Pope's Creek, and q sample OF the
Wakefield china The essay Washing
ton at Home" is perhaps the most lit
erarv essay of the three. 1t was read
at meeting of the washington Liter
arv Society January 16, 1882, and there-
after in Boston, Baltimore, savannah
and elsewhere. DR.. Moore Deglns oy
stating that washington rarely was at
home: again. Washington was so busy
that we do not think Of his home life
Yet All his life he loved his home. most
of ali. of course. Mount Vernon, the
valued estate of his mature years. Mary
Ball second wife of Augustine Wash
ington. was the second mistress oil
Wakefield, and there her nrst three
children George. Betty and Samuei,
were born. Until he was years olo
George lived at Wakefield; tnen, one
Spring day in 1875 the family, taxing
household goods, boarded VeSSeI lor
the voyage of so miles up the foeomac
to Little Hunting Greek" For three
or four years George washington then
lived at Mount Vernon. then at Ferry
Farm. near Fredericksburg; then WAKE
field again. with his brother, Austin !;
then at Mount Vernon, with his brother
Lawrence, and finally at Mount vernon
as its owner OF the much discussed
question of the love OF George WASH
ington for Sally Fairfax, wife OF his
friend and neighbor, George Fairfax.
DR.. Moore saws: Did he fall in love
with Sally Fairfax? Of course he did.
What boy does not fall in love with an
older woman? Did she fall in love with
him? Never!" DR.. Moore Is the autnor
Of several other books about George
Washington and washington, the Cap
ital City, 1.-The Family Life OF George
Washington" Washington: Past and
Present" plan for the Improvement
of the Park System of the District OF
White House" and George Washing
tons Rules Of Civility."
One of the publishing firms has an
nounced the winner of the American
Historical Fiction Prize, Miss Rhoda w
! Marshall of Los Angeles. and her list of
the Is best pieces Of American histori-
cal fiction published within the past 10
oil hrf
Johnston: Shadows on the Rock" by
Villa Gather; American Beauty" by
Edna Ferber; Arundel" by Kenneth
Roberts; I'm the Days Of Poor Rich
ard" by Irving Bachelor; Drums" by
James Boyd; THE Great Meadow" by
Elizabeth MADDOX Roberts; THE Lime
stone Tree" by Joseph Hergesheimer
"Balisland," BY Joseph Hergesheimer;
The Long Rife" by Stewart Edward
White; "All Ye People" by Merle Colby;
THE Lively Lady" by Kenneth Rob-
erts; BLACK Daniel" by Honore Willsie
Morrow; "Gitana," by Robert w. Cham
bers: "On to oregon" by Honore VIII
sic Morrow; Death Comes for the
Archbishop" by Villa Gather: Forever
Free" by Honore WiDsie Morrow; THE
Forge by T. S. Stribling; THE Wave. '
by Evelyn Scott; The Able McLaugh-
| in Her Hand" by Bess Streator Aid
rich; Giants in the Earth" by o. e
Rolvaag; "Cimarrcn." bv Edna Ferber
"42 Parallel" by John Dos Passos, and
1919" by John Dos Passes.
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The rooming house IA Drakesferry
road might be in many parts of Lon
DON. Norah Hoult places it within q
hRsrf ntre ~ 4xa =
novel; Apartments to Let" The land
| lady Is Mrs. Peabody, whom life ha,
robbed Of all sentimentality and made
almost as hard as the brasses which she
! keeps so well polished Her favoritt
roomer is Mr.. Hobson, the draper's as.
| sistant, who pays promptly, makes M
| trouble, never comes In late, makes NJ
| acquaintances with other roomers
Leonard Willoughby, disappointed IN
love; Lena Grossly of doubtful reputa'
| ton, and josephine Moore, alway.
| queer" are not entirely satisfactory Il
/ Mrs. Peabody, but for that very reason
| furnish her excellent material for gos.
sip. which she loves The story o.
| Apartments to Let" is really the story
Of Josephine Moore-a grim and tragic
story by one of the best of England.
younger fiction writer's.
I X y y
} All readers OF Dickens know his fond
ness for scenes in which eating is tht
! center Of interest-home Christmas din.
ners. lunches of chops and ale in inns
! innumerable teas, snacks of all sorts, BY
| fireplaces, in attics, by the roadside
anywhere. other writers have showr
taste for eating scenes. The recent
book THE Festive Board" by Thurs
|
scenes from many authors The ar
! rangement is in the order of a menu
grace before meat" soup" fish" anc
! so on to the wine list" Dickens
| Thackeray, Scott Swift, Lamb. Pepys
Shakespeare, Keets, Byron and Mere
dith are all quoted. Among the mod
erns are Virginia woolf, Villa Gather
Carl Van Doren, Joseph Hergesheimer
and owen Wister.
Melcombe, the old family seat of tbs
BITTERNESS, through a combination oi
I family extravaganza. heavy land taxes
and death duties. has had to be sold
and to make the tragedy the more
tragic 1t has passed into the hands OF
the nouveau richie Viscount Whichford
Jewish manufacturer. This is the be-
] S4illl4llS VI oylNid 1IlOLnDSOnS mover
Summers Night" More troubles ensut
when Charles Bitterne who has been
supposed to be engaged to his high born
! cousin, Evelina Bitterne, falls In lova
with Jasmin Lengel, daughter of Lord
| Whichford.
| \
Call Home the Heart" by Fielding
! Burke, is novel of life in the noun
tains of the South. Ishma Waycaster
sees for herself no future but that OF
the ordinary mountain woman, house
work. field work and child-bearing, and
she longs to escape, though she loves
| the beauty Of the mountains. The
setting of Dark Moon Ridge. Cloudy
Knob and Lane Goat Ridge in the
beginning of the story is changed foI
that of cotton mill, where conflict is
| in progress between owners and mil
hands. The change is loss as far as
| the pleasure of a reader Is concerned
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