Evening star., 1932-06-19

of protective cclorng" that has served to
perpetuate many form Of life by a neat blend
of color, creature on the one hand, leaf or
flower or bark on the other. So with man
Early he discovered that the "yes-man" is at
least safe. At most he may also be successful
And SO. under this instructive fear, people band
together in institutions Of learning, education
politics. A hugh monochrome of mankind
Just once in an age there appears one Of An
other stripe-the prophet, the genius. the
thinker. Within his time more or less the out
cast also. For. to the average. nothing else Is
quite SO ripe in public menace as the one who
dares to be himself
Within q modest measure, Bernard Shaw has
won the distrust the admiring distrust. of the
timid. In politics. innovator of destructive
socialistic views and preachments. In art, .
playwright tampering with sacroScant tradi-
til IS and moth-eaten practices. play boy
cavorting about upon the sharp wit Of his Irish
origin. striking figure whom the years cannot
down. . perennial Shaw. this Bernard Shaw.
And here Mr.. Colbourne. in . book Of slight
proportions, undertakes to confine Bernard
Shaw within the familiar structures Of the COM
mon run OF human beings. Not only undertakes
to do this but actually does it, IS we'll The
dimculty about Bernard Shaw and common
opinion concerning him has been still Is the
general hysteria that attends any consideration
Of the man. Different. therefore; dangerous on
the one hand, inconsiderate on the other In
along the course Of Shaw. finding q serious
man where flippant one had been pointed out
to him. Finding a public-spirited man where
only sefexploitation had been indicated.
man of political insight founded upon the his
tory Of various experiments in government An
all-around man, of clear vision and independent
thinking. An interesting study, serious and
penetrating
SUMNER HOLIDAY. BY sheila Kaye-smith,
author of Joanna Godden," etc New York
Harper g. Bros.
DY WAY of Summer Holiday" Sheila Kaye
= Smith provides both herself and readers
as well with the joyous actualities of that
adventure.
A bit of homely magic or so it seems, did
this author maneuver for the adventure in
hand Nothing more than to float backward
on the tide OF memory to those early years
when days stand out bright ard forthcoming
with every manner of premise to meet gorgeous
demands Of youngsters ripe for every order Of
fantastic makebelieve. And this the author
does. Merely drifts back to those radiant early
years. That, however, is but little more than
half Of the great game. 1t is for you and me
to go along, partaking And this is possible
If only the author has stripped off the years
to stand naked in the austere sincerity of child
hood. Possible only if We too, going along
are similarly barred of those pretences with
which years of modesty Cd have smothered
natural simplicity.
In this respect everybody is ready to 60 And
so, in the two little girls, Selma and Moira we
again go to the country for Summer. Para
disc of play. Everything in its glory-the sun,
the rain, green fields. the gay laughter of the
little river nearby. The mystery Of new puppy
HtterS, or the young calves and the curious
wherefore Of their constant nuzzling of over
patient mothers. Riding on the hay load with
a storm close at hand Taking lunch to the
f1elders-oh, not possible to name half the
adventures waiting of morning, reluctantly
taking leave of a night.
Not single strain of overriding anywhere
in this joyous Summer time Not a Pollyana-
ish smirk Of excess cheerfulness, not a shred
OF condescension nor a scrap of concealed in
struction. Here is fair-dealng and beautiful
Summer time gathered, clean and whole, out
OF the good memory of the writer, and delivered.
clean and whole, to those of us who are fit
to share it.
Summer Holiday" is moreover a very beau
tiful piece OF work, because theme and carrier
are one, lnseparable at any point through
out the course of the joyous to-do A high
tribute to the true self of this writer of popular
novels on the problems, generally of people
grown to the years of complete misunderstand-
ing. sweet immersion for all Of us, this
Summer Holiday"
OLD NEW YORK. For young New Yorkers
BY Caroline D. Emerson. author of "A
Merry -Go-Round of Modern Tales ETC.
Illustrated by Aida Conover. New York
E. P. Dutton g. Co.
THE elder citizen, both inside New York and
outside the big town, will do well not to
set this book off for the sole Use of those named
in its title. For to the common mind irreSpec-
tive of years, if any thing earth needs
untangling for him it is New York City. Merely
to realize the ground plan of the new Babylon
would help the wayfarer within its gates i'm
measurably. Caroline Emerson has provided
for the children that which many adult
will snatch and run away with teacher.
this woman knows the indispensable character
of good map wherever location, place, is a