Evening star., 1935-05-19

plot, but the events which lead up to
it are full of thrills, both martial and
sentimental.
EARTHQUAKE IN THE TRIANGLE.
BY Lewis Gibbs. New York: Henry
Holt g. Co.
THE Triangle. which was once
three-sided, casual piece Of sward,
with an inn on its edge, is now wedged
into vast stretches Of brick, concrete
and mortar in a part of London 8
miles from Cornhill. The time Of this
story is the second day Of the general
strike Of May, 1925. The strike fur
nishes the earthquake, but, right or
wrong, we are more interested in the
personal affairs Of middle-aged DR..
Elliot, who carried round the offer
tory bag on Sundays, sang at charity
concerts, while his wife sold articles at
bazaars and visited in all the good
houses. The doctor was little affected
by the general strike, good deal af-
fected by falling in love with Norah
West, but when it came to measuring
up to the expectations OF woman
generation younger than himself he
failed. We are also interested in the
affairs of Johnny, son Of the vicar, |
whose vicarage occupied the third side
of the Triangle. Johnny was much
excited by events of the general strike
and was never again quite the same
boy. Mr. Gibbs. author of "On the
Hill" and "A Days Tale" writes with
delicate humor which often only partly |
conceals pathos and tragedy.
BLESSED IS THE MAN. BY Louis
cara. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Co.
A VIGOROUS. unrestrained novel
of a primitive, powerful immi-
grant to the United States from Rus
sia. Jake Krakauer lacks the pic
turesque qualities which we are ac-
customed to associate with our early |
American pioneers, but Is perhaps |
none the less true to history on that |
account He and his clan fight their |
way at odd jobs in cities and on farms
in the country. keeping up their Jew
ish obServances in the midst OF the |
turmoil of a new and exacting life. |
Jake finally becomes that wealthy |
merchant and philanthropist, Jacob
Krakauer Famous for the Known |
Brand line of merchandise, owner OF |
the Krakauer Krown Food Shops, the
chain OF stores including the large |
Krakauer Krown Shop in the Loop
Everything the Best Coarseness,
humor. pathos, appreciation Of char
acter complexities and complete natu-
ralness are combined in Louis Zaras
study of this melting-pot American
family.
HERITAGE BY George F. Hummel.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Co.
IN THIS detailed story Of the trans
l. planting Of the German family OF
the Wellers to the Long Island village |
of Norwood in the '40S (Mr. HummePs
own home is Southold) we discover
one of those plump, meaty novels
which are so full of human nature
and fundamental social motives that |
we are IOdCQ W lay CIltIl uO"A WHICH
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was in 1846 that Gottlob and Bar
bara Weller and their three children
came into Norwood on the first train
which entered the village, took pos
session of the cottage rented from
John Beebe, and received their Irish
friend Mccarthy as a boarder. They
were aliens in the community of Bee
bes, Horizons, Booths, Conklins, Cor
wins, Wellses, Howells. Reeveses and
Davises, whose ancestors had come
there 200 years before from Puritan
New England. Yet by the time their
twin sons, George and Henry, born !
several years after their arrival, had
grown to manhood, the family had
been long assimilated. On the day |