Evening star., 1935-05-19

1t has been used before by writers
of fiction of the Civil War period.
Zelie and young Northern officer,
Capt. Avgan, who had done his best
to preserve order among his troops
and to protect the women of the
Bayou Bleu country, fell in love, with
out weighing the political complica-
them if they had subordinated their
emotions to reason. The story has
atmosphere and charm of style and
the ending will be perfectly salts
factory to all romanticists.
CASTLE IN ANDALUSIA. BY Enz-
abeth Sprigge. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
60 FAR removed in type from Eliz-
~ abeth Sprigge's earlier novel, The
Old Man Dies" an intensive study of
a family dominated by its head, is
Castle in Andalusia" that it seems
hardly possible that the same author
mothered them both. Her versatility
is proved. This second novel is a ro-
nance, yet its characters are not
Pegasus riding fantasies, but modern
people who act and develop in har-
mony with their basic characteristics.
1t is the story Of an international
marriage between Catharine Marston,
an English girl. and Don Ramon de
Gutierrez, Spanish aristocrat.
Transplanted, Catharine was at first
disappointed in Spain, which she
found less romantic than she had pic
tured it. Her husband also turned out
to be less romantic than he had been
as a suitor. That sometimes happens.
When she saw Don Ramon's harsh
treatment Of his peasants and ex-
perlenced his SelfiShneSS and lack of
consideration toward her, together
with his black moodiness and sudden
RACES, she realized that she had mar
ried different man from the courtlv
gentleman she had known in Eng
land. She came to understand the
Spanish people and to love them and
the beautiful countryside of Anda-
lusla. Then Pedro, superior young
peasant on her husbands estate, be-
came her friend and helped her to
understand her adopted country, It
was some time before she realized that
ne was Don Ramon's illegitimate half
brother. BY that time she and Pedro
had come to love each other, The
revolution did not bring out any hid
den strength in Don Ramon. He re-
malned weak, cowardly and odious.
Miss Sprigge has combined in this
artistic novel subtly drawn characters
and charming setting.
NEW MINDS FOR OLD. The Art
and Science of Mind Training. BY
Esme Wingdeld-Stratford. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
MORE brain, o, God, more brainl
~ For unless we can get that
prayer answered we shall soon be
past praying for!" In other words.
Esme Wiugfleld-Stratford, British
scholar and writer, thinks that our
complex civilization has escaped from
the control Of man and that only
~@S" AAAAAAo WALL dplC W ICCdDUuTe
1t. If old minds are the best we have,
they may be trained, and some excel
lent directions are here given for their
management. One of the most sug-
geStlve OF the chapters is entitled In
Corpore Sano" and discusses body
training as an aid to mind training,
the elimination of unnecessary stimu-
lus (or stimulants). the technique of
sleep, the control of digestion, the
gospel of relaxation and the phi
loSophy of exercise. Mr.. Wingfeld-
Stratford is believer In the doctrine
OF free will, not fatalist, and all his
theories about mind building and
mind conservation are based on the
suppoSition that human beings can
control their temperaments and de-
velop their minds, even though they
may not be able to transform them
selves into geniuses. His book should
be very helpful one. He Is also the
author of "The History Of English
Patriotism" "The Reconstruction Of
Mind" Facing Reality" 1.-The Recon-