Evening star., 1940-05-19
The Literary WordRevews Of Current Publications
English Seen by Visiting
American Writers as a
People Living in Past
Sojourn in Britain Results in
Belief Its Inhabitants Lack
Test for Modern Life
By Mary.Carfer Roberts.
The Long Watch in England


The Long Watch in England
By Eugene and Airline Lohrke Ne,o York Henry Holt Co.
a Ss f Hne Ss o peo xnS al %
10th century Philip Gibbs and Tomnson
without hope setting they say
strong the death.
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on THIS a Its authors two @ % mall took
to English day
of of then e9 ev n0v b T Isl @
Of their adopted nghSors So they avoided making ssn.rs
% ?ss :ysse
frequently though they confess that
provinciay the the
have tsis 10.
produced is therefore, the remarkable.
picture who complication Of have
Sussex where the the
by s the last
m m M mnas aa bs resn with it Ae had had been @ 5 hss
the Ior man. but just one hard but GOOD gSo fine
lord since his DEATH the had been
warmth for the
M
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1ss Ths sA English as @
but but Hbon ova hoe r %
una Members the
did hopeless people
5 DS a vas felt in his he
it and all they engaged trying to turn back the clock
t U step o back o ae e m 0 it's
future
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ihy health standard of the nation s rating c. wrched
the 1Oas out s 10 s false e. s @
leaking the thstonsa
things
eod the
s s IKE
% TSs eoa ss % hem % sssf ashamed of the
The book written lovely the sad long rhythm which
its authors sincerity into its composition only makes
Trees of Heaven
By Jesse Stuart. York: P. Dutton Co.
virtue Of book Of verse called The Man With the
e nS 1e the r % any Ss a hs & hs
h @ with mn the be need & oT ss the
the the Tn W aaE pe u hs oSg the a On M M
had pumped for the fiction They Of
homesp heroes with heas Of stse and herones
years birds nest
that all NJ old from the
at the heads
novel going to have to
good indeed Or, going "real
which means today an imtaor of John Stenback
poet nothing
But quite number of the which contributed
to TO- nag he has shown tendency stick with the old uds @ stun
sinners who fall with handsome
Sweethears who evidently
when with novel, the
to be faithful to the John tradition going
his mountain boys possby-was
denced
second chances He has produced laid
Fox but feshed decorated according
has written conventional story
Busman Subrinea
Buhman who has what all old farmers
hav-a great land hunger satisfies appetite
squatters by avocon They
anything. An hates them low-ving ways
Iarvns pleading, consents them territory
Fearing the worst from such lawe
much for Bolivar agreement
after tree has fallen 60 feet the head
from Heaven repnts his haness
Tues return Tarvin marries
to the story Its a feud, though in modern terms.
In handling his alternately writes
poetry and bge He has moments genuine
lovely nature and
sympathy with human emotion But his inspiration
consistent He obviously strained by the
full length OF novel, between
old legendary
poetry holding together exceedingly
penance OF old Anse particularly weak
to the reader.
going continue novelist he will have to work
harder He might well Perhaps
he will decide to do that.
Isolated America
By Raymond Leslie Buell.. NeO York: Alfred A. Knopt