Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 40

THE SUNDAY The Notable Exhibition of Cotemporary American Painting Importance of the Corcoran Gallery's Showing‘—The Artists and Their Work. BY LEILA MECHLIN. OR the tenth time the Corcoran llery of Art has assembled and set forth a notable exhi- bition of cotemporary Amer- fcan painting. These exhibl tions, which have been held at inter vals of two years, have come to be regarded as important events in the art world, epoch marking in the de velopment of American painting. The fact that they are held here in the National Capitai that £h the munificence of the late A. Clark five large money pri awarded ler special fmportan and insures bmission of the artists’ best to the jury of sel ion. The jury for composed of Joh the works Spencer, a_group tanding reputati and catholic tastes ex. on wide a the same fully representative, an exhibition which not oniy upholds the high standard set in the past but creates a new standard through still higher and of broad result is an prehensive { unique one will want to return again and again. The third Clark Corcoran _bronze medal went to Adolphe Borie, a gifted painter of Philadeiphia, for a nude, well done, but extremely unattractive. Here is where the judgment of artist and lay- man parts. The artist, knowing the difficulty, rewards success; the lay- man, iguorant of technique, judges by ult alone. ‘he fourth award, as has already been said, went to Abram Poole’s peinting, “The Spanish Sis- ters.” a huge canvas, smoothly ren- dered and somewhat reminiscent of Victorian days It must be remembered that many paintings were not eligible for awards, and the findings of the jury, therefore, while siguificant, should “not be re- garded us restrictive. * *x % l‘HF, first picture sold from this ex- hibition was one of a pair by Rob- t Spencer, a mémber of the jury and therefore not a competitor for honors. These two pictures, both of commo place bulldings made beautiful through the colorful touch of time, the Kindl glamour of sunlight through atmo; prize and the averag Thr ings ove to theis floor of t given over. tion visitor nt and | upper | idred and fifty-five pa catalogue, entire ST ¢ for the exhibi- | ctures have been | catalogued gically, so that nc time need be wasted in turning back and forth its pages. * ¥ % ¥ THE place of * opposite the pied one time rgent’s masterly painting of a group of eminent physicians at Johns Hop kina University, has been given this rear to Garl Melchers' Mrs. John W. G It is a fullle rrett paint a bold piece « force, execut would cer great whose in so strongly pressive does thi in its pre Happil the nor in Galery C. in stairca 111 be T stume— a tour de ner which delighted the nish painting, art today is "ar more im- yrtrait appear here position than when shown lately the New exhibition at the Anders New York. Fortunately, chers is represented in thi showing by two other diverse works, a sturdy painting of two hunters in Winter togs passing a country house in the gray light of and a p! f “The Wh | House.” a home in Spring- | time, half hidden behind a fruit tree in full bloom--an exqui r- pretation of the lovelines door world brought into conjunction with the simple homeliness of coun- living. There are in this exhibf L o uence evid country notable portraits on; such, for instance, | quarter-iengih d . Russell Sage painted with great reserve and keen insight; or the double p it by Wayman Adams of Emil risen and his gifted son, Dines, both whom are represented, and well, in the exhibition. There is the interest- ing group portrait by Charles Hop- kinson of himself and Mrs. Hopkinson and their five engaging daughters to which the place of honor in Gallery F has been given. This was evidently painted at the artist's Summer home | at Manchester, Mass., and the whole | canvas is pervaded by a spirit of joy- | ousness and youth--a delightful com- position, an Interesting personal docu- ment. A little to the left hangs Abram Poole’s portrait of Mile. Orosoff, an impressive work rendered in a vein quite his own and claiming equal im portance with “The Spanish Sister to which tk urth V m A. Clark prize and Corcoran honorable men- tion were awarded. There Is perhaps nothing so im- | pressive about this current exhibition | as tne diversity in style of the work shown there nd it there is one lesson to be ed from it, it is that there are many ways, not a single way, of painting admirably. W man; the | ‘HE firs | Coreos Clark prize and gold medal were award ed, as has aiready been announced in these columns, to a painting by Charles W. Hawthorne, “The Fish and the Man,” a Provincetown subject treated with that amazing ski haracterizes all of Mr. later worl Two other _exhibits qually well represent him—-"The Cap- tain, the Cook and the First Mate,” which won a prize at the Carnegie | Institute’s most recent internation exhibition, and a “Mother and Child,” beautifuily painted and possessing a touch of the universal. The second Clark prize and Corcoran Jver medal went to Walter Elmer hofleld’s painting of “A Little Har- nestling beneath a hill on which . town has grown up. This hangs in Gallery D and is pendant to a second work by the same painter, a picture of a Devon farmhouse. Both paint- possess great beauty, and though liey have the appearance of simplic- in rend they have In truth en wrought with elaborate care and | e technical assuran: quired only hroug the medium of long experi: allery has been |4 |charm of | rendered. phere, the introduction of human I have been hung to the right and &0t relt. The one to the Zel hdler's Row,” Wwas pur e the exhibition opened. ’ ipreme works of art In this same gallery hangs a charm- ing Winter picture by Edward W. Redfieid, an original Jandscape com- position by Joseph T. Pearson, an arched bridge silhouetted against a broad, open sky; a notable still life by Emil Carlsen, .a marine by Paul Dougherty; a landscape, “The Hay. stack,” by Charles Ebert of Lyme, Conn!, which recalls the best of the French impressionists’ works and is delightful in the matter of color and atmospheric interpretation. Here, too, hangs Augustus Vincent Tack’s por- trait of Duncan Phillips, painted for the Phillips Memorial Gallery—an un- usual work in portraiture; Giuseppe | Trotta’s admirable portrait of himself, painted in the style of the great tr dition; besides Marie Danforth Page's group portrait of three young girls, and Richard §. Meryman's portrait of Mrs. Frank B. Hayne, to mention only a few. No less than 18 local artists are rep- resented in this exhibition—an ex- traordinarily large and strong repre- sentation. Mr. Meryman shows two portrait the one already mentioned and an- paintings, a large canvas of hockey players and of a mulatto girl with jug. Burtis Baker makes excellent show & in a portrait of “Miss H.,” which has great distinction of style and design; a still life and a nude. William H. Holmes, the director of the National Gallery of Art and the president of the Society of Washing- ton Artists, is represented by a lovely Maryland landscape and a charming picture of a woodland brook. Mrs. Bush-Brown shows a portrait entitled “La Penserosa,” one of the most subtle and best works that she has_ produced. Miss Ellen Day Hale shows a figure study. “The Fashion of 1898”; Miss Gabrielle Clements a_well painted portrait, Miss Sarah Munroe a pic ture entitled “A Bird and a Bowl." Mathilde M. Leisenring shows a nude | in profile, a brilliant plece of paint- ing, lovely in color, artistic in han- dling—a work which lends distinction in itself. Miss Critcher is again represented by an Indian subject, but one less important than her showing of two vears ago. Cameron Burnside shows a characteristic French scene, well Baker, Garnet W. Jex, Wynne Johnson, Edgar Nye, Mary G. Riley and Elsie Brooks Snowden are all well represented. Mrs. Duncan Phillips, who has been holding an_exhibition at_the Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, and a group of whose works are now on exhibition in the Phillips Memorial Gallery, has contributed to this exhi- bitlon a landscape painted in the Pennsylvania_hills, showing a pano- ramic view of open country, in which rythmic line and balance of composi- tion, as well as restrained color, con- tribute to a pleasingly decorative ef- fect, a work realistic and convincing. * % %k ok ‘HERE are two charming land- scapes in this exhibition by Bruce Crane, and there are marines by Woodbury, Ritschel, Sherman and Waugh. Mr. Waugh, who is a painter of figures as well as of marines, his- toric subjects, boats and landscapes, has adventured into a new field and is represented by a most delightful painting of “Tiger Lillles and “Thistles.” There are two charming flgure paintings by Mrs. Lilllan~ Westcott Hale, one of a little girl and a doll, entitled “Nancy and the Map of Eu- rope,” the other a portrait of a young girl, “Penelope,” very simply, direct- ly and artistically rendered. Iielen M. Turner is represented by two portrait works, one a double por- trait of two young girls, the other a standing portrait of “Ann Spencer.” Sarah M. nee are pictures to which Mercheres’ portrait | other of Mr. Eugen Weisz, his pupil, | who himself shows two notable figure | two portraits, but a very engaging Interfor with figures, “The Lesson.” Leopold Seyffert is represented by a brilliantly rendered portrait of him- self, as well as two other portraits. There is a group of paintings by Childe Hassam in his best vein, and a toneful, lovely landscape, quite dif- ferent in style, by Albert L. Groll. Jonas Lie is represented by two pictures of boats, “The Fleet” and “The Storm'; John C. Johansen by two interiors with figures, one a por- rraft of himself and his family. Mrs. Johansen shows one of her recent paintings of figures out of doors, joy- ous_in spirit and suggestive in color of the works of the early Italian mas- ters. Frank W. Benson, to whom was awarded the Temple gold medal at the Pennsylvania Academy this year, shows a picture of a white heron in a secluded foliage-inclosed pool; a little Winter landscape and a still life. There are two excellent outdoor pictures by John Folinsbee and two very characteristic and admira- ble figure paintings by Mary Cas- satt, more at home, perhaps, in this exhibition than in the Parfs Salon at the time they were painted. The Taos school is w represented by Dunton, Ufer and Couse. Gerrit Beneker shows a well painted portrait of a seafaring man. Dwight Blaney of Boston sends a charming landscape. To Wilfred Conrow's por- trait of Lord Exmouth a position of honor has been given. Cecil Clark Davis' portrait of a French woman is eminently worthy of note, as are Nicolal Fechin's por- trait study and still life and Garber's unusual picture of a young girl sil- houetted against a sunny, green out- @oor background. Lilllan Genth again shows Spanish subjects—a double figure study. George Harding, the illustrator, makes two interesting essays in out- door painting. Aldro T. Hibbard con- tributes a_charming Winter woodland picture. From Felicie Waldo Howell comes a competent interpretation of the roofs and chimneys of a New England seaside village, seen from an attic window. o T L. IPSEN, whose portrait of Edwin H. Blashfield in the centennial exhibitlon of the N. A. D. was much remarked, is represented in this collection by an equally weil painted “Portrait of a Lady.” Richard Miller and Frederick Frieseke are well represented. Ho- bart Nichols show: very attractive 7 pencer Nichols an Among the notable still life paint- ings are two by John Sharman and two by Hovsep Pushman. Giovanni Troccoli, an American painter of Italian birth, shows an excellent por- trait, and from Sandor Vago of Cleveland, a new exhibitor, comes a cleverly rendered plcture of a woman washing a_mirror. Robert Vonnoh, Philip Hale, Irving Wiles, Robert Phiilip and a number of others show portraits of real dis- tinction, Among the painters evidencing so- called modernistic tendencies—that is, those who are finding new forms of expression, working in ways which have not yet altogether been given acceptance—there are not a few, It is the works of these painters that will furnish material for controversial discussion; it is the inclusion of these works which stamps the present ex- hibitlon as progressive and up-to-date. Maurice Sterne, a collection of whose works has lately been shown at the Phillips Gailery, is represented by a typical portrait study of a young woman in his characteristic style. This hangs in Gallery E, wherein also is to be found an extremely mod- ernistic “Arrangement,” a figure study by Jacob Smith of Brooklyn, Here also are two paintings of gulls, very different, but broadly rendered, impressive, direct; “Heavenly Visit- ant,” by Truman E, Fakset, and "Sea Gulls,” by Gifford Beal. Here, also, is Kenneth Hayes Miller's nude, “Woman Dressing Her Halr,” off- setting in ugliness Jacob Smith's “Ar- rangement.” In Gallery F hangs a painting by John F. Grabach entitled “Back Yard Society” and in Gallery H are two ad- ditional works by the same artist, both city pictures devoid of all amen- ities of beauty. * ok ok % AHTHUR B. DAVIES is represented by two rather extreme works, ““The Garden Goddess” and “Memories of a Garden.” John Carroll's “Guitar Player” is only a step or two beyond Kroll's realistic renderings, to two of which places of honor have been given in this exhibition; but his nude, “Lilith,” falls directly in the fleld of modernism in an exaggerated form. Theresa F. Bernstein's painting of “New England Ladies” is well ren- dered, but it _has an_essentially East Side flavor. Putnam Brinley's “Italian Quarter” looks like a child’s toy puz- zle, or the destruction of a shingle factory, but it is amusing and amaz- ing. Andrew Dasburg’s “Hillside Dobi Houses” and Robert Chadeayne's Winter picture are according to the new rule, but far behind Rockwell Kent's picture of the French Alps and “Dead Tree—Tlerra del Guega,” which have a dignity of austerity which is profoundly impressive. . Edmund C. Tarbell shows not only Jerome Myers' East Side scenes STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, APRIL “THE INDIAN MUSICIAN,” BY WALTER UFER. “CHILD IN CHINESE COSTUME,” BY WILLIAM GLACKENS. and Eugene Higgins' Irish pictures are in each painter’s accepted style | and have much to commend them. | That it is impossible to erect fences in the fleld of art, dividing various | forms of expression, i3 undoubtedly | true. The most extreme of the mod- | ernists is unavoidably a child of tra dition, the inheritor of the ages, no matter how much he or she may deny it. And a great deal in art today which is made occasion for dispute will disappear tomorrow, when it is replaced by something finer and bet- ter. Nothing could be more instruc- tive or more interesting than to see side by side, as in this exhibition, the works' of those who are at present taking devious paths but to a great extent achieving similar ends. This exhibition, which opened last evening with & private view and re- ception, will continue until May 16, and the public will be invited to Voice its opinion by voting for the award of a popular prize to the most ad- mired picture. Many of the paintings included in this notable exhibition are illustrated in the pictorial supplement today. Before this notable exhibition ended the Corcoran Gallery of Art made four important purehases for its per- manent collection. They are as fol lows: “Sea Storm,” by Jonas Lie: “Still Life,” by Frank W. Benson; “Mysolf,” by Leopold Seyffert, and “The Artist and His Family,” by John C. Johansen. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Public Library and lists of recommended reading will appear in this column each Sunday. The following books may be found in the Industrial Divi- sfon: Business. Adams, A. B. Economics of Busi- ness Cycles. HK-Adlfe. Aeby, Jules. Marchandises Danger- euses, 1922, HJIS-Aell. American Institute of Accountants. Board of Examiners. C. P. A. Law Questions. HKT-Am3T. Basset, W. R. Taking the Guesswork Out of Business. HK-B298t. Brisco, N. A., and Wingate, J. W. Retail Buying. HKFA-BTT. Brisco, N. A., and Wingate, J. W. R tail Recelving Practice. HK-B778r Cole, C. B. Elements of Commercial | Law. HKT-C674e. Filene, E. A. The HK-F475w. Retail Fri, J. L. HK-FIIr. Hallman, J. W. Organizing the Credit Department. HKDA-H150. Henderson, G. C. _The Federal Trade Commission. HK83-H383f. Hough, B. 0. The Export Executive. HK-H814e, La Salle Extension University, Chi- cago. Business Management, Ex- ecutive. Manuals, 8-8. 3v. HK-L332. McGraw-Hill Book Co. Industrial Marketing. HKU-MI17. McKinsey, J. O. Business Adminis- tration, HK-1M216b. % Marshall, L. C. Business Cases and Problems. HK-M354. Metcalf, H. C., ed. Linking Science with Industry. HK-1M5661. Way Out. Merchandising. National Industrial Conference Board. Trade Assoclations. HK-N217t. New York (State) University. Sylla- bus in Commercial Subjects for Four-Year High Schools. HK-N424s. Pan, Shu-lun. The Trade of the U. 8. with China. HKS$3-P196. Ramsay, R. E. Constructive Mer- chandising. HKU-R147. Graphic Analysis for IIK-18a92g. chluter, V Credit Analysis. HKDA-Sch3. Schmeckebier, L. The Burea mestic Sells, E , and Weber, G. A. Foreign and Do- mmerce. HK83-Schd. The Natural Business Year. 46n. Scammell, J. C. TUse of the Tele- phone in Business. HK-1Sca5u. Smith, S. S. A Treatise on Commer- cial Practices with Special Ref- erence to Their Application in the Practice of Pharmacy. HK-Sm67t. Sorelle, R. P., and Gregg, J. R. - retarial Studies. 1922, HK-1S067s. Warren, Irene and others. Filing and | Indexing with Business Proced- ure. HKCA-W234f. Wess, H. B. Merchandise Control HK-W518m. White, Percival, and Hayward, W. Marketing Practice. HKU-W Advertising. oclation of Forelgn Lan- spapers, Inc. The For- age Market in America. HKA-Am37. Beardsley, W. W. The Circular Ad- vertising Department. HKA-B388c. Donovan, H. M., and Mitchell, George. Advertising Response. HKA-D716. Koerber, J. A. The Art of Draping. 1923, HKA-KS813. American A | nion: | statement Farrar, G. P. How Advertisements Are Built. HKA-F242h. Gifford, W, * Real Estate Advertis- ing. HKJ-G364r, Handy Ads Co. Newton, Kans. Ad- vertising Helps for the Retailer. HKA-H193. Highham, _Sir HEKA-H534. Long, J. C. Public Relations. LS5p. Mahin, J. L. manship. Mowry, D. E. ing. HKA-MS877c. Pittsford, B. . Co. Manual for Ad- vertisers. HKA-P688m. Walker, W. E. Bank Business Bulld- ing. HKA-W153. Woodcock, B. C. A Textbook of Ad- Writing and De- vertisement signing. 1922, HKA-W853t. C. F. Advertising. HKA- Advertising and Sales- HKA-M275a. Community Advertls- “Salesmanship. Corbett, Ralph. The Man Who Sells. HKF-C81m. Ferris, E. E., and Collins, G. R. Sales- manship. HKF-Filds. Fredertck, J. G. Modern Salesman- ship. HKF-F874mo. Kneeland, Natalle. Aprons and House Dresses. HKF-K733a. Kneeland, Natalie. Cases in Retail Salesmanship. - HKF-733c. Kneeland, Natalie. Hoslery, Knit Un- derwear and Gloves. HKF-K733h. Kneeland, Natalie. Infants’ and Chil- dren’'s Wear. HKF-K733i. Kneeland, Natalie. Negligees. HKF- K733n. Kneeland, Bathing Suits. Kneeland, Natalle. Natalfe. Sweaters and HEKF-K733sw. Waists. HKF- 4, 1926—PART 2. Need of Regulatigns Governing Aviation Furnishes Basis for Work by Military Man—Some Fiction and the Li{e of a Novelist. IDA GILBERT MYERS. PUTTING LAWS OVER WINGS. | 2y W. Jefferson Davis, lieutenant colonel, Officers’ Reserve Corps, formerly legal advi and spe- clal assistant to the military at- tache, American embassy, Berlin; aviation committee, American Bar Association. T has taken all the past centuries of which there is record to con- vert the first hesitant paths laid down on land and sea by early man into the present world system of communication. And in this slow progression the last 100-year period has surpassed the sum of preceding centuries in achlevement. Science is s0 speeding up events that today a few months or weeks éven outstrip past ages in the march of progress. As these events swarm in increas- ing volume and diversity so do oppor- tunities and obligations increase. T meet the ripe moment in prompt efficiency and prevision 18, nowadays, the ruling factor in the progress and well being of both individuals and peonles. Just now a new world has opened, opened in a very literal sense right out of the blue. Here spreads the new realm of the air, as wide as both land and sea are wide. Aneun- explored world of infinite promise to the crowded areas beneath it, offer- ing open and unobstructed passage to both traveler and trade. Offering | also new modes of warfare and new | dangers to besieged peoples. Of ai truth here is opportunity of vast fin- port. And as certainly here, t00. 1§ obligation whose speedy recognition and acceptance are as imperative as they are unescapable. The average man knows little of the import of this new domain. of the air. He hears the clattering cleavage of the sky. He sgees the monstrous birds in their daring flight. He reads now and then of disaster and misadventure, or fn happler vein of altitude triumphs or cross-continent victories. As to what 1s being done by this country however, it anything is being done, he knows nothing. Have laws been made to safeguard this great do-, miain? fully organized for tlight? Are authorized plans | for speedy and stable development?| Have routes been laid out and pro- | tective measures devised for these?| Is the business of avlation already | rzanized as any other bus s 1S organized and has to be—as the| Army, for instance, is organized, or | the Navy? And how does this coun- try stand in aviation development | with the countries of Europe? Of all this the average man knows almost nothing. The one thing that he | does know Is that here is a great| and important area of future occu- | pation which under the general high pressure of the day must telescope the regulation periods of history exploration, discovery, ploneering, settlement and subsequent slow growth —into a single few montks of time. In a country like this each in portant general matter is everybod. | business, even the business of the | multitudinous common man, gatherix information from the daily newspape Even the average man lkes the feel of | helping along s he clearly should | be doipg in a fully entranchised com- dlth Mke ours. And here is a | chance for him to gather up some important points on the new and vital | theme of aviation. | “Putting Laws Over Wings" is a| little. Lok, a forthright, condensed | of fact calculated to economize the time of even the busiest man, as it pumps into him | the outstanding needs of aviation with a directness that makes the matter the immediate concern of | every reader. Certainly the reader | is a voter, and is it not the business | of the voter to tell the lawmaker of | It certainly ought to be. And. ac-| cording to this author, the immediate | crying need of aviation is Federal | laws to protect it and to encourage its rapid and competent development. In proof of his contention Mr. Davis | with monitory intent cites the lack | of uniform regulations applied to com- merce by way of the air; he points | to the lack of Federal licensing, in-| spection and supervision over com- merclal aviation. He regrets the provincial reluctance of the Federal lawmakers to profit by the achieve- ments and status of aviation in Europe. He urges the need of an immediate careful study by legis lators of the conflicting récdmmen- dations already in their hands, and | exhorts to an intelligent and pa- triotic sifting of these recommenda- tions concerning the subject of aviation for a near and timely exer- cise of their authorized function in this case, of “putting laws over wings."” The book, a logical, concise and deeply interesting discussion, while of moment to readers everywhere in this country, is intended specifically to sound & general note of warning against the slow-moving ways of legislators in this matter of pressing need. * kK % ONE INCREASING PURPOSE. By A. S. M. Hutchinson, author of “If Winter Comes.” etc. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 'HE Hutchinson novelists, brother and sister, stand at opposite poles of literary purpose. Vere Hutchin- son is absorbed in things as they are; A. 8. M., in things as they ought to be. The former is a stark realist of insight and power, engrossed as a rule with the grimmer aspects of life and destiny. The latter is an idealist adventuring in the Utopia of brotherly love. A. S. M. Hutchinson is, in essence, a reformer making use of the novellst's art to project the basic simplicities of life, to define the true purpose of existence. In “If Winter Comes” Mark Sabre is the Don Quixote in a society that is per- verted by selfishness, frivolity and a host of artificial preoccupations. “This Freedom” is, in substance, a protest against woman's invasion of public affairs at the expense of family and home. ‘“One Increasing Puffpose” pre- sents the drama of a man seriously probing the import of his own exist- ence. A pursuit, this, that shapes his outlook and gives consistent purpose to his activities and behaviors. In the war Sim Paris met death face to face many times and as many times was passed over for those whog he called better men than he. Qut of this fact there rose in him the K733w, La Salle Extension Wniversity, Chi- cago. Modern Salesmanship Prac- tice and Principles. 3 v. HKF-L335. McLemore, J. E. Fundamentals of Salesmanship in Ten . Lessons. HKF-M223f. Pratt, V. BE. Selling by Mail. HKI- P8ss. Ringo, F. J. Coats. HKF-R474co. Ringo, F. J. Draperies. HKI-R474d. Ringo, F. J. Dresses. HKF-R474dr. Ringo, F. J. Girls’ and Juniors' Ready-to-Wear. HKF-F474g. Ringo, F. J. Linen and Bedding. HKF-R4741. Ringo, F. J. Muslin Underwear and Petticoats. HKF-R474mu. Ringo, F. J. Suits. HKF-R474su. Strong, E. K. The Psychology of Sell- ing and Advertising. HKF-St86p: Tosdal, H. R. Principles of Personal Seiling, HKF-T637pr. conviction that something more than he was glving to the war would be required of him. The war over and 8im Paris back home in England, he began the search for this clearly im- plied destiny. The most diligent in- quiry brought to him only the great need of human service, the shoulder- to-shoulder advance of men through the perplexities around them. Noth- | mysterious atmosphere of the old city | too, i story itself makes headway. 'apart from the action, interesting as layers, all of which dre either indif ferent or hostile to one-another, fam fly matters themselves “which are| everywhere and always big with -op- | portunities for service.. Within this medium _stands -Sim Paris working out in the passionate convictions of | Hutehinson himséelf “he problems of | social righteousness. A novel that goes back to Mark Sabre for its beau- tiful inspiration. A novel that de- velops in_a simpler and more consist- ent strength than “Thls Freedom. With more spread than “If Winter Comes” and with even more convinc- ing power. e STREET Little, By Lenox Brown & LEGATION Fane. Boston: Co. ARDLY a more enjoyable incident can for the moment be realized than to go to Peking in the company of John Stuart, who is going that Wiy 6n a visit (o his brother, second secretary of the British legation there This -older brother is an observant man, ‘one who sees things through | the medium of a genial humor that | strips_eriticism of any evil intent Yet, thé business of a foreign lega. tlon does seem to him to be a pica- yune affair—calls and teas and din ners and games and gossip and tiv. ry with no_end of jealousy and a lot of very polite bickering. We, in the company of John Stuz it’ at one side lstening to him, he neatly | sticks & pin through this specimen of | “diplomatic service or that one, and holds it.up for us to examine and énjoy;dts futlle pretentiousness, its | bombastic assumption of work and| servica. Flirtations always fifrtations to which this road-minded friend of ours ascribes 108t in pocent, of , motives—boredom, a fool ‘of ‘@ husband, a cat of a wife, the long @istance from home, the limited resources for wholesome diversion in a_strange land, and so on That.i8 the best of John Stuart among many good things. He is the most tolerant man on earth, and so comtortable, With him we move out into the city with its strange streets afd" ghops and ubiquitous temples, with its imperial paiice and the For- bidden City and the great wall for the most enchanting of promenades. On these excursions John Stuart can pass over to vou the strange and| of Peking until you are in a world far | v from Legation stre Then | o0 back to it again, back to the | “Legation quarter that seemed like a | small fsland, with~the waters of an-| other fmmense and éntlrely alien life | surrounding it, and t was as Jazily | unconscious of the great tides of this | life as is an island of the waters which wash against its shores.” A very beautiful book, artful, sophistl cated, most engaging | * ok ok By Katherine Brush Minton, Balch & Co. | and clever fi novel. Neat | virtue of its workmanly bufld. | container exactly calculated to hold | chosen content, with np vacant spaces left over for a noisy and vexa- tious rattling around of odds and ends of superfluous incident. Clever, the novel is, in theme that is picked | right off the somewhat overwhelming | subject of the youth of the hour, the| boys and girls of the moment. Clever by virtue of the author's keen sight and insight, the latter used to interpret that which the former gath- n through sweeping and seeming- 1y careless glances. This is the story of a boy and ever S0 many girls. Jock Hamill is the youth Just a nice chap, neither Adonis nor Don Juan. Save for a lov ably crooked emile and a pretty clean | inside, Jock Hamill makes no great | bid for adoration. But he gets it, all | the same. First, there is Molly, but Molly is something like a baby's first teeth, good enough for the mush-and- milk of a boy's first love. Then comes the married woman. I wonder if a ny boy in the world has escaped falling in love with another man’s wife. Then | Yvonne, older than Jock. Much older, though no one could make Jock be- lieve that. Yvonne, waywise and lovely, old as Eve and captivating as Helen, or Cleopatra, or any other classic siren. But, after all, Yvonne has a heart, which she arouses to ac- tion for the saving of Jock and for the turning back toward her old ways of soft raiment and easy places to sit. Jock's mother makes one wonder how any boy can possibly make his w through the gantlet of young love without & mother. But the most of them would have messed the matter | irretrievably. Not this one. Jock's| mother is one of the real creations of this gayly adept and saucily ironic ad- venture in fiction plucked from the passing hour. There is another girl here, but you will like to find her for yourself, provided you have not al- ready done so in the serial printing of this capable and attractive portrayal of a young world seeking above all to be stimulated and thrilled. The novel as a whole stands out for its sense of structure and for its quite conspicuous gift of creating many personalities. each complete, no one of them bor- rowing from another. * X ¥ ® DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. By Fred Jacob, author of “One-Third of a BIIL” Toronto: The Macmillan Company JUST the same historic significanca to this novel as that which marks | Herbert Quick’s stories of the settle- ment and growth of the State of Iowa, or that of many other of the familiar novels of the opening up of the Mid- dle West. “Day Before Yesterday' is a romance of early village life in the Canadian Province of Ontario. Half a century ago each of these little settlements was a bit of old Eng- land transferred to the New World. To preserve the English traditions of birth and upbringing and social cus- tom, this was the supreme preoccupa- tion of these villages. Mr. Jacobs' story takes up this theme at the point where the younger generation is beginning to work away from what to them are worn-out ways of think- ing and doing. It is upon this dif- ! ference and disagreement that the Quite LITTER. Yor! EAT A% New this fs, is the even greater effect of | portraying the older points of view, the older ways of life, 'that were fast giving way before the newer aims and objectives of the children of these | settlers. Fred Jacob tells a plain and iapretentious story. Such romance i it bears, lies in the theme itself .cher than in the author’s reach for wramatic effects. But it is a dramatic thing, this account of the passing of a period, this struggle of the children away from the ideals and practices of an older day. A highly valuable work | this as a preservative in fine detail of a passed and irrecoverable phase of American life. | * ok X X ing very exciting about this, certainly nothing spectacular and herofc. But, so far as Stm Parls could see, such was the help-along eérrand upon which he had been sent out of the great war. And upon this basis Mr. Hutchinson works out a deeply sincere story against . the background of English neighborhood and family life. All the interlocking relations of the small community are offered here, the workingm and the workin man's employe e differeni soc ARNOLD BENNETT. By Mrs. Arnold ! Bennett. New York: Adelphi Com- ! pany. CLOSE-RANGE study of the| novelist who created for England | a new sort of novel, the painstaking, truth-telling portrayal of lives so drab and uneventful as to have offered of this writer ¥ thoughtful ho gives « 1d interesting apprecia n of both the writer and the man Shall 1 ever forget the day I met him?” {s the slightly emotional strain of this introduction. From this, how ever, the author soon passes into a description of the life of Arnold in Paris, of his associates there, of his house and his friends and his ‘enter tainments. A little discussion of mars riage In its effect upon the “life of a born and confirmed bachelor of 40" continues the personal light thrown around Bennett. 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