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Etchings on View at the Smithsonian—Exhibitions in the Various Galleries—Other Notes of Local Artists. BY LEILA MECHLIN. IFTY ctchings by Vernon Thomas (Mrs. Earle R. Kirkbride) are now on view in the Smithso- nian Institution. The majority are of children, a few are of cats, there is a landscape or two, a Christ- mas card and a few other subjects. But this etcher has made a specialty of children, a few have interpreted child life more pleasingly. There is a certain picturesqueness and decorative quality in Vernon Thomas' * works which set them apart and make them of more than subjective interest. What she does has marked Individuality. Her work is unmistakably her own. The quaint picturesqueness of these etchings of children recalls instantly the fascination and charm of Kate Greenaway's illustrations, which, while having a great vogue at the time they were produced forty or more years ago, are still popular and are reprinted. In recent years here in our own coun- try another woman, Diana Thorne, British by birth but American by adop- tion, has specialized in pictures of chil- dren and produced interesting etchings of child life. almost invariably with a’ little whimsicality of subject. One of ~her most successful is entitled “The North Wind” and shows a group of children fcllowing the bagpipe man’as though he were indeed the Pled Piper of Hamlin. Among Diana Thorne's other published subjects is a _group of small boys playing marbles and a soli- tary little figure of a shepherd boy pip- ing as he sits on a hillock. But Vernon Thomas’ work is of quite 8 different character. Whereas Diana Thorne employs almest entirely pure line, Vernon Thomas makes frequent and excellent use of solid black in masses and in pattern. One cannot but feel that Vernon Thomas is primarily an illustrator and secondarily an etcher, though the medium she uses is em- ployed well. Special note should be made of her use of accessories—flowers, plants, birds, butterflies, incidental to the subject matter but always skillfully introduced and exquisitely ~drawn. Whether it is a picture of a little girl with a watering pot or a pussy cat on the back fence, it becomes, through her interpretation, a portion of a design— the main factor in these instances, but still a part of a whole. Vernon Thomas was born in Evans- ton, Ill, in 1894. She studied under Ralph Clarkson, Charles W. Hawthorne and others. She paints as well as etches and last year she won the pur- chase prize given by Mrs. Julius Rosen- wald for a painting entitled “The Cut- Outs,” showing a little girl cutting pic- tures from her big sister’s book. Among her recent works are three paintings for the children’s Toom in the medical division of Northwestern University, representing children dancing, sewing and blowing bubbles, a commission from Mrs. Louis L. Laflin in memory of her husband. ‘Vernon Thomas is a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, and her home is in_Chicago, though she has spent considerable time in New York and was married here in Washington. Her husband, Earle L. Kirkbride, is an etcher, and for this reason, to prevent confusion, she retains and uses pro- fessionally her maiden name. This exhibition, which takes its place in the Smithsonian’s distinguished se- ries for the sent season, opened on March 25 and will continue to April 21. * Kk ox ROBERT FULTON LOGAN, who has become in recent years one of our foremost American etchers, will hold an exhibition of dry-points and etch- ings during the first two weeks in April at_Gordon Dunthorne's. Mr. Logan is a Canadian by birth, but he studied ‘at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago and under Philip L. Hale. He began his artistic career in Hartford, Conn., went abroad at the time of the World War with the A. E. F., and at its conclusion was assistant director of the atelier of painting, Bellevue Art Training Cen- ter. When the atelier was closed he continued to reside .in France for a number of years and some of his most important works were done there. He is represented in the Luxembourg Mu- seum, the Chicago Art Institute, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Morgan Memorial Art Mu- séum, Hartford; the Connecticut State Library and numerous other collec- tions. Mr. Logan had expected to come to Washington and install his own ex- hibit, but an important commission which had to be completed within a given time made this impossible. o i APROPOS of the interesting exhibi- tion of maps painted and in gesso by Miss Burradge, lateiy on view at the Dunthorne Gallery, an interesting catalogue published by Goodspeed, Boston, of maps of America, may fit- tingly be mentioned. This contains illustrations of many quaint maps and lists a large number of maps of the United States and other countries, the majority extremely old, quaint and decorative. As 8 British writer remarked, the fascination of old maps is proverbial. As long as human nature remains un- changed, so long will the unknown and the mysterious continue to pos- sess an irresistible attraction for the majority of mankind. Old maps have ‘this charm, and at the same time that of decorative quality. All of those who have visited Bar Harbor, Me., will recall with interest thegbeautiful relief maps modeled and painted by the iate Dr. Robert Abbe, one of our most distinguished American surgeons, and not only a lover but a producer of art. For these maps, as well as his incidental water colors, are of real artistic significance—finely modeled, scientifically accurate and éx- quisitely colored—extremely decorative in effect. * ok ok % A’T the Arts Club opening today and cgnté:u‘;?&: A}mua, will bes seen Tecen o lorocco, pain, Portugal, and floral decorations by Cora Brooks of Philadelphia, water colors by Clara R. Saunders of this city, and etchings by Benson B. Moore, like- Wwise a Washingtonian. Cora Brooks is a pupil of the Phila- delphia School of Design for Women little | i out of the g EEE %?aag & 5 O acquired for the permanent collections of the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and other institu- tions. * x kK LIAS NEWMAN, born in Poland in 1903, but a resident of this country since 1913, will exhibit from April 1 to 20 at the Yorke Gallery, 2000 S street. Academy of Design, New York, but de- clares himself to bs one of the artistic rebels of today. He has painted in the Ghetto of New York, in the Negro juarter of Atlanta, Ga.; in Egypt, Pales- tine and Spain, and in the Near East. He is leaving shortly for a year’s stay in Paris and other cities of Europe. He is said to have done some interesting stage designing. His works have been purchased by museums and private col- lectors in Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Marmo, Sweden; London and in this country. * ok ok ok MOS!S W. DYKAAR, who is well known in this city and has on ex- hibition at the present time a recently completed bust of M=s. Nicholas Long- worth at the National Museum, is rep- resented in the 104th annual exhibition of the National Academy of design by two works—a portrait of Edwin Mark- ham, the poet, and a por{rait of Maurice Schwartz. Hobart Nichols is represent- ed in this same exhibition by a moun- tain picture, entitled “In the Tyrol.” * k ok ok BEN F. COMINS is to have a second one-man show at the Brooks Me- morial Gallery, Memphis, Tenn., during the month of April, to which Mr. and {Mrs. Drayton have kindly lent his re- cently completed portrait of their two little daughters, “Dot” and “Betty.” Mr. Comins’ recent portraits of the late Bishop Satterlee and Mr. Wilbur, for- merly Secretary of the Navy, also will be included. ‘The Brooks Memorial Gallery, though exceedingly small, is very beautiful and is especially well adapted for the display of small exhibits, Memphis, further- Mr. Newman studied at the National | more, can hoast of an unusually large coterie of local art lovers. * ok % 3 THE Eastern Arts Association, com- prising teachers of art and manual iraining in public schools throughout the Eastern States, will hold its twen- tieth annual convention in New York this week. April 2, 3, 4 and 5, at the Hotel Pennsylvania. An excellent pro- gram has been prepared, on which ap- pear the names of such well known speakers as Royal Bailey Farnum, pyes- ident of the Federated Council on Art Education; Dr. Willlam H. Kilpatrick, professor of education, Teachers’ Col- lege, Columbia University, New York; James A. Boudreau, director of the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Pratt Institute; Frank Alvas Parsons of the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, and others. A large part of the program will be devoted to the subject of industrial n:,. s i AT the Corcoran Gallery of Art as a special exhibit will be shown this week and next a unique collectign of hand-blocked Persian cotton prints. These prints date from th» eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and represent probably the highest attainment of the art of hand printing on textiles. Known as “Kalamakars,” they serve many pur- poses in Persia, being used as hang- ings, table covers and for many other uses—uses for which they are eligible and no less acceptable today and here. ‘These printed cottons are exhibited in the Corcoran Gallery of Art because of the beauty of their floral patterns as ex- amples of fine design and craftsman- ship, stimulating and instructive to stu- dents of design and practising artists. The colors used are vegetable dyes, fadeless, and for this reason have with- stood the sunlight and cleansing proc- esses for centuries. It is a beautiful collection and ex- tremely instructive and interesting. It was assembled by F. St. G. Spendlove, who has recently taken up his residence in Washington and by whom, for edu- cational purposes, it is now lent. The assembling, it is said, covered a period of years, “A SUNNY SHOWER,” AN ETCHING BY VERNON THOMAS. (Continued From Third Page.) ucts, in the development of adequate warehousing facilities, in the elimina- tion of wastes in distribution and in the solution of cther problems as they may arise. “But in particular the board is to build up with initial advances of capi- tal from the Government farmer-owned and farmer-controlled stabilization cor- rations which will protect the farmer rom depressions and the demoralization of Summer and periodic surpluses. “It is proposed that this board should have placed at its disposal such re- sources as are necessary to make its action effective.” Co-operative Venture Advocated. Mr. Hoover then told what had been achieved by the Department of Com- merce in seeking to bring about co- operative methods in commerce and industry and tion of Govern- ment with commerce and industry. He believed the same g:lnclplu of co-oper- ative effort could be applied to agricul- ture. - “I look forward,” he said, “to the day when our farm organizations will be as go-operatively and as advantageously linked to governmental encouragement and service as many of our industrial organizations are now.” He said he desired to have an effort made “to secure the co-ordinated action of all of those interested in the distri- bution of farm products.” “Under these co-operative actions, all elements interested in the problem of a particular industry, such as manu- facturer, distributor, worker and con- sumer, have been called into council together, not for a single occasion but for continuous work. These efforts have been accomplished without inter- ference or tion by the Govern- ment. They have secured progress in the industries, re: 7 for abuses) elimi- nation of waste, uction of cost in production and distribution, lower ployment and profit.” Self-Help Ultimate Aim. What the administration desires, it I“ clear, and what many members of SR e e pu himself. Any pl of (m:mmt ug question as & perman: A Out of the extra session there will fi:;lenbllflfnrlmhmwd ample powers ‘The equalization fee of bill will be aban & 8 | i Board With Half-Biilion Fund Forecast As Basis of Federal Farm Relief Policy the organization and development of effective co-operative market associa- Orderly Marketing Sought. A feature of the legislation will be to provide for stabilization corporations for different agricultural commodities. Their function will be to engage in the advantageous and orderly marketing of agricultural commodities and the prod- ucts of these commodities. These sta- bilization corporations will be, acco ing to the present plan, owned and troled by co-operative associations, though there is an effort to prevent their being limited to co-operative con- trol and ownership. The Government through the farm board will aid by making loans at a low rate of interest to the stabilization corporation for a given commodity for the of buying and storing the supplies of the commodity and meeting operating expenses. The Government will not be liable for the indebtedness of the stabilization corporations. Loans to co-operative assoclations also will be provided for.. While there are many other detalls of the proposed legislation, these are essential features of it. It is assumed that strongly backed stabilization cor- porations will be able to handle the ag- ricultural surplus in the world market much more effectively than it is e dled today. Direct Government buying and selling has advocates, but the plan is not expected to prevail. Tariff Revision in Plan. That the upward revision of the tarift on agricultural products which will come about in the extra session is an essential part of farm relief is ob- vious. A special marketing bill, advo- cated by Senator Borah, may be enacted. These things will constitute, not the end, but the beginning of a great con- men, buck ot the profrean, Includivg men 3 Lu the President, have their way. In the next regular session other beneficial legiglation is expected, including water- wlyh and mupomtl::n ’l‘zumw%d perhaps measures a - tural credit. o ‘The success or failure of whatever-is done will, in large degree, turn on the capacity and ability of the farm board. It is and a large fund. | ricultural body *| the successful “ON THE FENCE.” AN ETCHING BY VERNON THOMAS, WHICH IS ON VIEW IN THE DIVISION OF GRAPHIC ARTS, SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Stone—A Great Journalist (Continued From First Page.) was prepared beforehand whenever pos- sible, and always directed by Melville E. Stone, who kept himself in' daily contact with his men, advising, suggest- ing, encouraging, praising, seldom find- ing fault, never giving orders. Melville E. Stone, who met and knew more crowned heads, rulers of nations, statesmen and eminent people in all flelds than any other journalist, exer- cised immense influence not only on the press in general and that of his country in particular, but also on im- portant events of international charac- ter, The peace between Russia and Japan at the time of the Portsmouth Conference of 1905 would perhaps not have been concluded without his ac- tion, which succeeded in making Presi- dent Roosevelt induce Emperor Willlam II to exercise pressure on the Tsar in favor of the cessation of the war. A famous message sent by the American President to the Kaiser August 27, 1905, which marked the turning point toward peace, was dictated by Mr. Stone, Foretold Great War. In the second fortnight of June, 1914, I went to America aboard the Kron- prinz Wilhelm, and a few days before arriving in New York we learned that Archduke Francis Ferdinand, together with his morganatic wife, had been as- sassinated at Serajevo. Immediately after landing I rushed to the office of the Associated Press to tell everybody there that the murders at Serajevo meant war, indeed a terrible European con- fiict. However, nobody took me serious- ly. They said, laughing, that we “Euro- peans” were always dreaming of a war that never came. Only Mr. Stone made no observation and remained silent and thoughtful. In the evening he took me to the Lotus Club to dine with some friends, and there again my alarmist predictions met with incredulity, all the interest of | Press in the other guests being centered on local topics. Mr. Stone continued to remain silent and pensive. My conviction that there would be war was somewhat shaken, seeing that no one seemed to share my feeling. Late that night I returned to the Asso- clated Press office to read the telegrams received from the various European capitals, Although there was not yet anything positive one way or the other, still, knowing the unwritten meaning of certain phrases according to the coun- oy orgindl tmpression stre ent my that we were on the eve of an awful cenflagration. Considered Situation Grave. The next morning I spoke most earnestly to Mr. Stone, adding that I considered the situation so grave as to warrant immediate return to my post, on the first available steamer. “From the beginning,” he said, “I have felt you were right, but I did not wish to spoil your vacation here. I now understand that you must go back, but before leaving it is better that you should go to Washi n and see Presi- dent Wilson. Charley” Thompson and Eddy Hood will arrange an interview for you.” So I did. Mr. Wilson also was not prepared to accept my point of view about the imminence of a European war. He said that all the reports he had received from London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and St. Petersburg agreed that strenuous efforts were being made to avoid bloodshed and there was every hope of their succeeding. For my part, on the contrary, I did not hesitate to express my doubts as to the success of such praiseworthy endeavors, and went so far as to wonder whether America itself would be able to keep out of the scramble. ‘This was really too much for Mr. Wilson, who could not help showing his pity for my shortsightedness, and oroclaimed in the most decided manner that there was no fear of that, and in S0 88 ‘e shook his forefinger at me like a schoolmaster at his pupil. Ordered to Switzerland. The same night I went back to New York, where Mr. Stone had already made arrangements for my retirn home aboard the Von Moltke, the first steam- er leaving for Naples. Before my de- parture he gave me all the instructions possible according to what could then be foreseen. In case of complications which might render it difficult to do any work from Rome I was to go to Switzerland, which, owing to its geo- graphical position, would become the best _“observatory” 4n the event of war breaking out among the countries bor- dering on that republic. I arrived in Naples when Austria had sent her ultimatum to which meant = war, terned. 'This by the Italian government after declar- ing war on Germany and transformed | H into a cruiser called Italia, which Pre- mier Mussolini sent to South ica with a floating exhibition of Italian products. Shared Hardships of War. though almost & septuagenarian at time, Mr. flwn‘e shmdmmn:- t Wilson, at the Conference, for the first “Mr. Stone remained in Paris b Peace Conference, dires came h- ‘his that lgdhl work of his staff, and a most interesting interview with M. Clemenceau, the French premier, was due to him. Proofs Were Brought. ‘We were dining together with Baron Makino and Viscount Chinda when the first proofs were brought to him of the famous covenant by which the League of Nations' was created. He started reading it at once and, turning to me, he said, “This is exactly the summary you cabled to New York two days ago. ‘Who knows how many secrets of in- ternational importance Mr. Stone has buried with himself in his tomb. If he had not been tied by a pledge of secrecy he could. have writfen, for in- stance, a most interesting story about the conciliation between the Holy See and Italy which was started by an American ecclesiastic in Paris during the Peace Conference and came within an ace of being concluded. I hope before his death he was well enough to rejoice over the service of the Associated Press in connection with the conciliation which has now taken place, a service which enabled the news agency he built up to give out the offi- cial summary of the treaties signed at the Lateran Palace on February 11, 36 hours before their publication in Rome. Col. House, M. Clemenceau and the memoirs, of Lord Northcliffie, if they were ever published, oould tell what an important part Mr. Stone-played in the solution of various leldflaf problems with which the countries of the world were confronted in Paris. I will mention an incident regarding a ' journalistic feature which unfortu- nately is connected with my work, so that T must again speak about myself. Stands by Judgments. On the strength of what Signor Orlando, Italian premier and head of the Italian delegation at the conference, had told me, I cabled to the Associated America that unless Italy’s claims, which her government consid- ered quite just and equitable, were accepted, the whole delegation would withdraw, leaving for Rome. This mes- sage caused a great sensation, and was cabled back from New York to Europe. Baron Sonnino, Italian minister .of for- eign affairs, who did not wish.his plans to be revealed, issued a flat denial. All news agencies carried his statement, but Mr. Stone refused to have it cabled to America, standing by me. Two weel later, the Italian delegation retired from the Peace Conference and left for Rome, showing how right Mr. Stone had been in his judgment. Shows Desire to Help. The last time I saw Mr. Stone was during the Washington conference on naval disarmament, when, despite h advanced age, he still showed his usual keen desire' to help in collectiug news end in serving the Associated 3 I have induced myself to write some- thing of my personal contacts with Mr. Stone as a small contribution to reconstructing his many-sided person- ality, which, with his exceptional power of organization and well balanced mind, made of him a leader in journalism, a tactful .diplomat and the finest and most chivalrous gentleman I ever met. America, which marches at the head of all other countries in so many fields of progress, should be the pioneer in a new departure in historys raising a monument to one of her greatest journalists and patriots, Melville E. Stone. ITBE PUBLIC LIBRARY | Recent_accessions at the Public Li- brary and lists of recommended reading will appear in this column each Sunday. Biography. Achievement, by leaders in world affairs. 1927. E-9Ac 14. Balasheva, M. G. K. The Transplant- ing, a Narrative from A Russian Refugee in France. E-B 18. chlds&ys, B?' B. Bonnie,Prince Charlie. E-t C. Curle, Richard. The Last Twelve Years of Jo h Conrad. E-C7657cu. xvely'li" . 1925. ¢ Liddell Hart, B. Unveiled. 1927, Lucas-Dubreton, Musketeer; l%'e Life_of e Alexander , A, A. W. H. E-P399p. Richardson, Norval. Mother of Kings. E-B637m. Travel. Gibbons, H. A. The New Map of South America. G98-G35n. , Gould, C. N. Travels Okla- homa. G927-G173t: Gruening, E. H. Mexico and Its Herit- . G95-G923. Mrs. J. 8. Picturesque Panama. G981-H34p. O e von Gounty, . G4 270 e gon Country. -H178. brook, W. B.” The Magic Island. G9723-Se 12. / n, J. E. Our Atlantic Posses- sions. G981-T38, A Variety of Fiction from the Publishers—Travel and . Personalities Call for Special Volumes. IDA GILBEBT MYERS. DYNASTY. By Clarence Budington Kellan, author of “Knuckles.” New ‘York: Harper & Bros. kathzlwryefmmnd this a bit, for here is the flesh, not merely an account of him. Here actually is big business, with the noise and clatter, with the orderly con- fusion that constitutes the amazing growth of this modern giant. And here are the sons and grandsons of man, falling away into incompetence under the fool- ish indulgence of fathers who “want my son to have a better chance than I had.” Fathers certainly are fools. And the world is full of them, of those who fail to know that their lack of oppor- tunity was the very thing that made them. However, this is Clarence Kel- land’s story, not mine. And what I want to say is that here is clearly a great story. Great in the sense that it is firmly built upon foundations of fact. Upon the facts of the growth of busi- ness from the years when a partner- ship was illegal on up to the present time when the great corporation is a necessity. In preparing for this novel its author did mnot sit around making up things about this wonderful expan- sion. He studied it. He knows about it. Nor did he fabricate a man to em- body the ruthless spirit of a phenome- nal success in the field of modern en- terprise. He chose his man with the utmost fidelity to the pattern of man that makes for success and mastery. A big fellow, positively uncanny—as-some men are—in his sense of direction, the direction of big business, uncanny his reach for the combinations best cal- culated to meet, triumphantly, the next stage of the stupendous expansion. A foolish man, in many ways, since there were whole areas of life wholly un- known to him—Ilove, for instance, and the home life. In these directions he was preposterous—never unkind, mind you, but dumb and heavy. Toward business, however, and toward his em- ployer whom he made, he was a pure romantic in vision, and an adventurer in daring. He was honest, even chival- rous toward his passion—big business— but ruthless toward any hand out- stretched in harmful intent toward this thing that he was building. How easy it would have been in making this mod- ern novel to overreach, to go beyond the ptance of conservative readers. ’l'hh.“fiwcver, is exactly what the au- thor held himself away from. Never once does he transgress against con- sistency and plausibility. In conse- quence we have here both a great story and an excellent picture of modern in- dustry. Moreover, Hiram Boyd is alive —more than one of him, but maybe not three of him—for you to study in his large characteristics of purpose and behavior in the great field of modern industry. ‘There is & smooth consist- ency about this novel, hard work, in- telligent and artistic work, that went into its accomplishment. I'm in debt to this young man. So are you or will be when you are through with “Dynasty.” * X X % RICHELIEU. By Karl Federn. Trans- lated by Bernard Miall. New York: Frederick A. Sfokes Co. “RICH!:L!IU“ demonstrates the surpassing value of biography as prime illuminant and interpreter of history itself. ‘This relatively new method of historic outiook makes use of the fundamental fact that the events constituting any historic period gather about and center upon some individual of power and influence, or at most upon some small group of dom- inating and directing force. The chron- icle of any people or of any time is but a succession of concentration points around one and another of these dyna- ks | mic leaders. To study one of these is to know the highway of national growth or of national decline. Here it is from Richelieu, from his inconspicuous early years on through to ultimate achievements in influence and direc- tive power, that one is able to stand in the high light of French international policy for the first half of the seven- is |teenth century. In so far as France itself was concerned, he was the very essence of that period. To see him as onle is able to see him here—wise, slow in preparation but swift and decisive in action, statesmanly in outlook, com- Krehennve in appraisal and seizure— to see the actual body and spirit of Prance moving forward toward a stronger nationalism. That was his object—to build Prance. To build him- self also? Oh, yes. Great builders are likely to be unscrupulous along certain lines. He was. But by a concentra- tion upon this single character Karl Federn has made it possible for readers to come upon the spirit of France in the time of Richelieu and after as no run of events—the common way with historyv—could possibly have provided for them. Here is a highly dramatic effect that moves something as the highest grade of novel moves. The very essence of France itself is here in a volume that does not run to 200 es. One of the best of its kind, and 80 far as an understanding of history is concerned the best of all kinds of treatment. L B I THIS MAN'S WORLD. By Irvin 8. Cobb, suthor of “All Aboard,” etc. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Cor- poration. ROBERT HERRICK in the March Bookman ends a carefully rea- soned article, drawn from a study of current literature, with the statement that this is a feline world, bent upon e‘;u, comfort, a soft spot to lie down . Intensely competitive in method it is, therefore a cruel world. is the male who has made, is making DR ies, may- sourced in the male have, in large measure, brought about this ease- ment for the female of the species. And from one slant this fact steps up beside Y o world, But Irvin Cobb says “No such thing! This is a man’s world and has been and is going to be!"” Whereu down 13 points in ment. Each point is a great majority of readers a true tale, gospel true. Eac! mind with W The first one indicates the authentic z:l!lw‘ of them all, Here it is—two ters, nice girls. One married. e e men. gEEe EE; i 2 § 2EFBI faa 85 i 58 g SEEEg fin u 3 & B Irvin Cobb. hulnor, and, so far, quit uue,orsoun:m‘a':m‘e. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE. By Fran- cols Porche. Translated by John Marvin; New York: Horace Live- ht, Tlrl'fs is the story of Baudelaire and of nobody else. Yet, reading here, two men, two poets, walk side by side through the wild days and nights of the author of “Les Fleurs du Mal.” That other poet emerges from the last years of the Middle Ages. His name, Francols Villon. Sick men, both of these. Sick in their blood, in their wild imagination, in their self-indul- gence, in their childish cries over the hurts of a censorious world. Two sorts of people will read this book. Maybe one of these will not read it. But should both follow the strange story through one set will go in love with the genius of the man. the other in condemnation of the man him- Self. The old contention, you see. On the one side those who claim that a work of art, of beauty, has nothing whatever to do with the fashicning hand. On the other side, those who refuse art in any form unless it spring from an unadulterated purity of life. The second group would better not waste time on this complete, uncom- promising story, for Beaudelaire, poet of Paris, was about everything that, according to these, he should not have been. Well born, well reared, never un- der the urge of poverty, here was a youth who from every point of view was counted a wastrel. Yet, he was a poet. Not the greatest, to be sure, but a poet nevertheless, in a world where songs are sadly lacking. This regord has nothing to do with the poetry'of Bau- delaire, For that one must go else- where. But it, does set out the man himself in every detail. And in this re- in | spect it is a book of wide implications. It throws light upon the new outlook toward human nature and behavior. That'sin is but a combination of weak- ness, ignorance-and unfortunate place- ment is upon the whole & more hope- ful view than that sin is sourced in a fundamental belief of good and evil, of the possession of a devil on the one hand and rescue by providence on the other. Sin and crime are sickness. Baudelaire was a sick man. So was Villon. Sick with weakness, self-love, disregard of others, personal uncon- trol, vanity. These are universal traits, possessed, in varying degrees, by all. And it is by way of this common pos- session that saner people may under- stand and judge the waywardness of such as Baudelaire and Villon, and the rest. Such is one of the broader-uses of this vivid record and its translation in the exact spirit of the original. Poets and artists will .read it from another int of view, but for the general reader ts insight upon the human heart stands as its prime source of usefulness and interest. * ok ok ok THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN SCAR- ABS. By Diomedes de Pereyra. In- dianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. 'OWADAYS thé writer marches step by step with the explorer and the discoverer. Therefore the South Ameri- can jungles are opening up to stories of adventure. Here is one of these. Two young engineers are sent into the tropi- cal tangles of this country to spy out the land in the interests of a great Northern corporation having business thor of “Tide of Empire,” etc. New Zork: Cosmopolitan Book Corpora« on. , AGROUP of Peter Kyne short storieq will here, without doubt, greet a host of readers. People like Peter Kyne, ‘They should. He tells a good story. He deals with a locality that possesses a natural charm of its own as well as that derived from the character and activities of its people. Rough folks, in the main. Not rough in their hearts, merely rude in their ways with words. This is true of the Kyne stories. No matter how wild may be the doings that carry them along, the substance of the matter, the influences that give the decisive turn are always an oute come of kindness and decency and fair- dealing. So it is here in all of these storles. The first one tells the story of the Parson in his clerical career at Panamint. A big up-standing handsome fellow who seems to have a special likir:g for the ones who couldn’t possibly go straight. And that’s about the way a parson should feel, isn't it? Well, this one did. To be sure, he had no padded pulpit, no congregation dressed- up and respectable. Quite the oppo= site. But this is what he liked and this too appears to be what Peter Kyne likes, for he brings the parson through in great shape. Oh, yes, he died trying to save some others from an immediate calamity—but that has been done be- fore. A very simple story, but beau= tiful. It would be. And the others, 10 or thereabouts, are not after the same pattern certainly, but they are all profected in the same spirit. I think they are beautiful. No, I may not be talking about literature, its schools and so on. I'm merely speaking of Peter Kyne, his outlook, and the way he has of turning certain aspects of real life into bully good reading. BOOKS RECEIVED THE NEW CITIZENSHIP; A Study of American Politics. By Seba Eldridge, author of “Political Action,” etc. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, NATIONAL HEALTH SERIES—DIA- * BETES AND ITS TREATMENT. By Frederick M. Allen, M. D, New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co. NATIONAL HEALTH SERIES—WHAT EVERY ONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EYES. By F. Park Lewis, {7‘611 New York: Punk & Wagnalls NATIONAL HEALTH SERIFS—CARE OF THE MOUTH AND TEETH. By Harvey J. Burkhart, D. D. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co. THE LAST SEPTEMI . By Eliza- beth Bowen, author of “The Hotel.” New York: The Dial Press. YOU CAN'T PRINT THAT; The Truth Behind the News, 1918-1928. 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Yet the sub- stance of this novel lies in the wealth of actual information that it projects, mrorm:t;mt: h:bgut ‘:: remote and isolate corner o opics. Prodigal as the land itself is, this account of native re- sources—hidden rivers, miles of impene- trable jungle, mammoth trees bound inextricably by monstrous vines, ani- mals of strange look and habit, among them brilliant birds various in plumage and mode of life, veins of productive earth, curious land carvings in cave and gorge. Not oftern will you find a book so rich in its study of locality as is this romantic tale of “The Land of the Golden Scarabs.” Lavish in nature and sumptuous in its pictures of an old and broken civilization. * ok X ¥ THE TREASURE HOUSE OF MAR- TIN HEWS. By E. Phillips Op- penheim, author of “Matorni’s Vine- ‘y:rgs" etc. Boston: Little, Brown SOmODY said that. somebody else sald this was the finest of the Op- penheim novels. Forty novels had to be read to reach this conclusion. Nobody reads any one man to that extent. However, that is not important. The point is that here is, without much of & chance for ‘question, a perfectly ab- sorbing mystery yarn. To be sure it should be of the finest quality. Prac- tice is a great thing and about the only ‘way to come upon perfection. Mr. Op- penheim has in this case gone deep for sources of pure hatred: and inspired malice. He has gone into these sub- merged family hatreds about which no- body will talk, or if they do speak, it is ever in the way of denial and con- cealment. This basic fact, however, does not come to the ‘surface till the last moment, since that is the point of time when it takes on its good office of surprise and climax. The matter itself runs along the eccentricities of Martin Hews, a pitiful cripple, but quite unpitiful in his possession o enormous wealth and in a passion. for collecting, from the -world over, rare pictures and jewels and other treasures of art in many of its forms, His lonely and remote house where the treasures are stored, guarded by every modern device of protection, is the object of plot and attack by some curiously mys- terious band with whom hatred and re- venge serve as its directive force. So the story goes, not greatly different from of by ¥ stories author. There are high points here, not recalle at the moment from Mr. Oppenheim’ other novels. There is a time, maybe five minutes long, of positively devilish cruelty of design and execution, an episode of fantastic invention, a star- tling t| , horrible and revolting—but plausible nevertheless in the long web of ci from which it has grown. 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