SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1930.
THE WORLD OF BOOKS.
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"Noblest of the
Stuarts."
The Tragedy of the Stuarts," by J. D. leeson; Benn, 7/6 net,]
This book will probably be ex- talled by Mr. Chesterton and will doubtless make Belloc hilarions but it will be regarded as pifle by rational readers. It will cer. tainly not be included in the papal list of forbidden books seeing that it considers James II.
the noblest of the Stuarts, Jeffreys a fair judge and much maligned man, Kirke's Lambs ordinary jolly troopers, and the Gun-mwder Plot not a very serious thing.. Doen the author expect anyone outside his own religion, to swallow the mis-statements and twistings of facts he makes in this most bias- ed
Juridly party-enloured and production? The book is even elever, although, we must confess, we thought when reading the introduction that it was go ing to be. Mr. Gleesos protests too much, but very unconvincing. ly. and it requires no keen eye- sight to perceive the steel points. glittering through the thin velvet lining.
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Propaganda books, such as this obviously is intended to be, ar aseless unless they are subtly written. Gross exaggerations and! bald untruths will never convince anybody with ordinary brains and education.
Gleeson should have more respect for the British public.
Mr.
SHRINES AND IMAGES.
From Ernest Benn, Ltd., we have a strange and fascinating book, "Our Father San Daniel." by Gabriel Miro. It has been translated by Charlotte Remfry. Kidd with such skill that it re- tains all the charmi of the ori ginal Spanish.
This book will make a instant
appeal to the discerning members of the literary public. Miro is a fearless writer, unafraid of dan Kerous topics. He exposes with a subtle but ruthless hand the crrors of a Spanish community which has for religion the wor- ship of shrines and images!
The tragedy of Don Daniel and Paulina is interwoven with sar- donic sketches of the priests of the early 19th century; their minds and bodies warped by the morbid sex-complex to which the priesthood of that period was prone! Among these types, the character of Father Don Magin shines with all the beauty of a rnac blossoming on a dunghill,
The end promises a sequel which will be eagerly awaited by
Admirers of "Our Father San Daniel."
THE IMPLACABLE HUNTER."
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"The Implacable Hunter," by Gwen Syma (Ernest Beon, Ltd.), in a brightly written tale with just that mixture of puritanism and immorality which seems to appeal to modern taste; but It is poor stuff! "Christian" has not the
Gwen
appeal of that wistful heroine. "The Constant Nymph." while the Armitage family fail to interest, and have not the vital charm of the "Sangers"! Synus writes easily and well; so it is a pity she contents herself with copying other Authors. to
When she finds the courage strike out a line of her own she will probably achieve a big suc cess.
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE AT
OXFORD.
Prior to visiting Oxford, where
MR. W. J. LOCKE.
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£2 10S. FOR HIS FIRST PUBLISHED WORK.
THE CHINA
Though he was for many years a Locke, who has died in Paris, aged fashionable novelist, Mr. W. J.
67 years, made no concessions, to the ruling fashions. He came to the front just as realism was pro- claiming itself supreme,
His ten-
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publication of "At the Gate of Samaria," when he was 32, he was confirmed in his career. His early books, though they had their suc cess. do not exhibit his ba qualities, and it may be said them that their incidenta rather forced and that they lack the humour and grace of his later work.
With the publication of "The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne," in 1905, he established himself in
always an agreeable flas popular favour. The sentiment with which it is charged has not ir, the humour sometimes labo 8, and the plot goes heavily here and there.
TRIP NO FURTHER.
A SINGAPORE GIRL'S BOOK.
Although (saya British Malaya) this new novel has nothing what- ever to do with Malays, we recom mend it to Malayans at Home, and in the East, as it is very readable, and also because it la written by the daughter of Col. D: K. McDowell, CM.G., and Mrs. McDowell, who was born in Singapore 26 years ago, when her father was P.C.M.O. of the Straits Settlements Medical Service. Miss Mary McDowel "Molly" to her friends and "Jane" to her Aunts-married Mr. St. Clair Lindsay, barrister-at-law, in 1927; hence the name of the writer. of this, her first, nove).
There was finer accomplishment in "The Beloved Vagabond," and ure of fame covers the period some later books which mingled in which the novels most acclaimed humour and sentiment more de- were diffuse and minute studies of licately, His vein of sentiment character ostentatiously disdalning part of Locke's endowment, but he was perhaps the most valuable incident and plot. There was
worked it too hard, and sometimes nothing realistic about Mr. Locke's there was a good deal of dross of work, and he always had a story to rather unpleasant sentimentality tell. All his books were highly
in the result. But we owe him charged with "sentiment. If the
many books both gay and kindly, popular realists might he said to
and such work, "The Glory of see everything through blue spect-gimon the Jester," "The Fort-young people."
Clementina Wing." "Jaffery," acles, the obvious retort was that Mr. Locke's spectacles were rose pink.
His affinity was to Sterne. In both the keynote is an effusive kindliness, sometimes affecting. often agreeable, but at times too sweet for anything. There was something of Sterne, too, in his whimsical and elaborate humour, and in the graces of his smooth, but mannered, style. But he hud no tricks of deliberate oddity. His taste, if not avatere, kept him from the antics and the more tedious af- fectations of Yorick. It is no doubt superfluous to labour the
The book is bright and lightly- style. The heroine is a fascinat- written in an easy and absorbing ing, if somewhat dificult, young, modern girl, whose guardian, after many trials, finally succuraba to her charm and becomes her lover. It contains some exciting scenes in the hunting field and sufficient ac- count of the life of our "bright The dialogue is
ate Youth," and "The Kingdom of charmingly natural and the various Theophilus," with their mellow characters are human and cleverly philosophy of life, and tinged with portrayed. The whole atory pro the sunlight of Southern France vides some very pleasant reading in which he so much delighted, and leaves a wish for more from was never more valuable than in the facile pen of Miss Jane Lind- the age for which he wrote. His say. last story, published while he lay dying was "The Town of Tom
barel."
Several of Locke's novels
were
successfully adapted for the stage. "The Morals of Marcus" was'a prosperous in the theatre as be tween the covers of the book. Tree found a part to his heart's desire
Vagabond."
The Bookman says. "This is a firat novel and it must not be her last if Miss Lindsay is to justify her excursion into literature. Car- tain awkwardnesses and irrelev ances are perhaps insoparable from the work of beginners, even the most gifled, and Miss Lindsay's im- partial rendering and strong satis-
he is to deliver the Hibbert lec comparison. We remember none in the hero of "The Beloved faction in her job are among the
tures, Rabindranath Tagore has been staying during the past week at Woodbrooke College, one of the several Quaker settlements at Selly Oak, Birmingham. Though the visit has been mainly of a private character, the poet has given read- ings of his own works, and an ad- dress on "Civilisation and Pro- gress" at a semi-private gathering. He has also spent some time with the Bishop of Birmingham, Dr. E.
W. Barnes.
In the course of his address he said: "Our society, which should have music in its volce, and beauty
in its limbs, becomes, under a pro- life greed, like &n overladon market car, grinding and creaking on the road that leads to nothing, tearing a rut across the green life until it breaks down with its own vulgarity."
He paid, however, this tribute to the West. "One great service the West has done for us. It has brought the force of its living mind to bear upon our life.
It has stirr
ed our hearts into activity, for its mind is great."
He left Birmingham for Oxford and is shortly to visit Berlin. There are strong ties of friendship between the Woodbrooké College and his own school at Santiniketan, Bengal.
ROUND THE CAMP FIRE
WHERE THE FLIES WENT.
The mystery of the absence of Alles at the Jamboree Camp at Arrowe Park last year has at last
a
been explained. Dr. R. Wyse, M.B.E., M.A., M.D., who was Chair- man of the Jamboree Health Sub- Committee, was Chairman of the Supporters' Committee which or- ganised an American Tea for the Tranmere Boy Scouts Assolation. The Major, Alderman T. McLel- lan, in opening the tea, compli- mented Dr. Wyse on his excellent work in dealing with the flier and insects, the absence of which help- ed to make the Jamboree' such success. Dr. Wyse said that ne tually they did nothing except to make very large fly cage and traps, but he did not think more than half a dozen were caught, for- the simple reason, that they, were not there to catch. At the begin- ning of last year there was severe three weeks of frost, and this was followed by a drought right up to the day the camp opened, with the result that the season was free from flies. Local Scouts, however, did admirable work in preventing mosquitoes and gmts.
SCOUT'S BRAVERY AWARD.
SECRET OF SUCCESS.
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of Locke's characters as we remem- ber Uncle Toby or Corporal Trim. which were not cast in the novel Locke also wrote several plays, force, they do not wear the vest- shape. "The Palace of Puck," a His people have not that living
ments of immortality. But they
fantastic comedy, had greater were very good company in
merit than was generally recognis- sombre time, and he had a fresh-ed, though it attained success, and ness of invention which gave the beat of them diverting and suffici- ently exciting adventures, and the story itself, as well as the style, had a pleasant, sprightly manner.
March 20, 1863, in Guiana, the son William John Locke was born on
Royal College, Trinidad, he went to of a banker. From the Queen's
St. John's College, Cambridge, and took the Mathematical Tripos in he worked for some years as 1884. On leaving the university schoolmaster, and in 1897 he be- cáme secretary of the Royal Insti- that position for ten years. His tute of British Architects, and held
knowledge of and interest in architecture may be traced in his books.
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Gay and Kindly Books. Locke was not, as novelists are commonly reckoned, precocious. His first published work appeared in "London Society," while Wilkie Collins's last novel was running there as a serial, and for this he received 508. But from the
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great International programme that exiata in every civilized nation of the world. It raises no issues. It strengthens the hand of the home, the church and the school, by working through those institutions to help boys to help themselves. It is a simple programme that any man of character can use success- fully with a group of boys. The uniform and badges that a boy wins challenges his interest."
"The Boy Scout Movement's out-
The troop organiza- standing characteristic, on which Thorough tion committee is its success has depended," said Sir
Study of making a thorough Alfred Pickford, speaking at Birm-
Situation. study of the entire Ingham recently, has been its
troop situation, with breadth." Sir Alfred continued, the co-operation of Ernest E. Voss, "Breadth rather than elasticity. Scout executive, and are making an keep the road of good citizenship registration of all troops, "If we The whole endeavour has been to effort to secure an early re-
wide-wide enough to allow men of can get them to re-register the all schools of thought to choose the second time," is the conclusion, their own temperaments and the and make real progress of a per form of training best suited to "the troop will build traditiona temperaments of those whom they manent nature." are leading, while adhoring gener ally to the method.”
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"The Man from the Sea" found some to praise it for its qualities of style, and others to complain that purple patches. could not atone for its inherent weakness.
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most valuable attributes a writer: had the courage to choose a thread- can possess. But Miss Lindsay has bare theme and is genuinely in love with her work, and it is not her fault if the subject precludes much variety and excitement. Miss Lind- say's secret lies in the smooth un- folding of events, which sustains the reader's interest through a soundly constructed and sincerely- told tale."
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HONG, KÓNG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
A GOOD LAD, THAT.
CHOICE OF CAREER.
The following letter was sent to the Editor of The Daily Telegraph,
The happlest boy at the Wilt- shire Scout Rally at Marlborough, Wolf Cub of the Bulford Pack to those of your readers who are was J. A. Lister, a nine-year-old Sir, Might I as a Scout pass on Lord Baden-Powoli, the Chief parents a word of information on Scout, presented him with the a Silver Cross, for his bravery in One of the greatest difficulties very remarkable institution. rescuing a boy of five who fell into which a sewage tank nino feet deep.
wo Scoutmasters have to meet in our work is that of ad- Lister jumped into the tank and, vising lads on career, a duty almost exhausted, managed to get which no conscientious man would the boy out on one of the two sides willingly shirk, but which demands which could be climbed...
a knowledge of capacities which is as a rule denied even to the most, observant.
"A good Ind, that," was the Chief Scout's verdict. "Give him threej cheers,"
This is problem which engaged: Rover Scout Baish, of Broughton for some years the earnest atten- Gifford, was presented with tion of the late Earl of Balfour, who identified himself with the work of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology. Its perts, applying methods which have been evolved after long and careful experiment, can analyse the Ind's inherent capacities and offer sound advice on the choice| of a career.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK,
"Digging wells is about the only business where you cha begin at the top."
from the River Avon. Silver Cross for rescuing a boy
B. Maurice, the County Commis- Writing to congratulate Dr. W. stoner for Wiltshire, on the suc ess of the Rally, Lord Baden Powell says:-
It is interesting Filipino Boys to · note Enthusiastic, among the regis tered Boy Scout troops there are nine that have been in existence for over six years, oloven that have operated Ave years eight that have operated four years, and nineteen that have operated three years. This apenka "It was especially gratifying to Many
well for the early work of the Bee the Mayor and Mayoreas of all new Boy Scout troops have Philippine Council, according to your Wiltshire towns gathered registered Mr. Voss, who says "the members there as representing your citizens. Philippines, this year, accord- of the Philippine Council have It all tends to show that the alma pioneered a splendid work. I have of the Secut Movement towards. never seen greater enthusiasm helping education and Improving among boys anywhere than a the future citizenhood of our coun- shown by the Filipino boys. They try are appreciated by the elvie |
authorities and by the public."
"Our great need is of more men And ladiesto join our brother- To Encourage ganization, com-hood as Scout and Cubmasters and Efficiency.mittee is intent to take in hand the hundreds and
Scouting In The
been
insular
ing to Scout headquarters,
The Boy Scout program con. tinues to enjoy the popularity of all groups in the Philippine make splendid Scouts." Islande..
Mijor P. D. Carman, pazt president of the Philippine Coun
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ell, who has been identified by hirmsalud on raising the boys who want to be Scouts but outstanding contribution to the standards of troop organization whom every week we have to turn work of the movement ever since and operation, and to this end sway for want of officers. Here the beginning, says have developed a troop rating plan Hes a grand opportunity for any The Royal Humane Society's Scouting enjoys the confidence that is to be followed by all troops who want to do a ral service for Citificate has been awarded to of all civic, educational, religious," beginning July first Streamers their country. Brut William Bond, aged 18, of and business interest in the are to be awarded to all
for saving, a boy from Philippine Islands, because;
We have a very bright futuro. te that maintain a drowning in the Leeds and Liver non-political, on-sectarian and average for the six
cent: before us, but to assure Its accom pool Canal
non-milltary attitude. Scouting is a, Ing Detember 31
nths end plishment we
need men
mone
ex-
The record of success. achieved by the institute in vocational
wisdom and foresight of Lord Bal- guidance is a tribute indeed to the four, and has won the admiration of all who like myself, have been attracted to it through a real and sincere interest in boys-Youra, &c.,
Scout Commissioner. Clapham, May 31.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers aro warned to look out for occasional - phonetis spellings, such as harbor, plow; and altho.)
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HORIZONTAL
1-Schema
B-A sun god of the
·Byro-Phentolans
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Iron
12-Place
13-Gains 16-Summit
17-Tablat
18-Measure of length 19-In favor of 21-Army title (abbr.) 22-Used neodia and
threade 24-Roman number 28-Organ of sight 27-Asslet
28-Deacon (abbr.)
•10-Frieze
31-Check i
33-A numbár 25-Hi
'36-Name of thirtien
Popes j 37..Warchounen. 40-Grievo 43-High hill (Eng.) 44-To no extent 46-Compensate. 47-An expression of
affirmation
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600
49-To angle with rod
and reel
51-Musical nota 52-To go back and
forth betwean, points 54-Feminina name 65-A woger 58-Japanese coln 66-Expet. 60-Nothing
61-Dried leave used
as a medicino 63-Projecting edge
a roof
45-Paradies
of
12-A woodland deity
14-File
10-Value
17-An entreaty
20-Part of a cook stove 22-To rest 23-A river in Scotland. 26-Mistake
27-A trea 22-Combine by mixing 30-Elephant tisk 32-Part of head 84-Ever (Poet.) 37-Pause
[88-Implements
39-Topar ..40-Bait (Latin)
66-Btruck with mudden 41-lstand, Qulf of Riga
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2-Musical noto S-High card Approached. B-Bound with a band
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-Suffix' meaning
42-Postpone
45-A native of Troy
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50-Raw mila1 59-A reply of comfaent B-Pix-twine."" 57-Barn (French) 88-Point of compass
(abbr)
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164-Roman number.
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