—A. S. K.
SENTENCE REVIEWS
(Inclusion in this category does not preclude a more extended notice.)
The Return of the Prodigal, by May Sinclair. [The Macmillan Company, New York.] Eight short stories, all subtly done. The Cosmopolitan proves beyond a doubt that women, or at least the thousandth woman, is capable of a disinterested love of life and of nature. It is a big story and a very finished one.
John Addington Symonds, by Van Wyck Brooks. [Mitchell Kennerley, New York.] A biography of rare charm and distinction in which Mr. Brooks builds a clear picture of Symonds’s life as it is related to our day.
The Sister of the Wind, and Other Poems, by Grace Fallow Norton. [Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.] Some of this will disappoint lovers of Little Gray Songs From St. Joseph’s—in fact, none of the poems here has such extraordinary poignancy. But there are many that are worth knowing.
The Continental Drama of Today, by Barrett H. Clark. [Henry Holt and Company, New York.] Invaluable to the student of continental drama. A half dozen pages of critical analysis devoted to each of thirty modern playwrights.
Stories and Poems and Other Uncollected Writing, by Bret Harte, compiled by Charles Meeker Kozlay, with an introductory account of Harte’s early contributions to the California press. [Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.] A very beautiful Riverside Press volume with photogravures.
I Should Say So, by James Montgomery Flagg. [George H. Doran Company, New York.] Yes, he is silly; but Mr. Flagg is so nicely naughty and so naughtily human that you simply must laugh.
Broken Music, by Phyllis Bottome. [Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.] Charming and well done. The story of a young French boy’s struggle to create music, and his success after the tradition of a “broken heart” had been fulfilled.