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,, u . The typical folk of a Chinese city
Fr«r> Revolution Mr. Davis has are here depicted: water carrier, city
an admirable romance that official, peddler of coat*, man with
renter* .round the figure of Reno do the monkey-dog-shecy show, and tho
a t haractor whom the au- blind music maker. The child who
unres, in a foreword, was reads or hears the book read will
at the assembling of th«* learn of Chinese New Year festivi-
i; ncral in Versai’Ies, the cap- ties with resplendent lanterns, of the
Pastille, the storming of travelling shops, taffied fruits on
the decisive battle of sticks—tang hulers, water buffaloes,
. the de' h of Danton, and and singing tops that spin on strings,
-throw of Robespierre. This Kc will learn also of the strange as-
char irt r : uikes a happy hero for tho tociations the Chinese make with
romatuv rince he lived through the their pet birds and of the music fields
aval and saw the bless- whither they take their birds to sing,
ace. The story is given Chinese customs, so different from
the fact that Rene of those of the Occident, will be sure
noble I’l • marries a girl of the peo- to interest the young reader,
pie, thmu-'h a girl of refinement and The language of the book is clear
culture. I and otherwise excellent. Tho stories
The love of Reno for charming are clean and will leave a pleasant
Virfinit nnd their daughter Henri- impression on tie mind. The adult
i a Hjrbt and sprakling thread who takes up the book will need have
dark tapestry of Davis’ his- no fear of boredom. MLs Rowo has
volume of history written several similar books for
n uM perhaps convey a more accu- children on Chinese life, all of which
ra t.‘ r'.T.'f of relative locations by have received favorable comment,
chart? and maps, and it would deal, • — -
throughout, with real men and wo- DOCTORS ATTENDING CONVEN-
Rut history is directed to the TiON IN MIAMI
head and it lacks the appeal of life
. itself which grips the heart and plays A delegation of Doctors from the
with the senses. This appeal the his- State Hospital and Miltedgevillo left
torival romance, written by one who here last Sunday for Miami where
ha< road history well, docs effdet. the Southern Medical Association is
Next to living through the five years i n session three days of this week.
»f is thc rcadi "B ° f th!s rcalis -, The delegation included. Dr. Y. H.
tic ro,nance. Yarbrough, Dr. H. D. Allen, Jr., Dr.
Mr. I>nvU manages characteriza- G. A. Wheeler, Dr. R. W. Bradford,
tion we!!, both with the individual Dr. L. P. Longino and Dr. W. A-
inJ with the masses. In thc former Bostick.
he falls in line with Strachey and
table biographers of the day,
In memory of Stuart Mason, a be
loved teacher at the New England
Conservatory of Music from 1910
until his death, October 15th, 1829,
the Consrcvatory Orchestra, Wallace
Goodrich, conductor, at its first
cert of the present season in Jordan
Hall last evening played the Adagio
from Camille, Saint-Saen’s Symphony
C minor No. 3, for orchestra and
organ, a work which the orchestra
performed some years ago in token
of respect for thc composed. A large
nudience showed ifes appreciation 6f
this elegiac work whoso presentation
was peculiarly appropriate
memoration of an American musician
who was twice decorated by tho Re
public of France.
A notable appearance at tho
cert was that of two young souhtem
pianists, John Shelby Richardson, of
Lexington, Ky., and Ford Montgom
ery, of Millodgevillc, Ga., who, hav-
ft'on extension scholarships of the
Juillard Foundation, New York, elect
ed to register at the New England
Conservatory. Both arc members of
the senior class and both pupils of
Richard Stevens. They were heard
the first movement of the Concert
E flat major by Mozar*.
Other numberh of the program
were: Bach—first movement of the
Suite in D major, for 2 Ohoes, 3
Trumpets, stringed orchestra and or-
Brahms—variations upon a
Theme by Haydn (the S. Anthony
Chorale); Glazounov—Symphony No.
4 ir. E flnt major.
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but. course, handling also tho
his individual portraits must!
■ restricted.
Marie Antoinette, always an!
ixmatic personage in historic ree
ds. l.<TnmcH, in Davis’ book, an 1
tclligihle creature, in spite of her
apparent contradictions. Always an 1
.-.he regarded Frar.ce ns the 1
golden ipple for her dauphin whom,
cd with that cla.-tic heart of
her? that could contrive fiendish t
■ue'ties for other folk’s offspring!
the moment of her matronal ndo-j
"The Fat Boy,” or, as we know,
him better in history, Louis XVI in*
iris’ book is a very human being of
.ak will, dominated by his imperi-
- and self-willed wife.
Robie-pierre is made to seem!
living and real, yet he is puzzling and
thought provoking—ono of those
strange characters examples of whom
.‘"me «; f us have known.
The ceremonies of a royal rising!
with a gentleman of honor for each 1
Ntparate garment and process in the ^
king's attiring is delightfully por- (
truyed. The grand couvert with its I
display of elegance and with the king |
greedily gnawing a chicken’s wing isj
comic opera to us who live in a demo- j
ratic country The howls of hte red j
that the church spires be re-
■'•v: d since they destroyed the
equality" the mob desired in the
«y i* the nbsurdum dementiae of
human beings who. breaking all laws
°f God and man, proceed to deny
the former and to murder the later.
Only a per-onal knowledge of some 1
wh" e blood is French can give a
Hen-Frenchman an understanding of,
history or of that turmoil j
v,, ' h overthrew a kingdom and led
: the beginning of a republic. No 1
m,; n offers a profunder interest to,
' \vchoJogigt than France. Mr.
without stopping to analyze
and effects, makes his reader i
exclaim again and again: “Yes, a
each man is like that. Yes, a
h mob would do just that.” |
author, with developing inci-
battlee, country brawling,
*^1 aage, and foreign complexities
oterferenees, gives a compre-
survey of tho historic period,
lot neglecting to convey a general
cn.ie of the status of Europe during
h * revelation.
Th • book in every respect is a fine
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