Books: Poverty Flat

FATHER STRUCK IT RICH—Evalyn Walsh McLean—Little, J5rown ($3).

Bret Harte might have written the story of Evalyn McLean. This tale of a prospector's daughter whose father struck it rich would have been just his ticket. But he would have fictionalized it, added some homespun sentiment; and he would have stopped the narrative before it became too true to be funny. Evalyn Walsh McLean tells her own story (with the ghostly aid of Boyden Sparkes) with no regard for her readers' feelings. She simply sets down the blatant facts, and though the facts...