Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-08
LITERARY NOTES.
ingtOn: W. III. Morrison.

HART AND HIS BEAR. BIZ A. @. RIDDLE. Wash
ington: W. H. Morrison
The author Of Bart Ridgely" gives us under
the above title another volume of early life and
adventure in Northern Ohio. The story is told
in the guise of talks to happy group Of grand
children, whose intersections add not little to
the success Of the plan adopted. and is full OF
the atmosphere and spirit of the woods. Hart
Bridge. the hero OF the narrative and a boy
of exceptional gifts, loses his mother by death.
and his father. a stern Old-fashiOned clergyman
broken by that event for the time leaves him
IN the woods with a nei9hbOr Harris subse-
quest wanderngs and adventures and espe-
claliy his attachment for pet bear
form the main incidents of the book:
out number OF other interesting char
acters are introduced which give the mar
rative proper body and scope. Among these
are Harrington. an old Indian fighter, huntc:
ana trapper. and Paul Raine5. young amateur
In the same lines. both of whom are well drawn.
BY no means the least attractive personages
among those portrayed are two young ladies,
Emma and Lucy. whose appearance enables the
author to weave into his story several very pretty
love passages The descriptive parts of the book
are done with great spirit and fidelity; and on
the whole the effort is one of which our fellow
townsman may well be proud. Although in
tended mainly for the young. it will none the
less be enjoyed by Older readers.
YOUNG PEOPLES LIFE OF WASHINGTON:
Boyhood, Youth. Manhood. pesth. Honors. By
WILLIAM n IHAYER: author of From Log Cabin
whits House. etc. New Yors: John b. Alden. 'A'
vi course there is nothing new to be told of
Washington; but what Mr. Thayer has to say on
the subject he says in way that is sure to be
both entertaining and instructive to the young,
with whom he Is deservedly popular. The
character OF Washington cannot be pre-
sented too often nor from too many
points of view for the emulation of the
youth OF the country; and for the re-
spectye parts they have borne in the good
work. both the author and the publisher of this
attractive little volume are entitled to praise
1t Is Illustrated with a portrait of Washington
at %, and contains also Gen. Henry Lees ia
nous euio@y.
A NV POLITICAL ECONOMY. By JOHN N.
GREGORY, LII. ID. Cincinnati and New York: Van
Antwerp. Bragg Co. Washington: A. Brentano
DIR. Gregory, who has been President of the
Illinois Industrial University and Superintend-
ent of Public instruction for Michigan, but now
more prominently before the country as men,
Der of the Civil Service Commission, claims for
his work the presentation of fresh views on
Value, and "a clear recognition of the three
great economic facts of Wants, Work and
Wealth. as the principal and constant factors of
the industries and as constituting, therefore
the field of Economic Science" On the tariff
question he holds that the decision as to the
wisdom of the protective system must rest finally
upon its efficiency. and concludes that any man.
ufacture. in its infancy may need protection
against its foreign rivals.
CHRISTINE Translated from the French of LOUIS
ENAULT. by ELIZABETH w. PENDLEroN. New
sO GO: Henry Hot & Co. Washington; A. Bren'anO
No. 152 of the Leisure Hour Series" and an
entertaining but rather sad, story. One of its
chief charms lies in its descriptions of winter
life In Stockholm, where the heroine Christine
most lovely character in body and mind, meets
her fate in the form of a graceess attache of the
French legation at the Swedish capital She
dies of broken heart. with her faithless lover
VINO meantime marries another whose true
character he finds out too late-amOng other
friends around her death bed In reading the
story one is reminded occasionally of Camille"
though Ii is free from the suggestiyeness which
mars so many French novels.
UP FROM THE CAPE. Plea for Republican Sim
phcity. b Iston: Estes Laurlat.
The anonymous author, who has written this
volume in response to a request for "a light
book for summer reading must have queer
ideas of that sort of literature for his effort is
largely made up of sermons and didactic sayings.
These however. are we'll enough in their way;
and there are one or two rather good stories
interviewer with some ciever humOr and keen
satire But on the whole the readers of the
book are not likely to be any more benefited
than was Aunt Desire by her visit to Boston.
ANON sGssa. THE IN. h.KEs: BY WILLIAM Q; sronp,HD.
Scribners Sons. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne Il
fresh, breezy book, well adapted for boys. to
whom the writer needs no introduction. 1t is
niled with minor adventures and Out-Of-doOr
life, sports and pastimes, and contains withal
some excellent lessons on manliness and hon.
esty. 1t is. in short. such a book as any boy
would enjoy, and be the better for having read it,
The literary contents of The Manhattan for
September are very fair, and include charac-
teristic and interesting character-studv by Rev.
w. NJ. Baker, lately deceased. The principal
Illustrations are. however hardly up to the
mark Mr.. MOran's DOresQue sketches of the
Colorado and Yellowstone regions possessed
considerable interest some twelve or fifteen
years ago; but they have been repeated so often
In one way and another as to have become trifie
stale.
Through Messrs- j. F. Ellis 4 Co. we have
from the publishers, Oliver Ditson & Co., copy
OF their Collection Of War Songs and HYMNS
adapted for anniversaries aud gatherings of
soldiers and Memorial Day, with music arranged
Tor male voices. 1t is not only useful publica-
flOn In serving the purposes for which it is in
tended but It is also an interesting though sad
reminder of the past. and will thus probably
meet wider want than was expected.
Through A. BrentanO Il Co. we have a CODY
OF Rev L. A. Lambert's Notes on Ingersoll,"
with preface by Rev. Patrick Cronin, pub
lished by the Buffalo Catholic Publication So
ciety- The favor with which this work has been
received is shown by the fact that it is now in
Its third edition.
Mr.. Charles Nordhoff, Of this city, has written
a religious book. entitled ''GOd and the Future
Life: The Reasonableness of Christianity" to be
published during the fail
The Luther statue.
Rev. DIR. Stuckenberg, who is spending sew
eral years in Europe, writes to the Lutheran
Evangelist, from the 'foot of the Luther statue
at Worms" letter that will interest the people
of Washington The statue for our city will not
be ready by the 10th Of November, but during
the winter months Will be put in place before