Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-22

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WORK OF THE RAMP.
sTITUTE AT HAMPTON. VIRGINIA. MUS
trated with views and maps. Hampton: Nor
NAL School Press
volume In which those who love their fell
low beings Of the negro and Indian races may
find much that is instructive and much that Is
gratifying. 1t is made up mainly Of the records
Of graduates and ex-students, to which have
been added historical and personal sketches
we'll worth reading and studying. Gen. Arm
s.rongs sketch, "From the Beginning. is deeply
interesting; very effectively he tells the story OF
the great work that has been and is being done
and then pleads with power for the means that
will produce added and needed energy. "The
Hampton Institute" he says, should be
pushed steadily, not to larger, but to better,
more thorough effort and placed on q solid
foundation 1t is big enough, but its work Is
only begun" The Instantaneous views OF
the graduates will hold the attention of any
one starting to read them; they are admirably
done and convey all the information tina. ia Of
material value. They show how slaves and
children of slaves have learned those things
which are necessary to freedom and true
civilization, while the Indian Of the plains and
the mountains has also acquired educative in
formation. In the collection of snap shots
there is Joy and sadness, unrestrained exulta-
ton and immeasurabIe grief. Some Of the
work is extremely clever. Sketching the
career Of a half-blood Gros Ventre woman the
historian says that the womans husband was
incorporate and violent and that the woman
'in an effort to defend herself on one occasion
did it more effectualy than she intended and
has since-four years-been a widow" The
summary Of results shows that the teachers
have much to be proud Of that q large per-
centage o! their charges become citizens of
character and instruments Of great activity in
solving the problems of racial growth and in
dividual independence.
GREELEY ON LINCOLN. With Mr.. GreeIey's
letters to Charles a. Dana and a lady fr.eld;
to which are added "reminiscences OF Horace
Greeley. Edited by Joel Benton. New York:
the Baker Il Taylor Co. Washington: Robert
Beall.
One Of the most profoundly fascinating Of
the many books il which have been preserved
the everyday correspondence OF great men.
OF Greeley it has been said that he never put
his pen to paper without saving something.
and the truth Of this remark is subs tantiated
by the letter. that give this volume its greatest
interest. The lecture on Lincoln has seen day
light before, but it can hardly be too fire.
quently published. The letters to Mr.. Dana and
those to an intimate lady friend, says Mr.. Benton
in his preface, not only cover rare periods and
incidents in Mr.. Greeley's life, but they show
the naive, unconscious motions of mind never
tempted to Discrimination, and Gin the privacy
for which they are intended) without motive
to be other than sincere. Newspaper men and
politicians will find the letters to Dana ex-
tremely readable. yet hardly more so than those
which he indited to the anonymous 'ladv
friend" His last note to her wac written
November s, 1872, but three weeks before his
DEATH it is pathetic in the extreme No history
of the great journalist-the real founder OF the
New York Trib,tns-wiIl be complete if it fails
to absorb most of the material in this valuable
book.
SERMONS PREACHED IN ST. JOHNS CHURCH.
WASHINGTON, D. C. BY GEORGE WILLIAM
DOUGLAS, SID. New York: Arson ID. +.
Randolph Co. Washington: W. II. Morrison's
Sons.
This volume, which is affectionateIy dedi-
Gated to 'my friends and pacishoners of St.
Johns" comes in response to many requests
for bound volume of the discourses which
were SO thoroughly enjoyed by the congrega-
ton to which DR.. Douglas so successfully min
istered. In all there twenty-one sermons
In the collection. commencing with the first
preached by the doctor in st. Johns in No.
vember, 1882 and ending with the one which
marked the close of his curacy. October 80,
1892.
THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO AND PERU
Prciaced ~ the Discovery oi the Pacific. BY
KINAHAN CoENwALLIs. author of 1.-The Song OF
America anu Columbus; or, The Story of tie
New World, &c. New York: ONCE Of the
Daily Investigation.
In a preface that is by no means apologize
the author admits that epic poems are very IN
fashionable, but neither his knowledge OF that
fact nor his daily business in Wall street served
to prevent this aggregation of readable verse in
which he has wrapped much authentic history
Mr.. CORVALLIS has graphic descriptive powers
apparent in his earlier wo-hs-and they find
wide field IN this volume. His rhyme is smooth
and without those complications which poets
Imagine themselves licensed TO use.
The REC 9HDEsCENCE OF LEPRoSY AND ITS
CACSATION. By WILLIAM TEsS. Lon Ion:
Swan sonneEschein Co.
popular treatise on a topic bat little UNDER
stood in this portion Of the country. The OBJ
ject OF the book is 20 prove that there is an in
innate relationship between the spread of lep-
rosy and the increase Of vaccination.
JOHN HOLDEN, UNrONIST. BY T. c. DEIEoN,
i'll collaboration with Erwin Ledyard. Illus
trated st. Paul: The Price-McGill Company.
A romance OF the days of destruction and re-
construction, written by the man who is in
every respect qualified to make pen pictures OF
southern people and southern scenes. A cap
ti"nting novel.
TO LEEWARD. BY F. MARION CRAWFORD. New
YORK: Macmillan Co. Washington: WIN.
Bailantyne Il son.
Especial commentator of Crawford finished
and hfeiike productions Is unlocked for in this
dag when his works speak for themselves. This
reprIn. OF a famous tale is u recent addition to
the series Macmillan is getting ont
ELIZABETH; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By MATT
GRIM. New York: Charles L. Webster 4 CO.
Rath er a clever advocacy of the doctrines Of
Christian science by the gifted authoress of
Adventures of Fair Rebel" and I'm Beaver
Cove and Elsewhere Good, sound reading
HIRAM COLTS RELIGION; OR, THE "SHOEc
MAKER BY THE GRACE Of GOD" New
YORK: +. p DuttOn Co. Washington: WIN.
Ballantyne Son.
Will teach q score Of good lessons to any one
who reads it. A readable and truly good book.
MADAM SAPPEIRA. A Fifth Avenue Story. BY
EDGAR SALTUs. New York: r. Tennyson
Nicely.
''WHY THE SOLID SOUTH:" Reasons by Four
teen Southern Leaders. Baltimore: R. H.
WoOdwar,-& Co.