Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

RIDERS OF MANY LANDS By Theodore Ayrault
Dodse. sreyss lieutenant colonel, U. s. army,
We. n oss q Siv %sf rasfo
elss and Penelope. Chat in the Saddle.
Caesar &c. Illustrated with numerous
drawings BY Frederic Remington and from pho
tographs OF Oriental subjects. New York: Har-
throp.
If eve- man was quafifed to write Of
horses and riders it il Col Dodge and that
he was eminently the individual to do 30 il
evidenced in this book. Through nearly 1--WE
hundred instructive and entertaining pages
the colonel carries his readers. touching on
all soils where horses and horsemanship are
to be found. discussing even the feminine
styles Of eQuestrianism and INDUCING here
and there in comments of the breezy and
ENJOYABLE sort as to incidentals which
would surely have escaped the eyes OF most
that this country OF ours Is the home par
excellence of horsemen." The Briton, as a
cross-country rider, rs q poio-piaye., as q
breeder and rider Of race horses at home in
tent-pegging or piH-sticking abroad, il, he
believes. unequaied The German is supe-
rtor as to the drilling OK large bodies Of
horse; the Frenchman excels In the niceties
or breaking, training and manege-riding;
the best Arab Is not as good as the best
European or American; the Cossack is the
best light cavalryman In the world; the
Australian is a close second to our plains
rider; but In the very highest form OF
horsemanship-distance ridine-Americans
are unapproached.
AMERICAS ADVERTISERS Who they are whore
they they are how they have developed. and what
with certain facts and suggestions concerning
s s;"s a IL general and Is applied 70
Advertising Co.
A volume that to persons interested In ad-
vertising is but little. IL any. short Of indis-
pensable. Contains q vast amount Of in
formation closely pertinent to the subject
indicated by the title. Opening UP with an
interesting historical sketch, In which the
growth Of advertising is cleverly treated, It
gives detailed description of the general
advertising houses in this country, and then
proceeds to tell how they advertise and
what mediums they use how much they
spend and how they spend it. the history Of
those who have been successful and to what
ed, what their plans were and how they
grew, how certain advertisers started upon
the wrong basis. pursued the wrong course
and either met with failure o. made a
change OF plans: to what the great adver-
tisers Of the country attribute their success.
now advertisers of the present day can
prohtabiy employ the principles used by sue
cessful advertisers Of the past to their own
>NANoN seNNSSS, hoW auN eftSefS oil the pres
ent day can tudiciously avoid the failures OF
advertisers In the past to their own great
advantage. how money has been made by
advertising In the past and how II can be
n naoe IN the future, how vast fortunes have
been sQuandered by fruitless attempts in
the wrong direction, and how to do success
ful local advertising; with much other val
liable matter.
ESSAYS ON QUESTIONS OF THE DAY. poI rrI.
CAL AND SOCIAL. By Goodwin smith, ID. c.
=, p eItnos OF The united ssstes: Outline
Canadian Question" New York: Macmiii.n a
Co. Washington: W. n. LowdermiiE 4 Co.
In a terse preface Prof. Smith states his
general position SO plainly that the critic Is
almost disarmed at the outset. He declares
himself to be a liberal OF the old school as
yet unconverted to state socialism. who
looks for further Improvement mot to an
increase OF the authority Of government. but
70 the same agencies. moral, intellectual and
ecohomicai. which have brought US thus far,
ana one or which-science-is now opera fling
with immensely increased power" He or
iers no panacea or nostrum, he saws ana
looks Tor Improvement, not for reeen era tion
which Is rather relief when we remember
disorder. The subjects dealt with are. 20
cial and Industrial Revolution" The Ones
LODI f,on or Disestablishmsnt" The Political
n,sis I IN England.n The Empire" "wo-
The Irish Question" "Prohibition in Can
ada and the United States" and 'sThe Onei-
"a community and American Socialism
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ENGLISH 1ANcr.cr
Ma.n critical remarks upon the works OF m
81 c,eIt ana modern authors. and some account
VI their history; also an exar,inat ion snfo -
pfesent position Of English among the lansusses
thi: city. author OF Education IN lis Rals,,on
MANUAL Industry. &c. Washington 10. q
W. H. Lowdermilk q Go. ~ -
In his preface Judge Macarthur savs ,hs,
probably the most iIliterate nerson, a.
England were those who first SMOKE ~
heard the English language. IL. very eY-
lstence was threatened by Norman-Frencb
laws and forms OF speech. but the old Saxon
element was still numerous body, and re-
FUSED TO surrender its vernacular. The two
races were ultimately blended into one peo-
pie ana their language was the n.trrai -
suit OF their situation" This yoh,me 60
history OF that language alone. Not wr,,N
Ten ior pathological scientists, II commenas
user TO the average reader II Is An a.
mirable production. @o-
GRANNY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR AND IT'S rIrrS
or FAIRY TINES. By Frances Browne. n
lustrated by Marie Seymour Iucas New Vol.
e. r. putton & Go. Washington: WIN. Baiian.
Nearly forty years ago "Granny's Won
derful Chair was so popular that II went
out OF print. Then II was lost for many
years, and. although diligent search was
made for 1t. 1t remained lost until 1850
NOW II reappears. in better form than anv
II has previously known, to charm thou
sands Of youngsters
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