Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

ACTING AND ACDEs HOCI'TIoN AND T1O-
.uii ,ssf Book About Theater Folk
The ortSoepisi. "ihe Vrrhai1':: aI T o.
sentiais Of ElUS utIon.'' The Mentor Ne
ductioa by E,lgaf B. Werner. nrSorne b. Ja nu,S
A waldron. New York: ID. Appleton x 10.
The task which Mr.. Ayres has assumed is
one of some artistic magnitude and i'm
portance. Being himself, as a card at the
end or his work naiyely announces, a
teacher OF elocution. the fact that he at
taches supreme Importance to the purely
mechanical in theatric art is not surpris-
ing. His method of presenting his Views.
however. when the traditional prejudice
which surrounds the school OF acting
among those who would seem best qualified
TO judge of the merits of such an institution
As conquered, strikes the reader as being to
say the least, indiscreet. The book nnds
so little to praise and so much TO denounce
In players who, despite the fact that they
may nave neglected the opportunities TO
aVali themselves OF its authors advice have
attained. with the public. an admiration
winch amounts in some cases to almost
reverence, that its contents must be re-
sarded I'm the main as little more than i'm
pudent assertion.
NEW ROADS AND ROAD LAWS IN THE UNITED
SiAIfS by Roy stone. Vice President Ma
tional League for Good Roads and L. = s,D-Iial
Agent and Engineer for Road Inquiry, Depart-
trand 90. " " '
Mr.. stones qualifications for compiling
such an unanswerable argument In behalf
or good roads are well known to all who
nave broadly interested themselves in the
retirement OF American highways. in this
DOCK the author shows what has been &C
complished and how the improvements
were brought about. The important subject
OF good roads Is discussed clearly and sue
cinctly: the farmer who - to this time
has been careless as to this important mat
ter would be convinced at once IL he but
read.
PAsTIME STORIES. BY Thomas Nelson Page.
ssthor Of In Ole Virginia: Esket and Other
CAMPS" Two Little Confederates." &c IL
ssi P,nea by A a. Frost. View YORK; Harper
throp.
There are some good stories in the lot
old stories which have survived for genera
tions-one. l am satisfied, for a century,
and IL they do not read well II is because
1 have marred them in the telling so
Mr.. Page declares in his preface The
reader will say that the stories are all good.
ana those who are very much in love with
Mr. Pages style-and who is not?-will
insist upon it that they are admirably told
IWenty-three narratives in all.
MATTER. ETHER AND NOTION. The Factors
ana Reat is, of Physical Science. ny A Z.
OF Projecting,'' &c. boston: Lee & SlcIard
Washington: Woodward n LDt!lrpp.
This is second edition of a work in
which is given what the author declares is
a complete resume of mechanical principles
worked out through all the departments of
physics. People who have wondered at
spiritualistic phenomena and who care to
make serious investigation will lind Prof
Dolbear reliable source of valuable infor-
nation.
COMMON SENSE APPLIED TO WOMAN SUI
EAGE- by Mary futnam-Ja,obi NJ. ID. New
York: e. l.. Putnam's Sons.
Specially prepared to support the effort
to induce the New York state constitutional
convention to extend the franchise privilege
to women-an effort which failed. The re-
fusal of the convention to accede to the
women's request lid not upset even one of
the many clever arguments advanced by
DR.. Putnam-Jacobi
LITERARY AND SOCIAL. SII.HoUErTEs. By
iJaimar HJorth Boyesen. New York: Harper
throp.
Short essays-crisp and pleasing. Types
Of American Women" German and
American Women THE American Novel
list and His Public" THE Progressive Real
ism OF American Fiction" THE Hero in
Fiction and American Literary Crfti-
cism" are among the topics treated.
POLITICAL I1S Il, REFORM aINlr, RY THE REPRESENTA-
ney. New York: NJ. y. Forney.
This unpretentious volume gives the re-
suits Of careful Investigation into the work
ing Of cumulative voting In Illinois; makes
plain the advantages and defects, and sug-
gests remedy. Mr.. Forney would give
minorities what he believes would be rea-
sonable representation In bodies that are
not now. he claims. fairly representative.
CRUMBLING IDOLS. Twelve Essays on Art Deal
ing Chiefly with Literature, Painting and the
Kimbal
Claiming no more for these contributions
to live literature than that they are a Sc
ries of suggestions, Mr.. Garland proceeds
to m AXE war upon what he terms "fetich-
ism" and to argue for originality in Ameri-
can art. The printer and binder have con-
tributed to the making of a book that is at
once worth reading and fit to be looked at
TALES OF THE MAINE COAST. By Noah
Brooks. New York: Charles S.ribncr's Sons
Washington: Brentano's.
OF these tales there are seven-"Pansy
Pesg," THE Apparition of 10 Murch,"
1.-The Hereditary Barn." THE Phantom
Sailor" The Honor of a Family" The
Waif OF Nautilus Island and "A Century
Ago." all having in their makeup some
of those touches of nature that make
the whole world kim"
TOTAL EcLIPSEs OF The Sun. BY Mabel
Loomis Todd Illustrated. Boston: Roberts
Brothers. Washington: VIM Ballantyne q
Sons.
Folks who know little or nothing on the
subject of eclipses will have no excuse for
ignorance on that score after reading the
clear and eminently accurate statements
set forth In this modest volume The fair
ly well informed will find the book useful
for reference.
A LOVERS DIARY. Songs In Sequence. By GIL
bert Parker. Cambridge: Stone a Kimball.
As . writer Of short stories Mr. Parker
has long been held in high esteem, and
these sonnets which he now makes public
will add to his literary repute. The man.
ner In which the verses are produced 10 q
material aid to enjoyable study of the
poets cleverness.
SEQUEL. TO THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS
BY Eben Malcolm Sutclife. Chicago: American
Authors Protective Publishing o..
With He hath made of one blood all ma
lions Of men" and The Sun of Righteous
Eess shall rise with healing In his wings"
as notices. the author discusses. In blank