Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

utus, ltS UEtl doom. BY CrtlstHNe w. pUpp
Md New York: c. W Dilingnam.
An aeronautic delirium. an astronomic
frenzy, and yet deeply interesting both in
plot and treatment. Others have pictured
Mars and described journeys thereto, bat
none have been so lavish of incident or so
strongly deS rl',ive as DIR. Pope h Is been.
The ST ~ is told in marvelously- written
manuscript which, properly protected. is
dropped on the deck of the good ship White
Gull during terrific gale off the coast of
New South Wales on the night of December
%, 1892 a lieutenant in the United States
navy and New Zealander are the prlnci-
pal earth-born characters; they voyage to
and from Mars and are about to return to
the Marian world when the story breaks
off short. Thrilling situations necessarily
abound and there is an unbroken thread of
accurate scientific information in the vol
ume. but there are several unexplained in
consistencies in the construction Of the
narrative, not surprising when it is re-
membered that the author has given the
most of his life to the practice of medicine
easily criticised science OF literature. Low
ers of the odd and the problematical will
find the book much more pleasant reading
than the average novel of today and vastly
more instructive A little of careful edit
ing would remove the crudities and make
the remainder really excellent specimen
of what q Washington imagination can do
without overexerting itself.
MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES BY A. Conan
Doyle, author of Adventures of sherlock
Holmes. The Refugees Micah Clarke" &c.
Illustrated New York: Harper x Brothers.
Washington; Woodward & Lothrop.
The concluding volume of a wonderful
series. Full of the adventure of crime hut
the crime is almost invariably punished
by the law and the law of course secures
its just victims through the remarkable
keenness of Sherlock Holmes, than whom
were he a real being-no more astute de-
tective ever lived. Twelve tales that en-
ing descriptive of the strange death of
Doyle'S great creation.
THE TRAFFIC. IN GIRLS History of Florence
Crittenton Missions. Ry Charlton Eiholm su.
perintendent press, Worlds womans Christian
temperance Union. Chicago: The Womau's
Temperance Publishing Association.
In this book of about three hundred pages
are some of the most awful of revelations,
closely related to those made public some
years ago by the Pail Mall Gazette. Then
to tighten the gloom come several chapters
in which are details of the saving work be-
ing done through the Crittenton Missions.
SOUTHERN OITRAGES. a statistical record Of
lawiess don-s. BY r. g. %. benjamin. secr,~
tary Of the Colored Lawyers National Bar AS
ISOLATION.
Dedicated to the widows and orphans Of
the murdered black men of the south a
CHASTITY catalogue of crime committed in an
ticipation and defiance of law. Editor Mag
nus l.. Robinson of the Leader of Alexan-
dria contributes an arraigning Introduction
rARlSIAN POINTS OF VIEW. BY Ludovic liza
levy The translation by Edith v b. Mat
thews. Introduction 10y Brander Matthews
New York; Harper a Brothers Washington
Woodward LothrUp.
Nine charming short stories by a writer
who is Partisan throughout and who in
/ that particular field is supreme.
THE WORLDS CONGRESS o. RELIGIONS. Be
| ing complete and concise history Of the Inos
inspiring convocation Cf civilization, wherein
was given full expression TO the lrrefutable ti
dence, establishing the ind 'penlcnce of min,
and the supremacy OF hunGui cunsci"nre. Edite,
ton and review by Rev. Ii. W. Thoiuas, DID
Chicago: Laird & Lee.
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS Or. THE DEMO
CRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARrIES From
1ssa and 1896. RESPECTIVELY complied AM
thor Of the ,bges! AMI Manual Of he laus'
| tary History Of Congress-" chicago The J
| NJ W. Jones Stationery and Printing Company
THE CENTURY WAR BOOK. Part of the Peo
pies Edition. Containing articles on WASH
| sumter" with many illustrate IONS incluln,
portraits OF those who made up the buchanan
administration. President Lincoln and his cab
met and jefferson Davis and his advisers. New
| York: The Century Co.
INTn"nrTrION To ELEMENTARY PRACTICAL
BIOLOGY. laboratory guide for high sehoo
and college students. by Charles Wright Dodge
Ms professor of biology in the University o
| Rochester. New York: Harper x Brothers
Washington: Woodward 4 Lothrop.
THE PENANCE OF JOHN LOGAN AND Tw,
| OTHER TAI.ES-ROMEO AND JULIET AND :
| SNOW IDlLL. BY William Black. New an,
| revised edition. New York: Harper x Brothers
| Washington Woodward X Lothrop.
FAMOUS PAINTINGS Or THE WORLD. Part
of collection of Photographic reproductions o
| great modern masterpieces. With an introduc
| tion by Gen Lew Wallace. New York: FIN
| Art Publishing Company.
HORACE CHASE. novel. By Constance FEM
more Woolson. author of Jupiter Lights,
| East Angels" &c. New York: Harper
Brothers Washington: Woodward Lo;rop
IN D1REST PERIL novel. By David Christi
Murray, author of Times Revenges," g!
| Wasted Crime" &c. New York Harper
| Brother. Washington: Woodward Lothrop.