Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23


Julian Ralph author Of ON IN, Canadas From on
Worlds P Fair Great &t wf Se% anG Yo ae
Harper & Brothers. Washington Woodward
Il Lothrop.
Old-time readers of Harper's Magazine
doubtless remember the quaint drawings
and the interesting gossip of Porte Crayon,
who essayed TO illustrate the south before
the war and to tell the story of its people.
To such the present volume is of especial
interest be cause of the contrast which II
affords in more than one direction. The
illustrations of Mr.. Ralph ssbook represent
of course tie latest development in the art,
and occupy therefore relatively the same
position as those of the earlier travel
sketches, " hich were printed at a time
when book illustration was not In very
advanced stage. Yet the pictures OF Porte
Crayon, crude as they were, and inclined
to caricatuIe, are today regGr ded highly by
many critics, who realize that much of the
difference between the pest and the pres
ent art is due to the difference of manners
and costumes The matter in Mr.. Ralphs
book is charmipgly told in that free and
easy style of narration that characterizes
all of his works, and the chapter on Our
National Capital Is sufficient to give the
volume a direct interest to Washington
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POoR'S DIRECTORY OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS
and Manual of American Street Railways No
yeu.ber, 1925. Tenth Annual Number. New
York: H. v. II. W. Poor. Washington;
Robert Beall.
In addition to the information contained
in the directory of officials, this volume has
growing value in the department relating
to street railroads. which, according to this
authority, have today total length Of
Is, 900 miles, an increase of over $500 miles
In four years. OF this total over 400 miles
are operated by steam dummies, nearly 600
miles by cable, nearly 1900 by animal
traction and over 10000 by electric power.
The rapid substitution of electric traction
for animal power is shown by the fact that
since 1891 the number Of horses employed
in the street railway service has declined
nearly 125,00o or about IL per cent.
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. A Comedy
y Mm ana f m Emanue EteI By
Edric vredenburg. New York: Raphael Tuck
& Sons.
This is beautiful edition Of the Merry
Wives. The cclored page Illustrations are
dainty bits. while the book is profuse in
marginal pictorial notes. The print is first
class and the volume is an excellent exam
pie of the work done by Tuck & Sons.
perlcnce of One Godfrey Tempest Millionaire,
Romance BY Marie corel ag sds,ro Of
J. b. Lippncott Co. Washington: Brentano's.
YEAR OF SACRED SONG. With Selections in
Prose n old and T Ere BY NaTth or
Sketches by C. Klein. New York: Raphael
Tuck X Sons.
THE CHIIDREN's sHAKEsPEARE; By r. Nes-
HGsdsn6urs WI" Ntw YofE Raphael Tuck sons
THE RED oockAp AIDE 4 Novel; .y stanle,,
France SC. Illustrated New York: Harper
& Brothers. Washington: Woodward Lothrop.
THOUGHTS AND CoUNsEI.s FOR WOMEN OF
Montpelier. From the French BY Marie G.
Redfern. Baltimore: John Murphy Co.
THE mEAsT % OF OH fKoHY ~ AN R OTHER ss
Bo zc' The Arena n Publishing Co. f0"e''
SGARs coop m WISHES sr,h PROSE o IND
With Twelve Illustrations by F. c. Price. New
York: Raphael Tuck Sons.
stance Fenmore woolson:, Illustrated; New
York: Harper Brothers. Washington
LYRICS OF LOVE AND NATURE. By Mary
Berri Chapman. With numerous Illustrations
by the author. New York: Frederick A.
A THREE: STRANDED YARN. The Wreck Of tn.
E. A. Weeks & Co. Washington: Brertanos.
EAvR Novel Translate, Hd, from he FTsnss
York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
SOME MEMORIES OF PARIS. By F. Adolphus
New York: Henry Holt & Co. washington
William Baantyne Sons.
SLAIN BY THE DooNEs, and Other Stories. By
r. ID. Blackmore, author OF Lorna Doone. New
York: Dodd. Mead & Co.
FAIRY STORIES AND FABLES. Second Reades
Grade. Retold by James Baldwin. New York;
American Book Co.
STORIES FOR CHILDREN. First Reader Grade
By Mrs Charles A. Lane. New York: Amstes
Book Co.
OLD GREEK STORIES. Third Reader Grade By
James Baldwin. New York: American Boob
Co.
FABLES AND ESSAYS. by John Bryan OF Ohie,
New York: The Arts and Ietteres Co.