Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Tutudm COns. WASHINGTON.
Brentan0s.
1t is fortunate that a thoughtful man
has at last undertaken to unravel the
threads of this much misunderstood sub
ject. He shows clearly that anarchism is
rot at all definite in the minds of the peo-
pie at large, save as a propaganda of fire
and pillage a political and social chaos,
and that the theories that form the intri-
cate fiber of the scheme are lost from sight,
or have never, in fact been seen. He at
tributes this to the fact that there are
practically no books of reliable value with
in the reach of the reading public, and tells
of his great difficulties in securing mate
rails for his research, which he was oblig-
ed to procure by roundabout means
through friends and with great difficulty.
He severely arraigns the book produced
by Inspector Setback of Chicago which
| purports to give history of anarchsm
and which the present author shows to be
filled with inaccuracies and absurdties. In
conclusion he condemns anarchism, and
urges that this condemnation is necessary
from the mere exercise of scientific crti-
c1Sm. He prefaceS his work with the as
sumption that it will please no single inter-
est, the anarchists will call it terribly
reactionary,' the socialists will write him
down as Manchester economist" the
liberals will think him too tolerant toward
while the reactionaries will denouncc him
as an anarchist in disguise. Under such
circumstances it is safe to credit the au-
thor with an earnestness and sincerity of
purpose to tell the truth that is seldom
to be found among those who write of mat
tiers OF such bitter controversial POSSIBLE
tiles.
LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE
Commander OF the Army OF the Potomac. by
traits and Maps. Phladelpaia: Henry r. Coates
d 20. Washington: +. Ii. Herr 9IS F st. NV.
General Meade's nephew has here become
his biographer and brings to his subject a
multitude Of personal details that few
authors are privileged to possess. He ex-
plains, however. in his preface that he
has had no direct knowledge from General
Meade concerning the latter's military
career. and thus the brilliant soldiers
views and opinions do not form part of this
volume. The book contains about Gyu
pages, with two portraits and several maps
of battle grounds. Without pretending to
be exhaustive of career which was long
full of stirring events in connection with
the Army of the Potomac of which the
general was the commander for nearly two
years, and as such fought with it the
battie with whose ending waned the for
tunes Of the southern confederacy, the
work is replete with interest derived from
the spectacle of the interactlon between
the hero of the story and the events by
winch he was nodded and in turn con-
trlbuted to shape. The treatment of the
SUBJECT does not by its nature address it
self to military men alone, but to the gen.
erafs friends, to his old soldiers, and to
'he general reader. In a theme long
neglected, the work is. through new mat
ter and rectitication of published error an
important contribution to the truth of the
history OF the civil war in America.
AN IMPERIAL JoyFp pr NJ I,,.- r.r,.
author of ON the Red Staircase Chicago:
a. {. McChg Il Co. Washington B.eu-
The author of this book is young
Washington lady who has achieved con-
siderable fame in the literary world
through her previous story. Both that and
the present volume deal with life at the
court of Peter the Great of Russia-a court
that was marked by many romances and
deep intrigue. The setting is therefore ad-
m,rably adapted to development under a
skiiiful hand, and the author of both In
der the Red Staircase" and IAN Imperia.
Lover has succeeded in this undertaking.
The story itself Of the later work is stir
ring and absorbing, while ii does not resort
70 me narration of deeds of violence to
eaten and hold the attention. 1t is purely
love theme and well worked out. Incl
4fntallE 1t gives many descriptions of men
ana matters that are of personal and histor-
superior to its predecessor to which If
IN fact, forms more or less of a sequel, the
background being being occupied by the
nero and heroine of the Red Staircase"
story years after their marriage
IN rMEMoRIAM by Alfred Tennyson With a
Harry Fem New York Fords How'd y
Hubert. Washington: VIM Ballantyne 4
The interest in such a publication nat.
nj in, &C.
Memoriam' has been published and re-
published SO often that it is no longer
an object of special concern as material
for the types. Its great beauty. however
mas given it an undying quality that makes
1t worthy Of the finest treatment by the
artist. 1t has not hitherto been TINS sne-
cially published for illustrative purposes.
and Mr.. Fem has accepted the opportun
lily thus offered by creating a notah HE
Work. Dr. Van Dyke, in the course of his
scholarly preface. filed with sympathetic
appreciation of the delcacy of his task
characterizes this poem as the greatest Of
English elegies. The book in all its feat
uras Is one of the handsomest of which
modern presses are capable
GRoUr OF FRENCH CRITICS. BY Mary Fish
er. author of Twenty-Five Letters English
authors, etc Chicago: 4. c. McClurr Z
Co. Washington: Brentano's
The author undertakes to disabuse the
American and English mind of a curious
misconception concerning French letters. |
She points out that the French writers best |
known to English-speaking people are the
least worthy and urges that closer ac- |
quaintance with the more sober side of |
French literature would considerably amend
the worlds estimate of the case. She has
chosen for this purpose five writer's whose
work has been mainly critical and who are
CHARACTERISTIC of the school of higher !
thought and more substantial standards
than those with whom the English and |
Americans have become familiar. These
critics are Edmond Scherer, Ernest Bersot
Saint-Marc Girardin, Ximines Doudan and |
GuStave blanche. !
STORIES OF FAMOUS OPERAS BY H. A.
Guerber, author of Myths Of Greece and |
Rome Stories of the Wagner OPERA lie |
gends of the Virgin and Christ - etc Illus
trated. New York: Dodd Mead & Co. Wash
ingtOn: Brentano's.
The opera lover. as well as the reader of |
general literature. will be interested in |
these well-told tales of the great musical |
dramas that have withstood time and pro- |