Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-15

THIS COUNTRY OF OURS. BY Benjamin Harri
son. New York: Charles Scrfbner's SOM
Washington: Brentapo's

| already somewhat familiar to some readers
| In Its publication in book form 1t contains
I much new matter, while the old text has
been carefully revised. The distinguished
author remarks in his preface: This vol
ume does not deal at all with the material
resources Of our country. 1t has nothing to
| do with lands. or merchandise, or markets.
| 1t Is not philosophical dissertation OF
| civics. nor a commentary on the Constitu-
1 tfon- 1t is a modest attempt TO give my
readers view Of the machinery of our ma
tfonal government In motion, and some in
| Etruction as to the relations and uses Of its
/ to give a better knowledge of things that
have been too near and familiar to be
well known. We stumble over things that
/ are near our toes. 1 hope II may also tend
| faithful discharge Of the duties OF citizen
ship"
HOW TO BUILD HOME; The House Practical
Being suggestions to Safety From Fire,
| Safety to Health. Comfort. Convenience. Dura-
TALES FROM McCLGRES Two volumes Hume.
| and Romance.
LITTLE MAsTEnPIECEs. Edited by Bliss Perry.
Short Stories From tho Works Of Edgar Allan
| New York: Doubleday, Mcclure Co. Wash
| ington: Brentano's.
These three issues, four volumes in ALL
constitute the Arst output of the press Of a
| new publishing house that is to work In
harmony with McCiures Magazine. The
| first named is unique in conception and
| treatment. appealing directly to the practi-
| cal tendencies of modern life and giving
some valuable suggestions that every
householder will appreciate The binding
is characteristic. heing veneer of wood
| Of a gray-buff tone.
The works in the two volumes Of humor-
| Gus and romantic tales are already familiar
| to the readers of the magazine Tales of
the West" and Tales of Adventure will
| shortly follow in the same style.
Little Masterpieces" will be the title
given to other compilations Of short stories
| by Hawthorne and Irving. Each volume is
| embellished with a photogravure portrait.
FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV BY James Brock
Perkins, author of Frame Under the Regency
| In Two Volumes. Boston: HoughtOn, Ninth
| Co. Washington: Brentano's.
! No more interesting period occurs in the
entire course of French history than tina.
| embraced by the reign of Louis XIV. Inn
| mediately preceding a great upheava1 of
| popular sentiment. 1t was marked by the
decline Of once great regime, the awak-
| ening of the public conscience and the
| Sc altering Of the seeds Of revolution. 1t
| was. in effect. the period Of decay, and its
treatment by so studious an historian cs
| the present author. who has specialized his
researches to good effect, is altogether a
worthy effort.
ST. IVES; Being the Adventures of French prs-
Oner IN England. by RObPft Louis Stevenson.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons. Washing
ton: BrentanOs.
st Ives was left unfinished by Mr..
Stevenson. who laid it aside, six weeks be-
fore his death in Samoa, to take up The
Weir of Hermiston'' He left sufficient
notes, however. with his stepdaughter, Mrs.
| Strong. who served as his amanuensis, to
| enable Mr.. Quiller-Couch. to whom the
| task was assigned. to write the last six
| chapters and SO finish the story along the
| lines laid down by the novelist. The story
| in this form was given serial publication in
McClure's Magazine in this country and In
Cosmopolis in London.
| HAND BOOK OF THE q. s. TARIFF Compiled.
! edited and published by +. l.. vandegrfft &
Co. New York and Philadelphia.
This convenient volume contains the tariff
act of 1897, with complete schedules of
articles, with rates of duty. the law of ad-
ministration of the customs service, and a
! list of articles which drawback duties
| have been established. Much other in
| formation is contained in the book, viz
| Foreign express tariff to all parts Of the
| world; the customs administrative act as
amended. complete list of drawback arti-
| cles; all weights, measures and coins OF
| foreign countries reduced to their United
| States equivalents; established rates OF
| tare: capacity of bottles; standard gauge
| of sheet and plate iron: in fact a veritabie
encyclopedia on the tariff.
| THE PHILOSOPHER OF DRIFTwOOD. A Novel
BY Mrs. Jenncss Miller Washington: Jenness
Miller Publications
Mrs. Miller, whose name is familiar to
| practically all Americans has under this
title produced novel which deals with
| the social problem and raises a question as
| to the intrinsic morality of some Of our
conventional ideas. Its characters are we'll
drawn and introduce many varied and in
teresting scenes-some Oh the picturesque
Maine coast, others in the society life of
Washington and Paris. The story is un-
| usual, and its style original. 1t will in
men of society, and will command the at
tention Of these who think with independ-
ence on social questions.
JOURNEYS THROUGH FRANCE: Being Impres
s sion, Of the f ,,i by H A Tane Del.
Holt & C.. washington: VIM B sIla merry
Sons.
There is no more charmingly> instructive
volume in all of Taine's great works than
this record of his tours through the prov
| iEces" of France. The Partisan viewpoint
is always more or less in evidence as must
be expected in the case of such a person.
age, but there is little or none of the
patronizirg condescension often exhibited
by the metropolitan critic toward less GEN.
trail localities.
VOICES OF DOUBT AND TRUST. Selected by
Noiney Streamer. New York and Washington
Brentanos.
The compiler has here gathered toe e her
candid expressions of souls search for
truth. ranging from the darkness of hope
less doubt to that radiance that fills the
heart in sublimest trust" These express
sions are culled from the works of the
masters of English prose and verse, to-
gether with a few writers in other Ian
guages. The volume is unique in its special
fed.
CONSTITUTIONAL SrUDIEs STATE AND FED
ERAL. BY james Schouler. New York: Dold,
Mead Co. Washington: Brentano's
Herein is contained the substance of lee
lures delivered before the graduate stu
dents of Johns Hopkins University during
1S93-96. The main line of thought is an eff
fort to trace the origin and progress of
those political ideas that have become
dominant and fundamental in American
government. This is the fourth historical
work from the hard of Prof. Schouler
QUEEN OF THE TESTERS: AND HER STRANGE
ADVENTURES In OLD PARIS. BY Max Tenn
berton New io-k: DOdd, Mead L. Co. WASH
fnkt0n: Brentanos.
The career of Corinne de Montesson, who
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