Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-09

1 tle9 10 Actions md Stephen Rules OF Pleading.
By =. Ross Perry Of the Bar Of the District
Of Columbia. lecturer on common law Pleading
r. the Georgetewn Law School Boston: Little.
convinced him that there was need of
volume ON pleading combining all OF the
| best features Of the standard works on the
| subject, together with the results Of later
| researches along the same line by recog-
| nized authorities. Therefore he applied
himself to the task Of supplying that need.
| and the volume recently issued Is the re-
| suit. Mr.. Perry is regarded by writer's on
legal topics as eminently qualified for such
| q task. In the course Of his own practice
| and his teachings on this particular SUBJ
3ect he has demonstrated his entire ability
to supply the lacking work. AS the book
| Is intended to make clear and to teach the
principles Of a science long since perfected.
| no effort has been made to make the foot
| notes digest of recent decisions" The
| rules and principles of special pleading un-
der1ie every system OF pleading in all. the
jurisdictions where the common law is adj
ministered. Local statutes have altered
the practice on many subjects, and have
true that the science Of pleading is the
| most instructive branch of the common
| law, and further that a thorough knowl-
edge and understanding Of pleading under
4 tHC COulubou law Is OI the Sf6AIeSt duvdu-
tage to him who would best avail himself
or the seeming greater freedom Of the
Code System"
UNCLE SANS SECRETS; A Story of National A.
fairs foc the Youth Of the Nation. BY Oscar
Reading Books" edited by VIM. +. Harris. q.
s. Commissioner Of Education. New York: D.
Appleton Co.
Mr.. Austin is one Of the best-known Of
| the Washington correspondents and his
acquaintance with "Uncle Sans secrets
Is sufficiently wide, as a result of many
years Of active news work here. to enable
him to write most accurately and enter
| tainingly on such a theme. The purpose of
| this series Of books is to instruct young
readers while they seek diversion in liter
| allure. and If the standard established by
the initial volume is to be maintained
| throughout the Home Readers will be I'M
| usually valuable. Mr.. Austin gives his
| facts in tie form Of a narrative that in
| ciudes many of the elements of fiction.
The secrets relate to the financial system
OF the government and some important and
little-known facts concerning the mint, the
railway mail service and incidentally vaci-
Gus other functions of the government.
| The book is good reading for adults as well
as young people, and gives copious refer
ences to works in which further details
are given. 1t is handsomely illustrated.
THE AMERICAN RAILWAY; Its Construction, De-
velopment. MANAGEMENT and Appliances. BY
Thomas Curtis Clarke, John Bogart. n. n For
Porter Theodare Soerhees senja%in Nort aSe
E Ans Mds L. James WITH Gsrss
INTRODUCTION by Thomas N. Cooley, late chair
With 1 mof the nan @ a
Charles Scribner's Sons Washington: Bren-
tan0's.
The articles here reproduced in a single
volume formed most entertaining and in
structive series of papers in Scribners
Magazine, where they attracted attention
as complete and comprehensive presenta-
ton Of practically every phase of the rail-
road question. The authors Of the various
papers are identified more or less closely
with the business of transportation, and in
each case the writer Is a specialist. Judge
Cooley wrote as one who surveyed the en-
tire railroad situation as an entirety in its
| influences and its possibilities. The book.
therefore, Is one of the notable additions
to this years shelves.
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN OPINION OF THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION. BY Charles Downsr
Hazen Phi D., professor OF history, Smith Col
lese. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press.
In this volume are reproduced the ex-
| pressed opinions Of Thomas Jefferson
Gouverneur Morris and James Monroe, all
| Of whom travelled in Europe, on the SUBJ
Appended are extracts from opinions sim
flariy expressed on the same subject by
| Americans who remained at home The
effect Is a comprehensive study of the eff
feet of the revolution upon American
thought and perhaps on American history
The measurable similarity of the two up
heavals, the one in America and the other
In France. tends to place those two events
close together in their bearing upon the
worlds record as they are in point of time.
None could be better qualified to Judge of
causes and effects in such an emergency
| in the life of a nation than an American
citizen.
| THE VICE OF FOOLS BY Fl. C. Chatfcld-TayIor
illustrated. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
The book is Mr.. Chatfield-Taylors essay
at that perennial theme, Washington
| novel. 1t begins with aphorisms and ends
with an absurdity. Its epigrams are very
generously besprinkled through the pages
and in consequence the story is "talky' 1t
is smart even to the point Of being tire
some. The tale itself fairly reeks with
romance. The Washington features in
clude the usual array of diplomats poll
ticians and social aspirants, and gives some
very high lights-fltered through brightly
colored glasses the supposedly real sit
uation at the capital. Some of the features
thus disclosed are recognizable; others are
pla1nIy imaginary. The enect Is uncon-
vincing, while the epigrams continue to
scintillate through the improbable
climax. Notwithstanding, the book is de-
cided achievement.
HAPPINESS; As Found in Forethought Minus
Fearthoaght. By Horace Fletcher. Menticul-
ture Series II. Chicago: Herbert s. Stone &
Co.
Happiness achieved through the self-cre-
alton of an optimistic atmosphere is the
main thought Of this volume. The control
of the mind, as the source Of both happi-
ness and misery, is the foundation of the
philosophy. The writer, whose preface re-
veals an extraordinary amount of cosmo-
politan experience, develops a system CT
self-regulation that must produce whole
some results, even il persistent following
Of the doctrine should fail to bring the
ideal condition of the mind in which every
thing tends to q cheerful point of view
Such study and practice as the volume sug-
gests and for which substantial reasons
are given will almost surely produce some
new degree Of happiness.
THE NEGRO AND THE WHITE MAN By Bishop