Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-30
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Political BY Theodore Roosevelt. New York:
G. T. Putnam's Sons Washington: Brentano's
With one exception each of these essays
was published previously in magazines
| ard reviews during a period extending
back as far as 1856 and closing with the
present month. That exception was an
| address upon ''Washngton's Forgotten
Maxim" delivered before the Naval War
College last summer Mr. Roosevelt's pub
| lie services and natural trend of thought
qualify him above most men for the pro-
! duction of such series of papers He has
| been associated with some most import
ant enterprises, national. municipal and
| private. He possesses clear vigorous
| style. and his Americanism is of a sort to
suggest the most satisfactory treatment
| of the subjects he has chosen, from the
point Of view of the American reader.
| Those subjects are: The American Ideal,
! True Americanism, the Manly Virtues ana
Practical Politics. The College Graduate
| and Public Life, Phases of State Legisia-
ton, Machine Politics in New York City.
! Six Years of Civil Service Reform Admin
| isteriHg the New York Police Force The
Vice Presidency and the Campaign of 1896,
! How Not to Help Our Poorer Brother The
Monroe Doctrine. Washington's Forgotten
| Maxim, National Life and Character. So
cial Evolution, and The Law of Civilizl-
| ton and Decay.
Hyde New York: The Macmillan Company.
In this book the president of Bowdoin
| College has sought to make plain the fun
| oamertal principles of philosophy. In lis
| preface he states that he desires to tell in
! simple terms how thought constructs the
| natural world in which we dwell: ami how
| love is striving to create a spiritual world
| that shall be fair as nature and as free
as the will of man." L. is he explains. an
attempt to interpret the spiritual sig
nificance of everyday life. 1t originated
In a course of lectures delivered at the
| sumner school at Colorado Springs, at the
summer term of the Chicago University,
and at the Chautauqua Assembly. The
rractlcal purpose of the work precludes
| the discussion of meta physical problems
| and confines it to those concrete aspects
OF philosophy lying closest to the common
| concerns of men,
| ASTORIA: Anecdotes of an Enterprise Bevonl
| tne Kocky Mountains. by Washington Irving
| BrentnDo's
| Though less known and read. perhaps.
than the "Alhambra' and some others Of
| irving works. Astoria is highly es-
| teemed by lovers of tales of adventure as
We'll as of 4 delightful! style. Irving Is
| Charming, whether he tells the stories of
| Old New Amsterdam or the northern trap
| Fers or the Moors in Spain. His works are
well worth the most beautiful of dresses.
! and the Takoma Edition of Astoria"
| N two volumes. is one of the finest prod,ic-
| tons Of the book press this year. Tie
| scenes of the narrative are handsomely
| Illustrated from photographs. AMI with
| each page of print embroidered in design
| appropriate to the text the whole effect is
| rich and artistic.
TRUE ID, pEEIxE STORES From the Archives
York: Doubleday and Mcclure Co. Washington:
VIM Balantyne & Sons
1T does not always add to the prospec-
| tive interest of a story to assert that it is
founded On fact" But the axiom that
| truth is stranger than felton, has be-
come So widely accepted that 1t is an ad-
vantage nowadays for an author to adj
NIT that he has followed history in the
presentation Of romantic facts to his read
ers. The tales here gathered are as the
subtitle indicates fragments from the his
tory OF crime. Mr.. MoffettS work in their
presentation is skillful.
AFTER HER DEATH: The Story of a Summer
From Dreamland Sent Boston: Roberts
Brothers. Washington: VIM Ballantyne sons.
An unnamed writer here tells of the
strong sentiment that binds her to an also
| unnamed woman. even after the latter's
death. 1t is not difficult to appreciate that
the writer refers to Miss Kate Field who
eO.
trait of her In her comparative youth forms
the frontispiece OF the book. which is a
sad, strenuous appeal for a belief in an
ether that binds the living to the dead. IS
spiritual atmosphere of comfort for those
left behind.
| CHESS OPENINGS. By james Mason. London:
Horace Cox.
This ,reatise is designed for readers who
! are already chess players. and presumes
that they are acquainted with the rudi-
! ments Of the game. but to make sure that
! he writes intellisibly to all such the au-
thor prefaces his work with a recitation of
the fundamental principles Of chess Not
only are the openings" themselves given
In detail, but they are accompanied by
arguments giving the reasons that under
| lie them.
WHIP AND SPUR. By Col. George T. Warinp
Jr. New York. Doubleday and Mcclure Co
Washington: VIM. Baantyne & Sons.
Col WarinS, New York's street commits
sioner Is a horse lover, and in this vol
Time he has told several entertaining AMI
at times touching stories about certain
horses that he has known and owned.
sketch or fox hunting IN England, giving
! many particulars not familiar to Ameri-
cans. concludes the book.
II WERE GOD. By Richard LIE Callierne New
York: 7. Y Croweli & Co.
In the course of this sketch a man and
a woman discuss the meaning of human
| HE. The woman is Christian, the man
| fails to see harmony between the fact of
| the world and a beneficent Deity. Neither
conyinces the other. but the discourse pro-
duces a better spirit within the man who
| is afflicted with deep grief.
! THE OLD GENTLEMAN OF THE BLACK STOCK.
BY Thomas Melissa Page. New York: Charles
Seribners Sons. Washington: Brentpno's
This volume Is the latest addition to the
Ivory Series" that now includes some of
| the best short work in the language Il is
delightful little romance, told in Mr..
Pages best style.
PAUL TRAVERS ADVENTURES. BIZ Sam T.
Clover. Chicago: Way Williams.
This is DESERT ed as "a faithful narrative
of boys journey around the world. show
| ing his mishaps. privations and ofttimes
thrilling experiences and how he won his
reporters star"
THRO' LATTICE WINDOWS. By DIR. W. J. Daw-
son. New York: Doubleday and Mcclure Co.
Washington: VIM Ballantyne & Sons
A series of character sketches giving a
picture of English village life. with fine
touches of tenderness and fidelity to the
reality of things.
| THE FIGHT FOR PROSPERITY: The Boys in
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