Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-02-27

Potomac, C. 4. u. Philadelphia: J. a. lip
pincott Co.
The author prefaces his work 10y the
general statement that the duration Of
| human life is found by statisti-
cal comparison to be Increasing
This is thought to he due 10
the development of science and the per
lection of the means of preventing and
curing disease. but IT is being counter
acted by the unsanitary influence OF mod
ern conditions. The purpose of the work
is to give hints and practical suggestions
that will offset these tendencies to rapid
| nervous lir'as and aid medical science ana
the gradual extension Of the period OF
existence. The author believes that the
problem of the future is ITO extend our
age period to one hundred years or more
and at the same time be rid of the iniirm-
| tiles of age. live without loss of physi-
cal power and enjoyment and finally
pass away fully ripencd, after the full
measure of usefulness has been run"
Stoae a kimbail. Washington. wo-dwaud ~
Lo;Lrup.
The title is the motto Of a Yorkshire
family. member of which gets into dread
full difficulties 10y reason of following cut
the sentiment which it conveys. Jiltcd by
his sweetheart in favor Of French count
he resigns from the army determined to
Kill his successful rival. He does not sue
coed in that PROJECT. but does succeed in
killing a Partisan policeman. for which ne
serves a term in the bagne at Toulon,
where he is Joined by the very man he
seeks. sent down as a political prisoner.
The story has happy though quite unex-
pected ending. and is freshly ana pleas
antly told throughout. even in the descrip-
ton of French prison life that forms a
striking feature OF the book.
| A woMAN's COURIER: Being a Tale of the Ia
NOUS Forty Conspirn,y of 1876 BY william
Washington: Woodward & Lo,hrop.
King William of Orange is on the Eng
lish throne and the Jacobite supporters
of James III are plotting first to kill the
reigning monarch and then to re-establish
the exile. They are not numerous, but
their conspiracy Is dangerous. and in
wolves a country baronet in a whrl of
element and peril for about two weeks
sufficient, as Lord Shrewsbury says in the
text, TO serve a dozen ordinary men for
their whole lifetimes.' even for those days
of swashbucklers. highwaymen and con-
spirators. The story is told in a way to
challenge the interest from end to end.
and as all comes out well at the finish
the reading is pleasurable.
AN AMERICAN TRANSPORT IN THE CIIMEAN
WAR. BY John Goldman. author of The Round
Trip Ten Months in Brazil Winter
q. Ropes. New York: Bonuell, Silver q 20.
Washington: Brentano's.
This narrative is not history of the
war that was waged in the Crimea, but il
is merely a record of the observations of
a witness of many interesting incidents of
that struggle The publication now Of
notes taken over forty years ago Is of
timely interest, for the book contains many
facts descriptive of the Turk and his
methods that are pertinent today, when the
sultan and his subjects are absorbing
greater rart Of the worlds attention.
FoNTENAY THE SwoRDsMAN A Military
Novel. BY Fortune Du Boisgobey. Translated
by II. l.. Williams. Chicago: Rand, McNally
An old favorite has been revived In this
new edition of "Fontenay," one Of the most
thrilling remances that ever came from a
French pen. 1t is held by many in equal
esteem with the best works of Dumas, and
will never cease to command the attention
of those who love tales OF moving accl-
dents by food and field.
MODERN BOOKKEEPING: SINGLE AND DOUBLE
ENTRY. BY ]. l.. Montgomery. Instructor IN
Bookkeeping In the Columbia Gramms M sgn"o,:
New York New York; maynard Merrill a
The author of Modern bookkeeping
has prepared a book which can be taught
without difficulty by teachers who have
had no previous experience in that line. Tor
the subject is not an intricate one when d.
vested of the elaborate and useless ma
chinery with which IL is SO often encum-
bered.
THE FLOWER THAT GREW IN THE SAND;
AND OTHER STORIES. BY Ella Iiiggirs"a
With Illustrations by Frank Calvert. Seattle;
The Calvert Compsny.
There is strength in these stories of Pa
cific coast life. The dialect is that of hard
working people, and the emotions that are
described are to he found in every walk
of life They love stories. with an
abundance of focal coloring. That which
bears the name "A Point of Knuckling
Down" is particularly pleasing.
AN OPAL: Verses. by Ednah Proctor Clarke.
Boston: Lamson. Wolfe 4 Company. Wash
ington Brent mo