Evening star., 1898-03-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

EHE PILGRIMS IN THEIR THREE HOMES.
ENGLAND. HOLLAND. AMERICA: By Will
lam Elliot Grifis. Boston: Houghton, M1iIn
Company. Washington: BrentaDo's.
Though the shelves devoted to American
history and those branches that lead the
student into old world researches are fairly
well supplied with literature concerning the
character and works of the early settlers
of, New England, the Pilgrims and the
Puritans, yet there has thus far been prac-
tically nothing done to trace the wander
ii.gs of these devoted people, especially the
Pilgrims-a3 distinguished from the Puri-
tars-before they reached these shores. The
present author has undertaken this task.
and has produced thorough account of
the subject, as far as the records ard avail
able data will permit. This research in
wolves much interesting matter concerning
the English haunts of the Pilgrims before
they emigrated to Holland. and necessi-
tates an historical account of the customs,
manners and environments of the English
people of the Yorkshire region in the days
of Henry VIII and Elizabeth. Indeed, the
author has reproduced the atmosphere that,
gradually closing around the Pilgrims un-
. til they We're in danger of moral and phys
ical suffocation, finally drove them out Of
Er gland and ultimately to America, here
to found a colony that formed one of the
bulwarks of the republic. Incidentally there
Is given wealth of biographical matter
that makes this volume unusually valu-
able.
WHERE THE TRADE WIND BLOWS; West In
dian Tales. BY Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
New York: The Macmillan Co.
A dozen stories comprise this volume
the work of one of washington's best
known residents. Mrs. Crowninshield has
spent time enough in the West Indies to
absorb the atmosphere, and the result is
an unusually striking book. Added to her
acquaintance with the scenes and char
acters of which she writes, Mrs. Crownin-
shield has a distinct literary style, result
ing in the creation and maintenance of in
terest in each of her stories of the pc
culiar life in the islahds south and east
of the United States. The native temper
ament is admirably portrayed, the lack of
energy and morals, and. in fact, of most
of the virtues, being well suggested in
the course of the comparatively brief mar
rations- The first two stories. "Candace"
and "A Christmas Surprise in which the
same. same Characters mar so appear, ar are Unusually unusually
shows particularly well the tendency
among these sem-tropical people toward
a certain dishonest shrewdness that at
times almost amounts to positive genius
fer prevarication and peculation. The ro-
mantle element that seems inseparable
from the West Indian atmosphere is deftly
but not obtrusively introduced. The cover
Mrs. Crowninshield's son. which was ac-
cepted by the publishers without knowl-
edge OF his relation to the author.
THE LARORER AND THE CAPITALIST. BY
Freeman Otis Wiley. New York: The Equit-
able Publishing Company.
Mr.. Wiley discusses this large question
in broad manner. with consideration for
all views. He shows the fallacies of the
average argument of the socialist and
speaks a good word for the modern meth
DDS of transGcting the worlds business.
His research is thorough and his deduc-
tions are with dignity in touch with the
most reasonable propositions regarding the
relations of the two great classes of
humanity. To show the trend of modern
thought toward the question of the hour,
the author gives many quotations from a
variety of sources, expanding the thoughts
therein contained, in his own language and
according to each side a fair hearing 1t
Is one of the most diSpassionate surveys of
the field that has appeared in long time.
The writing was done. apparently, in 1896.
Since then certain changes have occurred
but nOthiI has interviewed to shake the
force of the Guthor'S general conclusion,
that the sole note of alarm is that which
the aSitators sound themselves.
THE SANDMAN; By Harriet Morgan. Illustrated
hy Dixie seIden Gineirhati: The Editor Tub
Ashing Company. Washington: Brentano's
among children, the presiding genius over
their dreams and their guide into the most
marvellous regions and experiences. In
Choosing the title so well known to the
little folks Mrs. Morgan has cleverly in
troGuced her series of exceptionally we'll
written stories for children. Mrs Morgan
IS we'll known in Washington, which has
been her home for many years, and this
product of Ter pen is sure to be appre-
rfated. not only by the youngsters for
whom it is especially written but also by
adults. who, perhaps. will find much en-
tertalnment in the course of the nine short
stories The Sandman introduces some
bright little folks to a series of adventures
both novel and instructive. Mrs. Morgan
has made happy combination in her
writing that IS worthy of better pTesen-
tatiOn in print than is given in the me-
chanical work of this volume.
THE MAN WHO OUTLINED HIMSELF. BY Al.
sie sieh .r uo~rsee: author of "A Fools EErand
Washington: William Balantyne & Sons
Judge Tourgee has not been heard from
In fiction for some years, and the present
volume will revive many pleasant literary
"reminiscences and acquaintance. This
volume contains three stories, the most
striking of which is that whose title is
borne by the book itself. In it is told the
experience of a man who losing his mind
nS tiic ttsult OI strain attendant upon
an lnJudicious speculation. disappears for
several years from his old haunts while
he Is treated as stranger in an institu-
ton- Upon his restoration to mental health
he determines TO live on as one who had
died, and seeks to conceal his identity, but
without success. he is eventually re-
stored to his family. The story is strong
and shows that Judge Tourgee's pen has
not lost any of the power with which il
produced the works that made his fame.
SOME COMMON ERRORS OF SPEECH: Surges
tions for the Avoiding of Certain Classes OF
Err"rs. Together With Examples Of Bad and Of
Good Usage. By Alfred c. Compton New
York: G. p. Putnam's Sons Washington:
Woodward x Lothrop.
This little handbook of correct English is
the result of observations by the writer in
the course of his work as an instructor in
the College of the City of New York. In
II he discusses many errors that are al
most idiomatlc In their usage and, by the
presentation of interesting examples from
standard and unexpected sources he clear
~ indicates the lines of avoidance for
those who are desirous of maintaining the
Englsh language in some of its purity.
CREATING A HOME By Anna Jenpess Miller
Washington: Jenness Miller Publications.
In this beautifully printed volume of
hfty-four pages Mrs. Miller gives an ac-