Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-04


thus obtained that close personal view
of his subject which is almost a first es-
sential to the contemporaneous biographer.
AT the same time he had opportunity to
study at first hand the conditions which
have sprung from Dewey's victory on May
1, 1898, and thus his record of the achieve
ments' of the admiral Is the more valuable.
He has suffused his work with the most
ardent enthusiasm for his subject. He
traces the course of Dewey through boy
hood, youth and manhood with a keen
sense of the conditions which have tended
to evolve a remarkable man. He meas
the influences of his life and esti-
mates their effects upon the worlds his
tory. But by far the most important feat
of this work is the study which Mr..
Halstead, long trained to estimate affairs
at their true value, has devoted to the
matter of the native instruction in Lu-
ION. He no other possible course
for the government than that which 1t
has pursued. He delineates Aguinaldo's
character keenly, without injustice, and
rates him as a self seeking Schemer who
has sought to use the United States for
his own ends without a patriotic inspira-
ton for his revolt. Mr. Halstead denies,
after his inquiry, that Aguinaldo helped
Admiral Dewey in any way to capture the
city of Manila. He declares emphatically
that an alliance between the United States
and the Tagal leader was impossible from
the first. Mr. Halstead believes that Adj
mral Deweys greatest victory at Ma
Mia was in remaining there after he had
sunk the Spanish fleet and in his remark
able bearing through the subsequent trials
of adulation and intrigue.
LIFE OF ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY. By viii
Clemens aniher Of ar msn h the
pew Story Book etc. Illustrated. New York:
Street & Smith.
OF smaller compass than Mr.. Halstead's
Life is this biography of the man who is
just now prominently in the eyes of the
American people 1t is a disappointing vol
ume. 1t shows signs of indiscreet lauda-
ton. 1t undertakes without hypothesis or
cCrdition to establish Admiral Dewey's an
cestry among the Morse mythology. Aside
frcm this serious requisition upon the grav-
ity and good nature of the reader. Mr..
Clemens gives a fairly temperate story Of
Admiral Deweys career. 1t is doubly I'M
fortunate that the initial impression should
be heightened by a frontispiece which pre-
sents a portrait of the admiral. reproduced
from a lifesiZed bust. which is said to be
the most life-like representation" of the
admiral ever seen, and which bears, aside
from the naval uniform depicted, not the
remotest resemblance to the hero Of
Manila.
OUR THREE ALS-FARRAGUT. POE
TER, Dew Ely; an Authentic Account of the
~ sh ren c ans
Who Have Attained the Highest Rank in the
Navy of the United States f fsa By lanes
paedia of American Biography With por-
traits. maps and Illustrations. New York:
James 7. White Company.
Of still smaller compass than Mr. Gle
mems book. and in many respects more
satisfactory. is this record of Deweys life.
p-;f h ~
sors in the rank he now holds. 1t was a
happy thought to associate thus the lives
of these three famous sailors. Each occu-
pies distinct niche in the nations temple
of fame. Dewey, living. was associated
with the works of the other admirals, now
dead In other ways than the mutual en-
joyment of this high rank were the three
sea-fshters united. Dewey on the Missis-
sippi. when the river of that name was
opened by Farragut was the same intrepid,
calm, courageous officer at Manila
thjrtyfive years later. Mr.. Romans has
condensed a great deal into the hundred
pases of his tastefully prepared book, and
1t is the more valuable In its timeliness in
that 1t combines biographies of closely as
sc ciated interest.
AMERICA IN THE EAST u Glance at Our His
Pacific Ocean: BY William Elliot GriGs. for
sT of Of hs be kdSa Of 5sPs sss
Hermit Nation" etc New York: A. S. Barnes
& Company Washington: william Balan-
tyne Il Sons.
Much of the matter which is here pre-
scented appeared short time ago in the
pages of the Outlook, forming a discus
sion of timely topic by one who had been
over the ground and knew whereof he
spoke. 1t is fortunate that these essays
and discussions have been given book
form, for they among the most cheer
ing deliverances upon this subject which
have yet appeared In the view of the au-
thor Americans not only can but should
enter the east and strive there with the
problems which must be solved by the west
He tells the story Of American enterprise
in this region, how Americans have opened
sealed gates, regenerated empires, thawed
channels of trade out Of insular prejudice
founded institutions of learning, translated
the Bible into many tongues, written die
tionaries and thus spread inter-racial ac-
quaintance. In the forefront of the march
of civilization through Eastern Asia and
the neighboring islands Americans have
gone with courage and capacity. Dr.
Gritiis is confident that the signal gum
fired by Dewey at Manila was the sum-
mons to even broader participation in
this great work of leavening the lump of
eastern bigotry, ignorance and sloth He
has supreme faith in the nation and he
finds no overwhelming dangers to offset
the natural ability Of a strong, brave, in
telligent people to cope with emergencies
Such books cOunteract far more than their
own volume Of pessimism.
THE LION AND THE UNICORN: and other
Stories. BY Richard Harding Davis. Illus
trated by Fl. G.. Christy New York: Charles
Scribners Sons. Washington: Brentano's.
AS is often the case with volume of
short stories. there Is some one in the book
which strikes a stronger and truer note
that than which is chosen to give the name
To the whole. In this case, while The Lion
and the Unicorn Is pleasant enough lit
tie tale. in its somewhat conventional way,
the shorter sketch, THE Man With One
Talent" is more vivid with meaning more
dramatically written. more alive with the
vibration of contemporaneous significance.
1t Is the story of a young American civil
engineer who has served in the Cuban revo-
luton, and returning to New York weak
| from maltreatment and sickness, seeks to
| interest a senator in the cause of Cuba
| The story of his failure is a somewhat
! caustic suggestion anent certain phases OF
| our politics. "On the Fever Ship" is clear
| ly drawn from the authors recent remi-
| niscences, and furnishes a view of dis
| I1. nh Of he Snan Ich