Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-20

| congressional career member of the mi
| nority, still, in consequence of his thirty
years of unselfish work for his fellow man,
| and especially his persistent efforts toward
| the amelioration of the letter carriers con-
| dition and the bettermant of the Hfe-sav-
ing service. he gained for himself the af-
lection and love of his countrymen.
1t is therefore specially gratifying 10 note
| now the publication of adequate biog
| raphy. 1t presents a full account of his
ancestry, his early life in Ohio, his edi-
torial experiences, including a reproduc-
| ton of the famous sunset" editorial from
which his popular pseudonym was derived.
| his marriage and MS travels, which began
| with a trip to Europe in 1858, are de-
| scribed. 1t was after this "trip that he
| wrote his Buckeye Abroad the first of
| those admirable works of travels, a de-
scrfption of which is given in q special
| chapter. This portion, which brings his
record down to the beginning of his con-
| gressional experiences, was written by his
nephew, Mr.. Vim. Van Zandt Cox Of the
United States National Museum. The ac-
! count of his services as a representative
| from Ohio. followed by his removal to New
| York, and is return to the legislative
| arena from New York, followed by his dip
lomatic service in Turkey and his special
| work on behalf of the letter carriers and
life-Saving service, is the work of his life
| long friend, Mr.. Northrup of Syracuse.
The book will be found instructive to many
readers of American history, and especially
to students of political life who desire to
know more Of what our members of Con-
| gress did during the period of union, dis
union and reunion when Mr.. Cox sat in
the halls of Congress. The book contains
many illustrations of interest, showing Mr..
| Cox at different periods of his life, his an
cestorS and their homes. well as various
places he visited, including one at the
North Cape standing close to an iceberg,
and another the Nile near the NrdmIQS.
| HAWAII NEI. By Mabel Clare Craft Illustrated.
San Francisco: William DVXey.
1t is unfortunate that an excellent and
| v ell written book of travel such as this
| should he so marred by prejudice. The
| author has told the story of Hawaii with
an artistic touch. She has given glimpses
| of the native and the foreign life with
rare sense of perspective and rich choice
| of words She has, in short impaired the
| wonderful flavor of the islands have few
writers about the PARADISE Of the Pa
| cific." But her work is based upon such
| strong sentiments of opposition to the de-
! throne ment of the former queen, Liluoka-
| Iani, the establishment of a republic In
| place of the monarchy, and the annexation
of the islands to the United States, that it
| loses much of its value literature and
becomes an argument in behalf of cor
Hawaii Nei'' reveals, in majority of the
| chapters, a sense of sentiment for the pic
turesqu9 conditions which surrounded the
al chlpelago in the past, a picturesqueness
which covered corruption and was ineYlta-
| bly, doomed to modification with the ad-
vancement of civilization. But the
author incidentally reveals in the course
| of her work Hawaii can never lose its
| beauty, whatever may be the form of its
| public system. The flavor of the isles floats
| through the pages and the happy indiffer-
| ence of the natives to the requirements Of
modern life impresses the reader at vvery
turn. Indeed, were it not for the bias of
the writer, which at times approaches the
intensity of bitterness, this work might be
regarded as a valuable contribution.
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE. Volume XIII. Jan
uaryJane ls9s; Volume XNlE. July Deem
Der. 1895 New York: Charles ScTibncrs Sons.
The modern magazine is one of the Won
ders of the time. 1t involves a degree of
mechanical skill which in itself typifies the
march of the century. Its literary presen-
tations must be of the best to secure sue
cessful attention in the competition which
RACES fiercely. The art requirements
are severe. Indeed, it may be said that in
many ways the frst-class magazine en-
braces the highest forms of current litera-
ture and Illustrative art. 1t is a storehouse
of rare value. Scribner's has long been
among those which have had a right to
claim consideration in this connection. Its
development has been along lines which
have combined unusual degree of in
terest to many classes of readers. The vol
umeS which now represent the calendar
year of 1898 are remarkable in at least
one fact. Concurrently with the publica-
ton of Senator Lodges scholarly history
of the war of the revolution ran a series of
papers which told the story of the war
with Spain, thus with excellent effect,
though doubtless without design, bringing
together the records of the nations first
and latest struggle with a foreign enemy
The Spanish war papers were from the
pens of several writers, among whom Rich
ard Harding Davis appears prominently.
THE Workers., Prof. Wyckof's striking
description of the under life of the coun-
try. finds its conclusion. dealing with the
western laboring conditions. Thomas Mel
son Pages novel. Red Rock" is among
the most prominent features.
ST. NICHOLAS: an Illustrated Magazine for Young
Volume XIV. November, 1887 TO October
1898. in two parts, New York: The Century
Company.
This dear friend of youth continues to
arrive at welcome intervals with about the
same flavor that it formerly preserved dur
ing the days when stories of adventure and
sport and quaint fairy tales with comical
pictures and accounts of ''how to do
tile literature appealed with irresistible
force to the attention and the Imagination
This years volume is the St. Nicholas of
other times, modernized. All is new in so
far as it does not repeat the details of
other days, but it is old in the delightful
sense that it is ST. Nicholas This wear
the chief features the story of the
Biddicut boys, whose experience with a
trick dog led lem into many strange
places and exciting adventures; Frank
Stockton's story of the pirates and buc-
cancers of our coasts, told with dramatic
interest and an atmosphere Of history; the
serial about the Lakerim Athletic Club
and many score of miscellaneous articles,
including several with bearing upon the
nations military experience of the year
Volume XXF-marking the completion of
a quarter of a century of success-is truly
a book for the young people of the nation
giving them a wholesome store of literature
and establishing high ideals of the man
hood and womanhcod of the teens
LATITUDE 19': A Romance of the West Indies
in the Year Of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
Twenty; Being n Faithful Account and Tlue
Of the Painful Adventures of the Skinner the |
Bo's'n the Smith. the Mate and CYNTHIA nv |