Evening star., 1899-03-31

| nations career which called for men Of in
teIisent strength; men who could see the
right and adhere to II through all dangers
ard difficulties. II has often been asserted
by admirers of this great Indianian that
mad 1t not been for the stroke of paralysis
Which partly checked his activities he
would surely have been nominated by his
party for the presidency. As ii was he re-
manned one of its most respected leaders
until his death. having served as governor
OF his state through the war and then as
senator during the equally trying times of
reconstruction. His present boagrapher is
Iamillar with all the state traditions con-
cerning the war governor" Mr.. Foulke
brings 10 MS present task pen of grace
ano discrimination, and his volumes reflect
deep study and careful weighing of mat
ter such biographies deserve to be classed
among the nations miestones
FROM REFER TO REAR ADMIRAL: Reminis-
eences and Journal Jottings OF Nearly Half a
Rear Admiral Us, Navy. New YORK: Fred,
erick A. Stokes Company. Washington: VIII
liam Ballantyne Sons.
Rear Admiral Sands began and ended his
naval career in this city and was for many
years one of Washington's most distin-
guished residents. His son, Mr.. F. p. B.
Sands, states in preface to this volume
OF memoirs that for several years prior to
his last Illness Rear Admiral Sands was
tions of a career which had been filed with
stirring incident and covered a period of
important naval development. The work
was begun in 1881 and finished shortly be-
lore the death of the aged seaman. 1t is
an interesting presentation, scarcely a mar
rative. yet sufficiently connected in theme
to retain the attention of the reader even
apart from any personal attraction which
the work may possess. There is much
local interest in the book, in view of Rear
Admiral Sands various tours of duty here
one of his latest being superintendent
OF the naval observatory, upon which he
impressed his breadth of view by initiating
several important measures
York: Charles ScTibner's Sons. Washington:
William Ballantyne & Sons.
Mr.. Cable has not lost the art with which
he charmed his world of readers some years
ago with THE Grandssimes,' "Old Creole
Days" and other tales of New Orleans life.
Even in his shorter stories, such as the
three which constitute this volume he
displays all the richness of sentiment the
charms of vocabulary and the accuracy of
character drawing-to say nothing of the
attractiveness of dialect rendition-which
place MIN easily in the front rank of liy-
ing American novelists. These little stories
were delightful in the magazines but they
are doubly so when associated so that their
lights and shadows come into opposition.
THE AMERICAN SALAD BOOK. By Maxtmilian
DeLonp. New York: George r. Knapp.
The author or compiler contends that
America is pre-eminently the land of sal
ads He admits that France long led us
in this delicate art, but the American
genius for combinations has at last sent the
epicures and the cooks of this country
ahead In the race, and hence the publica-
ton OF work devoted to a discussion of
the making of salads. together with a large
number of recipes which have an attractiVe
appearance in type.
THE SECRET OF SEX; or, The Law of Controlling
1cal Law Influencing Sex in the Enbryo OF Man
and Beast, and Its Direction to Produce Male or
of COrrob0ratiye Proofs By Samuel n Tarrs %
Revised edition. New York: ]. s. 0giIyie Pub.
fishing Company.
BETWEEN CAESAR AND JESUS. BY George D.
Heron. A Course of Eight Lectures given in
Willard Hall, Chicago for the Christian Cgtizen
snip League on the Relation of the Christian
cred October "a December ~ isas New Work.
Thomas T. Croweil Company.
wEDLocK. By John Strange Winter. author Of
Bodies Baby" Grip" etc. New York: H.
l. Fenno Company. Washington: Woodward
BROWN. '. G BY Mrs. Alexander, author Of
mans Wit" "A Winning Hazard" etc New
York: r. +. Fenno & Company. Washington:
NICOMTE DE PuyJOII; Romance Of the French
Rexoutoa. By Jules Claretie. Enciished bT
9 Emma NJ. Phelps. New York: r. F. Fenno 4
Company- Washington: Brentaao's
4, THOU AND THE OTHER ONE: n love story
BY Amelia e Barr Illustrated New York
LYRICS OF THE HEARTHsIDE. By Paul Iaur.
eree Dunbar. New York: Dodd Mead & Com
paIiy
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