Evening star., 1899-02-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
WITH KITCHENER TO KHARTUM. ny C. W
Stevens author of Egypt in 1885 The
Land Land of the Dollar With the Conquering
I"fk- etc With maps and plans. New York ::
| Dodd, Mead & Company
Mr. Stevens is unquestionably the fore
| most figure among the English war CORE
spondents today. He is occupying the
same rank which Villiers once held. But
| in some respects he is better in his art
| than many of his most distinguished pred
| ecessors who have followed armies and
! have written battle stories. Stevens has
| the gift of dramatic narration as have few
writer's. He has likewise the power to
render the most astounding tales with the
flavor of entire truthfulness. His pre-
vious work, With the Conquering Turk" "
though written from the sultans side of
the war with Greece, was not fiawed by
undue bias. The reader somehow man
aged to obtain a very true estimate of
the other side and of the faults of the
turks So in this volume, which tells
the story of of the most rerna rka BILE
campaigns in history, Stevens contrives
to paint the picture of the dervish terror
ism and filth and immortality. while at the
same time paying tribute to the dervish
heroism. His description of the battle of
Omdurman is one of the finest bits of de-
scriptive war writing which has been read
In this country in many years. 1t is in it
Scii d LhdSlti piece Inc hattef COml)OS-
ing this book was sent by the author to
the London Daily Mail, and consequently
much of 1t has been seen already. 1t is a
tribute to the war correspondents accu-
racy OF touch while writing under the
stress of field and camp and battle that
the book shows practically no signs of edit
ing. 1t is pity, however, that his Ameri
can publishers have not given this work
better dress. The paper is poor and the
book has, in consequence, cheap appear
ance, which is not in keeping with its
character.
THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAG
AZlNE, Vol. Lt1, New Series Vel XXXiV.
Century Company.
The Century preserves about the same
range of matter as that II has established
in the years of its remarkable success as
a high-cass magazine. Music, art. the
drama, public affairs. fiction, travel. all
crowd for space, with the thousand and
one items that fill in the background of q
great repository of current thought. In
this volume are given the concluding chap
ters of DR.. Mitchelrs story Francois"
series of articles descriptive of various
phases of Spain, the city of country of
such pointed national attention during the
half year marked by this book add to the
timely flavor of the pages, while the war
itself and the strange lands drawn under
close scrutiny by the wars progress and
results are treated from a great variety of
view points in both descriptive and an ar
gumentative vein. In interesting contrast
are given several papers on certain episodes
of the civil war. an echo TO the Cen
tury's great series of war papers of several
years ago. The art department has not
been permitted TO yield from its high ideals
of excellence, but has taken advantage OF
whatever opportunities for improvement the
year has offered.
PUERTO RICO AND IT'S RESOURCES BY Fred
erirk A Oher author of ''CruSOe'S Island, A
Bird hunters Story" Camps in the Carib
bees - Travels In Mexico In the Wake of
Columbus "A Life of Josephine" etc. With
Maps and Illustrations New York: ID. Apple
ton 4 Company.
Mr. Ober is we'll qualified to write about
this late conner in the American organiZa-
ton He has made a special study of the
West Indies and is acquainted with the
people the places and the languages. He
has adopted the geographical spelling for
his title, for which there is the best OF
precedent although current custom runs to
the use of Porto, Rico in preference. The
latter spelling has become familiar and has
been given a degree of official sanction
through its use in public documents of the
first Importance, SO it is to be questioned
whether it will be displaced even by that
which is acknowledged to be the correct
designation of the island. The book is re-
plete with valuable information, much of
the matter having a direct bearing upon
the new conditions now existing in the
island.
CYRANo DE BERGERAC: A Heroic Comedy
From the French of Edmond Rostand. Done
into English by Howard Thayer Kings
bury. Accepted and Played by Richard Mans
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop
''The play built upon a nose has attract
ed the curious. and, as rule, the COM
mandatory attention of two continents. NJ.
well known is
rarded as a masterpiece. American and
English theatergoters must judge as to
that from individual points of view, as af-
fected by the various translafions which
have been offered to them. The Mansfield
edition Is, perhaps. most probable to be-
come famous in this country.
DREAM DAYS By Kenneth Grahame New
York: John Lane
Mr.. Grahame has a charming manner in
the making of essays. His Pagan
Papers was the revelation of a new hand
in this line of literature. Now comes
Dream Days." which is book of child
hoods fancies, showing the wanderings of
the juvenile mind in search of romance.
and irnsthe conscientious worship of all
sorts of heroes.
TEARS: Little Book Of Verses. By Martha Day
Tenn: Thomas n. Mctowatt Company
The interest aroused by these dainty little
versets is accentuated by the fact that the
author, through her Illustrations shows
herself to be possessed of a double talent
The little book is filled with clever fancies
well expressed.
POEMS OF EXPANSION. By John savary, New
York: F. Tennyson Neely.
Mr. Savary is a well-known Washing
tonian whose pen had been hitherto active
in many lines of thought. These poems OF