Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT; the Ma
ture OF the Economic Problem. BY Charles A.
Co0ant. Boston: Hoaghton, Mdlin Co.

| ture Of the Economic Problem BY Charles A.
Cooant Boston: Hoaghton, Mfnin Co.
| Mr.. Cdhant is we'll qualified to discuss
| this, the most pressing problem of the day.
He has long been close student Of eco
nomics and Is recognized as high authori-
/ ty in finance and commercial statistics.
His newspaper work has Led to his estab-
lishment a specialist in this line, and his
| opportunities at the capital for close study
of the new governmental obligations and
| openings have been exceptional The
work which he now puts forth is composed
in the main of articles which have APP
peared from. time to time of late in the
magazine press. Collated they present a
most valuable treaties upon the new eco
nomic conditions which the United States
| faces today. His discourse is less political
| than economic. 1t does not bear upon the
partisan phase of the expansion question,
but upon the industrial phase, upon the
| meaning of the new conditions which sum-
mon American enterprise to distant shores
| and cause change in the traditional for
eign policies of the republic.
Mr.. Conant is an expanSfonist because he
| sees that the economic conditions today de-
mand that congested capital, the result of
! the human tendency toward saving. must
| find an outlet. That outlet is not to be
found sufficiently in strictly domestic lines.
| 1He course OF Inc lime Is toward Centrau-
cation. the humiliation Of space and the in
Vasion OF the strange places with the COM
modit1es of the western world. The United
States is in the forefront of the producing
nations and is grooming with congested cap
1tal. The opportunity has presented itself
for this vast volume of capital and these
natural resources to be applied to the
worlds needs elsewhere, and thus in a
measure to restore the balance. Therefore
Mr.. Conant looks upon the present move
ment toward territorial acquisition as an
effect Of existing facts, and not as a cause
to lead to extraordinary upheavals Of polit-
1cal relationship.
THE AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE; an Account of
its Origin, Growth and Suppression BY John
r spears Illustrated BY Walter Appleton
Washington: Brentano's.
The story OF the slave trade Is one Of
the darkest chapters in American history
No more. cruel period ever prevailed in any
land or time. No darker crimes against
humanity were ever committed than in the
practice Of this horrible trade. Conse-
quently the story is one that most Ameri-
cans, whatever their sectional feelings
would prefer to forget 1t must be re-
corded, however, as a lesson for the fu-
ture and as monument to mark the rise
Of the country when the reaction came to
wipe away this dreadful traffic. Mr. Spears
who undertook the work as a result of his
researches in preparing a history of the
American navy. has softened none of the
details In order to spare the feelings Of
posterity. He has told the tale without
palliation and at the same time without
exaggeration. From beginning to end it is
a tragedy, unremitted. unblessed by
single CLEAN of civilized practice. Consid-
ering it's character and the mass Of re-
voting matter through which the author
must have waded in order to gather his
facts, the book must be regarded a
tribute to industry and perseverance and
to devotion to a broad historical theme
MoOSWA AND OTHERS OF THE BOUNDARIES.
by New s york hsrss BY Arthur E sens
Washington: Brentano's
Stories of animals being much in vogue
Just now this book should have immediate
popularity, as it deserves. It tells the
tales Of a group Of beasts Of the frontier,
Mooswa, the moose: Muskwa, the bear;
Black Fox, the king Of the Boundaries;
Pisew, the lynx; Carcajou, the wolverine,
and many Others each with a distinct char
acteristic. and with ordered part in the
drama of the forest and the field. The tales
are intimately told, with frequent narration
in the first person by of the beasts.
The personification Is successful, while the
artists illustrations are exceptionally life
like and realistic. Mooswa, hero of the tales
was in calff1ood an inmate of fort reser-
walton in the northwest and accompishes
some wonderful feats in the organization
and direction Of the animals. The Bounda-
ries wherein the action of the tales occurs,
include the great spruce forests and muskeg
lands lying between the Saska tchewan
river, the Arctic ocean and the Rocky
mountains.
Fyles. dramatic critic of the New York Sun
Illustrated. New York: Doubleday Page & Co.
Washington: William Ballantyne & Sons.
The theater has become such an extensive
institution to warrant a distinct Htera-
ture of it's own. Books about the stage are
consequently multiplying rapidly. Yet the
field is limited. after all. The stage, even
under modern conditions, remains simple
affair. The principles pertaining to ton
all save the artistic sde-are relatively few.
Nevertheless. there is always the utmost
popular interest In the intimate details OF
its management The dropping of the cur
tain between actors and audience interposes
a barrier which serves only to whet this
interest. Mr.. Fyles, who knows the thea
ter thoroughly and is in close touch with
its traditions and requirements, writes de-
lightfully Of the things about theaters and
theatrical life and people which the folks
on the other side of the curtain are most
likely to want to know. There are some
parts of his book which almost in the
style of text book, direct are the ex-
plantations of the primal features of the
play house.
THE LIFE OF HENRY GEORGE By his son,
Henry George jr. New York: The Doubleday
Mcclure Company. Washington: William
Ballantyne & Sons.
Henry Georges admirers have waited
three years for the authorized biography by
his son, who was put in his fathers place
at the very close of the mayoralty cam
paign in New York which caused the death
of the economist. The work has been pre-
pared with evident care, and is presumably
accurate in all details. 1t reveals at every
stage a deep reverence for the fathers
memory and thorough sympathy with his
advanced views. The story of Georges life
is at times a thrilling one, for there were
many hard struggles against adversely in
the days before his pen had acquired the
power of earning living for him. The re-
formers life is divided into three periods,
entitled, respectively, FORMATION of the
Character. Formulation Of the Philosophy"
and Propagation Of the Philosophy
THE CURIOUS CASE OF GEN. DELANEY
SMYTHE. By W. H. Gardner, NJ. d. New
York: The Abbey Press.
Lieut.. Col. Gardner, U. S. A., retired has
to "a