Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-23
yer contracted curing. the siege His

Fever contracted curing the siege His
ieath was Immediately marked as one of
| he most deporable Incidents of the great
| British campaign. filled as were the months
! ! war with notable deaths and great ftsas-
| GERS. For it was felt that in Stevens the
| world had lost a chronicler whose skill was
| equa|ed only by his honesty. and whose
powers of fascination were unsurpa ssed
| His war book was necessarily a sad dsap-
pontment. for it dealt chiefly with the
tragedy of Iadysmith, eliminating with the
nature OF his pen in sickness. But eloquent
chapters have been written on Stevens by
| MS colleagues. 50 that his war book has
| been most effectively Supplemented The
| present volume is reprint of chapters on
London. Paris and Berlin which We're orig
! inally published in the London Daily Mail
IL was Stevens dearest hope AS noted by
| his widows predatory paragraph to write
complete account OF London. which he
dearly loved. The chapters are filled with
| The breezy qualities that made the first
Stevens books SO quickly notable He dis
$ectS fairly. ScrutiniZeS without prejudice
lie sees much i'll Paris and Berlin which he
does not like and much which he admires
! London he praises and condemns with al
most equal degree, but the E.nglishrlan's
affection for his capital is ever apparent as
; the folbles and the backwardnrss of he
great hl|e are palliated.
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