Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-20

a book which is both guide and Interpreter.
1t may be called, In the vernacular Of the
higher literary atmosphere Of the time, an
"apprecia ton" 1t seeks to present Paris
as complex system, requiring study and
absorption before it can be understood ard
enjoyed. The greater portion of the work
is devoted to THE Life and the People,"
in the course of which attention is paid to
the restaurants, the theaters, the Latin
quarter. the men of letters, the great shops
and the homes. The purely descriptive
portions bear the stamp of an accuracy born
of residence and observation. The more
literary phases of the book are tri1e for
Mal yet enough Of the Partisan atmos-
phere is reproduced to afford the reader
sense of actual touch with the gay capt.
tai.
RAILROAD OPERAT1ONs-HOw TO KNOW
THEM; From Study Of the Accounts and Sta
tistcs By ]. Shirley Eaton, statistician of the
Lehigh Valley railroad New York: The Rail-
road Gazette.
The ordinary passenger on a railroad train
never dreams of the enormous complexity
of the system which permits him to ride at
his ease in palatiai car guarded by every
known device for his safety and surrounded
by every comfort. Nor does the home-stay-
ing person have occasion to appreciate the
vast system involved In the business of
hauling freight about the country to enable
him to eat and dress cheaply and well. Be-
hind these two uninformed individuals
looms a mechanism which is growing in
size and intricacy every year, and which
represents the accumulated wisdom of a
whole generation of the most active work
ers which this country has produced. Mr..
Eaton, who Is well known in Washington,
having received his earlier education here,
has devoted himself to a study of railroad
statistics and this book is a result of his
lob To off ha o. al q
observer an opportunity to appreciate the
mysteries of the railroad system, but his
volume is of particular value to railroad
operators investors Jand students of the
economical conditions of the country 1t is
in some senses a text book, in others a
guide in others still a compendium of one
of the most important phases of this vast
industry. n
EARLY DAYS OF WASHINGTON. By s. somer-
Vile Mackall. . Illustrated Washington: The
Neale Company
An account of someoo of the early families
of Washington and Georgetown. such as is
given here, reads in places almost like ro-
nance There was much to fill the lives of
the residents then that is absent now. The
social existence was essentially different
The community was closer together and
more self-dependent. This book deals with
such phases of that life as have been re-
Elected in the memorials of the past, which
have been preserved, aided by archives and
letters. 1t Is embellished with many photo
graphs of relics. places and people, and
forms an interesting and valuable addition
to Washingtoniana.
THE NUGGET SERIES-HISTORICAL NUGGETS;
The Essence and Art Of History. Selections
from Macaulay, Stanley, Froude Fiske Arm
strong, Emerson. In two volumes. New York:
Fords, Howard & Hubert.
IN FRIENDSHIPS GULSE; Novel. By VIM Muir
ray Graydon. New York: Street & Smith. -
A NEW RACE DIPLOMATIST; Novel BY Jennie
Bullard Waterbury. Illustrated. Philadelphia:
]. B. Lppincott Company. Washington: VIM.
Ballantyne g. Sons.
THE WATERS OF EDERA; Novel. By "Ouida. -