Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-13

Illustrated by Howard Pyle. f. b. Thompson.
\. W. Belts and Emlen Mcconnell. Boston:
IIrughton, Mif1in aud Company. Washington:
VIM. Ballantyne & Son.
Miss Johnston's literary spirit trends
toward the romantic, the adventurous. 1t
charms the average reader largely. 1t Is
suspected, because 1t propounds no ultra
serious problems in ethics. 1t affords at all
points a brisk movement and a cheerful
vista To Have and To Hold breaks new
ground. 1t is a story of the very early
colonial life at Jamestown, Va, the plot
turning upon the historic sale of wives to
the settlers for tobacco consideration. There
IS danger. intrigue and adventure a-plenty,
with a pronounced love interest continuous
1y appealing to the reader. The book Is In
fntely superior to some others which have
achieved a wide popularity in the past few
years. of somewhat the same stripe. Yet it
elements Of assured permanence as part of
the literature of fiction Of this end Of the
century.
THE ISLAND IMPOSSIBLE BY Harriet Morgan.
Illustrated by Katharine Pyle. Boston: Little,
Brown and Company
Mrs Morgan, who is a well-known Wash
ingtonian. has achieved previous literary
successes, and The Island Impossible is
among her best works. 1t is a story for
.chi1dren so adroitly woven together as to
arrest the adult attention. 1t tells of the
adventures of a group of little folks blessed
with vivid imaginations and a rare good
friend with a sailboat who guides them
first to the Island Impossible and then to
various places in the real world. where
they see some of the things they have read
about. and thus drink deeply but delight
July of knowledge Pictures and text COM
bine to charm the Juvenile heart and to
EsnaEk another striking achievement of local
letters.
COMPLETE POEMS. By John A. Joyce. Illus
trated by Paul D. Sullivan. Washington: The
Neae Company.
. Colonel Joyce's poems have been more or
less fugitive, appearing on occasion in
Newspapers or magazines, fiuttering here
and there like leaves in the blast of
STEADY. strong wind of inspiration. They
ore now gathered together into single vol
Tune. and present the appearance of excep-
tional industry and care Some of them
have lost their timeliness. the immediate
cause having passed. But in most of them
the poetic spirit remains true and here and
there the vigOr characteristic of the rough
and ready versifler upon current themes
shows forth strongly. The illustrations by
AR. sullivan are artistic and serve we'll to
SET off the verses. The fact that the hook
represents Washington enterprise and gen
Jus in every particular, gives it peculiar
local interest.
THE RELIGION OF I ToMoRRow BY BY Frank AMI
W5shipGton Woodward < Iothrop.
theology with the following proposition,
which suffices TO disclose its scope:
The views Of this essay are such as can
be held by member of any of the prin-
cipal evangelical denominations. The au-
thor is. and hopes to remain. a church
member. He seeks not to destroy. but to
fulfill. to fill Christian concepts fuller of
Christ's own meaning. This is no attempt
to crate new-fangied Gospel. This vol
h Y1dr
they do not know, but 1t seeks to give voice
to what the common people do already
think and believe. 1t aims to be an in
terpreta of present-day evangelical
thought. not the heralding of new cult"
a MODERN READER AND SPEAKER. Edited by
George Riddle. Chicago: Herbert s Stone &
q, Washington; Woodward & L6throp
II Is ike meeting an old friend to find a
modern "eloeution book" such as used to
form part of the library of most aspiring
young men and women with hstrionic tai
ents An up-to-date collection of good
speaking pieces must necessarily cover
much Of the old ground. while adopting
cautiously from the new grist of poems.
orations and fervid or humorous sketches.
Mr.. Riddle, a reader himself, has chosen
wisely and abundanty from both sources
of material For instance. he touches upon
phase of International interest in citing
passage from Zola's impassoned defense of
Dreyfus and thus enriches the store of the
rising generation of readers The selections
are in excellent taste and are well pre-
scented.
THE TRANSYAAL OUTLOOK; with maps BY AL
pany. - ~
y survey of the Boer campaign while II
Is still in progress is necessarily to be
judged for value according to the light in
which 1t was written. 1t has but little per-
manent value. and the worth of a book
composed Of speculation upon passing
events. which depend upon a well-defined
Sequence. may well be questioned Yet
there is in this volume a large percentage
OF enduring worth, in the form of technical
views upon military matters broad surveys
OF tne British unpreparedness and early
piunders, and the war necessities forced by
the character of the ground in South Afri-
Cd Whlcn may be of Importance in later
years The author seeks to occupy a broad
MIDDLE ground of neutrality in his role Of
political judge. and consequently scores
Doth Sides rather heavily. His observa-
IONS as military critic are illuminating
ana MS maps are excellent
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BIZ; PEOPLE AND LITTLE PEOPLE OF OTHER
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York University New York American Book
y MANI Al OF ENGLISH HISTORY; FOR the Use
81 SIho"i f;, BY Edward NJ Lancaster. principal
York American Book Company.
JIM NAldlNER, OF WARDNER IDAHO. tho
r"I1fd % successful Western Career Ry Him
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Washington: Brentanos.
Mt MING TIE CUBAN BLOCKADE: and other
~i,rlrs. by William %. Stoddari author of
NE First Cruiser out Illustrated Chicago:
Woodward & Lothrop.
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