Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-26


sincere and we'll beloved by his followers
There is much talk of fighting, fine por-
trayal of the constant conflict of emotions
aroused by the civil strife, which Set
brother upon brother and neighbor upon
neighbor, and even, as at the field or Dun
bar, reformer upon reformer. me story s
title is derived from the name given TO
Cromwell by a soldier in his army when
just before the battle of Naseby, the wo-
men of Huntingdon and Ely gave to the
great commoner a flag bearing the figure
of lion as his standard. The story OF
Cromwells death furnishes the dramatic
climax and the close of the romance.
LIGHTS OF CHILDLAND By Maud Darlington
Booth. author of 'Sleepy-Time Stories,'' etc.
Illustrated by Alice Farnsworth. Drew New
York: G. p Putnams Sons. Washington:
Woodward and Lothrop.
Mrs Booths tender touch has been given
to large number of stories for the little
folks which contain, withal, a wealth Of
comfort and instruction for their elders.
She possesses a great store of sympathy
and in consequence of her evangelical
work among the classes which suffer the
most bitterly, she has acquired the power
Of rendering this sympathy into tangible
form. This book relates to a single group
carried through varying experiences, SYM
boliZed by "firelight," ''gaslight," ''moon-
light" etc. The book is among the most
satisfactory of the seasons volumes for the
children.
WALL STREET STORIES. BY Edwin Lefevre
New York: Mcclure Phillips and Co. Washing
ton: Woodward and Lothrop
The center of the nations financial activ-
tiles affords a rare field for the study of
human nature. Nor is the opportunity con-
fined to the single range of the emotions
and passions. There is more than avarice
and competition in the air. Generosity,
sympathy, self-sacrifice, comradeship, all
are revealed in the course of the great rush
for wealth. Mr.. Lefevre's series of Sketches
and stories is proof of this. Nor does the
fact that these stories are in the guiSe of
fiction testify against their truth to life.
The reader cannot but discern the elements
of realism. A certain amount of technical
reference is necessary. but the stories are
not thereby made unntellgfble to the read
er who knows nothing of shorts and bears
of the tales is never obscured by the YER
nacular.
YEAR IN YAWL; True Tale of the Adj
ventures of Four Boys in Thrty-Foot Yawl.
BY Russell Doubleday, from the Log of Cap
tain kansom Illustrated New York: Double
day, Page and Company. Washington: VIM.
Ballantyne and Sons.
These four boys had the true spirit of
adventure. Had they been born three or
four centuries earlier they would probably
have figured among the great discoverers
of new worlds. They built their own boat
at st. Joe. Mich, and sailed her up Lake
Michigan to Chicago, thence by canal to
the Mississippi. to the Gulf of Mexico,
around Florida into the Atlantic, up the
coast to Norfolk Philadelphia and New
York, utilizing in the upper part of this
course the canals that cut short the coast
route, then up the Hudson to the outlet of
the Erie canal, through which they went
by horsepower, in grave peril from the
crushing grain carriers, and finally by way
of the lakes to their starting point with
out disaster. They had made 1000 miles
in safety under their own plotting and Sc
cured at first hand a knowledge of the
country which books could not possibly
have taught them The story of their trip
is told delightfully."-, with frequent illustra-
tons, reproduced from photographs, TO
brlns the scenes wildly before the reader.
Some Of these photographs are from the
camera of Mr.. Clinton Townsend of this
city.
DENSLoW,s MOTHER GOOSE; Being the Old Fa-
mlliar Rhymes and Jingles Edited and Illus
trated by w. w. DenSlow. New YORK: Nc
Clure Phillips and Company. Washington:
woodward and LCthrop.
Many liberties have been taken with
Mother Goose in the past by venturesome
artists, who have thought that any kind of
illustration would be carried by the charm
OF the classic text. Mr.. Denslow, however,
has approached his task with evident rev.
erence, and his pictures are as carefully
conceived and finished as though he We're
illustrating the latest literary production.
HIS art is well adapted to this theme with
nuInor IN every stroke, While the coors in
WhIch the pictures are printed happily set
them or. In the selection of verses Mr.
DensloW has shown consideration for the
intelligence of his young patrons, choosing
only those rhymes which are best known
ana most worthy of preservation, and
avoiding the senseless jingles which have
chung tenaciously to this remarkable coll
lection of child lore.
MAUD ADAMS. By Acton Davies. Illustrated.
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company
Washington: Woodward and Lothrop
This dainty little volume presents Miss
Adams to the hosts of her admirers from
the time that she made her debut as an in
1ant-carried on upon a giant platter-to
the present period of her great popularity.
1t Is discriminating In it's criticism of her
later work pointing out the limitations of
her success as LAiglon and Juliet as
Wen as the heights of her triumph as Lady
baople. The portraits show her at various
ages, ana IN her later roles which have be-
come SO popular
FIRST AID TO THE INJURED AND SICK; An
ambulance hand book. By f. ]. Warwick IA,
NIB Santab, Associate of Kings College, Lon
don; surgeon-Captain, Volunteer Medical STAFF
stall, MD, FIR c. Ed, Surgeon Captain Com
mandng the East London Volunteer Brigade
Pltal and to the Children's Home hospital etc
Illustrated Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders &
FOR LOVE OR CROWN; A romance By Arthur
w Marchmont, author of I'm the Name of
Mon Woman etc Illustrated by D. Murray Smith.
Mew YORK: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
THE TRAITORS Way. By s. Levett-Yeats au-
thor OF The Honour of Savelii,' ETC. Fronts
piece by W. d. Gilbert. New York: Freder-
lex A. Stokes Company. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
LINCOLN and other poems. By Edwin Markham,
author author Of The Man With the Hoe and Other
Washington: Woodward & Lotbrop.
author of "A Rise in the World" etc. New
York: f. NJ. Buckles & Co. Washington:
BrentaDo's.
THE PRINCESS OF THE PURPLE PALACE By
William Murray Graydon. New York. Mcclure
Phillips Co. Washington: Woodward Il
Lothrop.