Evening star., 1901-10-05

human interest as against the disposition to
individualize animals. kim" is perhaps
at times preternaturally sagacious. Much
must be attributed to the atmosphere OF
the east in which boys grow early INTO
manhood and girls into womanhood- But
kim Is always quantity Interesting, ard
some of his associates are drawn delight :
fully true to the life. This is a work which
marks progress. 1t reals many of the
touches of the early Kipling which aroused
the interest of two hemispheres, and Ii
suggests a sobriety of literary form which
denotes the best use OF conventions.
THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET: Tale of re-
lor. author of Ralph Mariowe.' Akron, Ohio:
The Saaffeld Publishing Company.
Woods, Indians. fighting. intrigue, hyp-
notism, love. hate and ultimately mar
iage and happiness form the thread of this
tale of the early part OF the nineteenth
century, when Britons fomented trouble
between the red men and the new Ameri-
can nation and later utilized the aborigines
as allies in the war of 1872. The hero is a
sturdy figure, who generously divides in
terest with his dog, an accessory Of prime
Importance in tight places. The action is
brisk at times and, beginning with the
battle OF Tippecanoe. eliminates in the
battle of Fort Meigs. with Gen. VIM
Henry Harrison as a dominating figure in
ries the reader into the heart of the In
dian camps and into close contact with
TenSkWatwa, the prophet. brother of Te-
cun1seh, whose mystic charm, a ring, is the
sign" which yields the title. The tale
would be auickened in interest il the con-
yersation were more colloquial in some
places and less suffused with dialect in
Others
THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF HoNoRE DE
s., nALzAC; Rendered into English by z De
Iaird & Lee.
1t is not generally known that Balzac
wrote plays, that these plays were produced
on the Partisan stage, and that at least one
OF them is still an occasional farorite. Those
who have heard OF the fact, without having
sought it by their own research among
Ralzac's works are inclined to attribute
these hist.ionic efforts to his early years CT
struggle. On the contrary. they were pro-
duced during his later years. wheu success
smiled upon him and his mind was at the
these plays. 'Vautrin," "Quinola's Re-
sources" Pamela Giraud," THE Step
mother and .Mercadet." 1t Is the last
named which is now occasionally rendered,
grees of desuetude One Of them. "Quinoa'a 3
Resources. was q failure at the outset
A THBosoPHIST'S POINT OF VIEW by James
Albert Clark. President Of fh. Washington
Theosophical Society. Washington: The Path
finder Press.
Mr. Clarks book is addressed primarily
to the IMAM in the street who today
knows nothing of the purposes and theories
of the theosophists. but who Is inclined TO
learn. Il h explanatory. in as simple terms
as may be. OF the doctrines which have
been brought from India to form the basis
Of a new school OF western thought. II
rrcxe.uts the platform Of the theozophtsfs
as primarily involving the desire for knowi-
edge. Much confusion has been caused In
the public mind as TO these doctrines Ar.
Clark believes. through misrepresentation
and prejudice He seeks to reveal an earn
est desire on the part OF his co-vorkers In
this line toward the betterment Of human
thought and actions
THE GRzeAr GOD SUCCESS: NsFel. By John
Graham. New Fork: Freder1ck A. Stokes
UouIang- Washington: Wn. BAfhutyne 4
Soas-
There Is an intlmation given that John
Graham q q nom-de-plume. His vork