Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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Club Arranged by John Elderkin, Chester
s. Lord and Horatio Fraser. New York: Prl-
Vately printed
The Lotos Club is one of the institutions
of New York. Its peculiar function is the
entertainment of distinguished guests, no.
tably those from other lands On the oc-
casion of the visit of such parsonage the
| speech Of both members and visitor is
likely to prove interesting, sometimes far
| beyond the immediate moment. The Gus
! tom Of utilizing banquets for the announce
ment of important political policies has not
| obtained in this country to the same ex-
| tent In England, and therefore the af-
| ter-dinner speech on this side of the water
! contains less of value as history than its
| British counterpart. There is consequently
less reason for perpetuating post -prandial
| oratory. Yet there have been many nota-
| BILE deliverances before the Lotus Club, and
| some impress has thereby been made upon
| the country's record of manners, art let
tiers and politics. The present edition of
| Lotus Club speeches has grown out of a
| tWenty-flfth anniversary volume of history
| and "reminiscences which contained enough
| fragments of certain noteworthy addresses
| OF the past to whet the appetite of the
members for more. The book, prepared
| with infinite pains and under many diff
| cultieS, owing to the lack of Stenographic
reports Of the speeches delivered before
| 1880, appeals to larger circle of readers
| than the Lotus Club itself. For the men
| whose words are reproduced live in the
memories Of practically the entire nation
| Some of them are dead, some are yet
| pleasing with their wit and instructing
with their wisdom. All have a distinct
place on one or the other side of the ocean
! The list includes such names as Charles
| Kingsley, James Anthony Froude, Wikie
Collins, Lord Houghton. Bayard TAYLOR
| Edmund Yates, John Gilbert, William S
! Gilbert, William NJ. Evarts, Ulysses s.
Grant, Thomas Hughes, Oliver Wendell
! Holmes, Robert 8. Ingersoll, Charles A
| Dana, Roswell p. Flower. WhiteIaw Reid
William Winter, Horace Porter, Alexander
| Macdonald. Henry NJ. Stanley, Sir Edwin
Arnold, Abram S. Hewitt, Sir Henry Irving
! Parke Goodwin Horace Porter Elihu Root
| Chauncey NJ. Depew, Seth Low Joseph JEFF
| ferson Henry Van Dyke, Charles Emory
Smith. Anthony Hope Hawkins, w. Bourke
| Cochran, John S. Wise. Joseph II. Choate
| Lord Herschell. Admiral Schley Theodore
| Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel L.
| Clemens, Thomas B. Reed William Dean
HoWells, Wayne McVeagh and WI Ting
Fang. The editing of the speeches has
| been SO APPLY managed that the flavor of
the occasion is preserved in nearly every
instance and the speeches thus presented
| become as distinct personal impressions of
/ the men, despite the fact that such utter
ances depend for full appreciation in large
| degree upon the atmosphere of the time
Portraits of eminent members Of the Lotus
| Club and Of some of its guests add to the
personal interest.
THE Luck OF THE Walls; Novel Ry F. F.
Benson, author Of "Dodo,'' etc. New York:
u. Appleton Company.
Reversing the usual course Of stories of
| crime which normally involve the services
and acumen OF trained detective this
novel presents the rather unique spectacle
| of a synthetic presentation of a crime
which was never committed. but which,
being foreseen by amateur sleuth was
| prevented. 1t involves a view Of English
! nobility life draws two or three strong Dor
| traits and suggests just enough Of the SILL
pernatural to flavor the tale with interest
| The action is brisk and save for tendency
| to repeat the facts Of the case little too
| frequently toward the close, it holds the
| interest continuously to the satisfactory de-
| nOuement.
M0N0NIA: n Love Story Of 'Forty-eight By Jus-
tin Mccarthy. Boston: Small Maynard 4
Company.
This story Of Irelands mid-century strug
giles for freedom from England's rule af-
fords Mr.. Mccarthy a wide opportunity for
the rendering Of many interesting phases
Of the life of the cultured Irish people of
| that period 1t includes conspiracies, ar
| rests, trials, some fighting and much love-
making, together with what in stage par
lance is styled incidental music" the mu-
sic Of the Irish native poetry and song The
author Is prone at time to linger a trile
too fOndly over details Of description which
while contributing to the historical and So
Geological value of the novel, somewhat off,
set the dramatic values.
THE TIERNAN AND OTHER FAMILIES; a. II.
Illustrated by Extracts from Works in the Pub
lie Libraries and Original Letters and Memo
randa in the Possession OF Charles Il. Herman
Edited by Charles b. Herman. Second Edition
Baltimore: William ]. Gallery and Company.
DREAM OF EMPIRE; or the House Of Rlenner
hassett. By William Henry venable author of
John Hancock. Educator etc. New York:
Dodd. Mead and Company. Washington: Bren-
tanO's.
JOS6ELYN CHESHIRE: a Story of Revolutionary
Days In the Carolinas. BY Sara Beaumont
Kennedy. New York: Doubleday Page and
Co. Washington VIM. Ballantyne and Sons.
THE DIARY or A FRESHMAN. BY Charles Ma
comb Flandrau. author Of Harvard Episodes"
New York: Doubleday. Page and Company.
Washington: William Balaptyne and Sous.
THE SYMPHONY OF LIFE; Series Of Construct |
i've Sketches and Interpretations By Henry |
Wood, author of Ideal Suggestion" etc. Bos-
ton: Lee and Shepard.
PHILBRICK HOWELL; Novel By Albert Kin |
ross author of IAN Opera and Lady Gras-
mere etc. Frederick A. Stokes Company. |
Washington: Brentano's.
A DAUGHTER OF THE vELDT: a Novel BY |
Basil Marnan. New York: Henry Holt and /
Company. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne and |
Sons.
WHEN THE GATES LIFT UP THEIR HEADS; a |
Story of the Seventies. BY Payne Erskine. |
Boston: Little Brown and Company. |
THE LOVERS LIBRARY - LOVE POEMS OF
Navr, T,L.