Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20

visions. 1t embraces the commercial as
'ects as of prime Importance, and indicates
he resultants and the signs of the wonder
Jul activities which have made regions a
short time ago considered remote now
seen close at hand, and has familiarized the
people, Of at least this continent with the
resources. industries and activities of
strange and distant races. Mr.. Adams has
already developed the commercial aspect of
modern geographical study in a compre-
hensive text book. The present volume is
or smaller compass and more elementary
character. being intended to meet the needs
of the large number of students who COM
plete their school work in the grammar
grades. 1t gives in satisfactorily condensed
form vast amount of information regard
ing products, resources industries and
methods, amply illustrated by means Of
maps, diagrams and pictorial scenes.
by William Garrett Brown, lecturer in history
at Harvard University for the year 19o1-o2,
author Of "A History Of Alabama, etc New
York: The Macmillan Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
Prof Brown delivered at Harvard the
lectures which form the first three of the
papers comprising this volume, those on
THE Rise of the Cotton States" The
Ascendancy Of the Lower South in the
Union and THE Final Struggle in the
Union" The next three papers, The Ora
tor of Secession" CWiliam Lowndes Yam
cey), THE Resources of the Confederacy"
and THE Ku Klux Movement" were print
ed in the Atlantic Monthly. The remaining
two chapters "A New Hero of an Old Type
(Richmord P. Hobson), and Shifting the
White Mans Burden" are new material,
prepared to complete the book as a survey
of the lower south to date. Interest CEN
tiers in the last chapter. as bearing upon the
perpeXing problem Of negro suffrage The
author believes that the negro must elimi-
nate himself from the political equation.
He leans toward an abrogation of the Fiji
teenth Amendment as being better than
state laws which disfranchise the black
man by process which shifts the burden.
in the words of a southern jurist, from the
tribunal to the statute book. He views the
far future enthusiastically from this point
of view. praises the work done by such
men as Booker Washington as contributing
to the new spirit of the south and the solu-
ton OF present problems, and summarizes
the work to be done thus: ITO alter the
white mans attitude toward the negro. to
rid the negro of those characteristics which
humanity necessitate, although they may
not justify, the white mans attitude to-
ward hlm-these are the two things that
must be done. Education he believes, is
the only means of accomplishing these ends
and to this end the author looks to Hamp-
ton and Tuskegee and similar institutions
OUR EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS Edited by Will
T lam Har d CD R,s sTn LIFE n
TOWN AND CoCNTRi. BY Luigi Villari. Il
lustrated. New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Passing through what some sociologists
and publicists regard as a transition phase,
Italy presents an interesting field for the
descriptive writer who seeks the real tokens
of folk life, the true impulses of the peo-
pie. The author of this important item in
the european Neighbours series has facil-
tiles for observation and expression not to
be enjoyed by foreigner, and the product
of his researches and efforts is most salts
factory. He tells the story Of the Italy of
today brightly and thoroughly, and enters
into the intimate life of the people with
skill The Illustrations are chiefly repro
auctions from photographs.
THE STORY OF THE NATIoNs-wALEs. By
Owen NJ. Edwards. fellow of Lincoln College
Oxford New York: G. 2. Putnams Sons
Washington: Woodward & Lothop.
Wales. the land of war and romance, Of
picturesque scenery and rugged manhood
of myth and stirring history, is not suffi-
ciently understood today by those readers
of history and description who seek the
more active scenes of the world business
and political movement. Tucked away in
corner of the island this third unit Of the
political entity known as Great Britain has
lost somewhat of its identity NOWADAYS
Ct lHe HdilOlldI spirit remains strong In
wales, and IT presents an important aspect
to the student of manners, of opinions and
of traditions. This book is calculated to
restore Wales to deserved position in this
respect. 1t appeals to the ina gination of
the reader while supplying him with sub
stantial facts, renders graphically the tales
of war and peace which stud the history
of the ancient kingdom and reproduces ar
ustlcaliy the atmosphere of romance which
envelops Wales and the Welsh. He de-
0pVelOnnaDt nf oil hos
been two-fold-in national intensity and IN
the expansion of imperial sympathy.
THE WEATHER AND PRACTICAL METHODS
OF FORECASTlNG IT. By f. b. Dunn
Farmer Dunn, EG-Foreeast Official In Charge
York: Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington: Bren-
tanos.
1t would seem, after reading this book, as
though every man might at once become his
own weather bureau, make his own fore
casts, register his own kicks with himself
whenever the prophecy fails Of verifcation
and exult with himself whenever nature
follows his tip and provides the scheduled
sort Of weather. The science of 'forecasting
is clearly stated with rules to guide the
amateur, and tables. maps and diagrams to
explain the rules. OF course, any attempt
to set up as an independent 'Old Proba bill
ities' would be based upon a certain de-
pendence upon the governments bureau for
the data concerning the weather conditions
at a distance. No one could expect to fore
cast the storms and Gains, heats and colds,
merely from local conditions But this work
will have, at least the pra ctical value of
permitting the independent observer and
forecaster the better to understand the
methods OF the government bureau and to
appreciate the reasons why failures some
times occur. The book is written in I'M
technical style, and is interesting even TO
those who have no idea of ever abandoning
their daily faith in the official forecasts
Mr.. Dunn gives the results of his own OBJ
servations and sets up certain rules of his
deduction. based upon many years of ex-
perience
ToLSTOI AS MAN AND ARTIST; with an Essay
on Dostoievski BY Dmitn Merejkowski ar-
thor Of The Death of the Gods etc New
York: G. p. Putnams Sons. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
Merejkowski, while a contemporary Of
Tolstoi. Is IN no sense a rival, being occu-
pied along different lines of work There
fore he Is competent as are few other Rus
SLAMS to produce an estimate of the great
novelist and sociologist. His is In fact. the
first complete study of Tolstoi from the pen
of fellow countryman. He treats his SUBJ
Ject from psychological point of view.
analyzing his various traits, tracing the
growth Of character, revealing the writer's
motives, describing his methods, and finally
showing wherein his intellectual power fails
and wherein he Is greatest. In order 10