Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20

one to Essays and Miscellany, one to the
Iiterati papers and the work on Autogra ply,
another to Eureka and Marginalla ana the
final volume to Poe'Sletters. Each volume
contains exhaustive photography OF the
subject of that volume, together with var
liant readings and references to sources or
the text, etc. Herein are shown the signs
of a most minute dissection of Poe and MS
works, of questionable value to the average
reader, but probably Of use to close students
and ardent admirers of Poe Each volume
contains frontispiece either portrait
of Poe or of a member of his family or an
ilustra ton of one of his stories or poems.
The paper Is not Of the best quality, but
otherwise the work is superior. The whole
edition is inclosed in a cloth-covered box.
the whole being compact and convenient in
size and shape.
THE STORY OF A STRANGE CAREER: Being
the Autobiography Of Convict. Edited by
Stanley Waterloo. New York: d. Appleton &
spective of rare promise. A convict dying
in a western prison, his memoirs are now
presented to the world and guaranteed as
authentic. The man is an habitual crimi-
nal, passing only brief period Of his life
out Of prison when once launched on his
law-breakng career. He Is incorrigibfe.
yet intelligent and fairly well educated. His
autobiography, therefore, is likely to prove
not only interesting to the casual reader,
but valuable from the viewpoint of a stu
dent of criminology, veritable human
document
But unfortunately the account thus self
written ends abruptly with the beginning Of
the mans criminal career. 1t is of no so
Geological value whatever. 1t tells in
entertaining fashion Of the mans wander
ings as a seaman. his hardships and ad-
ventures in South America, his romances
and assertions. his entry into the American
navy as ensign during the civil war, his
experiences on the blockade, his capture by
the confederates and long confinement in
prison in Columbia, 8. c. Then the pris-
oner of war is exchanged and he returns
to his home in New York. But the closing
of the war causes him to go west to seek
his living-and there the memoirs end.
1t Is regrettable that the convict capable
of writing such an entertaining story of adj
venture with frankness which at times is
rather startling should not have continued
to give the criminals side of the far more
important story Of law-breaking and pun
ishment There have been fictitious confess
sions of convicts in plenty in the past, but
none of them could have equaled the actual
autobiography of so venturesome reckless
and clever a man as this one seems to have
been. The science OF penology has lost an
important contribution in his failure to fin
ish his Sef-imposed task
Family in Trouble. By Grace Miller White.
Illustrated by J. X; Bryans. New York. j. s.
1t is the punctuation family that gets into
trouble. and its discussion of It's woes Is
amusing. Incidentally some instructive
suggestions as to the proper method of
placing these important members of the
greater family of letters are afforded. The
portraits of the Points" are cleverly hui
morouS.
Books Received.
STORIES OF HEROEs-WANDERING HEROES
By Lillian l.. Price, Normal and Training
School, Newark, N j. Illustrated. New York:
Silver, Burdett & Co.
THE SILVER SERIES OF CLAssICs-LoRD
Selected and Edited, with Introduction and
Notes. by Joseph B. Seabury. New York:
Silver Burdett & Co.
MINGLED SWEETS AND BITTERS; or My
Legacy; Poems. By Julia Wolff Molina, author
Of Crowns and Tomb Roses etc. New York:
The Abbey Press.
A BRIEF OF MICROSCOPY; and Its Medlco-
Legal Relation. Arranged by Gustav Schmitt,
NJ. D., Milwaukee. New York: Funk Wag-
nails Company.
THE IMPERIAL REPUBLIC; a Drama of the
Day. By Elizabeth G. Crane, author Of Der
qufn." New York: The Grafton Press.
AUNT ABBY's NEIGHBORs By Annie Trumbun
Slosson, author Of "Fshin Jimmy" New