Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19

readers ike their novels with a strong tang
of vinegar To these THE Lady Para
mount like the preceding story by its au-
tnor, will be as too much sweetness in a
dinner. But there is in this menu a bit of
salad in the undeniably sparkling CONVEX
sations. Adrian GILES is himself a condi-
ment The story lies in part in rural Eng
land and in other parts is among the is
lands OF the Adriatic sea. 1t has both the
British and Italian atmospheres.
MAZEIe BY Richard Fisguin Chicago: Herbert
5. Stone & Co.
"MazeP' is a negros abbreviation of
mademoiselle," by which title a young
French woman who is engaged by a pro-
fessOr at a Virginia university as govern
ess to his children is at first known
Being pretty she Immediately becomes the
center of romance, involving the profess
scr of French. the professor of chemistry
the son of the professor of German, the
professor of biology-whOse interest was
wholly fatherly-and finally and successful
ly the scion of a rich Virginia family of
distinction. The novel is proclaimed as the
hrst by this author. 1t shows signs of
crudeness and of too much reading of Poe.
1t is too full of French conversatio to be
altogether entertaining to the non-French-
knowing reader. But it has it's amusing
qualities. bright, brisk action and a roll
licking indifference to the literary conyen-
lions which holds the reader fascinated to
the final page of the uncertain love story
THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
lINCOLNROOSEVELT. BY Thomas F. Pendel
doorkeeper. Washington: The Neae Publishing
Company.
Mr.. Pendels figure is well known to many
thousands of Americans who have made
the pilgrimage to the home of the Presi-
dents. Tall, still youthful in appearance,
despite his many years, courteous and flu
ent with information about the historic
house and its furnishings, he has become
a landmark He Joined the White House
staff as a policeman during the latter part
or Lincolns term and was on duty at the
house the night of the assassination COM
forting little Tad when the child learned
of the death of his father. He has re-
manned on duty ever since, becoming in
the meanwhile one of the civilian employees
his service under ten different Presidents
is entertaining and instructive. 1t pre-
serves in readable form the traditions
of the House and gives some valuable
stories of the minor life of this center of
the nations interests On the cover are
reproductions Of the signatures of the
Presidents whom Mr.. Pendel has served.
SCARLET AND HYSSOP; Novel BY E F.
Benson author of "Dodo," etc. New York:
D. Appleton Co.
Mr.. Benson knows social London, 1t would
seem. in its intimate details. He can tell
it's story with a certain fidelity to items and
atmosphere which compels attention, how
ever it may offend the taste For there is
much in this society which is Objectionable
to the lover of the wholesome in the rela-
.tions of men and women. Scarlet and
Hyssop' does not palliate the evils which
the social veneer thinly hides 1t diScloSeS
the social world accepting as a matter of
course inffdelities which are intolerable only
when exposed to the public view in the
courts. There Is no attempt at sheer SEN
SatiOnaliSm by the telling of unpleasant de-
tails. but the whole tone of the novel is
distinctly unpleasant itself. 1t has it's uses
mainly as a picture of one of the most de-
plOrable phases of modern life in high
places.
WoLFvHLE DAYS; By Alfred Henry Lewis au-
erick Remington. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Company. Washington: Brentanos.
Alfred Henry Lewis makes his appear
ance again with another volume of Wolf
VILE stories. Surely. his temperance
will be welcomed. His stories of frontier
life are entertaining to every one, and are
engrossng to those who know that
life and to whom, therefore the characters
he introduces are living, speaking persons
familiars. in fact In this volume he con-
tinues the acquaintance formed in preced-
Ing books with the old cattleman and his
cOterie of quaint and interesting comrades
The peculiar charm of Mr.. Lewis stories
lies in the truthful delineation of the char
acters he presents.
THE FIELD TRAINING OF A COMPANY OF IN
PANTRY. By Maj. H. ]. Craufurd late Gren-
adler Guards. London: Edward Arnold. New
York: LongmanS, Green Co.
An impression of APPROPRIATENESS is given
the work for the reason that many of the
opinions expressed were derived by the
author from personal observation of some
OP ba liaP Of Id, III
1t is pointed out that the book is not
treatise on tactics, it's aim being merely to
describe a system of instruction which
Major Craufurd thinks, affords a sound ba-
sis for the field training of an infantry
company. He deals only with methods
Early experience a regimental officer
and staff appointment he now holds have
given the author opportunity of closely
experimenting the field training of many
companies and of noticing the special diff
culties that beset company commanders in
their task.
r. Colquhoun. New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
This review of past happenings and pres
ent conditions in the Pacific is comprised
in volume of about 400 pages, with many
special maps and more than 100 nlustra-
lions from original sketches and photo
graphs. Even before it Is opened, there
fore. it is manifest the book is designed to
convey a complete knowledge of it's subject
matter. 1t is worthy of all praise that
the author has fulfilled che pledge made
by the size of his work. Mr. Culuuhoun
has paved the way to an underSta nding
of conditions in the far orient more
smoothly than any other contemporaneous
writer. 1t is possible the secret Of this
achievement is to be found in the authors
full preparation for his task He was at
one time a deputy commissioner in Bur-
nah. He served also as administrator of
Mashonaland. South Africa He has earned
distinction as a newspaper correspond
ent. And he began the writing of this
book with an intimate acquaintance. OBJ
tanned first hand, with all the countries of
which he was to write. American readers
will be Immediately concerned, of course
In the four chapters with which the work
really begins, THE United States in the
Pacific" There is great deal o. Interest
in reading in clear English an English
mans view of the eXpa nsion of the United
States, and there will be much instruction
in learning from an Impartial source the
great difficulties which await the Anglo
Saxon colonist in the Philippines The
true American will rot be able 10 nut
down the book there, however ..Great
Britain in the Pacific" and the successive
chapters devoted to the activities of the
Dutch the Japanese and Germany, IFroroa