Evening star., 1902-03-22

| tale. but their violence is subordinated to
| that of the sea, majestic but murderous
| with which the men of the story constantly
| battle. pure love story forms the ami
| mating motive.
THE REPORT OF THE VIRGINIA BOARD or
VISITORS To MOUNT VERNON FOR TIE
| YEAR 1901; Showing the History of the Ladies'
| Mount Vernon Association of the Union anu
Virginia Connection Herewith Ind Action Of
| Congress and Legislature of Virginia touching
| Removal of the Remains of Washington. BY
James b. Sener. Richmond: State Printer.
This report forms a valuable addition to
the literature of Mount Vernon. Judge
. Sener was a member of the board of visit
| ors appointed last year by Governor Tyler
| and was designated by his colleagues to
| prepare, in the form of report history
| Of the Mount Vernon preservation enter
| prise. The product of his labors to that
| end adds materially to the records. He has
| coliated many scattered facts, associate d
the items of interest on this subject spread
through official reports and documents and
! has in the net given a summary of the
| legal and traditional foundations of the
American Mecca. which will serve as a COM
| pact guide to the present tourist and will
! be of nnquestionable aid to some future
| historian. A full list of the relics preserved
at Mount Vernon is given, together with
| portraits of members of the Washington
| IdIHiiS ana olHclalS VINO nave served In the
process OF maintaining the home of the
| first President. Few public documents pos
sess the degree of interest and value of this
one.
! THE RENpING OF VIRGINIA: a History Rv
Granville Davisson Hail. Published by the
Author.
Only one instance occurs in the history
Of the American Union of the division of
one state into two. Many propositions to
| nd ha,-
| cumstances but SO strong is the belief in
| the integrity of the state that the bounda-
rles of the commonwealth have been
| J6alcusly preserved from contracting
change. The two Dakotas, it is true, were
| formed from one territory. But their case
! was in no way analogous to that of the
| formation of West Virginia, which came
| into the Union from the territory and peo-
| pie OF sovereign state in the stress of
civil war. Mr. Halls account of this
| remarkable incident in the history of
| the republic is graphically and historically
TOLD He is a West Virginian and writes
| from a federal viewpoint opposed to sla-
very and defender of the processes where
oy the separation was effected He con-
ttndS that those processes were regular in
conformity with constitutional law and i. .
lCminatire Of the principles of the republic
fcrtralts OF those intimately concerned in
the separation illustrate the book, which
SHOWS signs of a careful historic hand in
the preparation.
Tlst1nf OF opnnn6 THE RASk OF NEW YORK
0theT 0eT Sources at the REQUEST of the Directors
BY Henry W. Domett Third Edition
The history of the Bank of New York is
IN some senses that Of the finances of the
United States. 1t was the third banking
institution established in the new republic.
FIRST came the Pennsylvania Bank, organ
lzed III Philadelphia during the revolution
and closed toward the end of the year 1884
having served its purpose of financing the
war Of liberation. The first permanent in
stitution came In 1871, the Bank of North
America of Philadelphia Its success was
80 lharhed mat a similar institution was
| organized in New York city three wears
| later The story of the early transactions of
the institution is interesting even to others
than hnanciers, for 1t reflects the trial of
nauoh-mahng, and the rise and fall of
Ihe scale OF American prosperity The rec.
ORD Is instructively written, and is hand
somely embellished with portraits of dis
tingu1shed financiers and of the views of
the homes Of the bank.
THE ASSAsSINs; Romance of the Crusades. By
Holt Comnsnv NeaKln Wnsb,nst"r New York; Henry Henry
tyne 4 Sons.
NNld pictures of the crusades give to this
novel OF strife and adventure a high color
| ing. The savage slaughter Of the Moslems
| and the persistent faith Of the Christian
soldiers afford background for a story of
| love and intrigue which never falters In Its
| hold upon the readers attention. The
| malnsprlng of the action is furnished nv
the Vaccinations OF a secret order of
| Arabs, the Ismailans, whose ruler. the
! Shelk OF the mountains, EMPLOYS agents for
| the assassination Of both Moslem and
| christian. An earthly paradise hidden Sc
| cureIy In the hills, is this willy schemers g
prlnclpal agency for controlling his ennis
| sarles The tale is tragic unrelieyed by
| CLINT OF lightness of spirit.
NAUGHTY NAN. BY John Luther Long author OF
Madame Butterfly etc New York: rhe
Century Company.
| This novel by Mr. Long is far better
| than its title. That trif1ing designation
| While apropos Of the character Of the domi-
| natlng feminine, is hardly in consonance
with the dignity Of the literary effort The
STORY is told, to be sure, in series of light
conversations, but 1t develops an intense
| note and becomes painfully serious before
! the SMILING climax. The dialogues are wit
| ty and entertaining. Mans poor things
! are somewhat grotesque. those crea of
,ier 'rllllng but sympathetic fancy some
WHAT resembling the extravagantly cos
'uined quartets OF vaudeville singers But
with such parsonage In evidence as Nan
almost any freak OF human nature might
develop as feature of the scene
, IACHMI BAL RAM OF JHANSI. the 1eanra
DArc OF India. BY Michael White. New York
j. +. Taylor Co. Washington: Brentano's
This story of the Sepoy rebellion affords
the setting for some gorgeous pictures of
| india ana the counter-piay of strong emo
| ticns. Lachmi Bal is striking persona ee:
! a young. beautiful native ruler, surrounded
! by spies and led into mistakes by the blind
| ness of strong love. She heads her army
| and fights bravely and we'll but eventuaIIy
| fails IN battle The scene of the burning
| of her body, according to the Indian cus
| tom, is highly dramatic
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