Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06

erIl boundaries. InlS claim was disputed
From Connecticut went the first pioneers
settling in the Reserve and laying the
foundations of the great community into
which later poured families from all other
parts of the young republic. The fertility
of the soil and the enterprise of the set
tiers formed a combination which led to a
remarkable prosperity Ohio became In
short order a great factor in the Union
The connecting link between what was dis
tincuy known as the east and the steadily
expanding west, it held a political advan-
tag6 in later years which has left its per-
manent mark deeply craven upon the rec
ords of the republic Considered, how
ever as the forerunner of the great west
ern movement this emigration into the Re
serve must stand as one of the most sig
nificant features of the entire life of the
American Union. Its story FORMS there
fore, great chapter of the greater history
of the expansion of the republic. to which
is devoted the series of which this volume
forms a part.
DANNY. By Alfred olphant. author of Bob. Sor
Of Battle" New York: Doubleday. Page & Co
Washington: William Ballautyne & Sons.
Poor dog Danny! His was a tragic life. He
lost his dearly beloved Missile year after
he had entered the grim Scotch household
of which she was the girl-wife mistress
His heart was broken. He searched for her
franticaly and solaced himself with her
the small animals and birds of the moors
and returned with CORY chops. He trotted
to the feet of his grim old master with his
Missiles whip in his mouth, expecting to be
punished for his raids. But instead he re-
ceived a pledge of fidelity and love which the
old man sternly kept. Thenceforth he and
Danny were so close IN their companion
ship that the parish limited at communion
of their man-Soul and dog-Soul. Danny
served f9ithflll1V assistant Robin
game warden on the Laird's preserves, and
did yeoman service, but occasionally he
went afield in search of his Missile and in
Cured the enmity of the warden of the
neighbOring estate, who threatened him
and would finally have killed him had not
a woman's hand interviewed. Danny, brave
knight and gentle squire. flinched not a
muscle in the face of death. but chung to
the handkerchief which he had found and
joyously retrieved, thinking 1t his Missiles.
Then Danny, being released, had many
close escapes and would have died eventu-
ally of heart break had he not started anew
on a career of bloodying. Danny might
have outlived the Laird had 1t not been for
the wickedness of Simon Ogg, who hated
the Laird and feared Danny, and finally set
the Laird to suspecting his true squire.
One snowy day the Laird, directed by
Simon, found Danny apparently in blood
guilt and banned him. The dog, his heart
clean broken now, ate of the poison which
had been spread in his presence for the
Then the Laird persisted in the snow when
he learned that he had wronged Danny for
Simon Oggs guilt. Thus lived and died the
silver gray squire of Hepburn. Danny, son
of Ivor" His little life was upright, his
motives pure, his love abiding, his concep-
ton of duty true. and his performance
thorough. Poor Danny!
A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT. BY Martin Ross and
f. Somerville. authors of Some Experiences
of an Irish R. NJ" New York: E. p. Dutton
Rollicking humor marks this account of a
grand hunt on st. Patricks day on the
Gould sod The misadventures of the
huntsmen are many and varied. The dogs
misbehave, the horses balk, run into clothes
lines and carry their riders unwillingly
through dooryards and, in short, pretty
nearly everything happens which should
not happen in a well-ordered hunt. The
tale is told in a well-rendered Irish dialect
and is illustrated by excellent drawings,
some of them reproduced large in colors.
The book is of a size to warrant it's con-
sideration for gift purposes.
VIENNA AND THE VIENNESE; Based Upon the
Work of Victor TIssot,, Altered and Added to.
By Maria Hornor Lansdale. illustrated. Phila-
delphia: Henry Z. Coates Co.
Vienna possesses for many students of
municipal affairs all the charm of Paris,
and to historians it carries suggestions of
stirring times in the medieval period and
In later years of great political changes. 1t
stands today as a city of mysterious charm
because of the unhappy fate which follows
the House of Hapsburg 1t delights the
eye with it's architectural and artistic fea-
lures. 1t entices to close study from a So
Geological point of view. 1t Is, II short, well
worthy of such a work as this, a detailed
description of the physical aspect of the
capital, and study of the social conditions
which contribute to it's peculiarly distinct
atmosphere. 1t Is only within comparative
ly recent years that the tourist could see
Vienna as it needs to be seen, at close
range and in minute detail. Police regula-
tons hampered the visitor at every turn,
and parts of the city We're shut off from
inspection. Nowadays nothing is denied
the well-behaved stranger save the private
life of the sovereign and the court and Of
the citizens. Vienna has extended a well
coming hand to the world and has profited
greatly thereby, for it now contains a cos
mopolitan population Of students, artists and
musicians very like that of Paris. The text
In this work is entertaining and the Illus
trations are beautiful as the attractions of
Vienna demand. Bits of history vary the
pages of descriptive detail, and light is
thrown upon the present complicated status
OF the royal family. The book is one to be
carefully read.
THE INGoLDSBY LEGENDS: or. Mirth and Mar
wells. By Thomas Ingoldsby. Esq. Illustrated
by Herbert Cole. New York John Lane.
1t Is now more than sixty years since the
Ingoldsby Legends convulsed English read
ers with their witticisms their sly illusions
to current affairs, their comical renditions
of familiar folk tales and their frankly fc-
titious stories. They formed a distinct de-
parture from the humorous versification of
the Dertod, and being exceptionally clever
they Immediately had a great vogue OF
late years they have been forgotten
Occasionally extract is reprinted from
an old edition, but the rare charm of the
entire collection is not to be appreciated
save through their collective publication as
In the present form. But few readers live
today who remember the first appearance
of Look at the Clock" Therefore this
edition appeals to a new generation and in
most attractive form. Mr.. Coles draw
ings are thoroughly in harmony with the
spirit of the Legends, and preserve the
quaint style of the period of the tales and
verses. The illustrator, indeed, has collab-
Grated so effectively with the text that he
might have been contemporaneous with the
author. His portraits of the jolly bishops
and other ecclesiastics who figure con-
spicuously throughout the Legends are
comcal beyond resistance. This edition is
to be heartily welcomed, as 1t puts within
reach of the lovers of the odd old bits of
English literature a rendition Of a famous
series of compositions in perhaps the most
attractive form they have ever assumed.