Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

groomed exquisites of later period.
POEMS. By Robert Underwood Johnson New
York: The Century Company.
Inc lover of poetry will find much to
ENJOY in this volume Of collected verses
His work has the convincing quality which
Is the product of experience and a fine
regard for technical truth. 1t is reposeful
rather than brilliant, and charms more
by its direct appeal to the 'individuar' SEN
timent than by largeness of compass or
| lyric quality. The hand of the scholar is
apparent in the renderings from the Ser
wan of 1ovanovich and in the poems in
sonnet form. A nice appreciation for
rhythm and color is shown in Mysterious
Love, Wistful Days" and Farewell to
italy.' These three, while probably the
least purposeful of the collection have the
lmpeiling lyric quality, the true heart of
song. OF the Poems on Public Events"
Dewey at Manila and THE Welcome of
Our Tars' may well be remembered with
the most lasting of martial and patriotic
verse.
Illustrated by A. b. Wenzeil INDIANAPOLIS:
Inc Merrill Company.
virginia is again the scene of the ro-
mantle novel, not the Virginia of the time
chosen by Miss Johnston in her two recent
successes, but the later commonwealth Of
the days of the revolution, the Virginia of
hNAlSh IltiiIy- 1neFe is a touch of the
mosphere of ITO Have and To Hold in the
scene in which Miss Rives depicts the land
ing of shipload of redemptioners, who are
sold to the colonists. But from that point
the story differentiates radically 1t tells
the tale of the love of a Young French mo-
bleman, who has come to America to study
the conditions and report to his king unon
the ACCESSIBILITY of French Intervention
MS conquest OF the heart of Virginia girl
is easy, but the course of their love is
rough. 1t involves some dangers for both
episodes such as a duel, an escape from
prison. ride for help and finally a rescue
OF the besieged lovers by no less a person.
age than the Marquis of Lafayette Patrick
Henry appears frequently in the pages a
nsure so clearly drawn as to be of prime
consideration for more than half of the
novel. Two historic incidents form the
chief nuclei for the plot-the meeting at
Richmond, at which Henry delivered his
famous liberty or death speech and the
meeting at Independence Hall in Philadel-
phla at which the Declaration was signed.
hearts Courageous has the true quality
OF the latter-day romantic novel. 1t salts
hes all the moderate demand for thrills and
emotions. 1t bespeaks the sympathy of the
reader, and it incidentally affords portrait
of one of the greatest of American patriots
1t is well illustrated.
BY Charles Francis Adams. Boston: Houghton
Mfiin q Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne
sons.
These results of Mr.. Adams thought and
experience are presented in an entertaining
style without great pretension as to orna-
ment. He rays a high tribute to General
Lee for surrendering his army instead of
keeping it in the field to maintain a guerril-
la warfare. He finds the text for his article
in the attitude of the Boer military leaders
who kept up partisan warfare in South
Africa for 81 ma he
another paper endeavors to account for the
change of heart" on the part of the
British toward the United States coincident
with the Spanish-American war. He says:
we were unquestionably rich, unmistak-
aply powerful; that we, too, We're a mas
terful race was evident; fearlessly chal-
lenged supremacy; We had a way of some
how accomplishing results which they had
been at much pains vociferously to pro-
nounce altogether out of the question So
they respected and feared us; then they
began In a way to feel proud of u.s. An
other paper treats upon the need of a
higher tone in our political discussions. In
making plea for military history" he
criticises the defective treatment of mill
tary operations by historians. The most
important paper and one which may be re-
garded as an important historical contribu-
ton is his article the negotiation of
the treaty of Washington. The writer had
the rare opportunity of examining the pri-
vate papers and diaries of two statesmen
who participated in the negotiations. One
was his father, who was the American
minister in London during the civil war
and the other was Mr.. Fish, who was Sec
rotary Of State from 1869 to 1877. The
personality of the individuals concerned in
the negotiations is dealt with in an en-
gaging manner, Grant Fish and Sumner
this side and Palmerston, Russell and
Gladstone on the other side of the ocean.
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FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD. BY Margaret
Sidney author Of Five Little Peppers and
coy Boston Tothop Passh by f com
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lated lated by II; H: Kane, AN, Md Authorized
York: The International Publishing Company
IN GRAMMAR FOR Schools. By Andrew
Fleming West professor Of Latin in Princeton
author of ''schoolbey Life in Eagland' Illus,
tr 1nnsi Boston: Honghton. Mifiin & Co.
ADVANCED FRENCH PROSE COMPOSITION.
the University Of Michigan New York: Am Amer n
lean Book Company.
PROGRESSION TO IMMORTALITY. By Henry s.
Brooks s author &ort Of "A Catastrophe in Bohemia
ton: VIM. Ballantyne & Sons
Alden, author SD Of Pauline. etc. n T:ustfated
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company.
UNCLE, JED's COUNTRY LETTERS. BY Hilda
Brenton: illustrated. Boston: Henry A. Dick
erman & Son.
MR.. WHITMAN: a Story OF the Brigands BY
Elizabeth Pullen. Boston: Lothrop Publishing
Company.
JOHN GIIDART; an Heroic Poem. By N. E.
Henry-Ruffn. New York: William II. Young
& Co.
THE WAY OF THE WEST; Novel. By General
Charles King. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.
THE SILENT PIONEER. By Lucy Cleaver Nc
E.roy. New York: Thomas P. Crowen & Co.
HERALDS OF EMPIRE. By A. c. Laut. Illus
trated New York: d. Appleton & Co.
A WELSH WITCH. By Allen Raine. New York:
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