Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
THE BANNER OF BLUE. BY S. r. Crockett. au-
thor of The Stickit Minister" etc. New York:
Mcclure. Phillips & Co

less specially informed by chance or
through research. is likely to be somew ha t
confused by the repeated references to the
two 'kirks." between which so bitter a
quarrel exists. Few writer's of what has
been styled the kali yard school seem to
think it necessary to descend to particu-
lars, although this schsm plays ordinarily
most important part in the narrative.
Mr. Crockett has therefore rendered a
service to all who are now or who may
later become members of the cult of Scotch
dialect stories by basing his latest novel
on the great separation of the churches in
the middle of the last century. The issue.
1t appears. rested upon the right of the laird
to nominate the parish minister regardless
OF the wishes of the parishioners. The Sc
cession caused great bitterness and many
serious troubles. In THE Banner of 6luc"
the reader is given fair acquaintance with
the conditions which preceded and followed
the division. The story develops somewhat
sluggfshly, but follows rapid pace in the
later stages. Indeed, 1t is rather too rapid
at times. 1t permits not enough of q viaw
of the factors which so suddenly developed
the character of John Glendonwyn. who,
out of unpromising material, makes a
preacher of the accepted degree of serious
ness, earneStneSS and ability. 1t is an in
teresting and as explained an instructive
story. Told from various points of view the
smoothness of the texture is marred, and
with questionable advantage.
EMMY LOU; Her Book and Heart. BY George
Madden Martin Illustrated by Charles Louis
Hinton. New York: Mcclure Phillips 4 Co.
Washington: Woodward 4 Lothrop.
Emmy Lou has already made her bow and
has been taken into the great warm heart
of the reading public. She is one of the
dearest little girls who ever went to pri-
mary school and copied digits." Others
than the little boy who snapped her fingers
with an elastic band and then gave her
gold-covered slate pencil as a peace offer
Ing have lost their hearts to her. But En-
my Lou is a missionary as well as a dear
little girl. She teaches a great lesson IN
pedagogy, though she does not know it.
She shows what mistakes teachers make
with children. some forced upon them by
conditions. others the result of tempera-
ment. In the book now composed of the
original Emmy Lou stories the career of
that interesting young woman is carried
forward to the time when she first begins
to turn her mind from studies to dancing;
to the momentous day when she looks in
the mirror and sees a pretty face there. 1t
will be interesting some day to hear what
became of Emmy Lou after she found that
she was pretty.
DONOVAN PASHA: and Some People of Egypt.
BY Gilbert Parker. New York: d. Appleton &
DonoNdH IdSld is lile lllle given ny
Mr. (Sir Gibert Parker to a British officer
in the service of Khedive Ismail. A slender
young fellow with some erratic traits, he
was nevertheless truth itself, and, that
marvel of the times. honest In the midst of
one of the most corrupt courts of the old
world. He enjoyed the absolute confidence
of the khedive saved him from doing more
foolish things than actually went on rec
nj vaI Of he
Samaritan. These short stories are not
them of Donovan. But he progresses and
develops in his character and when at last
he promises TO go with Abdalla, leader of
the people, into the Sudan to Join Gordon
on which condition alone Abdalla Will go
he disappears from the pages. The stories
do not cast light upon his fate, but 1t is
not difficult to foresee 1t. Just why the au-
thor did not add another installment to
finish off the admirable career of this de-
lightful young man Is to be surmised, prob
ably on grounds of his artistic sense The
tales have heretofore been published but
in a very much scattered form, and their
collection now is clear gain to light liter
ature. Had two or three of them been
omitted from the book, as not bearing on
the career of Donovan, and thus breaking
the continuity of the theme, the effect
would have been heightened, even though
they are good stories themselves.
JUST so STORIES; for Little Children. BY Rud
yard Kipling. Illustrated by the Author. New
York: doubleday. Page & Co. Washington:
Vim. Ballantyne & Sons.
Nine Of these twelve stories have APP
peared from time to time in the magazines.
These are "How the Whale Got His Tiny
Throat" How the Camel Got His Hump"
How the Rhinoceros Got His Wrinkly
Skin" 1.-The Elephants Child" 1.-The Be-
ginning of the Armadillos, " 1.-The Sing Song
of Old Man Kangaroo" How the Leopard
Got His Spots" How the First Letter Was
Written" and 1.-The Cat That Walked by
Himself" The others now added to the
volume are How the Alphabet Was
Made" 1.-THE Crab That Played with the
Sea" and 1.-The Butterfly That Stamped
These added ones are in the same vein as
their predecessors and the illustrations are
all of a new school Of art. Mr.. Kipling Is
by no means poor illustrator. Possibly
an instructor in an art school would chido
him for some of his lines and combinations.
But no child is apt to question his skill or
his taste. especially as every picture is ac-
companied by a full explanation which
permits no question Of the meaning. The
stories are familiar explanations OF some of
the phenomena Of natural history. Amer
icas Uncle Remus told tales somewhat
similar, but in dialect. whereas Mr.. Kip
ling eschews all save the direct and simple
language understood by childhood. The
hour for little folks, and perhaps prove en-
Pertaining to children Of larger growth as
we'll
THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN. BY James
Whitconb Riley. Illustrated by ]. w. Eawter
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
tom William Ballantyne Sons
Whitcomb Riley-hoosiers fondly call him
Jim" but the more distant east likes to
think of him otherwise-has solved child
hood In terms Of rhyme and rhythm. While
his "grown-up'' poems are keenly appreci-
ated by his public, those which tell Of the
little ones and appeal directly to them are
perhaps most characteristic and most en-
joyable In this volume another book is
added to the collection of child verse, and
there is no sign Of let-down from the old
familiar Riley swing. Its illustrations are
excellent and some Of the poems will be-
come widely familiar. One of the happiest
of the short ones in the collection is "A
Parent Reprimanded"
Sometimes l think at Parunts does
Things list about as bad as us
Wife before our vurry eyes, at that!
Fer time Pa he scold my Ma
Cause he can't find his hat:
An she list cried, she did! An
Says, "Ef you scold my Ma
Ever again an make her cry,
Wv, you shan't be my Par
An men he laugh an find his hat
Ist wife where Ma she said It's att