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

New York; Doubleday, Page Co.
In the wide interest excited by Mr.. Carne
gies gifts for the foundation of municipal
libraries and the establishment of the Car
negie Institution his own writings have
been generally overlooked. Yet in several
public addresses and in many more maya
zine contributions he has expressed himself
clearly and forcefully on the topics which
he could discuss with most authority. and
such contributions have invariably COM
manded wide attention. This compilation.
under the title THE Empire of Business
is . collection of his most notable writings.
1t will have the effect, no doubt not only
of making permanently available Mr.. Car
negie's most striking utterances, but of
presenting them in such form that their
true import and unquestonable value may
be discerned by thousands of readers. Some
of his opinions will never grow too familiar
TO excite discussion, although expressed at
too great length to be quoted freely. For
example. he says that the secret of rising
from one post to another in business lies
mainly in this: Instead of the question,
WHAT must l do for my employer? sub
stitute What can | do? The rising man
must do something exceptional and beyond
the range of his special department" In
the course of this same paper, The Road
to Business Success. he says again: lone
false axiom you Will often hear, which L
wish to guard you against: Obey orders if
you break owners Don't you do it. This is
no rule for you to follow. Always break or
ders to save owners. Boss your boss
just as soon as you can; try 1t on early.
There is nothing he will like so well if he
is the right kind of a boss"
These brief excerpts will sufficiently in
dictate the breezy directness. the vigorous
language and the everyday diction employ
ed by Mr.. Carnegie. They would COM
mend a book much less valuable intrinsical-
ly- But The Empire of Business" would
find readers on its own merit were the
style very different. 1t covers a wide field
of public questiOns-from the trusts and the
tariff to the "A. b, c of Money it is full
of practical suggestions to the under
clerks of great corporations, and it is writ
ten with full sense of authority by one
who has earned the title of a business sue
cess and commanded the admiration of the
whole world by disbursing his means in
strict accord with his own principles.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERvILLEs: Another
boyle Illustrated. New York: Mcclure. Phil
lips Co. Washington Woodward & Lothrop.
Conan Doyle repented the demise of
Sherlock Holmes in time to resurrect him
with slight diminution of his prestige. 1t
is the same Omniscient, confident. eccen-
trio parsonage who stalks thinly through
the mazes of a mystery, naively acknowl-
edging his wisdom from time to time to his
friend and biOgrapher, DR.. Watson, sur
prising everybody by his sudden shifts OF
plan and always winning his goal. The
medium of his restoration to life is a tale
of the mOOrs of DevOnShire, founded upon
an old family myth about spectral hound
which a scheming kinsman of a baronet
had turned to his murderOuS account to
gain an inheritance. 1t has the absorbing
interest of a well-tOld detective story,
strengthened by the unquestiOnable charnf
of the infallible egOtism of Holmes, whose
occasional epigramS on the qualities of sue
in the nDTaVpliug of crime dplici-
Gus to the last degree. Now and then the
reader who IS not wholly absorbed in the
personality of the famous detective may
detect a trace of satire, perhaps more pro-
nounCed in this latest story than in the
earlier.
MANY WATERS; a Story Of New York By Rob
ert Shackleton. New York: d. Appleton & Co.
Considerable attention has been paid of
late to the possibilities of the great metro
politan newspaper machine as the setting
of novel. and a number of more less
interesting stories have been produced in
consequence. These novels are distinctly
of class They reflect a certain phase of
the American life clearly, but they cannot
be regarded approaching that elusive
ideal which must now always be men
toned in quotation marks, the great
American novel" MANY Waters" Is
among the best of them. 1t wildly de-
scribes the work of the daily newspaper
man associated with one OF the new type
of journals 1t is a defense of the meth
DDS of that class of journalism which has
been designated in the popular mind by the
name of one of the fundamental colOrs.
Two love stories and a scandal. a financial
crime and its sequel, the tragic end of
brilliant journalist and finally a happy fin
ish to the central heart issue form the sub
stance Of the tale. There are bright glimpses
OF bohemian life in the metropolis and
throughout appear signs Of an intimate &C
QuaintanCe by the writer with the scenes
he depicts. 1t is in truth the New York
newspaper man to the life.
THE ROMANCE OF A ROGUE. By Joseph STARTS
Chicago: Herbert ;. Stone & Co.
The time is rather more than century
ago." as the first sentence in the tale an
nounces. the place a coast town of one of
the Atlantic states, the personages include
a couple of adventures. sharpers. crooks
and gamesters, whose schemes involve the
affairs of a group of fairly interesting vii
lage folk. There is broad suggestion of
the situation in the opera of "Erminie' in
the characters and wiles of the two rogues,
one being inclined toward gentility, the
ness and irrepressibilty. The former rogue
believes he has a chance TO turn gentleman
In fact and makes love 20 a village beauty
under the cover of pretended acquaint-
ance with her father. His failure on the
verge of success leaves the field open to
the honest lover. and the rogues take their
departure. seeking new felQS. The story is
entertaining and brightly told. with rather
more reason for its telling than usual.
THE MADNESS OF PHILIP: and Other Tales Of
Childhood by Josephine Dodge Daskam IL
Illustrated 10y +. y. Cory. New York: Mcclure,
Phillips x CO. Washington: Woodward q
Lothrup.
Large enough for the oldest man and
small enough for the youngest boy" de-
clare the stock announcements of the
clothiers- This is the striking characters
tic of Josephine Dodge Daskams stories
Of childhood They interest children.
while they are entertaining adults They
are witty and tender. ingenious in their
selection of types, judiciously reproving of
wrong methods in the treatment OF chill
dren. wholesomely suggestive of better
ways 10 win the young heart. But they
have missionary motive. They are
primarily meant for delightful ends ar
della in Already may be a satire upon the
mistakes Of slum workers, but It chiefly
causes the reader to feel that the posi-
bilities OF humor in contrasts have not
yet been exhausted. Edgar the Choir
Boy Uncdestial," may incidentally reveal
the commercial aspect of the vested choir.
but II primarily introduces a series of
fesh-and-blood personages. old and young,
whose actions are unconfinedly amusing
The Madness Of Philip may likewise af-
ford n commentary uDOu the folly Of biub