Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

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ming copy. 1t gives great deal of sound
advice in a lucid manner. and in general
terms makes the man acquainted with his
house.
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Trans
lated by Edward Fitzgerald. New York: The
Century Company.
This is an addition to the "Thumb-Nail
Series from the Centurys press. These
little volumes are of exquisite workmanship
and design. the cover designs. in embossed
leather, being the work of Mrs. Blanche
McManus Mansfield. The present edition
bination of the rose and the vine in COM
bination with conventional lines which
frame the admirably executed blossoms ana
punches Of fruit. The text itself Is supple
mented by John Hays classic essay on
Omar Khayyam, which was given first ut
terance as an address before the club OF
that name in London in December 1897.
GEE-BoY. By Cyrus Lauron Hooper. New York:
John Lane.
Gee-Boy was a curious little chap, all
questions and fears and theories as to the
meaning Of the world and its Inhabitants.
both human and animal. He threaded his
way through life in pleasant company.
reached mans estate with the scars of sor-
rows on his heart and went to war to re-
ceive a wound and to find his soul awak-
ened within a hurt body. Then he returns
to his reward. The story of his career is
told beautifully. with keen, subtle sym
pathy and an evident appreciation of the
requirements and limitations of the child
mind. Gee-Boy gets hold of the heart
strings.
roMoRROw's TANGLE. By Geraldine Bonner
Illustrated by Arthur l. kellar. Indianapolis:
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
In this striking novel Of the far west dur
ing and after the great gold rush of the
mid-century, Miss Bonner has told how the
misdeeds of yesterday make "tomorrow's
tangle." The complications resulting from
a mid-mountain exchange of a sick woman
for pair of strong horses in after years
affect tragica1ly the life of the heroine Of
the novel. Jake Shackleton turns Mormon
on his way out west to seek his fortune.
but finds 1t expedient to his progress to drop
one of his wives-the weaker one-On the
wayside. She falls into the hands Of Dan
| Moreau. a kindly, impractical, impulsive
miner. and her life is saved. Circumstances
compel them to live together. The laws are
lax, and she cannot easily secure a divorce
from her recreant husband. For twenty
five years she and Moreau live happily.
Shackleton's daughter. reared as Moreau's
child. develops a wonderful voice, and on
Moreaus death she hopes to utilize it for
the support of her mother and herself.
Then ShackletOn, now one of the bonanza
kings of the coast, re-enterS the scene for
| a time. Complications follow rapidly, and
| the story all but ends in a catastrophe. AS
| it is. there is much suffering in it. A vivid
r,inf 1ra iS draw nf fhn ifp in, Sar FRO,
cisco during the seventies. 1t is story of
unusual power and subtlety, a story to be
| remembered and to succeed in the race for
popularity.
! CALDERON's PRISONER. By Alice Duer Miller.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Two stories are contained in this volume,
"Calderon's Prisoner being the longer,
Cyril Vane's Wife" the shorter. Both re-
| fleet a study of or acquaintance with Cen
| trail America. The title story is chiefly set
| in the imaginary republic of Santiago,
where Miss Lea. a wealthy American girl,
| is visiting the family of a violent opponent
of the government. Santiago is in the
throes of characteristic revolution while
| she Is there, but she sees but little of the
country or the excitement. for she spends
| the greater part of her time as the prisoner
| of Mariana Calderon, brother of the presi-
| dent and commandant of the forces, who
captures her while she is on her way from
| the beleaguered revolutionists with a mes
| sage to their allies. and holds her close. 1t
| is a cleverly told tale of the growth of an
affection which, as is often the case, orgi-
mates in a violent hatred. Cyril Vane 5
Wife is a far less pleasant story, involy-
| ing the irrational separation of q man and
wife who should be perfectly happy to-
gether Circumstances later point unmis-
! takably to his death, and his supposed
widow marries again. Later she and her
second husband visit Central America to
examine into some property which is hers
| by right of her succession to Vanes estate.
There affairs hasten to crisis and there
| is sudden change in the relations of the
three people. Disagreeable though the
| theme may be, the matter is we'll prepared.
BARLAscH OF THE GUARD. By Henry Seton
Merriman. Illustrated by the kidneys New
York: Mcclure. Phillips & Co. Washington:
Woodward & L0thrOp.
| The city of Dantzig lay on the path of
Napoleon's march to and from Moscow 1t
| had suffered severely in the past, and was
| finally caught between the French and Rus
| sian forces at the close of the disas trous
| campaign of 1912. Within it lived an old
violin player. Sebastian by name, In whose
house an old French soldier, Barlasch, was
| quartered by billet. Barlasch recognizes in
! Sebastian's face a reminder of the Terror
| and something within him stirs at the rec
| objection of the old days before Paris went
mad. He becomes friends" too, with De-
stree. Sebastians daughter who has just
| married young French captain, Charles
| The story deals with the adventures of
Desiree. whose husband is called away on
| duty Immediately after the ceremony He
proves later to be a spy on the movements
of Sebastian. one of the leaders of the great
| secret society, the Tugenbund. organized to
| free Prussia from the French. Barlasch
shows himself a hero in the search for
Charles in after days, when the young off,
Ger is betrayed by his own fellow-spy Into
| the story. too. comes Louis dArragon.
Charles cousin. straight into the heart
of Desiree, although she is true to
her false husband until convinced of his
| miserable death on the snow-covered Rus
| sian plains. Barlasch dies martyr to her
a splendid death. worthy the man. The
| story is filled with scenes of suffering,
| strongly painted pictures of the Moscow
campaign. including vivid one of the
| burning of that ancient city. The illustra-
| tons. contributed by Mr.. and Mrs Kinney,
are strong and characteristic aids to the
| readers appreciation of the story.