Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

Happy. Inc co-authorS quote IroHi ioesois,
and without mercy assail the character ana
motives of Froude In manner to Insure
the persistence of the unfortunate quarrei
for long time. Most of the possible wit
principals. are now dead. so that there Is
little likelihood of definite settlement.
This question may finally take its place
among the unsolved problems Of literary
pleasant. useless disputes ever evoked out
of the personal records of the worlds great
men.
LIFE AND LABOUR OF THE PEOPLE IN LON
DON. By Charles Booth. Assisted by Jesse
Duckworth. Esme Howard. Second Series: In
dustry. In five volumes. New York: The Mac
milan Company Washington: Brentano's.
Charles Booth has now been at work
upon his monumental labor of analysing
the infinite elements of London life for
more than ten years, and although the six
teen volumes comprising the three series,
of which this in hand is the second, have all
been printed, he does not regard his task
as completed For he is constantly finding
new materials and discovering new meth
DDS of classification, necessitating new edi-
tons Of the work. 1t is one of the most
complete surveys of the condition of the
inhabitants of the worlds greatest city that
has ever been made. 1t is Of value and in
while the Industrial and social conditions
vary with the city. there are certain funda-
mental elements which affect the massing
together Of great numbers of people appli-
cable to all climates and all environments.
Mr.. Booth believes that the industrial sit
uatiOn in England is conducive to poverty,
and he holds that there is no more urgent
demand today than for the discovery of
remedies. not to cure the specific Ills. but
to meet the causes. He recognizes the fact
that remedies are now in operation, work.
ing through the medium of the religious
bodies which labor with and for the poor in
London and the sociological enterprises
which in degree effectively supplement
them. But the cure, he thinks lies beyond
all such endeavors are now under way.
There must be a readjuStment. different
distribution of the workers. His statiSti-
cal researches are intended as contributory
to the discovery of such a method as shall
render it possible for the average working
man not alone to maintain himself and his
ia mily, but to better his condition. He
hopes to throw such light on the social and
industrial conditions, by a detailed ex-
posture of the results of the present system.
that the reSiduum of hopeless and inevita-
bic poverty may be reduced to the lowest
possible minimum. His method is scien-
tific, for he believes that only through sci
ence can the truth and the cure be found.
The first of his three series of books dealt
with Poverty" and in four volumes dis
cusSed the very poor of the big city and the
causes of their condition. The second
series, in five volumes, treats of the condi-
ton of the working classes, those capable
of self-support. The third series, in seven
volumes, deals with the Religious Infiu
ences which operate on the poor and the
workers, and treating in detail of the eff
forts of the evangelists and the sociologi-
cal reformers to cure the evils incident to
the hlving of more than four million peo-
pie within confined area.
THE INSIDE HISTORY OF THE CARNEGIE
STEEL COMPANY; A Romance Of Millions.
Aldlne Book Company (The BoOkLover Press.
Mr.. Bridge aroused storm of criticism
some time ago through the publication of a
series of magazine articles dealing with the
great steel companies of the United States
and extolling the services of certain indi-
viduals in the upbuilding of the industry
He declares now in his preface to this book
that the protests which he received from
all parts of the country caused him to de-
termine to investigate at first hand the
records of the various steps which led to
the organization of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany and it's final evolution into the United
States Steel Corporation. The result of his
inquiry is a volume of unusual character.
ana 10 those who care to know the init
mate facts of the development of great in
campaigns, of absorbing interest 1t has
oeen claimed by some who felt aggrieyed at
MI. Brldse hrst writings that he was Mr.. |
Carneg1es private secretary. This he en-
!, pnaucaliy denIes. He was associated with |
Mir Carnegie in the preparation of ..,rrl- |
lmphant Democracy" and has enjoyed an |
intimate personal acquaintance with him. |
In TINS work he is not particular to avoid |
lreadlng on the toes of the steel king and !
ne details the methods of the various pro- |
ceSSeS
created without apparent regard for the |
feelings of any persons His book neces- |
sarlly treats at length of the Homestead |
strike of 1892 and its financial and politicaI |
1t is profusely flIustra ted |
with portraits and scenes in the works and !
mines, and with series of bright marginal |
cartoon sketches, adding to the humor of |
the narrative.
THE DAUGHTER OF A MAGNATE. By Frank |
H r. sP Sarr n. ILLUSTRATED by T. r. Gruger
ton: VIM. Ballantyne & Sons.
Viewed from one standpoint the railroad !
IS one of the most prosaic of institutions. |
Viewed from another point of vantage it is |
one of the most romantic. 1t has been |
only within few years that authors have |
come to appreciate the wonderful posi- |
oilltles for the weaving of stories which lie |
n this great invention of man. Mr.. Spear |
man has done perhaps more than any other |
one writer to illuminate this point of view |
and from it to direct the public attention |
to the fact that beneath the surface of the |
great organizations which run trains and |
carry passengers and freight there lie trag- |
edles and tender romances the equal of any |
that have been imagined by the most fer |
tile brains. In this story of railroadine in |
The far west he outlines the character of |
)ne OF the big men Of the construction sery-
&c, man of rare resource and courage of |
infinite tenderness and a boundless capac-
" Tor love That such man meeting the |
beautiful daughter of magnate" during
4 directors tour under unusual circum- |
stances should lose his heart to her and |
hat eventually she should surrender to his |
siege. is entirely logical. But between cause
ana eHect there sometimes lie many OBJ |
sta cies and diversions, and Glover and Miss |
Brock found their path to happiness fire.
luently blocked. The story is of absorbing !
interest 1t carries the reader far away |
from himself and causes him to marvel at |
he intric3cy of the problems which con- |
stantly confront the men who carry the
Ines of communication through the noun |
-ains and cope with the elements in all |
heir moods.
DUR COUNTRY'S PRIDE THE ARMY AND
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