Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05


tention while running as a serial. and it is
already one of the assured successes of the
season. This fact is due to two reasons,
first because the title is attractive and
provocative of curiosity; second because the
book is itself worthy. The title is happy
combination. 1t hints at story with a
deeply religious setting AS a matter of
fact, the little shepherd is dog, while
Kingdom Come" is mountain settlement
In eastern Kentucky. The little shepherd"
fades out of the story as it progresses. to
reappear at the close in a manner to indi-
cate that the author has drawn his chief
inspira ton from the thought of absolute
fidelity, as typifed by the sheep dog, Jack
This animal is worthy Of larger place in
the story. His master is an attractive,
manly young fellow who rises by dint OF
sheer worth from the status of woods
colt" or juvenile tramp, to a distinguished
position in society and an honorable rank
in the Union army. For the tale is of the
war between the sections. and it wildly
reproduces, with only a faint tinse of par
tsanship, the conditions prevalent in Ken
lucky during that strife, when she stood
neutral as commonwealth, while her sons
divided between the two forces. The action
incident to the war theme is chiefly descrip-
tive OF the Morgan raids. Mr.. Fox has
drawn vivid picture of the organization
whose name was a terror to the unioniStS
of Ohio and Indiana during the early years
of the war. He closes in minor key, al
though there is no question as to the future
happiness of the young man in whose for
tunes the reader is deeply concerned. 1t
would have been perhaps more to the gen.
eral liking had it been artistically possible
to permit the aged dog to rejoin his former
master at the close of the story. Yet
Chads decision to force the dog to remain
with the old woman with whom he had
lived throughout the war was characteris-
tic.
MY FRIEND ANNABEL LEE By Mary MacIane
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
+ This second book by the young woman
from Butte. Montana" indicates pretty
clearly that she takes herself altogether
seriously. That is a point gained for the
public's information and guidance. Miss
MacLane considers herself genius. True,
she said so herself in her first book, but
tFat may have been merely a pose. Now
she does not say SO. although she let's her
friend Annabel Lee. who Is Japanese stat
uette. tell her so now and then. 1t cannot
be denied that Miss MacLane has genius of
a certain sort. the genius for SUGGEST Il ror-
etition, for instance. She can pad out her
chapters with remarkable success. 1t is
easy to believe that her publishers used
no condensing blue pencil her manu-
script. Else 1t had shrunk to one-half the
size. Else would they have declined to
permit her to devote two whole pages to
reprint Of Three Grains of Corn" Else
would they have left out some of the chap
tiers altogether. they being devoid of moro
than certain monotony of iteration. Mary
MacLane has evidently sought to devise a
new school Of literature. that of the prose
chant. Once in while she says some
thing that sounds clever. Perhaps 1t is
the solemn way she says it, at any rate,
this second book is not obnoxious on the
score of violating the tenets Of good taste
She raves no longer for the devil to come
neither does she grow indicate in her
personal mention of herself. The PORTRAIT
frontispiece shows that she is good look
ing young woman. This may b. due to the
influence of Boston. where shz wrote her
new book.
CHARACTER READING. BY Mrs Symes Akron,
Ohio: The Saalfeld Publishing Company.
The republication of the work on ply
siognomy by John Casper Law ate-, who
wrote and preached in Zurich nearly two
hundred years ago. would be quite rs In
structive is this new handbook OF the
rules of judging human traits by the ex
ternals Lavater's rules were fundamental
and sound. Mrs. Syme presents these same
truths. with a few variations, in moro
modern and perhaps less fascinating style.
THE SAINT OF THE DRAGONS DALE; Fan
tastic Tale. BY William Stearns Davis, author
of "A Friend Of Caesar etc. Illustrated. New
York: The Macmillan Company. Washington:
Ercntanos.
The atmosphere of medieval Germany Is
faithfully reproduced in this short story of
a hermit who had acquired the odor Of
sanctity. The author has employed style
BETTING to his theme and has rendered an
unusually fascinating tale. Superstition,
force and love are blended artistically.
BACHELOR BIGoTRIES Illustrated by A. F.
Wnlmarth San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co.
This little book has twin title pages. One of
them is approximately as given above. The
other reads: Bachelor Bigotries; Compiled
by an Old Maid and Approved by a Young
Bachelor; Illustrated by an Ex-Bachelor;
Published by Young Married Man." This
illustrates the scope of the sentiments ex-
pressed in the course of the quotations
from a wide field of authors on the SUBJ
jects of marriage and single blessedness.
In this anthology the compiler has culed
weeds as as flowers. Some of the ex-
tracts are of the caustic sort, almost pois-
onous. Others are beatiflc In their exalta-
ton of the married state. The spirit of
good ma tured fun runs through the pages
which are arranged as calendar.
PARSIFAL; A Mystical Drama by Richard Wag-
ner. Retcld In the Spirit Of the Bayreuth In
srpretaton by Sve1 Muck Thona Illustrated ravs Sy
$50
This new version of "Parisifal'' comes OPP
portunely, just Director Conreid and
Frau Wagner are In the thick of their
controversy over the formers right to pro-
duce the music drama in this country. Yet
Mr. Huckel tells US in his preface that he
has been at work on his translation for ten
years. He has chosen to present the text
In narrative STYLE rater than the usual
dialogue of a play. Much Of the great
drama is expressed by the action much
more by the music. and a great deal by
the settings. so that only by means of
descriptive account can an adequate con-
ception of the drama be given. Mr.. Huckel
seeks no unusual word effects. Indeed his
style is rather simple. He disclaims literal
ness in his translation and notes that he
has gone a-field to secure impressions from
the entire range of Grail literature, whether
Of the French, German or English schools.
His product is paraphrase of smooth quail
ity and 1t has been given a fine typograp hic
dress in keeping.
NEW HARLEM, PAST AND PRESENT; The
Story of an Amazing Civic Wrong, Now at Last
to be Righted By Carl Horton Pierce. With
a Review of the Principles of Law Involved In
the Recovery of the Harlem Lands, by William