Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

"a
full and diverting work in its own right.
The publishers have given to Il an apDros
pirate typographical setting and q hand
some binding.
she THAT MEsITATEs. BY Harris Dickson. en-.
thor OF The Black VOLTS Breed" Illustrated
py T. NJ Reiyea- Indiana polis: The Bobbs
Merrill Company.
The action OF this interest-compelling no.
nance shifts between Dresden. Wo.fea.
buttel. the capital of Brunswick; Torgau in
Poland, Thorn In Russia. and finally New
Orleans Peter is Car of Russia and In or
der to prevent an alliance between him and
Brunswick. Swedish statesmen and agents
PLOT to prejudice the mind of Charlotte, the
princess of that duchy. against Alexis, the
ezar's heir. young Frenchman is en-.
pioyed for this service and he succeeds SO
well that he falls in love with the girl and
she with him. That upsets the plans of the
plotters and also of the rulers of Russia
ana brunswick, and so the story becomes
complex and vividly Interesting. 1t pre-
sehts picture of Russian bestialty.
rev gltmpses of Peter himself in his bet'e or
moods and a panorama of Brunswick
Eventually the heroine. in order to pare
herself from utter disgrace. indeed to save
her HE fiees from Russia. where she has
gone as the bride of Alexis. and joins her
lover in the new world Alexis has died
meanwhile so that when she arrives at New
Orleans she is free TO wed the one who
is admirably told save for the frequency
with which it is brought to a false climax.
From repeated heights IL sinks to lige
again. until the reader is caused 40 wonder
why the author finally chose to bring it 10
an end at all.
THE SCARLET BANNER. BY Felix Dahn. Trans
lated from the German by Mary J. Sr ford.
translator OF "A Captive of the Roman Eagles"
etc. chicngo: A. c. McCIurg & Co.
1t is the time of the Vandal occupation of
southern Europe. OF the height of Justin
ian's reign at Constantinople. of the glory
of Carthage under the conquerors of the
Romans. 1t is time of RIGHTEOUSNESS and
corruption. intrigue and fierce battling
The scarlet banner. symbol of the great
Nandal power, flies over the northern edge
or Africa, but its shadow falls upon a cor
rupted, weakened people. Their new kins,
Gelimer, cannot arouse them in season to
a proper sense of danger. Justinian in
spired by his crafty queen. Theodore, wages
war on the Vandals. Belisarius leads the
invading armies and conauers Gelimer
faIlS but greatly, and his defeat is honor
able. The story, In the course of which
this situation is set forth. is aylow with
brilliant coloring. Some of the descriptions
are surprisingly beautiful and dramatic
Others. however, suffer from the method
employed. that of indirection, the author
telling his tale occasionally through the
medium of another narrator. Sometimes
lfuS ieduS 10 CONFUSION ana oNerlaylnH OF
detail. but out of the mass stands forth
strongly the great strength of Gelimer's
character.
ior Maids By Anne Story Allen. FrontIspiece
Washington w. II. Lowdermiik Il Co.
These two young bachelor maids were
drawn together by the maelstrom of The
metropolitan currents and together they
Jared until separated again by the influence
of other tides. which carried each TO her
own matrimonial haven. In the course Of
their journey they had some quaint and
delightful and sometimes trying expert
ences. all of which are related with a
charming fiuency and pquant humor in
the person of one of the girls. The little
hook gives peep into a corner of New
YCrk's Bohemia.
THE METRE OF MACBETH: Its Relation TO
Shakespeare's Earlier and Later Work. BY
David Lanrance Chambers. AM Princeton. ".
Sit siiy The Graduate School of Princeton uniVef-
Mr.. Chambers, who Is we'll known here
having entered Princeton from Washington
has in a remarkably short time achieved
for himself distinct reputation as a palms.
taking and brilliant student of literature.
His work in collaboration with DR.. Henry
Van Dyke in the compilation of selection
OF Tennyson's poems, recently published
indicated the high standards of his taste.
In original research. however, he has been
especially active, as this volume on tie
Macbeth meter indicates. Mr. ChamberB
original purpose in approaching the subject
year and a half ago was to indicate by
concrete examples the general place of the
Macbeth meter in Shakespeares versifica-
ton. But Immediately he discovered that
little had been determined by the author
tiles on this subject of the metrical changes
in IO ka-f nd i've ry h.. sat
himself the task Of computing from orig
iaai and already acquired data whatever
might be deduced in the way OF a rule OF
development. In its final form his essay
shows when certain metrical phenomena
appeared In ShakeSpeare's work. why they
appeared. as far as that can be determined,
and what stage they had reached in Mac
beth. The subject is Of especial interest to
all students of Shakespeare and the litera-
ture of his period.
TIE LITTLE PEOPLE. by l.. Allen Harker New
York: John Lane.
Occasionally comes along one who has
never quite grown up. one who has de-
veioped his body and mind but retained
his child's heart, which can beat in SYM
pothy with other children. who have yet
to learn the sadness of life. OF such is
Mr.. Harker, whatever his age. He has
that great gift the capacity Cor taking
the childs point of view and from It stat
ing the childs experiences in the language
and with the dignity and pathos Of adult
expression. These short stories are OF
this kind tender little romances and sad
little tragedies and amusing little comedies.
chiefly English, occasionally Irish. They
are to be read by the gr'Uwn-ups. and IL
those who read them do not feel more
sympathetic for the little people" then
there is no health in them. And again,
these stories may be read by the children.
for they will understand much that per-
haps escapes the adult mind. although they
may not quite understand the subtIeties
which Mr.. Harker permits himself IN tbs.
knowledge that he is speaking straight to
the grown-up for that persons benefit.
They are notable stories. all of them.
THE BARoNET IN CoRDU ROY. By Albert Lee,
author of The Key Of the Holy House." &c.
New York; ID. Appleton & Co.
Anne is Queen of England and James.
her brother. is the Pretender. In England
men of rank and wealth plotting for
his return. but the fates adverse There
is much intrigue, and into the darK current
of conspiracy Is swept Sir Eustaee Ceiy.
the last of a house of pr )fiigates.
He Is at the end of his resources when to
London comes Eilenor Froude. heiress. in
with Mistress Boydell her chap