Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

of one hand. Now their names are legion.
So many of them are there indeed that it
would seem a futile task to attempt to list
them, but this has been the undertaking
which has resulted in the present large
book, which should really be printed with
in green and gold covers, rather than red.
1t is not strictly a list of millionares, fer
the money limit of the persons included is
100000, according to the statements of the
editors. No attempt has been made to
classify the individuals according to Their
holdings. although that would doubtless
have produced the more interesting result.
Nor is any mention made in single case
Of the estimated wealth of the individual.
All are Jumped together as persons of large
fortunes. and are, divided only according to
states and cities and arranged alphabet
cally under these divisions. 1t is interest
ing to note that 104 of the 3SS pages in the
book are devoted to New York city alone.
including Brooklyn. Chicago boasts of
eighteen pages. Philadelphia twentythree.
and Boston sixteen. The names were Sc
cured from bankers. business men. financial
associations assessors. public officials and
other such authorities, and then subjected
TO a complex system of scrutiny and test
and elimination until $4,000 were finally
chosen as representing the holders of the
countrys wealth above 500 OO0.
McCLuRE.s ANNUAL, CIIILDREN,s FOR 1904.
Edited hy r. w. II. Cros,and. New Yo.k: Nc
Clnre. Phillips & Co. Washington: Woodward
& LOthrop.
Often the effort to interest the children
defeats itself because of the over-laying OF
the material. The Juvenile mind is elemen-
tary and not complex. and grasps most
greedily those means of entertainment
which 1t can most readily understand. In
this McClures. annual the happy medium
has been struck. The material is abund ant,
some of it is new some old and famliarly
welcome, the pictures are bright and nu-
nd I,oY>
which is certain to attract the child fmme-
diately. The contents include Mother Goose
rhymes. new jingles, stories and quaint
drawings, the color printing which has been
employed in many cases being exceptioaal-
ly we'll done. 1t is q gem of picture book
for little folks
THE WAY OF THE SEA. b. Norman Du"e an.
author of The Soul OF tn, Street" New Y ,rk:
Mcclure. Phillips & Co. Washington: Wood
ward 4 LOthrnp.
The fisher folk of Newfoundland their
quaint speech. their hardihood. sufferings
and simple joys are set forth by the author
with bold and strong strokes. The way of
the sea in Newfoundland. according to his
story. is to bring tragedy and sorrow into
most lives. and the story is nothing If not
realistic.
FALK. BY Joseph Conrad. New York: Mcclure.
Phillips 4 Co. Wash .ng,on: Woodward &
I-othrop.
Lovers of sea stories remember, Youth"
another OF Mr.. Conrads vivid sketches.
His latest work possesses some of the mys-
ticism which characterized YOUTH" and
is none the less interesting because of that
The story of the man who had eaten man
and felt himself an outcast is told in
"Falk" Two other short stories are In
Guided in the volume.
AN APACHE PRINCESS. by G,n. Charles King
Daughter thA Siouy IL
lustrated.. New Yo:k: The Hobart Company.
This is another of General Kings fasci-
mating stories of border life and Indian
warfare 1t has a charming thread OF
sentiment in the harsher, woof of bad men
and bad times