Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27

Margaret Fuller was one Of the most bril-
liant members Of that great Concord group
Of thinkers and writer's of which Emerson,
Thoreau. Hawthorne and Lowell formed a
part. Her genitS was then unquestoned
and 1t Is not now doubted that had she
lived to greater age-she would have i'm
pressed 1t most deeply upon American let
ters AS it was She shone conspicuously in
her conversations, while her writings, con-
tributed to magazines and newspapers.
were chiefly discursive and not calculated
to remain as great monuments to attest to
succeeding generations to her extraordi-
nary gifts. During her sojourn in New
York, prior to her departure for Europe on
the journey in the course of which she mar
ried Ossoli and on the return from which
she was drowned at sea, she lived in the
home of Horace Greeley and wrote extern
sively for the New York Tribune, under
his editorship. 1t was there that she met
James Nathan, then a merchant, later a
banker, whose name was afterward
changed by act of Congress to James Gro
tendorf. A friendship arose between them,
and it resulted in a correspondence, her
contributions to which are now for the first
time given to the public. Judging from the
letters themselves and the predatory and
explanatory matter accompanying them, 1t
is no mistake to style them love letters"
of deep attachment between Miss Fuller
and Mr.. Nathan sufficient to justify the
term. Mr.. Nathan, in statement written
In 1873 explanatory of the letters, says Of
them: "Of correspondence like this so
infinitely frank, confiding and truthful, it
Is but proper that some passages and let
tiers be withheld" This is the only indica-
ton he gives of greater attachment than
warm friendship. If it was a genuine
love affair that existed between them it
was on high spiritual plane. They dis
close the gentler side of Margaret Fuller 8
character, which was sometimes ObScured
her satire. The biographical matter, save
that of Julia Ward Howe, has all been
previously published.
author Of I'm the Country God Forgot Illus
trated by Harry E. Townsend. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
The first novel from this pen was I'M
mistakably strong and impressive. 1t gave
great promise of exceptional performances
in the future. But 1t may be questioned
whether this second work is up to that ex-
pectation. The scene Is shifted from the
arid sands Of the southwest to the city
of San Francisco, and, although there re-
main indications of the same power OF
which marked In the
God Forgot" the story lacks the
atmospheric effect of that novel, 1t is
study of temperaments, a conflict between
the love and nonor of journalist who
has served as guardian to a young news
paper artist. To save him from the worst
phases of Bohemian life he moves with
him to poor quarter of the city, where
they find lodgings with a pOliceman'S fam
lily. There they meet some young people
Of superior Qualities, and the relations
formed in this group lead to the romance
and it's results. There is good deal Of
misty writing here and there, which OBJ
scures the context and hampers the flow
of the story. Yet it is all pitched in
l:igh key and makes good reading and
is more wholesomely productive of thought
than the average novel of this sort.
carnation. By Edward s. Van Zile, author of
with Sword and Crucifx,'' etc. Illustrated
by Hy Mayer. New York: The Smart Set Pub
fishing Company.
These three short stories have already
in magazines, but their collection
into covers is justified. inasmuch as they
deal with similar subjects. They tell OF
the results of some remarkable tricks
played by one Perkins. who does not ap-
pear in the text, but who the author
declares has been the deus ex machina of
a most extraordinary series of experiments
in the transferance of souls. In one story
and pass one bewildering day in the out
ward forms thus thrust upon them. In
another most unmusical New Yorker Is
visited occasionally by the spirit of Chopin
and made the medium of masterful tall
ent for piano playing. In the third story
a babys body is possessed by an older
to the utter mystification Of
nurses, parents and Deighbors. There is
much excellent foolery in the tales, and
the sensibilities of those who sincerely be-
lieve in reincarnation are not necessarily
shocked by 1t.
OUR EUROPEAN NEIGHBoRs SERIES Edited
IN Town AND COUNTRY. By Jessie Broch-
ner. Illustrated New York: G. P. Putnam's
Sons. Washington: Woodward Lothrop.
Although situated in a conspicuous po-
sition, on what is now one of the busiest
sea roads in the old world, Denmark has
of late years fallen somewhat out of in
ternational notice. Politically 1t is of no
Importance, save as a buffer state. In
dustrially 1t is too small to cope with the
great powers with which 1t Is surrounded.
1t is quiet in its habit and transformations
in it's court life. Thus 1t is generally dis
regarded. Yet it contains much that is in
teresting and instructive. This volume
tells its story, or rather that of its people,
in satisfactory style, with many details
intimate 1am1llar1ty. i ne IN
telectual life of the Danes is particularly
dwelt upon, showing that mental attain
ments are highly regarded by all classes.
This is an important item in series which
has already proved of exceptional value
in educating the western mind in the ways
and manners of the peoples across the
BY ]. Laurence LaughIin. Phi. D..
professor of political economy in the University
of Chicago, and II. Parker Willis. Phi. D., pro-
fessor of economics and political science in
Washington and Lee University. New York
The Baker & Taylor Company Washington
VIM. Ballantyne Sons.
Reciprocity has become one of the prin-
cipal issues in American politics. 1t was
the subject of President McKinley's last
public utterance. 1t has proved since his
death to be the rock threatening the split
of the republican party into factions. 1t
promises to become the chief contention
in the presidential campaign of next year.
Therefore the present volume Is of unu-
sual value, presenting, as it does, the his
tory of the reciprocity movement, with
consideration of the arguments which have
been adduced in dts behalf and which APP
ply particularly to the present situation.