Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13

him back to her ends in a serious crisis.
which separates them forever 1t is the
inevitable conflict and, perhaps, the newt
able end.
BEAUTIFUL WASHING TON. By John A. Joyce.
Woodward & Lothrop.
Col Joyce knows Washington and loves
1t with an ardor which this little work re-
Veals clearly. 1t is in the nature of a lee
ture. and may later be delivered as such
with lantern-slide illustrations. 1t should
stir the people of the great outside" to a
pitch of enthusiasm for the national cap
ltal, for 1t not only describes the attractions
of the federal city, but dwells upon the
sentiments and the historical associations
here clustered about the signs of national
power. 1t is freely punctuated by appro-
pirate poetical quotations The author de-
clares in his preface that his object In writ
Ing the book is Ito show the world the
great natural, historical and architectural
advantages of Washington city, the most
beautiful capital on the globe"
A G T2MTI En- COLLECTION Is OF THE 2uoTA-
BRARY OF coNGREss. by By Emily 'i Io,se EAU
Waite; Sixth Revised Edition. Baltimore:
Sun Printing Office.
Miss Walters first booklet presenting the
quotations and inscriptions in the Library
of Congress was favorably received az
a help to complete understanding of tho
great pile that she was encouraged from
time to time to enlarge its scope and to i'm
prove its dress The sixth edition. now in
hand, contains much new matter, together
with number of reproductions of mural
paintings. 1t is a catalogue OF the mural
contents of the library, and a compilation
of all the names inscribed upon them, to-
gether with some well-written textual de-
scriptions.
kHu; Departure: BY Stanley olmsted. James
Chrichton and William Clarke. Illustrated 10y
James Chrichton. Washington: The Ncale Pub
fishing Company.
So radical a departure indeed, is "Khu"
that 1t may be doubted whether it will eff
feet much disturbance in the world of let
tiers or thought. 1t is the first Of series
of issues which is Ito appear at intervals
of two or three months" each issue to be
limited to 500 autograph copies, and at a
price which insures that no copy will fall
into the hands of the trffling or the flip
pant. This first number consists of an
abundance Of white margins and a mini
mum of type, with several excellent pen
drawings. The literary piece de resist
ance" is a poem by Mr.. Olmsted, entitled
Luna" which appears to have a subtle
connection with the Introductory remarks,
printed eccentrtcally in elongated triple
columns, In the course of which the trinity
advises the rest of the world, being lunatic,
to die gradually, in order that the three
survivors may proceed with an unexplained
work of regeneration 1t is understood
that this ''semi-occasional periodical is in
the interest of the 'secessionstic'' school
of letters
THE MEANING OF PICTURES. BY John C. Van
Dyke, author of Art for Arts Sake" etc. n
Illustrated. New YoIa: Charles Scribners Sons,
Washington: William Ballantyne Sons.
This is a compilation of a series of six
lectures on art, given by Mr.. Van Dyke
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In
them he sets forth the various points of
view in the estimation of art. He gives
the public's conception of a picture, as
we'll as the painters The work is beau
tifully illustrated with examples of the
masterpieces of many eras.
RESPONDENCES OF THE TALISNAN N3y Sir
Walter Scoto. By Rufus Choate, MD. In
three chapters. Washington: Judd & DetSeiler.
DR. Choate has developed the science of
correspondence to high point and in an
effort to reveal it's mysteries to others
he has prepared n work which is COM
posed of a detailed explanation of the hid
den meaning of the language constituting
the first three chapters of The Talisman,
as disclosed through the application of
the principles underlying the science. He
says in his preface that his work is not
an attempt to write better than Sir Wal
ter Scott. whom he terms that master
of fiction" although he, in fact, does tell
a new story within Scotts novel His
method is to take each phrase of the novel
and to analyze its esoteric meaning. Thus,
the opening words, 1.-THE burning sun
summon forth the following correspond
ing thought: Irresistible ardor. The ex-
preston representing irresistible ardor Is
used three times in this chapter OF The
Talisman, this time referring TO the ardor
for the acquisition of knowledge, when IL
is called the burning sun of Syria Later
we find the expression the burning sun
exhaled from the waters, and again the
surcoat excluded the burning rays of the
sun" Thus is the text analysed and dis
cussed and explained, until the horizon
which usually circumscribes the reader of
the novel is swept away and he fs enabled
to look into infinity.'