Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14

! theme. 1t is interesting not only as a story
| but as an example of the fiction of the pc.
] ROD The illustrations are especially suited
| to the book, being fine reproductions of the
most famous paintings of the Magdalen,
fourteen in all. and themselves illustrative
of the art of the middle ages.
THE OUTLOOK FAIRY BOOK FOR LITTLE
PEOPLE. BY Laura Wilmington. Illustra tions
pany.
This is a compilation of the best fairy
lore, from such sources as the Grimm
brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Jean
Mace, Sven Grundtvig. ]. Kulda. Rosemont
and others less well known. Fragments
from poems and songs and legends from
the Irish are added. The whole is attract
i've and wholesome. The pictures are ex-
cellent and give the young reader a clear
vision of the personages of the tales.
NOTE BOOK OF AN ADOPTED MOTHER: Elk.
perience in the Home Training Of a Boy. By
Eleanor Davids. New York: E. p. button L
Mrs. Davids, which is not the authors
real name, although her book is diary.
believes that home is far better place
for children than a Home. She says: "All
over this broad land there are homeless
children and there are chldless homes +"
Why not readjust? Many people shrink
from the experiment of adopting q child
VIM iidS poSSeSS DdQ TRAITS. others DO not
wish to disturb their placid routine. The
author of these notes holds that the expert
ment is not so startling after ALL especially
II the foster parents take great pains in
me framing of their proteges as they would
with children of their own. Her book is
absorbingly interesting. 1t tells the story
OF years experience with little Stanley
who justifies all the trouble he causes and
rewards his adopted mother with love and
honesty and good behavior The hook Is
unquestionably transcript of an actual
experiment, even though the author begs
the privilege of concealing her identity un-
der nom de plume.
THE LITERARY GUILLOTINE By :? New
York: John Lane.
These papers, originally published in 1.-THE
Reader have scored an undeniable hit as
being among the cleverest commentaries on
current literature which have been written
FOR many day. One by one, or sometimes
IN pairs, the authors of popular fiction are
nailed before the court, consisting supposed-
~ OF Marx Twain, Oliver Herford and NV
SER, with Charles Battell Loomis annear
ing for the prosecution. They are charged
with many crimes, some of which are very
comical. The questions and cross-ouestions
lirea at the unhappy authors by the court
ana the prosecutor and the replies in do
Tense give evidence of a hieb grada of
critical ability twisted into the form of
humorous expression. The sentences are
various and appropriate There is notbino
SIRIUS ABOUT the book unless tne reader
chooses to read into it a profound meaning
II Is all in good fun, expressive of some Of
ne popular and critical judgments unon
tne au.hors and works named, and nrovnca-
i've Oh much hearty laughter.
TIE Er,I YOUTHS COMPANION SERIES - THE
Rnlto, VI STATE: By Those at the Helm
IN TINS admirable series of short articles
"Nioh originally appeared al greater length
III the ouths Companion, are outlined the
functions of the federal government and its
chheI opponents. 1t is a thorough course of
instruction for the young America, in bo1,,
the nation Is managed and the authors
who prepared the papers are sufficiently
eminent to give the work a semi-offcial
character and add greatly to it's value. The
initial chapter on THE Presidency" was
written by Theodore Roosevelt while he
was governor of New York and without
thought of the immnence of his occu-
patton OF the White House. Senator Lodge
contributes articles ON The Life of
senator and How Foreign Treaties Are
Made Former Secretary John d. Long
a s.Eps Writes Writes, Two TWO, How Jack Lives" and
late THOMAS B. Reed on 1.-THE Life of a
Congressman" and one by the late William
L. Wilson on THE American Post Office"
were prepared early IN the SERIES Justice
Brewer contributes a chapter on the Su-
preme Court William Cary Sanger. for
mer assistant secretary of war tells How
Our Soldiers Are Fed" while Quarter
the Army is Clothed" William r. Day.
former Secretary of State and now asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme Court writes
about Good Manners ard Diplomacy" and
John K. Richards, solicitor general gives a
view of Uncle Sans Law Business"
NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE: History Written for
Boys. By William c. Spregue, Editor of The
American Boy" IlIustra ted. New York: A.
Vessels Company. Washington: Brentano's
All boys are more or less interested in
the career of the Little Corporal His
figure attracts them as that of one of the
worlds greatest soldiers. They know lit
tie, of course, about the violent contro-
versies which have ragged and are even
yet raging about his fame. and they care
no whit for the issues of politics which
his remarkable rise and fall precipitated.
This condensed and carefully prepared
story of his life is calculated to give them
just what they want and cannot find in
sumption. 1t covers all the phases of the
NapOleonic career and describes his bat
ties sufficiently to enable the intelligent
boy to understand the principles underly-
ing them and their results. The illuStra-
tons are reproduced from paintings.
NJ.
DeWolfe Howe. Illustrated by Louis A. Hol-
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Another book about Boston! Old as the
city is, often as it has been described, illus
trated, sung and storied, there yet remains
in the theme an inspiration for him who
truly loves 1t. And there are many thou
sands of Bostonians who love it to the linn
it's of passion, who reverence its tradi-
lions and landmarks, who step softly in the
places hallowed of history. 1t is sometimes
complained by these ardent Bostonians that
the old time fervor of the people is depart
ing, that Boston is being commercialized
and becoming cosmopolitan until it is in
danger of losing caste and character. This
may be true. and perhaps that is the rea-
son for this new Boston book. to serve as
a check upon the leveling process which
threatens to rob the Hub of it's especial dis
tinction and to remove its relics. Mr.. Howe
is a Bostonian of the Bostonians. He has
studied and delved and written and edited
the Boston theme for years. He Is per-
haps today the most conspicuous of the
writer's of the former literary center of
the United States. Former is quoted to
acknowledge his own confession contained
in the CHAPTER in which he describes the de-