Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18

sIsSs5,s%s realistic and
THE QUALITY OF YOUTH, By Louis Evan
shipman. author Of "D'Arcy of the Guards"
&C. &C. Illustrated. New York sc0tt-Thaw Com
This is an entertaining story of the ad-
ventures Of a young American in Paris in
the latter part of the eighteenth century
He is a daring. fluent youngster. and he
soon has experiences which give him pause.
He first meets Sir Richard Keightley. and
after finding him a pleasant companion is
put to the necessity of defending himself
from an attack by the maudli9 baronet and
later taking away his valet. all on account
of serving maid at an inn whom the Eng
nshman has tried to kiss. Then, Of course.
he must needs fall In love with an English
heiress whom Keightley Is trying to win.
and the two eventually fight duel, In
which the young American scores a sue
cess. Were 1t not for the strkingly in
accurate illustrations. which look suspl-
ciously like eked-out photographs. and which
controvert the text in many glazing par
tcuiars. the book would be altogether d.
verting.
WILLIAM GREENLEAF ELIOT, Minister.
Educator. Philanthropist. By Charlotte c. Eliot
With an introduction by James K. Hosmer PHI
D., LID. Boston: Houghton. Mfiin & Co.
washington: woodward Lothrop.
A memoir of William Greenleaf Eliot is
directly interesting to a large number Of
people in this city. not only because of the
national Importance of the great work he
performed in Missouri before, during and
after the war between the states, but be-
cause of the fact that here he lived dur
ing her youth and here he received his
collegiate education at Columbian. In
later years he was identified almost ex-
clusively with Missouri, serving for a
long period as chancellor of Washington
University and greatly adding to it's pres
t1Ge as seat of higher education. In
this valuable account of his career 1t is
stated that for a year after his gradua-
ton from Columbian VIM. G. Eliot, jr,
was employed in the postal department in
this city, serving as assistant clerk In the
chief examiners room. In an address,
delivered nearly half q century later"
continues the .biographer, The related q
curious circumstance which seems to
nave first awakened in him the desire to
make st. Louis his future home. He stat
ed that during this period of his clerk
snip IN washington whenever he opened
the quarterly returns from st. Louis,
carefully served (sewed) up in a doeskin
by wilson p. Hunt postmaster he was
accustomed to read the Missouri Repub-
mean containing the dead letter list. and
determined that If ever he went west st.
Louis would be the resting place"
curious reason. surely, for choosing a
nome But 1t served good purpose, for
1t placed Dr. Eliot in position of great
Importance. He was an ayowed and
fearless enemy of slavery and preached
often and earnestly against that fnstitu-
ton during his pastorate in the mound
city which covered a period of thirty
eight years. His services as suggestor
nf ca
mission can never be fully repaid by the
country. This account of his life con-
talns many important particulars of the
work of that body and throws q light
upon the humanitarian side of the great
war. which has never been adequately
developed
DONATELLO. By Lord BaIcayres. London:
Duckworth & Co. Illustrated New York: I'M
ported by Charles Scrbner's Sons
In this volume the authqr has set out
to determine the position and character
or Donatello's art in relation to that of his
contemporaries and successors The ma
terials for biography of DoRatello are 50
scanty that his life and personality can
only be studied in his works. The rem
alssance gave birth to few men of pro-
ductlVe genius whose actual careers are so
l III khoWn. He composed no treatise on
ms art. ne wrote no memoir or COM
The author visited italy and saw
the original of every existing piece of
sculpture. architecture ana painting.
AMONG PICTURES. Rv g
Lewis Hind author of The Enchanted Stone,
&c Illustrated. London: Adam and Charles
bRck New York: The Macmillan Company
Washington: Brentano'ss -
The good critic" M. Anatole France is
quoted by the author as saying. lis he who
ndl ates the adventures of his soul among
This book is the expression
Oh the authors elation of spirit and soul at
lhe pressure he derived from the contem-
pla ton of art. Some critics" no savs
specialize in a period: others devote them,
selves to adjudicating on the attributes OF
their brethren; others follow the trail OF
some PARTICULARLY of vision through the
ages. My method is eclectic to nick and
choose from the abundance and to he
abundantly thankful for the joy the pur-
suit gives
THE LITTLE CRUSADERS. BY Isabel Scott
Stone. New York: The Abbey Press
Miss Stones work in this story of the
children's crusade is exceptionally well
done. She presents vivid realistic picture
of the great progress of little ones across
Europe In their mistaken zeal for the church.
The terrible sufferings of the youthful
crusaders are tenderly yet dramatically
described A story thread Is run through
the account, lending direct human interest
to what otherwise would appear as a
merely historical account of the event The
tale is written not for children but for
adults, though so simply and directly that
young readers will have no difficulty in
gaining full acquaintance with the great
MARK HANNA; His Book With an Introduc-
ton by Joe Mitchell Chapple Boston: The
Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd
Here are presented two articles written or
dictated by Mr.. Hanna at the instance of
Mr.. Chapple as editor pfs:thes National
Maya zine. They comprise about one half
of the book and are devoted to Socialism
and the Labor Unions and William Nc
Kinley as l Knew Him" In addition to
these papers, which have been previously
printed. is given an introduction by Mr..
Chapple in the form of an unconnected
series of anecdotes about Mr. Hanna, IL
lustrativ of traits of his character.
1 DINE WITH MY MOTHER. From the
French of Pierre Henri Adrien Decourcelle. By
Evelyn Clark Morgan. New York and Wash
ington: The Neae Publishing Company.
Mrs. Morgan's work as translator of this
sprightly little French play has been ex-
DONE She has infused into her
text the daintiness of the original and
without losing the Zest of. styIe which dis