Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28


happy cuImination on board an ocean
sfaauner In the DourseS 81 her narrative
Mrs. Kingsley excessively Eatirixes the fool
ish followers of an imptacticable cult aa
manage themselves and consequently fail
to manage their servants.-
Page. Illustrated. Rev 1ork. Charles Serb
ner's Sons Washington: William BaIlantyns
q Sons.
Ordinarily a book Of thfs character. COM
posed of a number az talas. would bear as
a subtitle. And Other Stories" But tn
this case. although the g{neral title is also
that of the first STORY; tie author prefers
that 1t be accepted az the-broad description
of the whole COLLECTION. rinasmuch as, he
says "alI the stories are founded on traits
of character which)davsf appeared to the
author to be bred in the bone" The titIs-
story Is about race horse and its rider
Both are from good stock. though not pre-
possessing in appearance. 1t is rather
difficult to trace he-hereditary influence
in the second tale. which deals with muir
ders. a hanging. lynching and finally a
gkostly demonstration. but in the third,
The Sheriff's Bluff" the manner in which
Mrs. Mary Creel managed Sheriff Aleck
Thompson and forced him to appoint her
husband his deputy was clearly a result of
an ancestral trait of firmness and resource
tstic reports of southern life ana all are In
Mr.. Pages best vein.
THE HIGHROADy Being the Autobiography
of an Ambitious Mother. Chicago: Herbert s.
Stone & Co.
1t Is earnestly to be hoped that this clever
anonymous account of the social success
of an American mother will not tempt
many others to follow her example for the
sake of their manageable daughters; for
while she finally reached the top wave and
scored Enthusiastically in both this country
and Europe, her triumph was the result of
much contriving from which the average
woman would shrink. Widowed while
young, with slender income and a vast
acreage of Improbable, wild West vir-
ginfa land, she took her three daughters
and one son to Europe and set out to fit
the girls for brilliant marriages. She cal
culated every move. weighed every chance
made the most of her small means and
utilized her friends and acquaintances.
The story itself Is not particularly complex.
Many eligible men pass on and off the
stage, and at the end the managing mother
executes a stroke of strategy which saves
her second daughter from disastrous af-
fair, but at a tragic cost. The manner Of
the telling, however, IL the chief charm of
the book. The author has a vein of de-
Hghtful humor which enables her to see
her own actions in their right relations.
She is no hypocrite, but confesses to the
ugliness of some of her devices. The text
is sprinkled with quotable epigrams, which
have the merit of seeming more a part of
the Stery's fabric than most of the smart
sayings employed by novelists to exc out
slender compositions or to brighten dull
pages "The Highroad'' Is a most readable
book in all respects.
mn
EUROPE. Edited by Edmund G. Stedman and
Thomas L. Stedman. London: Bailliere, Tinda1
& Cox. New York: William r. Jenkins.
Many travellers object to carrying about
with them the easily recognized standard
guidebooks, which stamp them unmistak-
ably as tourists. They like to get hold Of
small books which can be quickly and sur
reptitiously consulted, and can, above all,
be so easily carried that there is no excuse
for not having them always at hand. This
issue Is just such guide, giving in excep-
tionally small compass a great mass of
well-arranged facts about the places which
chiefly interest visitors to Europe and val
liable advice as to the easiest routes and
the best ways of living abroad. OF size
to be carried without difficulty in a mans
hip pocket or a woman's dress pocket or
muff, 1t Is a. boon which all who go forth
to see the wonders and riches and art of
Europe Will dppEScldlo.
FORT AsIITY. Byy5A.4T. gQuiller- Couch New
York: Charles ScribRer' So Sons. Washington:
VIM. Ballantyne. & Sons. 5fr7f ,5t .E<.ggs
A story of the French and English war of
1863; Of fighting and love IN the wilds Of
Canada. The fragrance of the deep piney
woods. in summer. the leaping of salmon.
the stealthy dip. of the Iroquois' paddle as
the war canoe slips along the reed-covered
banks: the silence of the frozen north in
the mid-winter nights, when earth and sky
and water course seem congealed.- The au-
thor has sought to infuse the spirit of the
wild land into his story, and the intrigue
and battle and love-making are interviewer
with charming descriptions, evidently by
Cne who loves and understands nature.
PRINCESS AND PILGRIM IN ENGLAND.
BY Caroline Sheldon. Washington: The Lucas
Lincoln Company.
This Is well-written, sprightIy story
of travel in England, differentiated from
the usual guide book by running COM
mentary on the places visited and the
people encountered and the adventures
experienced, with a slender story thread
holding all together. 1t does not tell any
thing that is new, but it presents the old
old facts about the usual places visited
by tourists in a brisk entertaining FASH
ion This is the first number of a series
. oAoSS ~ puUIlSneQ Dy
the same house.
REVISED EDITION OF RoLFE,s
SHAkESPEARE- INLET, niIDSUM-
MER-NIGHT'S DREAM, THE TEN
PEST, JULIUS CAESAR, OTHELLO.
MACBETH. Edited with notes by William
j. Rolfe, D., formerly Head Master of the
High School. Cambridge. Mass. New York:
American Book Company
DR.. Rolfe's is today the standard Ameri-
can edition of Shakespeare. These vol
umes of the new edition have been entirely
revised and reset, and appear with every
possible mechanical Improvement The
books are smaller and more convenient in
shape and attractfvely illustrated. The re-
visions have been mainly due to the change
that has taken place in educational meth
DDS In the last thrty-f1ve years and reflect
the results of the editors studies and the
experience gained by the use of the first
edition in schools and clubs. The greater
part OF the notes on textual variations have
been omitted. as the text OF Shakespeare 10
now virtually settled.
HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES;
Manual of the Butterflies of the Eastern United
states BY John Henry Comstock, professor of
in Yr.tr