Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-07
hich he terms

Am erfcan Renaissance
s However satisfied the average citizen OF
the United States may be with the unpre-
cedented financial and political develop
ment among the nations of the world, he
has hitherto experienced an invincible diff
fidence In urging any claims for his
cot ntry In the gentler realm of the arts.
We delight to discover that the aborigines
of America cultivated art and that China,
Jaran and other semt-bafbaric nations al
so cultivated art entirely beyond the prov
ince of modern criticism: but the best we
have been able to say for ourselves Is that
we have always had sneaktng kind OF
regard for art, and that when business did
not interfere we have endeavOred. after
desultory fashion, to cultivate It, The
main impeachment In the way of good do
r,estic architecture in America. the au-
thor considers to be American CONNER
cslism. which the platform of President
Jackson in 1899 is charged with apoth-
eosizing. In chapter VII, The Traditional
Period this influence is infinitely traced,
whatever good points there were being at
tractively presented In Illustrations OF the
Colonnade on Lafayette Place in New
York city and other fine domiciles OF the
time
ADDRESSES AND PRESIDENTIAL MES
SAGES OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
I9O2-1OO4. With introduction by Henry
Cabot Lodge. New York: g. Z. Putnam's Sons.
Senator Lodge. in his introduction ID this
edition of the Presidents public utSeiauces
and state papers. declares that the old
fashioned biography of candidate for high
office has passed out of fashion. The voters
want something more than the opinions OF
men who are writing their estimates OF
candidates. They want the direct tokens
OF the mental and moral qualifications or
the candidate. such as are afforded by has
speeches and the records of his acts. There
fore he believes that this presentation of
Mr.. Roosevelts words uttered since his
accession to office serves the best purposes
of a document for the information of the
people. He adds:
give again to Mr.. Roosevelt the greatest
trust and the highest responsibility which
any people can give to any man. In these
speeches they are able to see precisely what
manner of man he is. They can nave the
assurance that he says always what he
means and means always what he says.
They can judge him better from these
words which he himself has uttered than
from countless biographies or acres of
newspaper sketches. Here in these pages
is the real man. We may agree or dis
agree with his views. but We have th:,t
satisfaction which passes all others of
knowing that it is the man himself who
speaks to us and not hollow voice sound
ing like that of a Greek actor from behind
a mask. We may think his views of public
politics are wise or unwise. but no one can
read these speeches and not realize that
the man who made Them is not OILY III
tensely patriotic. but that he is also trying
to make the world better is seeking tie tri-
umph of good over evil. and so far as he
can do 1T Is striving TO have righteousness
prevail on the EARTH
The speeches include all that the P~esi-
dent has delivered on public occasions from
that at the Charleston exposition April 0,
1902. to that at the Pan-A merican mission
airy service at Mount Saint Alban Wash
lnRtOn October in all
thirty-nine of them Following them are
several letters which have been written
by the President since his occupation of
the White House bearing upon important
Issues. such as that to Mrs. Van Worst,
the celebra ted race suicide" letter; one
written in November. 1892. to a citizen of
Charleston. s. c., referring to the appoint
ment OF DR.. Crum as collector of the port
or Charleston and explaining the Presi-
dents attitude toward the So-caIIed race
problem; that of February "a 1903 to Mr.
Clark Howell. editor of the Atlanta Con-
stltution, bearing generally upon the same
question; that of August 6, 1893. 10 Gov.
Durbin of Indiana. on the Ign ching evil
and the memoranda in the action taken in
the case of Foreman Miller of the govern
ment printing office, concerning the rela-
tiCnship of the labor unions and the public
service. There are also appended the Presi-
dents messages to Congress- 20 ilta
The publishers note the fact that Mr..
Roosevelt regards these speeches az having
DttI ueulCdteu TO the public and declines
therefore to derive any business advantage
from their publication
GEOGRAPHICAL READ
ERS -AUSTRALIA, OUR COLONIES
AND OTHER ISLANDS OF THE SEA
BY Frank G. Carpenter. New York: American
Book Company.
This fifth item in the series of geograph-
ical readers is of especial interest and
value in that 1t bears upon a large number
OF places which have within a very few
years been Intimately in the public view
as the scenes of important happenings and
changes. 1t is based. as are those books
on North and South America. Europe and
ASA, which have preceded 1t, upon the du-
thors personal experiences and observa-
tlCns In the course of his tours around the
world in the collection of materials for his
valuable travel letters The illustrations
are all Individual. being prepared for this
purpose, and the descriptions of the places
visited and the statistics of population.
area resources, &c. represent the latest
knowledge obtainable. Mr.. Carpenter taScs
ms young readers about with him from
Australia. New Zealand the Philippin.s
samoa and all the other islands of the great
81 uth seas TO every point off the mainland
where there Is the least opportunity foe
instruction. Particularly important are the
accounts of the travels through the Philip-
pres and Hawaii, personally acquaintipg
the small nieces and nephews of Uncle
sam with his new possessions Mans sup
piement the text and the pictorial illustra-
lions in an effective manner The concIud-
ing book of the series of geogra phical read
ers relates to Africa and is now in prcpara-
ton.
IN THE RED HILLS; Story of the Carolina
Country BY Elliott Crayton McCants. Illus
rated. New York Doubleday Page & Co
Herein is told the story of the financial
slde or the reconstruction days following
the war between the states. that phase
affecting the landowner impoverished by
the struggle Into the devastated country
goes one Archer, money-lender. crafty.
quiet. shrewd. always acting apparently
for Others, his eyes greedlIy fastened upon
a certain noble estate where he hopes to
become lord of the manor and founder of
family. His insidious influence creeps
hither and thither and clutches victims,
ruthlessly but with apparent considera-
ton. vivid dramatic interest is impart-
ed to the tale by the description of the
outbreak of the poor whites" against the
negro tenants of the farm lands. Billy
Mayson. scion of a family whose estate
Is being captured by the scheming Archer,
becomes prosecutor of the mob and in
ours unpopularity. that when circum-
stances suddenly involve him in a murder