Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22

any sort on, the part of foreign peoples,
whoever they may be-"
In view OF the unreliable character OF
some of the South and Central American
republics. Mr., Edgington declares, this doc
trine, il established and recognized, would
soon lead to hitter confusion in those parts
of the world. the ruthless sacrifice of the
rights of foreigners and the confscation of
the properties of the citizens of other coun-
tries who have set up in business there.
Inc Calvo doctrine, he urges, Is heresy
which the United States should distinctly
and unequivocally repudiate.
PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEMS. By Grover Cleve-
iahd. ewforks The Century Company.
Here are assembled the four papers by
the former President which have attracted
widespread notice during the past few
months. Two of them were delivered as
lectures at Princeton and the others were
printed in periodicals. The four titles are:
The Independence of the Executive" "The
Government In the Chicago Strike of 1894. -
1.-The Bond Issues and 1.-THE Venezuelan
Boundary Controversy" Their character
and scope are already well known. Mr..
Cleveland. in his preface to the now pub
iished volume, says:
I'm considering the propriety of publish
ing this book the fact has not been over
looked that the push and activity of our
peoples life lead them more often to the
anticipation of new happenings than to a
review of events which have already be-
come part of the nations history This
condition is SO naturally the result of an
immense development of American enter
prise that 1t should not occasion astonash-
ment, and perhaps should not be greatly
deprecated, so long as mad rush for
wealth does not stifle our good citizenship
nor weaken the patriotic sentiment which
values the integrity of our government and
| success lmmeaSuF3DiY
above all other worldly possessions. The
belief that, Notwithstanding the overween-
ing desire among our people for personal
and selfish rewards of effort, there still ex-
lists, underneath it all, sedate and unim-
paired interest in the things that illustrate
the design, the traditions and the power of
our government has induced me to present
In this volume the details OF certain Incl
dents of national administration concerning
which 1 have the knowledge of prominent
participant.
Those of our people whose interest in
the general features of the incidents re-
ferred to was actively aroused at the time
of their occurrence will perhaps find the
following pages of some value for reference
or as means of more complete lnforma-
ton"
WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Painted by John Pulley
love, RI. Described by Mrs. A. Murray Smith.
author of ''The Annals of Westminster Abbey,
&c. With twenty -one full-page Illustrations in
color. London: Adam Charles Black. Wash
ington: Brentanos.
The story of Westminster Abbey is an
epitome of the story of England, so closely
interviewer are the records of the two great
structures. one of state and one of stone.
In her entertaining and instructive descr1p-
the article surrounding Mr.. F'uleylove's
beautiful color drawings Mrs Smith
has told of the many changes that time
and man have wrought in the great pile.
The waves of revolution have broken high
upon its walls. -Schism has rent it and
caused it's spoliation. The avarice of kings
has undone the, patient works of their pred
ecesscrs. But the great establishment has
come upon days Of peace and stands in a
semblance of its oldtime splendor and i'm
pressive magnificence a remarkable monu-
ment. The ties that once bound the rulers
OF England close to Westminster have been
broken ore by one until there is left yir-
tually only the custom of crowning the
kings and queens within its precincts. No
longer do the sovereigns worship there, and
they are seldom present in person and
more rarely in official character This vol
ume tells about Westminster Abbey in a
spirit of reverence for it's beauties and re-
spect for its traditions. Mr.. Fulleylove's
water-color sketches are remarkably true to
the scene and reproduce. Suggestiyely the
soft interior tones which characterize the
vast church and its chapels.
THAcKERAYfS LETTERS TO AN AMERICAN
FAMILY; With Introduction by Lucy d.
New York: The Century Company.
Some of the most intimate glimpses into
Thackeray's inner life are to be had through
the informal letters and notes sent by him
to personal friends, often dashed off in odd
moments, on odd scraps of paper, and
usually punctuated with the inimtable lit
tie drawings for which he possessed a re-
markable faculty. Such series of letters
he wrote to different members of the family
of Mr.. George Baxter of New York, whom
he met on the occasion of his first visit to
America to lecture. In the Brown house,
as Thackeray called the home of the Bax-
ters he found a congenial circle of friends,
and he did not forget them on his return to
England, or on his second visit TO the
United States. His letters continued to the
end of his life a source of great pleasure
to the BaXterS, and they were cherished as
priceless souvenirs OF precious friendship.
They have now been given to the world,
with their illustrations, in few instances
in facsimile. Miss Baxter, in her introduce
ton, tells how her father met Mr.. Thack
cray and how he fitted into niche in their
household. This Introduction serves its eX-
celent purpose in presenting the author in
an aspect which will be perhaps unfamiliar
to many of the readers of his works. The
volume forms notable addition to the lit
erature of Thackeray.
THE SCOURGING OF RACE and Other Ser
mons and Addresses. BY w Bishop Johnson.
DID, LID. pastor of the Second Baptist
Church of Washington, D. G.. Washington:
Beresford.
In the paper which begins this book DR..
Johnson sets forth his doctrine that the
negro race is being scourged by God to pre-
pare it for the higher life. He admonishes
his people to accept their trials and hard
ships and unjust treatment philosophically
as part of the process of their evolution,
and instances the various lines of persecu-
ton which, in his judgment, are to be re-
garded as concentrating in a divine pur-
pose. A high faith in the ultimate enamel
nation of the race from it's present ills
characterizes this and the other sermons
and addresses which constitute the volume.
A biography of the author, serving as pre-
face indicates his various activities in be-
half of his people during the past twenty
five years.
SPORTSMAN JOE. By Edwyn Sandys, author Of
s.Trapper JIM" &C. Illustrated by ]. Al. Giee
son and c. w. Pancoast. New York: The Mac
milan Company Washington: Brentano's.
Here is delightful reading for every one
who has ever fished or hunted or padded
or rowed or sailed or tramped for the sheer
love of contact with nature. 1t is a book
to stir the blood of a man, to lure the city,
bound out into the open and give him re-
taste of the half-forgotten joys of free liv-