Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25

John Ames Mitchell.
haunted. And so it is. haunted with GER
tain very rare old spirits. originally bottled
by the poet Horace SO many centuries be-
fore that when uncOrked and imbibed they
play havoc with their entertainers. Mr..
Mitchells conception Of a condensed state
of intoxication is sufficiently acceptable to
take his story out of the category Of vio-
lent defiance of the possibilities. Archaeol-
ogy and classic poetry are treated with the
Difference of the scholar Even the arch
villain, who puts his potential enemy out
Of the way by the simple eXpedient Of eX-
posing him to the influence of the then I'M
identified spook haunting the Villa Claudia.
is rendered a graceful sort OF wretch by
his sincere love Of ancient lore and art.
The romance of the tale is entertaining
Mr. Mitchell and Mr.. Blashfield have COL
laborated in the pictures to cast classic
atmosphere about the novel.
The STORY OF EXPLORATION-THE
PENETRATION OF ARABIA; Record
of the Development of Western knowledge Con-
corning the Arabian Peninsula. By David George
HogHrth, MA, F.RG.S., F.S.A.. fellow OF
Mugdalen oxford. Illustrated from drawings.
photographs and maps. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Company. Washington Brentano's.
Prof. Hogarths work is that of editor
and compiler. He is not himself an eX-
plorer but has searched through all avail
able records of Arabian travel to write a
connected story Of the efforts to elucidate
it's geographical, historical and ethnologi-
cal mysteries. From the earliest days of
exploration Arabia has proved a tempting
field for the adventurous traveller. At first
a religious zeal inspired many of these in
vestigators. but later the scientific spirit
animated them, and with no less enthu
siasm they pushed on to the deserts and
suffered great hardships and braved the
most serious dangers in order to add to the
sum of the worlds knowledge Of the great
sandy land which gave birth to two great
religions. The work seems to be
fairly near completion. and Arabia lies
spread out before the eyes Of civilized peo-
pies in It's true colors. There may be hid
den monuments there yet. relies of So
ciety even older than the remote begin
nings which are now recorded but, II so.
there Is little present hope that the spade
Of the excavatOr will reach them. The
perils that confronted the earlier explorers
have been almost entirely eliminated as the
land has gradually fallen under the do
minion of European powers. No longer is
the intrepid tourist menaced by fierce
tribesmen moved by fanatical and factional
Jealousy. Explorations are the more easily
conducted and science has greatly facilt-
tated the process Of uncovering the secrets
of the great peninsula. but the work, now
so we'll done. was accomplished chiefly In
the days Of difficulty and hardship and dan
gers. The story of this achievement Is alb
SOrbing in every detaik
ADOLESCENCE, Its Psychology and Its Rela-
tons to Physiology. Anthropology Sociology.
Sex. Crime Religion and Education. By G.
Stanley Hall. Ph.D, LID. president Of Clark
University and professor Of psychology and
pedagogy. In two volumes New York: d.
Appleton & Co.
DIR. Hall has prepared "Psychology." Of
which the present publication Is virtually a
sequel. but by reason of certain circum-
stances the sequel has appeared first and
the main work Is to come later. In one
sense the reversal Of the order of issuance
Is fortunate. for it IS a natural sequence
from the psychological study of the young
to that Of the race In general. In these
two volumes the author exclusively con-
siders all the tendencies Of the developing
human in all their relations. He Is greatly
concerned as to the youth Of this country
not as pessimist. but an optimist. He
believes that there are influences at work
In this ready made land of ours that serve
to foster a moral and a physical degenera-
ton. But he believes that they can be
combated by intelligent education and 1t
Is to the end OF arousing a proper peda-
gogic as we'll as medical sense of the TN
portance or the subject that he has ad-
dressed himself at such great length to his
present topic. He takes issue with Rous-
seau. who urged that the boy be allowed to
develop himself until he reached the age
OF twelve years. The tendencies that serve
to injure him in his adult life, Dr. Hall
holds. are unfortunately at work even be-
fore that age. and the youth must be
brought into proper ways Of action and
thought before he reaches the transitory
stage of his development when he Is most
keenly susceptible to influences. He trav-
ha al ndy
students of the subject in its various
phases. and assemblies the theories and dis
coveries OF every scientific writer along this
line of research. He has produced a work
which must be seriously considered by all
educators and physicians, for he occupies a
ground broad enough to cover the fields Of
both sciences.
THE HISTORY OF THE SHINN FAMILY,
In Europe and America. BY Josiah H. Shinp
AN. ex-state superintendent Of public in
struction for Arkansas &c. Washington: The
Genealogical and Historical Publishing Com
pany.
The Shinns are a large family. widely
spread in this country and England They
come from an essentially Anglo-Saxon
stock. and the author of this interesting
geseaiosy ID at great pains to trace the be-
cir nfngs OF the name in the early uncouth
sf'elling of geographical and family names
Incident to the Saxon entry into England
He notes In his PREDATORY remarks that the
SbfDns have been mostly humble people.
chiefly tiilers Of the SOIL and he enters a
plea for the farmers life as one of the best
to be led. He deplores the tendency of the
young people of the country to hasten to
the city and he points to the record of use
full. contented lives led by the intelligent
and progressive people whose family con-
nections he traces as evidences Of the vfr-
tue of such courses. But all the Shinns are