Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

Louis of France he has a subject which
permits of much Christian philosophy and
teaching. Still Louis passes through Won
derful evolution during the brief period with
which the book is concerned. From the
girlish. weakling king he is suddenly trans
formed to monarch worthy of his sire
Louis LIE Lion, and of his mother, Blanche
of CASTLE. 1t was his grandfather, Philip
Augustus, who fretted Occur de Lion to his
death and bounded John Lakeland across
the channel. Not until dethroned did Louis
manhood come upon him; not until robbed
of his crown did he in fact become the king.
The narrative is well told, and of the
sort. when finished. that makes one feel
not a moment has been wasted in the read
ing.
TRAFFIcs AND DISCOVERIES. BY Rudyard
kipling. New York: Doubleday, Page x Co.
Washington: William Balantyne & Sons.
American readers of Mr. Kipling have
been inclined to feel that they were rather
on short commons as regards material from
his pen during recent months. They have
had only an occasional short story in a
maya zinc. and they would like some more
substantial evidence that he has not given
up his work which brought him so close to
them in the past. Here is a volume which
will in some deg zee appease them, although
it is only a collection of the tales and
sketches which nave been printed variously
dulilg the past TWO or three years. 1t is the
first book of his stories issued since THE
Days Work. which reached wider circu-
lation than any ether book of short stories
in recent years. There is one new story in
ii, not heretofore published. This tale. one
OF the longest. will attract wide attention
for it's suggestive bearing upon the British
military Froble:l to which Mr.. Kipling, it is
known, has teen turning his attention close
" during his residence in South Africa. 1t
is entitled The Army of Dream and
outlines d scheme of military reorganza-
ton in terms which will astOnish ,conserva-
tive England il taken seriously. The anus
ing Part of it is that it is impossible to tell,
from a hare reading of this text, whether
Mr.. kipling is earnestly proposing some
such utopian organization or is satirizng
the various pr ojects for military readjust-
ment which have been preached since the
Soer war disclosed the amazing inefficiency
Of the old system. 1t is a complex scheme
he has worked cut. based upon a recru-
Cescence of miltariSm in England affecting
all classes.
Mr. Kipling is more cryptic than ever in
some of these tales One almost needs
a glossary to understand him at times. But
there is no Disgusting the virile force of his
prose or the quaint, even weird quality of
his verse. specimen of the latter serves
as a preface to each of the tales in this
volume.
THE OLD MASTERS AND THEIR PICTURES; for
the Use of Schools and Learners in Art By
&c. Illustrated from paintings. Boston: Lit
tie. Brown Co.
This book" says Miss Tyler, in her
preface, sis intended to be simple account
of the great old masters in painting of
cry age and country, with descriptions Of
their most famous work. This compre-
hensive review of Italian, Flemish, German,
French. Spanish and English art is invalu-
able for all who are Interested in art
of great masters given but an immense
amount of interesting detail respecting their
BIRTH education and daily life. The style
is clear and concise, free from dryness and
technicality. The twenty full-page Illus
trations include the masterpieces by Muril-
10, Andrea del Sarto Michel Angelo. Ra-
phael Titan, Mantegna, Albrecht Durer,
COrreggio, Tintorello. Guido, Rembrandt
Rubens, Nelasquez and other famous paint
ers.
THE FISHERS: Novel. By ]. Henry Harris.
New York John Lane.
This is a story pertaining to the fisher
men of the Cornish coast. involving a de-
scription of the picturesque scenery of that
region and of the dangerous lives of It's
sea faring people One of the fishermen
undertakes a reformation in the spiritual
views of his associates and his trials and
temptations and dangers make him GEN.
ter of interest which is heightened by the
love theme woven INTO the tale. The swirl
of the sea is In the text and the great pow
er of the tide surges through the chapters.
THE COMMON LOT. BY Robert Herrlck author
of The Web of Life" &c. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington: Brentano's.
Mr.. Herrick is rapidly growing into recog-
milton as one of the strong novelists of the
United States, whose work is always inter-
esting and usually suggestive of the vital
propositions of life. He offers his char
acters ordinary individuals, drawn from
the everyday range of humanity. In this
story is young architect of some ability
and weak moral nature who, being bitter
ly disappointed by the terms of the viii of
d rich uncle. determines to succeed mate
rally. One by one his scruplcs are over
come by temptation until he becomes the
tool Of a dishonest contractor engaged in
the wholesale erection of Chicago dwellings