Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

such poisons with fearlessness. terrifying
her assertions with scientific citations
which add materially to the emphasis and
dignity of her Indictment. She gives seven
rules for longevity. follows: Il, Study
the laws of nature for health and the rem
edies of nature for cure; 2, Avoid all poi
sons; 3. Take abundant exercise in pure
air. but always short of fatigue; so exer-
else that every portion of the body is equal
~ benefited as it takes strong engine for
long journey. cultivate lung power by
slow. deep breathing exercises; 4, Eat only
the amount of food that nature needs, and
study what to eat from a scientific point
of view: >. Cultivate normal sleep; live and
sleep only in rooms that well summed,
well ventilated and not over-hea ted; g. Gull
tivate the habit of work in connection with
some worthy ambition, for healthy exercise
of body and mind is as strengthening as
repose. and should balance it: work while
you work and rest while you rest, avoiding
all worry. make yourself useful to the
world and feel that you have mission in
it; I. Avoid bad environments, the worst
of which is the friend who encourages you
to poison yourself"
The whole work is pitched in this key of
rational good advice. and must inevitably
do good as far as it circulates.
fH ELENA; the History of a Young Lady's
Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney.
With an Introduction by Austin Dobson. and IL
Iustra lions by Hugh Thomson New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washing ton: Brentano's
Between Pamela and Evelna," says Mr..
Dobson in his interesting introduction to
this handsome reprint of the old favorite.
IAN entire generation of noveiists had
arisen and disappeared-like the stars of
Beranger.' Fanny Burney. however, had
no mere initiative purpose despite the temp
tatonS which the successes scored by these
noVe.ists. Richardson, Fielding, Smollet,
Sterne and Goldsmith, must have held out
TO tie scribbling young woman. She wrote
'Evelina' because she could not help doing
1t. because that story was in her conscious
ness and perforce had to be given forth.
She wrote it secretly and published it
ANONYMOUSLY, receiving for 1t go. which
later was voluntarily increased to thirty.
The story appeared in IT'S and in the
course of season or two was the literary
fashion Gradually. through confession to
her father. a musician and author of works
on music. her authorship became known to
few and she was highly praised. Encour-
aged by her success she subsequently wrote
"Cecelia, Georgina'' and Camilla
all of which were widely read But Eve
lima remained her greatest achievement.
probably because it was less conscious in its
method. 1t is now occasionally read in the
old editions as they are encountered in
quaint collections. in such attractive
presentations as this in hand, which, typo
graphically and artistically. scores high in
the modern book scale. Hugh Thomson's
pictures. indeed. are remarkably attra ctive
They are in clear outline and wildly repro
duce the atmosphere of the novels period,
a century and a quarter ago. There are
about seyenty-five of them, of fairly uniform
excellence. and they have the exceptional
merit among latter-day Illustrations of real
" illustrating the story. The novel itself
strangers to ''Evelina" should be told is a
long, intimate account, exclusively by
means of leJters-the- favorite method of
the Georgian nOvelists-of the experiences
of J,.,,l T
der a curious chaperoHage. 1t is never very
thrilling, but always true to the life Eve
lima is a refreshment in the days of novels
of action and novels of motive 1t is a
superior example of the now almost extinct
novel of manners without artifee or cpl
gram.