Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02

Jack London.
lonely monsters destruction Of his dog and
her puppies, offspring of a wild wolf. The
spectacle of Stevens chasing the mammoth
to its death in a bottled valley by dint of
two months maneuverfng and hard run
ming is too delectable to permit the fellow
to pass out Of ken without sigh of re-
luctance. True. he does tell in the second
tale about an adventure with band of In
dams for whom he brewed potent draughts
from a copper kettle. kerOsine can,
gun barrel and a crooked goose bone. But
this tale lacks the. flavor of the first. MI.
London's first hand acquaintance with the
denizens of the far north. both human and
otherwise. is so varied that he entertains
whenever he turns his pen In that direc-
ton.
AS A CHINAMAN SAW US, Passages from
His Letters to Friend at Home. New York:
d. Appleton & Co.
Mr. Henry Pierson Craft of San Fran
cisco vouches in preface for the genu
ineness of these letters. which. he says,
were written during a decade spent by
the writer in America. He explains fur
Their that this Chinaman graduated from
well-known college (AmericanD after
he had attended an English school, and
later took special studies at a German
university. SO he Is regarded by his
editor as qualified to observe and write
about American life. Says Mr.. Grafton:
The authors name has been withheld
for personal reasons that will be suf
ftciently obvious to those who read the
letters" The obviousness, however, is
not striking. And the name, however dis
sonant or similar to those of other trav-
eled Cinnamon. would aid some readers in
overcoming a suspicion that no celestial
raH fhaS ,lrly ole ar,dp
tic comments upon the American society.
They are almost too true. too pointed. too
apt to be the product of the oriental
mind, subtle though 1t is. The indict-
ment is too detailed to have been drawn
even by Chinaman with ten years resi-
dence in this country and an American
English German education. He touches
the raw with every paragraph. If this is
in fact the genuine work of q Chinaman
he Is by no means justified in Withholding
his identity, for no one would resent his
painfully accurate observations upon our
civilization. If. the other hand. an
American has written these chapters he
does well to transform himself for the
nonce into a native of the f1owery king
dom. whose point Of view he has so
adroitly secured. The book Is reada Bile
| in every part. being brightly written in
unexceptionable English and touching
upon virtually every phase of life in these
states.
| DAPHNE AND HER LAD. By NJ J. Lagen
and Cally Ryland. Frontispiece by Eliot Keen
New York: Henry Holt & Co. Washing ton
William Ballantyne Sons.
Two newspaper people. whose names ap-
pear Joint authors of this unusual and
| delightful little epistolatory romance. did
| as matter of fact. exchange a number of
letters in the course of their mutual pro-
| fessional interest, which became personal
| interest ina short time After while they
| agreed that thpv had n1,t
| for good story. and the letters were con-
| tinued. and now are printed an entertain
| ing, suggestive combination of fact and ro-
| nance, leading to a conclusion that indi-
| Gates beyond doubt that the fiction-mak-
| Ing began before the climax was reached
| In the beginning, Daphne. who is woman's
| editor of the philadelphia Globe" does not
| know whether the editor of the woman s
| page of the Richmond Evening Star is a
| woman or man. Eventually she learns
that this parsonage Is a man. and then be-
gins a steadily increasing intimacy through
| correspondence which distinctly reveals
| two very engaging characters. Finally the
Lad avows his love for Daphne. and goes
| to see her. and then comes revelation
| which should not be disclosed here but
| which stops the romance in its rapid devel-
| opment, and puts the relationship of these
| two people upon new basis. There is a
| brisk atmosphere of modern newspaper
work in the story, and the two characters
| stand clearly revealed through the medium
| of their bright letters.
ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS; Edited by
John Moriey-JEREMY TAYLOR. By Ed
mund Gosse New York The Macmillan Com
| pany Washington: Brentano's
| The story of Jeremy Taylor has never be-
| fore been adequately told. Despite the con-
! spicuous part played by the great preacher
| in the intellectual drama of the seventeenth
career was closely kept, and when he died
there remained of considerable biography
only the facts embraced In the funeral
sermon preached by the bishop Of Dromore
in 1868. Mr.. Gosse has with great care
collected al the authentic materials for
this important number of the English Men
of Letters series, and the product stands
as valuable contribution to the literature
of biography and of the progress of relig-
ious thought in England. Jeremy Taylors
career was far more romantic than that
of most preachers. He passed through
perils and trials and his struggles with the
conflicting currents of human thought were
intense. His doctrine was that Of personal
holiness. His tastes were liberal and hts
talents remarkable. A broad man for his
period, a great soul, an eloquent preacher
an indefatigable student, Jeremy Taylor
forms now fit subject for SO discriminat-
ing and scholarly a pen as that OF his
| present biographer. who invests his subject
with a rare interest.
THE REAL NEW YORK. By Rupert Hughes
Drawinss BY by. Mayer. New York: The
Smart Set Publishing Company.
It has been said that New York is a
miniature OF the world, that in 1t the tray
eler can find not only specimens Of virtually
every branch Of the human family, but OF
| every phase Of life It has also been said
that New York 10 just whatever its visitor
wants to IND II. grave or gay, beautiful or
sordid. cleanly or unolean. vicious or vir-