Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30

ences to authorities A table OF contents
and a table of cases supplement each other
effectively while each chapter devotad to
specific phase of the topic. is admirably
briefed in a few words with photographic
reference numbers, thus greatly facilitating
consultation. An interesting chapter IN
conclusion treats of the attitude of foreign
governments toward the United States On
the subject of citizenship. while an APP
pendix gives in full the laws of the Unifed
States relating TO citizenship and natural
ization and the naturalization conventions
to which the United States is party.
THE AMERICAN PRISONER; a Romance
of the West Country By Eden Phii,potts. a at,
by Claude A. Shepperson. New York; The
Macmillan Company.
During the war of 1912 between England
and the United States the ships of the for
mer country gained such victories over the
Yankee vessels that very soon several thou-
sand prisoners had been gathered together
on English soil. great prison was con-
strlIcted for their safe detention In the
bleak heart of Dartmoor, in the west coun-
try or southwestern heel of the island.
This prison was marvel of size anu
strength, a great circle of walls lncloslns
radtating granite struc lures. Here were as
se:nhled not only the American, put the
French prisoners for England was war
'.n,unseer'' was haled to Dartmoor to suf-
fer privations and indignities. Among the
American prisoners was young Cecil Stark
of Vermont captured on the Marblehead
Here is where fiction blends with fact. 1t
is bv no means assured by the author that
Cecil Stark ever lived but he does youch
for the Dartmoor prison, and much OF MS
narrative is founded upon fact He mas
chosen the scene and time and historic IN
-,,;tb to hni
velopment and the result is a story which
commands the attention throughout, de-
spite its length.
Dartmoor is a difficult region to farm.
The natives speak aweSomely of its eccen-
tricities. 1t is enveloped in an atmosphere
of superstition. Great granite crosses dot
the landscape, commingling their influence
with that of the remnants of druid1cal
structures. In summer reluctantly fertile,
in winter deSolated by tremendous storms,
Dartmoor is an ideal scene for the working
out of complex dramatic situation such
as Mr. Philpotts has conceived Indeed, II
may almost be urged that he has rather
overlaid the story with cross lines of cOun-
terplot. There are four malevolent per-
sonages, who may be styled first man VII
lain, first woman villain and two ASSIST
ant men villains Then there Is violent
tempered but well-meaning father, whose
rashness and lack of balance get him and
his family into difficulties. Benevolent
peasants and good women complete the tale
of people, save the American prisoners,
whose fortunes touch those of the free
world just beyond their boundaries.
The conception of Peter Norcot Is an
achievement. No smoother wretch ever
babbled poetry or beamed smile upon I'M
suspecting hearers. He is revelation In
Mr.. Phillpotts has devised a rather 1ntri-
cate, though effective. denouement. He has
created a distinct atmosphere in tins novel
and has struck a new note in his story
telling in the introduction OF alien charac-
ters.
MONOIOGUES BY May Isabel Fisk. With
portrait New York: Harper Brothers
In this short dozen of monologues the au-
thor has cleverly satirized the eternal
Il minnie" Her characters are chiefly inn
mature women without consideration for
others, or without first-class judgment, or
without experience. They make ludicrous
mistakes behave with familiar selfishness,
talk incessantly-this, of course is the ma
ture of the monologue, and not an indict-
ment against the personages portrayed
and reveal some highly amusing traits. The
situations are all artfully suggested. and
the book makes good reading even without
the aid of an accomplished performers ex-
preston and action. 1t is delightful lit
tie volume.
WOWAN'S UNFITNESS FOR HIGHER
G0EDUCATI0s. BY Ely Van I.. de Wa 4 7
MI ~. ~ .
New York Tue Grafton Press.
This book will doubtless cause much I'M
rest, for it assails, temperateiy, but none
the less vigorously, the cherished theory of
coeducation The author is a physician
and commissioner of the Syracuse schools,
and speaks therefore not only as an edu-
Gator, but as medical man. He ap-
proaches his subject from both points of
view, and seeks to show that higher CO.
mental and moral health of women. He
sets forth in broad statements the psyche
logical and physiological reasons for his as
sertions. He does not argue against higher
educa ton for women, but he contends that
they are not fitted for competition and close
educational association with men, especial
average coeducational institution, where
the students are drawn from a distance and
are removed from the influence of home
ties
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE and the Ex-
West. BY Ripley Hitchcock. Illustrated. Bos-
ton: CHM X Co.
The book presses are busy this season
producing Louisiana Purchase" volumes.
appropriate to and suggested by the CEN
tennial of the great acquisition and the
st. Louis exposition in commemoration Of
that event. This contribution to the liter
allure Of the topic aims at the presentation
of a condensed yet inclusive account of the
expansion movement which carried the
United States beyond it's original confines
and gave to it the great Mississippi valley
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