Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

and transformation Win begin whose ex-
| tent no man cazbrforeSse. Every patriotic
| American must hope that his own country
tention essential 10 Secure that share OF In
| fiuence and trader Justly due to the United
States geographical proximity and political
sympathy; that French literature. language
and ideas. British Teapital and German COM
merce now so dominant In all South Amer
lea will be supplemented by American
schools. money apd c9Wmercial enterprise.
Panama through ColoHlbia. Ecuador. Peru
Chile and across fthe fertile plains Of Ar
gentina and southern Brazil"
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Houshton, Miniia 4 Co. washington: Bren.
tano's.
When the delighted reader lays down this
charming story Of International affections
he will be inclined to exclaim at the good
| management which resulted in a harmo-
NOUS collaboration by the quartet of au-
thors. The woes of the stage manager in
his efforts to distribute the good parts In a
play among larger number OF ambitious
actors being fairly well understood by the
public at large. there may be some concep-
ton of the niceties and the tact required
to get four clever Writers to undertake such
a book as this. each one being respon-
sible for n separate character. The diff
Guilty reaches Its climax in the case Of Miss
Mary Findlater, who was required to stand
sponsor for the utterances OF. the redoubt-
able Mrs. McGili. Really, Miss Findlater
has done so well with that difficult role
that she is entitled to a special round of ap-
plause. for she has most wildly presented
the point of view of a querulous old woman
of imaginary aches and ills, who is intent
upon the rather complex task Of making
everybody around her wretched. It was,
however, no easy task to cause Sir Archi-
| bald Maxwell Mackenzie to appeal strongly
| to the feminine reader. But Mr.. Allan Nc
Aulay has succeeded SO admirably that this
| Scotch baronet seems almost. human as
| Virginia says. Certainly his love for that
| dainty little lady Is shown, convincingly in
all it's stages from the first phase of utter
| indifference, curiously mingled with a de-
| faint defense, to the final chase and discov-
cry and avowaE Miss Wiggff.s share of
j. the book is dominant in that she has had
| to present Miss Virginia Pomeroy in ali her
pretty graces and Inaneuyers. There is no
course but to love; her from -the moment
when she declares in the first chapter that
| she and her theoretically invalid mother
! have been doing England "by' counties,s be-
cause that method Seemed tidier and more
| thorough and busitesslike, ~ to- her final
suggestion that She and Sir Archibald be
followed in their automobile honeymoon by
1 HeT HOlHeT, MIS-. McSIlll, ana the latter S
companion, in a pony chafse, drawn by
| Greytoria, a dimintftive horse of a seden-
tary disposition The tale Of good works
is not complete without mention of the en-
pertaining comments of Cecilia. Mrs. Nc
Gills faithful slave, whose observations on
the affair at the Devon inn are always
amusing and appealing. This is the work
of Miss Jane Helen Findlater, who has
done SO we'll by Cecilia that the reader sim
cerely hopes the arrows which Cupid seems
to be aiming in her direction will hit the
mark somewhere outside of the pages Of
this delectable little story.
K1TTIwAKE OF THE GREAT KILLS. By
Charles Frederick Stansbury. author Of 1.-The
Barrister." &c. Illustrated. New York: The
This volume of a dozen short stories of
dumb creatures, dedicated to men and
women who maintain that animals have
rights ought to increase the number of
those men and women sin proportion as it
is read 1t sets forth in fascinating and
convincing manner the truth that there is
much cruelty in the treatment of the small
inhabitants of the world, but it also makes
plain the fact that there is much enjoyment
to be had out of an Intelligent association
with some of them. The author has set
forth his experiences with a kittiwake.
crow shrike. a mouse. two French snans,
cat, hermit crab a baby chicken with a
wooden leg, an adiutant BIRD, a 'cockatoo
turtle. a. Ininia tursa East hdfap, Squirrel
and marsh ilen-s Fits ,stories are all stamp
ed with the token of sincere love for the
birds and animals Aphrot1ite the kittiwake
was drowning with shattered wing when
found adda 6drseG back to- hsa4th, only to
die later in the ZOO Ths-story of her ex-
periences in With the feather hunters is a
bitter one. tenderly told It Is to be doubt
ed if a woman ,soahd neVer again wear a
feather-trimmed hat with an easy con-
scier ce ate! reading this pathetic little
tale. A comedy element however, runs
though the stories; notably in 1.-TWO. Gentle
men Of France" a,tstory of a couple of
snails rescued by the writer from a reseau-
rant and kept at home as a curiosity. The
conversation between these slumbesous
creatures upon the human errors concern
ing them is an especially bright bit of writ
ing. Well-drawn pictures accompany the
text. The book makes good reading apart
from any humane considerations that are
awakened by its pefusai. 80 ~ 20,
Saasr Of ssn y Ss{
Mrs. croly died December %, 1901. and
within fortnight q memorial meeting was
held by Sorosis. the woman's club which
she organized and Of which she was long
it's president and att time Of her death
it's honorary president, jointly with. the
Woman's Press Club of New York CO.,
which she also Founded and headed A
month later, the spress club formally au-
thorized the preparation Of q memorial vol
ume in token ofathes services rendered. by
Jennie june toe tie cause of professional
womanhood in Amefica.s This2 IS the book
thus provided. for. .sSnsstutihg a, biography
and a testimonial The story of Mrs
Croiy's life is briefly. and touchingly told
by her, Brother, JOHN 'CunfingfiaIn DID.
Then follow the addresses delivered and the
poems read at the Serosis Press Club me-
mortal meeting by tAe women who had as
ISOLATED with Mrs. Croly In her club work
Next come fac1sfnds-s Of resolutions and
tributes from clubs J. Fhaddeus B.7fWake-
man writes a chapter on what is known as
the epositivist episode" in the life OF Mr..
and Mrs Croly. the former of whom was
virtually the first solver of the seed of posi-
tivism In America. * TFaryot Holt Dey con-
tributes paper on Mrs. Crolys club life
Selections from the essays and addresses by
Mrs. Croly pertinent toll the subject of clubs
and their work'' follow. e and ehesrpolume
closes with reprints .of the tributes of her
friends. Altogether the book makes. a re-
markable showing for the work of this
woman in a field in which she was the
pioneer and for q =long tune almost the
only determined worker
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