Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
its kind and shoufd-Wove of great value
to all students of Japan or the japanese.

its kind, and shoufd-wove of great value
to all students Of JapR2 or the Japanese.
An absorbing novel pfadventure by A. r.
Of Harry Rsvel,'s wild Sc published BY the
scribners at once. It win be entitled Fort
Amity." The scene IS laid in America DUR
ing the period Of the French and Indian
war. and the plot de&ls with the exciting
events clustering ar6tnd the British move
ment upon French Canada. The storming
pepste w eaea action se end fn
Vivid studies of French, British and Indian
character.
Brooks amusing satirical story OF amateur
anarchy, seems to be just the compound
of levity and seriousness to fix the public
fancy It has jumped into immediate pop
ularity. The author is totally unaware Of
fits success Early In the year Miss Brooks
started for Egypt, and is now in north
Africa, out of the reach of any news and
far away from telegraphs, telephones and
post offices.
DR.. scherer. in his book. Japan Today"
just published by J. B. Lippincott Com
pany, tells about THE Awful Japanese
in their exact Japanese equivalents as re-
CARDS construction. Thus, PLEASE excuse
me" becomes August excuse deign." go
slowly ..Augustly. leissrely going deign to
essby ss ases feeI
Bodily state bad Isl. please tell me-,
Causing to-hear condescend." Good.
evening This night as-for.' Good
morning" Honorable ..earliness is" THE
invalid missionary who asked his startled
servant for a bath of n1olasses instead of
a bath of rain water.'..s"The inflated youths
of the island empire are ambitious to learn
the Englis'' "a missionary was waiting
at a railway station. A sauntertng student
became imbued with the double desire of
ascertaining the aliens destination and or
airing his speaking ACQUAINTANCE with an
alien tongue. So he struck soldierly attl-
tude before my oyerawed friend, and shout
ed forth the stentorian question, What you
go?' My avengeful friend said to him, In
soothing tones, Suppose you try that over
again The student retired into privacy,
lost himself in laborious thought Tor about
ten minutes, and then renewed the charge
You go what? he Numbered. The MISSION
airy collapsed
The scribners are importing Reginald
-Wyon's 1.-THE Balkans from Within"
work which is attracting good deal Of at
tention Just now In England. The author
describes remarkable region In pecui-
iarly informing manner, presenting Vlvio
ly. of the people, and, suggestively, OF the
remarkable present situation. The book
is admirably illustrated. Its political side
is Of the highest value at the present tlme.
ashes of the Berlin treaty and the author
blames the powers for having "basely de-
serted the brave and innocent races they
undertook to succor. He believes the out
look for peace not promising, and oners
strong evidence.
"whistler AS I Knew Him. the long
promised biography by Mr.. Mortimer Men
pes, will be published by the Macmillan
Company on June Is. 1t contains one nun
bred plates reproduced from Whistlers
etchings, and printed, chiefly in colors. UNI
der the authors direction at the Menpes
Press.
A ship adrift no cosl in her bunkers, and
the necessity of reaching port by certain
day. tremendous issues being at stake, and
her captain orders all super1uous wood
work, and some that Is far from being SUI
perfluous, torn up andaused for fuel. This
is one of the incidents in the new novel
by Mr. Bailey Willard soon to be an
nounced. It's writer has excellent author
ity for this particular situation since sim
liar necessity occurred a few years ago on
the old steamship Cleveland on her voyage
from Nome, Mr. Millard's brother having
been aboard at the time.