Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21


himself to the scholars life. struggling
with him to overcome his disposition to
settle back to the execution of his dead
fathers desire that he manage the model
farm in the country, which was his own
pride. But later Barbara, awakening to
new sensations after having been saved
from death at sea by Gardeners heroic
enterprise. weakens in her resolve to hold
the young man firmly to his chosen course
and becomes involved in fine complexity
which leads to many interesting situa-
lions. The enmity Of Bowers. the poor
student, for his rich rival Is well shown.
vivid picture is drawn of the hard life
of the student who is working his way
through the university. waiting at table.
tending furnaces. keeping night watch in
warehouses. working on the trolleys and
doing everything and anything that
comes to hand to offer revenue. The
story Is rather too episode to be wholly
smooth in construction. the first chapter,
highly amusing description of the du-
plicity of old Prof Hare being suggest
lively like short story to which the
novel has been appended Mr.. Taylor Is
himself an instructor in rhetoric at Yale
and Ph.D. Of that institution. While an
undergraduate he was on the editorial
board of the Yale Literary Magazine.
DOROTHEAJ Story of the Pure In Heart. By
Maarten Maartens. New York: d. Appleton
& Company.
Maarten Martens has established himself
as powerful portrayer of character, a
master of emotional narrative. His dia-
logues are bright and epigrammatic and his
descriptive writing is always vivid and
clear. In this story-which relates to an
uncomfortable number Of those who are
far from being pure in heart as we'll as
the pure-he tells of life at the fashionable
resorts of Europe, centering around young
woman who has. at the age Of twenty-one
Joined her English father after a peace
full life with the sisters Of her dead Dutch
mother. Colonel Sandring is fine sort of
fellow with all his moral shiftlessness
He sincerely loves his daughter, after
fashion, and were 1t not for the Intriguing
influence Of the woman who has attached
herself to him he would have shown up in
the narrative with marked dignity. A
glimpse is given of the family life of fine
group of intellectual German people, ardent
lovers of the beautiful in all its forms.
The love story Is tenderly appealing
Amusement is furnished by the figure Of
the practical joker. Lord Archibald Foye
who is compiling a book OF unpublished
jokes.
FORMS OF ENGLISH POETRY. By Charles
F. Johnson. LII. D.. professor Of English ntera-
ture In Trinity College. Hartford. New York:
American Book Company.
Apart from its class room value, this
text book presenting briefly and clearly the
basic principles underlying the poetic form
of composition. has a decided instructive
utility in small compass. acquainting the
reader with the forms and styles of poetic
writing. The writer has In mind the true
character of poetry as an art and a social
force. and has undertaken to present his
subject without wearying his student or
reader by laying too great stress on the
technical side: HIS examples to suit the
needs of illustrative text are admirably
chosen and make book OF delightful read
ing apart from its other qualities.
THE AMERICAN sPORTsMAN,s L.
BRARYy Edited by Csspar Whitney-AMER-
ICAN YACHTING. By w. P. Stephens
New York: The Macmillan Company. Wash
ington: Brentanos.
The American interest in yachting never
wanes. Somestime 1t rises above the usual
pitch. as when another successful defense
of the Americas cup is recorded but in
the intervals between these occasional
events 1T remains a steady fire of enthus-
iasm for one of the finest of all the sports
In this book. descriptive of all phases of
yachting. are assembled the historical evil
dences of this spirit, not alone in terms of
the international cup races, but also in
point Of the continuous devotion to the
sport of thousands Of adopts, who know
both how to sail yachts and how to design
the true yachtsman is he who can thus
plan and make his own boat. at least SUI
perintending its actual construction. II not
taking hammer and draw-shave in hand
himself. Much space in the book Is given
naturally to a consideration Of differences
in design. and yet the technicali.ies are SO
well handled as not to confuse the tnsci-
entihc reader 1t Is book to quicken the
pulse by its appeal to the natural love of
outdoor life which Is inherent in every
man Illustrations and a compact but de-
tailed summary Of the results of the races
for the Americas cup add to its value
AT THE BIG HOUSE, Where Aunt Nancy
and Aunt Phrony Held Forth on Animal Folks
By Anne Virginia Culbertson Illustrated by n.
warde Biaisdell. indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
These animal tales have two distinct
phases Of Significance, that of their intrinsic
character as amusing narratives, and that
of their Relationship to the whole range OF
American folk lore. The author found them
chiefly among the negroes of southeastern
Virginia and the Cherokee Indians OF North
Carolina. yet they are strikinsiy Hike the