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

appeal to both men and women. 1t MAIN
tains at high pitch Mr.. Lorimer's brilliant
epigrammatic power and his quaint phi-
losophy. When his son Pierrepont sends
his young college friend Clarence to tine
elder Graham in Carlsbad with a letter of
introduction 'Old Gorgon'' knows in
stinctively that touch is due and so it
proves Clarence has tried without success
to demonstrate a system at Monte Carlo
and needs the money. The elder advances
him a hundred and charges it to Pierre
points account, advising him to abandon all
hope of collecting it from Clarence. This
opens the way to some particularly delight
full comments. One of the cleverest
strokes of the book is the fathers account
OF how he closed a breach between Pierre
pont and his fiancee by drawing her fire
upon himself. This book. like it's predeces-
scr, is one to be read aloud to an ap-
preciative circle of listeners. 1t contains
great store of substantial wisdom and 1t
lays down a system of business principles
which, if faithfully and intelligently pus.
sued, should land any bright young man
with capital and enterprise in the front
rank of merchants. 1t makes for honesty
and decent living. When the echoes of the
laughing have died away there must remain
IN the breast of every reader a sense of
having been closer than before to the bed
rock of good faith and success. .-.. ~
JAPAN IN; THE BEGINNING OF THE GOTH
CENTUHY. Published by the Imperial Japanese
Commission to the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton.
AS a clear sign that Japan has taken
place among the nations of the world and
is a progressive member of the great FAM
lily comes this volume of facts and figures.
compiled by direction of the government
1t is a token that the Japanese Of today are
DESTROYS that the world at large shou.d
know not only that such a country exists
but just what kind of country it is, wnat
1t is undertaking and accomplishing, in
dustrially, socially and intellectually Much
of the information of the western people
regarding Japan has been derived from the
travel writings of tourists and Is by no
means infallibly accurate. The United
States government has done grea. deal
toward setting forth the facts regarding
Japan In the course of it's own publications.
But it is properly the work Of the Japanese
administration itself to present sucn a vol
ume as this. as an exhaustive though COM
pact summary of the status of the Japan
of today, that remarkable national entity
which is challenging the admira ion Of ali
the world by. its war work in Manchuria.
The volume is edited by Haruki yamawakf
secretary of the department Of agriculture
and commerce of Japan and Japanese COM
missioner for the Louisiana purchase ex-
position. In his preface he begs Indulgence
for the inadeauacfes of the box due to the
haste of its preparation.
NATIONAL TIC AZ GO! coNyEMT1oNs AND PLATFORMS
Convention. Popular and Electoral Vote Also
the political complexion of both Houses of Con-
s McKee, FIFTH Etion BY H~
Fredenwald Company
The author of this valuable handbook
Captain Mckee. has long been a prominent
worker in the republican party, and a close
observer of national politics Until recently
he was journal clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives, and is considered an especial
authority on congressional data. He held
positions of importance and confidence
under the republican national committee
during the Hanna regime. Into the volume
he has prepared have been gathered such of
the most important things referring to the
presidential campaigns as are likely to
prove needful and interesting In political
work. 1t has been the authors effort to
make the volume. which is essentially a
reference book, as complete and reliable as
possible The platforms of all parties are
formation relating to the formation of ma
tional conventions, provisions for counting
the electoral vote. and other items of Pc
culiar interest during a presidential cam
paign.
SI THH 81 snoas BaW
son, American Minister to Santo Domingo. In
Parts pard TwS op pefa P pa Bolivia Na
York: G. p. Putnams Sons Washington: Wood.
ward & Lothrop.
This volume completes Mr.. Dawsop's in
structive work on the South American re-
publics, the first half of which, was pub
lished some time ago. The countries of
which he now writes are of direct interest
to North American readers, particularly
Venezuela, Colombia and Panama. in conse-
quence of recent International incidents in
which the United States has played an inn
portant part. Mr.. Dawson is an ardent
believer in the value of the isthmian canal,
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the South American states as we'll He
says:
THE moment the first vessel floats
through from the Caribbean to the Pacific
the course of commerce will reverse it's d.
rectiori. Buenayentura, EsmeraIdas, Quay
Dull. Callao, Mol,endo Iquique and even
Valparaiso and Talcahuano will send their
ships by the short route of Panama instead
of around the continent and through the
Straits of Magellan. Western Colombia,
Ecuador Peru. Bolivia and Chile herself
Will be tied by rapidly strengthening bonds