Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-14

Andrew Vane has plenty of means, pro-
vided by a rich grandfather Two women
strongly attract him. one beyond the possi-
bility of reproach, high in the social circle
of the American colony the other a mem
Der of the half-world. between whom and
Vane existed for time a pure friendship.
The young man becomes enmeshed
eventually in an intrigue which is too
frequently regarded abroad as one of
the incidentals of life conflict
OF moral standards ensues, and from
II all three participants emerge bet
sense purified. But the process though ar
tistically described by Mr.. Carryl, is not
pleasant That Andrew Vane' is a strong.
vital DOCK Is not to be denied That it
strikes properly at an evil condition is
plain. That it will impress all it's readers
without exception as an agency for the up
lift OF the social world is not so certain
A strange prologue sets in motion certain
forces which eliminate in highly dramat-
&c climax. BY no means the least effective
feature of the novel is the character
work, descriptive of members of the Amer
lean colony and its hangers-on. Mrs. Carn-
by Is an achievement alone sufficient to
cause the readers of novels to regret the
passing of so clever a writer. 1t is pity
that Mr.. Carnby is not given a more inn
portant place in the action. more en-
gaging villain than Radwalader has seldom
entered the pages of modern fiction, and
he completely ecDpses the hero In per-
sonal interest and vividness of characteri-
zation. The dialogue sparkles with quota
BILE epigrams.
AMERICAN COMMONWEALTHs NEW
HAMPSHIRE; Epitome Of Popular Gov
eminent. By Frank B. Sanborn With map.
Boston: Houghton, Miffiin Co. Washington:
William Ballantyne Sons.
New Hampshire has often been styled
the Switzerland of America not alone
because of the great peaks which lift their
heads so high above the general level. of
the soil, but because the seeds of the spirit
of civil liberty which became a vital factor
in the days of republic making, were early
implanted there. Originally part of Massa-
chusetts, from almost the beginning the
jewellers in the regions north of the Merri-
mac felt themselves hampered by the laws
of that colony. They labored persistently
for a larger degree of civil and religious
freedom than the governors of Massachu-
sets were disposed to grant. Frequent
quarrels ensued. and legal claims were set
up and fought with a bitterness which
presaged the indomitable determination
which later was displayed by the white
Mountain boys" In the long struggle for
independence Stirring and important as
the history Of New Hampshire isv it has
not been adequately treated by the chron-
lclers. Mr.. Sanborn. a native of the state
with a New Hampshire ancestry of 26O
years, has supplied this lack In the latest
number of the American Commonwealth
series of valuable books. He has conducted
an exhaustive original research, and has
accumulated an abundance of materials
some corrective Of mistakes in earlier
works, and throwing an entirely new light
on the story of the separation of New
Hampshire from Massachusetts and the
part 1t has subsequently played in the evo-
luton of the Union. He has discussed this
record too, in the light of its bearing upon
the development of the principle of popular
49,
early among the American communities
showed an advanced disposition to establish
the doctrine of equality.
FIELD BOOK OF WILD BIRDS AND
THEIR MUSIC;.a Description of the Charac-
ter and Music OF Birds intended to assist I'm
the Identification OF Species Common to the
United States. BY +. Schuyler Mathews. au-
thor of The Field Book of American Wild
Flowers" &c. Illustrated New York: G. p
Putnam's Sons.
The birds were natures first musicians.
1t Is difficult, indeed to conceive a time
when their notes did not sound in the trees.
and 1t is easy to imagine the dove, on re-
turning to the Ark, cooling its glad news
of subsistence of the food. But though
man has heard these sweet songs of the
field and forest time immemoriaI, there is
today little popular knowledge OF the real
nature of bird music. Certain bird notes
are familiar to some ears. Scientific OBJ
servers Of the birds can probably Identify
scores or hundreds of songs. but the av-
erage lover of nature. unlearned In the
lore of ornithology. is ignorant of the real
musical quality of the notes that come
from feathered throats and can name
bare dozen of the songsters. This book
shows the way to knowledge of the birds
and their music that should greatly expand
and fields. 1t is. in fact, one of the most
valuable publications ever issued within n
small compass, for it affords means of
Identifying some scores Of birds. common