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

enumerate the specific powers possessed by
or the limitations imposed upon the several
organs of the federal or state governments.
The aim of this and its succeeding volumes
Is rather 10 be a description of the political
agencies of the American state and an ex-
PLANTATION of the manner in which they
actually operated. But it is contemplated
that further series of volumes may be
prepared TO deal with the specific activities
OF the American governments, to be de-
voted to such t-pics as 1.-THE American
State and Trade and Commerce" 1.-The
American State and Labor" THE Ameri-
can State and Education" etc.
In his discussion of the American consti-
tutional system Mr.. Willoughby seeks 10
ascertain first whether in the American
state ultimate sovereignty is to be found
located III the United States, viewed as a
single national entity. or in the constituent
commonwealthS, or divided between the
federal state and it's political members
He discusses the nature of the federal
state and of the American state-terms
which he does not use interchangea blythe
development OF the national sovereignty
secession, coercion of states, reconstruc-
ton. the supremacy of federal law federal
control OF state governments. federal and
state autonomy and powers, the power of
the United States to acquire territory tina
constitutional status of territories the po-
htical and civil rights of their inhabitants
and finally citizenship. Citations are given
OF the leading cases upon which decisions
or the United States Supreme Court af-
fecting constitutional issues have been
based and compact but comprehensive
photography and appendix add to the value
OF the work.
THE LADDER OF SWORDS. By Gilbert Parker
author OF THE Right of Way SC Illustrated
ny the klnneys. New York: Harper & Broth
SIT GILBERT Parker turns his attention
from Canadian themes and scenes to the
Island or Jersey and the city of London,
and from modern days to the time of
hat
nance, briefer than The Right of Way"
and totally different in style and senti
ment. 1t is of delicate texture, by no
means so strenuous as it's title might in
dictate, although there is a certain element
OF hghting spirit in 1t. The tale is that of
TWO young lovers. Huguenot refugees on the
Island OF Jersey. The man has fled from
France after fighting valiantly in the
cause of Montgomery the Camisard and
the girl has been waiting in Jersey for
him after having herself passed through
great perils with her father There in
Jersey she is loved by the Seigneur of
Rozel. who dominates the story. a giant
or man. with giant heart, a great valor
and greater vanity, proud of his position
as butler to the queen" and of his right
to keep three dove cotes and the only re-
safety, on the island. When Catherine de
Medici asks her sister queen, Elizabeth
to send Michel de la Foret back to France
to be executed for his Huguenot activities
that young man Is arrested and sent to
London and to that capital his sweet
heart. her father aid the seigneur follow
him on the boat of Buonespoir the pirate,
despite the fact that Tyburn Graves for
Buonespoir. There in London fortune
shifts rapidly, but eventually the young
people are returned TO Jersey. Michel as
a preacher, and Angelo as his wife. In
the telling of this phase of the story the
author has drawn life-like and pleasing
portrait of Elizabeth during her maturer
years and sinister portrait of the Earl
of Leicester whose Vaccinations come
near TO upsetting the plans of the Hugue-
not fugitiveS. Despite the melancholy
ending. which rises sharply to a climax
of rare dramatic beauty. the story is pleas
ing and satisfactory. 1t is well worth the
reading IL only to make the acquaintance
of the Seigneur of Rozel braggart, hero
and steadfast friend. The illustrations by
the Kinneys are exceptionally we'll exc
cuted and reproduced in soft colors.
THE UNITED STATES: with an Excursion into
Mexico. Handbook for Travellers. BY Karl Bae-
deker. With 20 maps and 80 plans. Third Re-
York. Imported by Charles Scrlbner's sons
Washington Woodward x Lothrop.
There is no country in the world so diff
cult to describe in a tourists handbook as
the United States-frst on account OF its
vastness and its manifold points of interest,
and again, because of it's rapid develop
ment. This is the third addition of the
American Baedeker. written by Mr.. J. f.
Muirhead, who has prepared the English
editions of this famous series of guides for
the past twenty-five years. Assistance was
rendered by Or. b. E. Martin Of New York,
who visited the southern states and Califoy-
mia in the interest of the publication. An
interesting and novel feature OF this guide
book is a series OF brief monographs form
ing part of the introduction, each written
by an authority. ind the whole series tending
to familiarize the foreign artist with the ma