Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

eations ana reQH1rements ana rights OF SER
absolute nUcessi1v, This book. which - a.
interestin0e az a. work OF fiction ana iu-
nniteay more valuable, VIII advance IN
these ends.
THE BEACON BToGRApHTEs; Edited By y. 4.
Ra M PIss HGwswAs sT, w 1s,n.1a e 81 Isaac
This BRIEF but complete biography Of ''tl,e
good gray -poets is written By one who Is
confessedty IAN unqualified admirer of
Whitman and d believer to the fullest ex-
tent in the greatness of his work" At the
Same time he recognizes that there are
other honest ways of looking at the sub
ject, and many people who admit Whit
mans essential, greatness despite certain
elements In his work Of which they do not
approve, or which they even find offensive
He has written this "lffes therefore, with
consideration for those who VIII not Wnoiy
accept his judgment Of the poet one
striking feature of this biography, follow
Ing the style of the Beacon series, Is the
chronological table. which contains items
for twelve years after the death or WHIT.
man in 1892. suggestive of the continuous
and even growing interest in his WORKS.
some of which have been posthumously
published; The frontispiece portrait is
reproduction of a Sarony photograph taken
in 1873, several years after Whltmans nrst
stroke Of paralysis.
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Rittenhouse Boston: Small, Maynard Co.
The editor of this unique mosaic version
of quatrains from the rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam hit upon the scheme Of the work
by chance. She was engaged IN preparing
for press a three-yersion edition OF the
great Persian classic, and encountered GER
tain quatrains of sentiment not used Dy
Fitzgerald, sounding comparatively unac-
cented note. She fell captive TO the charm
| of these quatrains and they soon began to
| form themselves into sequence ana a
unity of their own. She eventually pIeced
them together, using some of Fitzgerald $
stanzas, which complemenIed them In
thought, and thus evolved q PERSIAN love
song, with all the conference ana Amos
phere of single translator, YET plenaSo,
note by note, from that of ten. Those ten
are Edward Fitzgerald RicE1rd LIE Cal
| lienne. John Leslie Garner. H. II. WIN
| field Whitley Stokes, H. q. heehe Jessie
q. Carell, f. York Powell, Edwin hendaii
Cutter and L. A. Johnson.
GROVES DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUs1-
CLANS. Edited by j. A. Fuller Maitland, Ma,
F.SA. Illustrated. In five volumes. Vol. l.
New York: The Macmillan Company. Wash
ington: Brentano's.
Sir George Grove in 1873 issued the first
volume of his great dictionary of music
and musicians, which, despite its made
quacies which this new print is intended
y,
authority. AS the five volumes of the
work appeared the editor continued to ex-
pand his scale until at the close tners was
a marked difference in the proportion of
space given to the subjects In the earlier
and the later parts of the work Indeed,
the first plan was to issue 1t in two vol
umes and the title page of the lrst edition
so announced. An appendix, publisher IN
1889, in some measure supplied the matter
which had been excluded by this shifting
of the plan. The present edltion IS
complete revision of the whole WORK
to secure a better balance to ma ne
good the first deficiencies and those
left even when the appendix nao
been prepared. and to bring the work up
to date with the use of materials lett py
the first editor upon his death, ana such
others as have been developed since then
and in the course Of events In the muslcai
world. Much of Groves work remains pre-
cisely as 1t was written, but even ms non non
umental biographies of Beethoven. Mendels-
sohn and Schubert, which are justly con
sidered as among the masterpieces OF the
world in this range of writing, nave Deen
changed to conform to memoI anda found
among his papers. While the most conspic-
nous changes will occur in the earlier vol
umes, 1t Is noted that there Will be CON
siderable difference throughout the WORN
the Ave volumes Of which, 1t is expected.
will be offered to the public III rapid Sc
quence.
GWEN: an IdyII of the Canyon. By Ralph Connor
NeweYork: sFlenling H., Reyell Company.
The text of this beautiful gift book Is Sc
lected from that of Ralph Connor's popular
story of several seasons ago, The Sky
Pilot" 1t tells virtually consecutive story
of mountain life. The chief feature or this
issue is in the decoration of each page with
appropriate designs in sepia, Wnlle the cover
is strikingly handsome reproduction in
soft green of photograph of a beautifui
mountain scene. The book is contained in
a neat box.
THE COMING CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. By
August Niemann. Translated by ]: H. Freese
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons Washington:
Woodward s. Lothrop.
This is a remarkable story. which will be
viewed with the greatest interest from the
point of view of the world politician and the
military authority rather than that of the
novel reader The author, German, was
inspired to write 1t by the words of Brit
ish colonel regarding the gradual approach
of the Russians to the gates of India. This
started a line of thought which disclosed to
him England's paramount position in Euro
pean politics and her great power In the
world His pride as German was piqued
and he thought to produce, in the form of
fictional narrative, picture of what must
and he evidently believes Will hap
men to England when Germany, France and
Russia are once aroused to the oyer-domi-
nance of the British influence and prestige
His story describes the loss of India to
England through Russian aggression and
concludes with realistic description of a
sea fight off Flushing in which the British
navy is crushed, followed by the triumphant
entry of the German army into England.
romance blends with the political action
and furnishes the handspring of the tale
The dream of Herr Nemann is somewhat
discounted by the events of the Asiatic war
now in progress, which have occurred since
the German publication of the story.
ART GIFT BOOK SERIES-DIvIDED; the Story
of Poem. BY Clara f. Laughlin, author Of
'aIiladi," &C. New York: Fleming II. Revell
Company.
This delicate and impressive short story,
which has already appeared in one of the
magazines is given holiday form in this
edition, with decorated pages and a cover
design depicting, in Photographic repro
duction, a lovely meadow scene character
Istic of the atmosphere of the tale itself
This is one of the books which Christmas
buyer in search of artistic present will
delight to find
THE HEART OF HAPPY HOLLOW By Paul
Laurence Dunbar. author of Lyrics of Lowly
Life" &c. Illustrated by e. w Kemble New
York: Dodd Mead & Company Washington:
Brentano's.
Mr. Dunbar describes and locates Happy