Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18

Margaret Horton Potter.
fact being itself symbolic, it may be, of the
situation disclosed in the latter portion of
the narrative. In the first part is told the
tale of the Illicit love of young Moslem
prince. captured by the Hindoos and en-
shaved In raJah's palace, for that poten-
tate's favorite wife. A tragedy inevitably
follows. and the two SHINING lovers drown
themselves together in a swift-running
river. Then. according to the relentless
laws. these two are required to fnhabit
single body during a second incarnation.
This body is known as Oman, born a Brdh-
min. backslder in youth from the Vedc
doctrine, student of the Buddhist faith,
and then an outcaSt and hermit. To him
flies at times of great distress a little gray
bird, which neStleS in his breast until
peace descendS upon his soul. Half aware
of his nature, he finally, after years of Sc
clusion in the mountains, wanders in search
of the country where occurred the tragedy
of which his peculiar nature is the product,
and there he joins the forces which are
working out the mandate of the law of
punishment.
High coloring. swift action and strong
construction combine to mark this an
unusual novel. a story to faScnate, to in
Struct and to suggest wide thinking. There
Is following the intricacies of the ORR
entail mind in all its theological and philo-
sophical wanderngs, but the author has
Sive understanding of the peCuliaritieS Of
doctrines which differentiate creed from
creed and caste from caste In the old
India, which is the India of today.
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. By
Chester A. Reed. BIS, author with Frank NJ.
Chapman, OF Color Key to North American
Birds" editor of American Ornithoogy. Illus
tratng the eggs of nearly every species of
North American birds. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne &
Sons.
The author of this book recognizes the
danger of determination which attends in
discriminate, unscientific collection of birds
eggs, and he prefaces his excellent guide to
the eggs of the North American birds with
word of warning that possession is by no
means necessary to an interesting and valu-
able study of the homes of the feathered
folk. With a camera a bird lover can
greatly enlarge his acquaintance with the
deniZens of thicket and field and forest,
and enrich his store of informa tion be-
sides gaining permanent records of the
habits of the nesters. This manual, with
it's profuse Illustrations, should enable the
least scientific devotee of the subject to
Identify the eggs of all the birds within
range. Each species is identified and brief
ly described In compact text. and pictures
are given of great majority of the eggs,
in exact size.
HOW TO SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEN,
the Proceedings Of the Washington Conference
on the Race Problem in the United States
under the auspices of the National Sociological
Society. Held in Washington, d. c., November
9-12, 1903. Washington: Beresford.
The conference held in this city last No
Vember brought together a remarkable as
semblage of colored men, intent upon re-
ducins the so-called race problem to its
lowest terms in preparation for solution
They were aided in their deliberations by
white men of high standing and marked
abilities. Their work may not have mate
rally forwarded the day of solution, but 1t
unquestionably indicated that the negro has
advanced remarkably by reaching a place
from which he can. with scholarly direct
ness and dfspassionate detachment con-
slider his own state. This volume of the
proceedings of the conference adds yaluabl
to the record of the efforts which are maxi
ing to lessen the differences between the
races in the United States.
NATIONAL BANK ORGANIZATION; 1872
1904. New York: The National City Bank.
The National City Bank of New York has
iraugurated the publication of a series of
works of value to all interested in financial
subjects. They are as thus far published in
the nature of educational essays upon
subjects of which few knew much and the
many know little, but of which all citizens
should know a great deal The first volume
dealt with United States bonds and explain
ed the nature of those securities in simple
terms. This volume deals in the same man
ner with national banks and explains their
precise relationship to the great fiscal sys-
tenn of the country.
ESSAYS OF CHARLES LAMB; Selected and
Edited, with Introduction and notes, by George
Armstrong Wauchope. MA. PHI d.. professor Of
English in South Carolina College Boston,
CHM 6 Co.
The editor of this selection Of Lambs es-
says believes that that gentle critic and wit
is shortly coming into his own. He halls
the day when Lamb will be recognized as a
great master of prose style and will be
studied for his exquisite purity of diction
and fineness of thought His present enter
prise aims at putting into the hands of
students of English the best of the essays
with enough notes to facilitate study and
enough biographical matter to stimulate
further research. There are thus given
thirty-three of the Ella essays and the four
great essays on Hogarth. Shakespeare,
Wither and the Elizabethan dramatists.
LIMERICK LYRICS; a Collection of over 700
choice versidcations. to which Is added num-
Der Of short verses from many sources. Selected
and arranged by Stanton Vaughn. New York:
r. J. Carey & Co.
Quoting from The Stars comment on a
recently published book of limericks, the
present compiler offers what evidence is in
hand as to the origin of that particular
form of nonsense verse. 1t is unfortunate
that he did not conflne himself In his col
lection to really worthy examples of this
style Of rhyming wit and did not exclude
the hybrids which depend for their appeal
to the attention upon a mis-spelling of
words. veritable limerick book" culled
from the best sources, and serving to per-
petuate the really clever examples bits
which have from time to time dropped from
pens both famed and unknown would serve
most excellent purpose
Text and Illustrations BY
James Montgomery Fiagg. New York: Life
Publishing Company.
Here Is a nonsense book which, while con-