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

that the most important facts are persons
and that a mans life consistent not in the
abundance Of the things which he pos
SeSSeth. Not In one sided reaction again. st
the mechanical view, then, but in full recog-
milton of the indispensableness of mechan-
ism everywhere, We yet have great need to
insist that mechanism is to be completely
subordinated to the personal and ideal in
tereSts Of life; that in the making of men
we must take into account the entire man
In the whole range of his interests and must
see that the personal factor is of supreme
Importance"
The author hopes that the presentation of
this thought in varying terms and applica-
tions, may emphasize the importance of de-
veloping the personal and ideal factors in
education the more because of the trend to-
ward more rigidly scientific method.
ANDREA; the Tribulatlons of Child. By Karin
Miehaelis Translated from the Danish by John
Co. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
An unpleasant study in erotics and youth
full suffering. Andrea, the child, lies dying
and discerns the signs of a wide separa-
ton between her parents Jealousy and
suspicion have forced them apart and their
little daughter endures agonies Of mind
while disease racks her body. The best
part of the story is that in which her eff
forts at gaiety are described. her childish
prattle her naive comments upon her sur
roundings. A strange morbidity Is hers,
the result in part of her Affections and in
part of her knowledge of the tragedy in her
parents lives After her death the mother
finds her diary, in which, in broken pas
sages, she has set forth her discoveries
and imaginings. This diary serves its
purpose in finally reuniting the pair.
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. BY James r.
Lowell. New York: H. NJ. Caldwell Company.
This edition Of selections from Lowelrs
poems Is especially attractive for its taste
full border decorations in pale green and its
artistic binding in flexible green leather,
silk lined vignette engraving of the
the whole is entitled to high place with
the handsome gift books of the year.
CAPE COD FOLKS. By Sarah p Mel. Greene
tSally Pratt Mclean New Edition. with por-
trait Of the author and other nIustrat tons In
Wolfe. Fiske & Co.
This handsome edition of Cape Cod
Folks will be warmly welcomed by the
many admirers of the story, which was first
printed twenty-three years ago. 1t will
serve, too. to soften such asperities as may
remain in the minds of some on account of
the unfortunate circumstances OF its first
edition. Miss Brown, in her introduction
explains how it CHANGED that the story was
issued with the real names of some of the
COu people, VINO served MISS Mclean
as models for her writing. Out of that fact
grew complications which to some extent
Swallowed the deserved popularity of the
book. But SO true is 1t to life. so vivid are
its descriptions, so tender its sentiments
that the story has lived and In its present
form. with Illustrations showing real scenes
on the cape it will be delight to many new
readers, as web as to Its old friends.
THE DECLARATIoE OF INDEPENDENCE; nm
Interpretation and Analysis. By Herbert
Fredenwald. PAD. New York: The Macmillan
Company. Washington: Brentano's.
PREDATORY to his discussion of the Dec
laration itself. DIR. FriedenwaId considers
the development of the authority and ju-
rlsdction OF the continental congress and
the relation between that development and
the evolution of the sentiment for inde-
pendence- He traces the causes which led
to the gradual though occasionally rapid
manner in which the congress acquired
power and points out that that power
reached its highest point on the day the
Declaration was signed The decline OF
It's authority, he shows, dates from the