Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

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dainty and charming as the very ideal OF
the French. she won all hearts. Even the
children of the commune who, thinking to
pain Pere CADET by -wOunding his ward.
silently marched out Of the school room
when the schColmaster asked her to speak
to the youngsters. held her in awe and ad-
mrltion. An important member of the
community was Petit Clef. a crippled boy
shreWd and quaint. whose piping voice
would sound in the depths of the wood
where one seemed to he absolutely alone
Brave little heart. he faced death for those
he loved and served as a master influence
upon their fates. John Brown stalks
sauujly across the scene. Fugitive slaves
tell their pathetic stories of wrongs and
sUTerngs. Federal army officers are torn
from their allegiance by Contending senti-
ments II is story of mental conflict,
brightly illuminating an almost forgotten
episode in the national life and introducing
number Of interesting and original char
aCterS.
ROMA NAB BEATA; letters from he Eternal City By
&c Illustrated from drawings by John Elliott
auG from photographs. Boston: Little, Brown
Maud Howe is known to the literary
world first of all as the daughter of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe and in her own right as
the author of a number of delightful works.
Socially she is known as the wife of Mr..
John Elliott, the artist. whose studies in
Rome i'm connection with his mural work
for the Boston public library occasioned
their residence there during a part of the
period from 1894 to 1900 From Mrs. Ell
liott's letters home from Rome and from
her diary entries this book has been pre-
pared. 1t tells the story of Rome as an
intelligent sojourner sees it, in high and
low life. in cathedral and palace. howell and
shop. street and field. The great picture is
spread out before the readers eye with all
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rich scene of reality. Many of the letters
Were written by Mrs. Elliott to her sister,
Laura r.. Richards The concluding chap
ter tells of the scenes in Rome incident TO
the ASA estimation of King Humbert. his
funeral and the accession of his son, Victor
Emanuel. The fierce passionate rage of
the people against the assassin is dramat-
1cally portrayed. Some OF the Illustrations
are of familiar subjects, but others from
original drawings by Mr.. Elliott add greatly
to the novelty and attractiveness of the
book.
LocKsLEY HALL; BY Alfred Lord Tenuyson
Woodward X LothroP
L. a form to be tucked neatly into vest
pocket, the Putnam. presses have produced
a series of tiny editions of some of the best
poetry. Six of these issues are in hand
Their titles are LocksIey Hall. by Tenny-
son. Tam o Shanter. by Burns The Desert
ed Village by Goldsmith; Rubaiyat OF Omar
KkaYau. translated by Edward Fitzgerald;
The Last Ride. 10y Br0Hning; The Cotter's
Saturday Night and Man Was Made to
Mourn. by Burns. The booklets are bound
in full leather with flexible covers and gilt
edges The text is printed the length of
the rage. verse on each. so that the eye
is not strained to read. Such edition
CRADLES the lover of classic verse TO have a
COPY Of a faVorite always at hand. for
reading in odd moments.
PORTRAITS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CEN
TURY; Historic and Literary by c. 4. Sainte-
Beuvo. Translated by katharine 7: Normeley
Illustrated. In two youmes New ork: G. +.
rutuam's Sons. Washington: Woodward
iuthIup-
France was at the height of its power and
glory and wealth during the period covered
by Sainte-Beuve's graphic ske%ahes of the
principal personages who appeared on the
stage Of her varied activities. 1t was
the golden era of the monarchy. when the
royal power was greatest when brilliant
men and beautiful women througed the
court, when soldiers statesmen, flatterers.
inuiguants. authors. painters, prelates and
mobiles made Paris the center of interest in
all Europe. Sainte- Beuve's style of de-
scription eminently suits a scheme such as
this work embraces. Himself one of the
chief literary factors in the nineteenth
century, whose work effected a marked in
fiuence upon the intellectual life of the po-
litcally shifting nation. he saw clearly the
forces which played upon the great men
and women of the France of two hundred
years before his time. His researches were
indefatigable, his critical judgment keen
and discriminating. This translation en-
braces the materials contained in three vol
umes OF Sainte- Beuve's writings. "Causer-
les du Lundi,' Portraits de Femmes" and
Portraits Litterares'' Some parts have
been omitted, some curtailed, where there
have been applications of matter or discus
slons OF the same subject. The pen por-
traits given are those of Cardinal de Richie
lieu. Due de Rohan, Cardinal de Mazarin.
Due de Ia Rochefoucauld, Duchess de
Iongueville, Cardinal de RetZ. Ninon de
IEnclos, BussyRabuti Talement des
Reaux, Able de Rance La Grande Made
moisele. Comtesse de La Fayette Ouch
esse dOrleans. Louis XIV, Louise de la