Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-04

of the Ghetto,' lay on his table,
A few pages further along this school
master is saying to the Jew student:
Remember. Disraeli is prime minister.
and Rothschild could ruin Europe If ne
wanted to-
This makes a neat bit of false time reck-
oning, whether inadvertently or deliber-
ately on the plea of literary license. Lord
Beaconsfield ceased to be premier in 1889,
when Israel Zangwill was sixteen years
old. Zangwilrs first book did not appear
until 1888, or at least eight or nine years
from the date on which this headmaster Of
Eton is presented Mr.. Hapgoods spirit
of the Ghetto" was published in 1902.
MODERN LEGIONARY. By John
Patrick LIE Poer. New York: E. p.
Dutton Co.
There is no room for suspicion that this is
not genuine human document. No man
could write SO wildly of life in the ranks of
the French foreign legion on duty in Africa
unless he had been an actual participant.
The legion is composed of volunteers of all
nationalities. 1t represents the fugitives,
the wrecks, the criminals and the foolish
ones of every race. The writer of this book
was a foolish one from ireland, who enlist
ed for the want of some other suggestion
when he had run away from boarding
school at the age of sixteen. He went where
he was certain to get the worst possible
training and the vlest associations. But in
the midst of all the moral wretchedness he
found a beautiful flower a young Italian
girl whose mother was ''cantiniere." Young
lie Poer had served in a campaign against
the Chinese in Saigon and had earned pro-
motion when he was transferred to AlgierS
and met Giulia. The story of their love and
of the tragedy to which it led is told with
the simple directness of one who has lived d
life of stirring events, dealing freely with
the elements of life and death.
The novel reveals the conditions that exist
or existed in the eighties-in the French
foreign service. They are not of a sort to
cheney of the forces guarding the frontiers
of the colonies on which the republic sets
such great store. "A Modern Legionary''
might protitably be read by every officer of
the army of France
THOUGHTS OF A FOOL. By Evelyn
Gladys. Chicago: E. p. Rosenthal &
Co.
Memories of Mary MacLane Immediately
arise upon the reading of the first few
pages of this book of what may be crudely
called essays, but which are of greater sig
nificanee than that term implies. But the
impression of the feminine philosopher of
Butte, Montana, fades the book is read.
Evelyn Gladys" whatever may be the
real name of the author, is a person of
wider experience. greater force, more cohe-
than that young woman. She writes with
a more distinct purpose. and that purpose
is to set her readers thinking deeply upon
a great variety of social questions by at
lacking cherished traditions and institutions
with a directness and vigor which at times
leave the reader breathesS. Now and then
cryptic and a trife hysterical the chapters
are vibrant with significance and earnest
ness. A subtlety of humor tempers the
strength of the language with which Eve
lx-p a6yrG'f he r.
sions. Just why the cover of the book
should be decorated as it is, with pas
toral scene, and why the frontispiece should
be the portrait of little child, is for the
author to explain, but she does not.
TWENTIETH eENTURYTExT-BOo
Edited by A.. F. Nightingale, super
intendent of schools Cook County.
Illinois = BIsMARCK'S SPEECHES
AND LETTERS. By Hermann Scho-
enfield, PAD. LID, professor in the
George Washington University. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
This book is a naturalization to American
readers who are not students of the Ger
man. 1t gives, in excellent form, after a
careful editing the most characteristic and
significant of Bismarck's literary compost
lions. But unfortunately for those readers
who have just been mentioned, it gives
them in German. Interspersed as the ex-
tracts are with interesting notes in English
the book constantly tempts the general
reader. 1t may be said that it should prove
to be an excellent argument for the study
of the Teutonic tongue. DR.. Schoenfeld
calls attention to the fact that 1t has been
only lately that BiSmarckS ability a
writer and a speaker has been recognized.
He was known to his own generation chief
ly as a man of action. But he was withal
a man of mind likewise and in his speeches
and letters he revealed the strength of will
that was given tangible. forceful demon
stration in his deeds. In addition to the
literary examples which disclose this phase
of his character and qualifications DR..
Schoenfeld has prepared excellent bio
graphical sketch of Bismarck. The por-
traits of the subject himself, of Emperors
William l and IL and Frederick, Won Moltke
and of Frederick Charles, the Red
Prince" and reproductions of historic
paintings, are unusually attractive.
THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNION
lam c. Oates. Illustrated. New York
and Washington: The Neale Pub
fishing Company.
While this large book appeals directly to
the survivors of the 10th Alabama Regi-
ment of the confederate forces which the
author commanded it has much in it to in
terest all southern soldiers and students
of the war period. 1t describes the course
of the 18th Alabama and tells of the forty
elSnt DaltleS III winch II was engaged.
In it are found an account Of the authors
experiences In the conflict, justification
of secession and an argument to show that
the confederacy would have succeeded but
for blunders. on the part of Jefferson Davis
the confederate congress and some of the
general officers OF the southern forces 1t
Furthermore tells of the authors expert
ences as an officer of the United States
during the war with Spain, when he was
given the rank of brigadier general. Cen
eral Oates Is very well known in Washing
ton. where he spent some fourteen years
as member of the House of Representa-
tives, retiring in 1894.
GOLFERS SELF-INDEXING ANNUAL,
1905, a Contemporaneous Encyclo-
paedIa and Pictorial History of Men
and Events of the Past Year as Re-
corded and Described by the Worlds
Foremost Specialists in every De-
partment of Human Progress. New
York: r. f. Collier & Son
With the articles and pictures which have
been printed throughout 1904 in Golfers
Weekly as a foundation, the publishers