Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25

animal kingdom. To be killed in a fight
did not render the chickens unfit for food,
If any one wanted to eat them, and besides,
1t afforded an opportunity to die game,
and that ought to be looked upon as the
browning glory of any life
Those who did not become acquainted
with ''Old Lin in the course of Mr..
Reads first presenta ton of him ind"The
Jucklins,' which was put on the boards
with the late Stuart Robson in the role of
Iimuel, should hasten now to meet this
kindly, shrewd. mirth-proyoking old chap
ster. author of When Patty Went to
College" New York: The Century
Company.
The Copley family presented a peculiar
combination to the people Of Italy. Over
in America there was a CoDley who was
world-known as a man who cornered wheat
and sent its price soaring In Italy was
his brother, who was seriously intent upon
solving the problem of pauperism in that
country, problem in some measure COM
plieated. he appreciated, by his wheat
cornering brothers enterprises Howard
Copley's anu-pauperism method was cal
culated to make him as cordially hated by
the Italians in his own person as his
brother was In name. He discouraged the
giving of aims, tried TO break up the sys-
tenn of organized begging, and otherwise
interfered with the ancient institutions of
the land. Consequently the story of his
nieces love affairs is complicated by dra-
matte and even tragic elements This niece
Marcia, Is attractive young person.
naive and yet adept in the social arts, and
several men seek her hand. Sybert, an
attache of the American embassy at Rome,
is one of her suitors, but she disIikes him
despite her uncle's urgent wish that they
be friends. or better Sybert is closely
identified in secret with propaganda for
fro inc Ifn1x frnr hnr ,r1ft dc
becomes involved In some awkward stu
ations which disclose his character and
effect change in the girls attitude toward
him. The author has written a strongly
sympathetic story around these two peo-
pie, with the single fault of prolXity in
inconsequential phases.
THE BLACK SPANIEL; and Other sto-
ries. By Robert Kitchens. author of
The Garden OF Allah" &c. Illustrated
by A. Forester. New York: Freder-
lex A. Stokes Company. Washington.
William Bailantyne & Sons.
In 1.-THE Black Spaniel" which comprises
nearly one-half of the volume, Mr.. Kitchens
propounds a striking theory regarding the
after-death fate of vivisectionists. An emf
nent London physician who is deeply inter-
ested in scientific problems has been for
some time torturing black spaniel. and
after his own demise a relentless enemy
VI tine FlViSeClfUHiStS proceeds TO punish
him by obtaining possession OF deg of
similar breed into which he believes the soul
Of the dead man has passed,an holding the
creature subject to the abject terror OF his
presence. Mr.. Hichens is an adept In the
art of stating strange situation, and In
this tale he establishes new mark in his
fiction writing for intensity of focus upon
a mysterious denouement. In the other
short tales are frequent reminders of the
remarkable story of the Sahara. which is
even yet rated among the most popular
novels, THE Garden of Allah" Brief bits
of desert lore they are In the main, highly
spleed and paipitahng with the heat OF
the sands.
THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII: and thu
Parts They Played in History BY
Martin Hume, author of The Court
ships of Queen Elizabeth &c Illus
trated. New York: Mcclure, Phillips
Co Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth
present peculiar contrast in the historical
perspective. The father took six wives. the
daughter took no husband The study OF
Henry's consorts is supplemented by a
study of Eiizabeth,s lovers. Verify. English
history in that so-called golden age is a
pageant OF the royal passions Mr.. Hume
has approached the matter, In the case of
both Elizabeth and Henry. as the historian,
intent upon blending the personal and the
political elements. He views the six wives
of Henry as pawns In the great game that
was played through IL not by the hand OF
the monarch. He does not accredit Henry
with especial cieverness. but portrays him
rather a. weak. vain. boastfl man. the