Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08


northerner into daily association with the
beautiful widow. Captain Baynell is the
extreme type of the military precisionist.
He reports to headquarters the fact. acci-
dentaliy disclosed, that his host Is conceal
ing horse in the cellar, and the animal Is
forthwith seized. His conscience is uncom-
promising. So when he discovers that the
son Of the host Is in hiding in the attic
he instantly tries to arrest him and is
knocked down the stairs by the fugitive,
who escapes and later. by the aid of In
formation he has ELECTED from the cd
negro servant. manages a successful raid
upon redout of a nearby fort held by the
federals. For this Baynell is court-mar-
tailed, in circumstances which precipitate
the romance Miss Murfree is somewhat
hurried in her conclusion, as though she
had loitered too long on the fascinating de-
tails of her earlier chapters. But she
brings her story artistically to end and
1t Is gratifying to assure sensitive would
be readers of this charming romance of the
war that it is suggestive of the battlefield
in only one slight and unimportant Incl
dent. and that not one of the characters Is
slain.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. By Lay
man. New York: Funk Wagnalls
Company.
The author of this book, who insists upon
anonymity, is described by the publishers as
a man of firm and decided beliefs and of
wide commercial. political and religious ex-
profound conviction of the essential truth
of the basic Christian doctrine. He pre-
SentS Christianity original religion in
contrast with all preceding religions, He
reviews analytically and suggestively all
cases of pardon mentioned in the New
Testament and maintains that the Church
of Christ should be identical in organiza-
ton, teaching and practice with the New
Testament Church. before creed or sect or
party began. And he urges finally that
such unity, according to Christ's own
words Is essential to its complete and final
triumph in the world.
ESSENTIALS IN HISTORY SERIES
ESSENTIALS IN ENGLISH HIS
TORY; From the Earliest Records to
the Present Day. By Albert Perry
Walker, AM, master In the English
high school, Boston, in consultation
with Albert Bushnell Hart. LID, pro-
fessor of history. Harvard Uni
versity. New York: American Book
Company.
These Essentials books are proving of
the utmost value in offering just the right
modicum of facts to stimulate the youthful
reader to a close and extended reading of
history The story of England is told In
this volume in graphic and narrative man
ner causes leading to events naturally and
groups of episodes kept distinct. For pur
poses of teaching emphasis is laid the
following points, % The fusing of several
races into the English people; % the sue
cessful working out by that people of two
great problems in government--that of self
government under free democratic forms
and that of governing remote dependen-
cies: 80 the exploitation of two great fields
of industry, manufacturing and commerce.
and (i) the effect of race tendencies in pro-
noting social and intellectual progress. The
illustrations throughout are apt and well
selected.
THE NEW POCKET LIBRARY-XXVI,
CONTARINI FLEMING; a Psyche
logical Romance. BY the Earl of
Beaconsheld With an introduction
by the Earl of Iddesleigh. New York:
John Lane.
II was impossible to conceive a list of re-
prints OF the important fiction of the nine
teenth century without drawing upon Bea-
consheIds products, and it was therefore
to have been anticipated that the publisher
of this serviceable Library would include
some of the titles that aid in rendering the
name of Disraeli immortal. -Four of these
works have been chosen-"Sybil. Tan
cred.'' "venetia" and 'Contarini Fleming"
The last-named is in hand, dainty volume
six by three and three-quarter inches. red
bound and well printed. "Contarini FIem-
ing Is one of the less-read of Beacons-
fields works, though for at least one reason
it is one of the most interesting. for 1t is
believed to have been an attempt by the
author at seIf-portraiture. 1t was publish
ed anonymously in 1892, and failed to at
tract attention. 1t was reprinted in 1S45
with the authors acknowledgment The
Earl of Iddlesleigh, himself an author OF
considerable prestige in England today, says
of the suggestive resemblance between
Beaconsfeld and his character, Fleming:
1--WE have first of all the boy. impetueus
rebeIlious pugnacious almost to the point
i..Pf yat fnta VSatV M "
passionate affections. Then ambition be-
comes leading motive, and with the aid of
| his fathers brilliant position, Contarini,
still a youth, becomes successful diplo-
matist But now he Is seized with wish
| to shine in literature, and publishes what
| turns out to be very satirical novel called
| 'Manstein. which being interpreted may
mean Vivian Grey. The novel becomes
notorious but is so much condemned that
| its author, who has been surprised by his
| own satire, which he has inserted almost
uniutentionaliy, resolves to leave the coun-
| try. Lord Beaconsfteid was not so sensi-
| tive as his hero, nor did he find in Venice
! a lovely relation to become his bride, but he
| did travel, does Contarfn in Italy,
| Spain, Turkey. Greece. and so into Asia
and TO Jerusalem, and many acute obSerVa-
| tons are recorded in the pages now under
| consideration. Still, neither the character
| nor acts of Contarin Fleming are exhaust
| i've, and in any study of Lord Beaeonsfield
| they should be very carefully compared
| with those of Vivian Grey Between them
| it is possible TO form vivid ideas as TO what
| the future statesman was in early life-at
| all events. in his own estimation"
ROSES; and How to Grow them. Vol
ume I in the Garden Library" H.
Illustrated New York Doubleday.
Page & Co. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
Queen of flowers! She has many subjects.
| Indeed all the world is at her feet paying
homage. There is man woman who
| is not at heart rose lover. and probably
| every city-bound human feels instinct
| I've desire to own at least one rose bush.
| The man of acres or the suburban house
| holder with his deep lot, can indulge this
| taste without stint, and to all classes of
rose worsh' .,ers this little volume will come
as wei ,me guide to the best methods OF
| culture 1t Is compiled from number of
articl s which have appeared from time to
| time In the Garden Magazine and Country
Life In America forming q consistent, pro-
gressive work of instruction and sugges-
| tion. 1t tells how to select rose plants for
special purposes, advises ~ to climatic.