Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16

CAPT. Cook sailed TWO hundred years later
ana q locate s New aDon e Missed So
Columbia river and found anchorage In the
fur hunting regions TO the north: Cooks
his death at Hawaii. In consequences OF the
biundsrp OF his crew and his own rash
nsas. are graphically related by Miss Laut
tsrtainins portions o. Of the volume She
treats at length OF Robert Gray, the Amer
lean discoverer Of the Columbian John Led
yard, the forerunner Of Lewis and Clark.
CLIO coast explorers. In the concluding
part OF the book the author discusses TIE
development Of the fur trade which fol-
lowed the opening OF tho coast and tells in
! an instructive style the thrilling story OF
the reign OF Baranof, the Little Car OF
the Pacific" as the representative in Amer
lea of the st. Petersburg government.
The volume is an Important contribution
10 the annals OF western exploration. and
10 to be welcomed both for its historical
az well as Its literary value. 1t Is gener-
ously illustrated.
LADY BOBs, HER BROTHER AND 1,
Romance OF the Azores. By Jean
Chamblin. illustrated. New York: q.
p. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
Kate IL an actress. She calls herself an
obscure actress. But whether obscure or
not, she is tired of her work. of her lone
ly life, OF herself and chiefly of the bleak
March days In New England. where her
company is winding up the season. So on
the spur Of an inspiration, she departs for
the Azores on a freighter and there finds.
of all people, the titled sister OF Brother
George. between whom and Kate there was
once an understanding which led to diff
ference. This suggestion of romance Is
not thrust upon the unwary reader. The
narrative proceeds along pleasant, sight
seeing lines, with the authors style scor-
Ing points with every paragraph. She Is
subtle and humorous and plaintive and
wistful, and she gets the attention firmly
and mingles her sentimental and her tour
list interests so adroitly that it is difficult
to draw the line between them. Finally
she presents some complications, in the
form of the managing mamma OF three
English daughters. one Of whom Is headed
Tor Brother George whenever there Is
chance. for Of course Brother George APP
pears eventually In the Azores. and there
is delightful complication with naval Of
fcers and English daughters and titled Sis
ters and scenery and natives, with a dra-
matio episode when Kate is forced to swim
ashore from point OF tida-surrounded
rocks, under the guidance OF Brother
George-and altogether the little book is
Joy from first to last. It fully justifes
ths artistic frontispiece In colors.
WHAT OF TIT BY Nettie seeley Muir
ply, author of isn't It So?" Phila-
delphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
There are some gems In the course OF
these eighty pages Of aphorisms on men
and women and social relations; some half
truths. some whole truths. and some utter
falsities. The author does not take herself
at all seriously and discreditS her own
sharpness in somewhat superf1uous pref
ace which really appears like an apology
fah hare for o~ q Gha t1-ls
them. Some sprightly, humorous illustra-
lions are set Into the text.
FAR EASTERN IMPRESSIONS, Japan.
Korea, China. By Ernest F. @. Hatch,
MP. Maps and illustrations. Chicago:
A. G. McClurg & Co.
The authors tour Of the far east was
undertaken three years ago, prior to the
outbreak of the war between Japan and
Russia. He travelled as a business man,
seeking information from all sources. and
endeavoring to gain a correct viewpoint
from when to Judge as to things far east
ern. His book is interesting, If not polit-
ically valuable. He has written with too
long an interval between the observations
and their rendition. His conclusions, too,
are by no means definitely stated. For in
stance, estimating the probable effects OF
the war. on the assumption that the victory
would lie with Japan, he declares that
the triumph of Japan will be followed by
what, for want of better term, has been
called the Japanization of China" and two
pages further on he says: Looking at
all the probabilities. we may fairly assume
that the Organization of China Is beyond
the range OF practical politics of the I'M
mediate future" Despite these discrepan-
cies, the book Is entertaining and Is excep-
tionally well illustrated from photographs
of an altogether unusual character.
IN OUR CONVENT DAYS. BY Agnes Rep
plier Lift. D. Boston: Houghton, Mif-
fin & Co. Washington: woodward &
Lothrop.
In her most delightful vein. Miss Rep
plier offers some personal "reminiscences OF
her childhood in a French-American con-
vent school. The volume makes an espe-
cially direct human appeal to the reader,
quite different from that exerted by this
authors books of essays, which are purely
intellectual in character. Miss ReppNer ap-
pears to have been an eager child, and her
adventures In the strange, foreign institu-
ton were occasionally Of a kind to give
her many deep impressions. She finds a
bosom friend and confidante in one "Elz-
abeth." who, It will be interesting to
readers Of the book to understand, Is now
we'll known to the world of art and Hter-
ature as Mrs Elizabeth Robins Pennell,
wife of Joseph Pennell. the artist, and
herself an author Of considerable prestige.
FOR YOUNGER READERS.