Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10

Grinnell. having his fingers on the pulse of
the financial magnate, was in command of
the situation. The story of his exploit, how
he aroused the fears of the money kings lest
he had discovered a means of manufactur-
ing gold out of baser metals, hoW he per-
suaded them by means of his enormous de-
posts to sell their gold-bearing bonds and
buy stocks, causing a tremendous slump
in the bond market and a corresponding
boom in the stock market. thus precipitat-
ing what the author aptly calls para
doxical panic is of the brightest bits
of reading recently offered. Mr.. Lefevre IS
well acquainted with the Wall street game.
He does not call unduly upon his reader s
imagination for the acceptance of this
sprightly tale of business. 1t is entirely
conceivable, and therefore the novelette,,
which is unique in that it involves no ro-
nance, appeals to the reader as a document
of human interest. Incidentally a substan-
tial lesson in the doctrine of values is to be
learned from the discussions between the
characters. 1t is in no way surprising that
so excellent a work has already gone into
the second edition.
THE APPLE OF EDEN. BY e. Temple
Thurston. New York: Dodd Mead
& Co.
A glance at Mr. Thurston's book" head
ings may suggest his theme to some read
ers-"The Celibate." THE Man" THE
Woman The Law" THE Sacrament"
The Inevitable" An Irish Catholic priest
is suddenly confronted by the fact that he
took the VOW of celibacy without under
standing its significance. He hears the con-
fession of a young man who has sinned and
fails to understand his defense. Later the
full knowledge of life and its temptations
sweeps over him. He meets the one woman
in the world, and his fight against her and
against himself gives the story its substance
and its reason for being. Whether it has
further reason than the wish to produce
novel is for tie reader to determine. 1t
trends upon Z most delicate ground and
treats of conditions that do not affect the
ma jorty of people. 1t is well written 1t
is even dramatic in places But 1t Is never
theless. as a whole. unden!ably unwhole-
some.
THE WEST INDIES. Painted by A. S.
Forrest. Described by John Hender-
son. London: Adam & Charles Black.
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany. Washington Brentano's.
Memories of visits to the Antilles are
vividly awakened by this highly-colored
volume, sprightly in text and profuse in
pictures Author and artist have WED with
each other to tell the story of the West
Indies in a manner to cause the victim of
the ''wanderlust' to pick up and journey
southwark, despite the unpropitious season.
In travel book of this kind, evidently
written to order. there is naturally much
filling" Indeed, 1t seems TO have been the
case here that author and artist ran race
TO see which should be crowded. 1t would
have been better if the pictures had been
reduced by some twenty-five per cent and
the text boiled down correspondingly. There
are many water-color sketches that might
have been eliminated without leSsening the
appeal to the reader of the book. Many
of them, however, accurately reflect the
brilliance of the West Indian atmosphere.
Mr.. Henderson considers his subject from
a cleverly humorous point OF view. He
gives some excellent advice to the prospec-
tive tourist as to the bearing of the strang-
er toward the people of the West Indies
best calculated to yield the result of cor
dial acquaintance.
MOTORS AND MOTORING. BY Henry
], Spooner, C.E. New York: Dodd.
Mead & Co. Washington: Brentanos.
There is one foot-note in this valuable
little book that clearly indicates how me-
cessary 1t is for the beginning motorist to
of the standard types of cars and to under
stand the way in which the wheels $50
round" In this note the author says:
.'No one who Is not an experienced me-
chanical engineer should be tempted to buy
secondhand car without the advice of
an expert, as the art of the horse dealer in
doctoring horse is not to be compared
with that which Is sometimes IIacticed in
preparing old fashioned or even obsolete
cars for sale. In many cases, too, modern
cars that have been very badly treated and
whose mechanisms are practically worn
opt, are made to look like new ones, to say
nothing of the freaks that are faxed. On
the other hand, excellent cars can be picked
up some times at less than half their origi-
nal cost, as some owners are never long
satisfied with their vehicles. and must have
new one at least once year
Prof Spooner's advice to motorists Is