Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18

From Photograph Copyright, 1904 by ]. f.
Purdy, Boston.
ments on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain,
consisted chiefly of single-ship actions,
which fall outside of the general scope of
naval strategy. Not by rambling opera
tions or naval duels," says Capt Mahan,
ARE wars decided, but by force massed
and handled in skilful combination. 1t
matters not that the particular force be
small The art of war is the same through
out: and may be illustrated as really
though less conspicuously, by fotllla as
by an armada; by corporal guard, or
the three units of the HOratii, as by host
of a hundred thousand
THE BROTHERS, WAR. BY John C Reed
tOf Georgia., author of American
Law Studies" &c. Boston: Little,
Brown n Co.
Mr.. Reed sets out to survey the causes
leading to the civil war. He accompEshes
this end with admirable -partsanship.
He dispassIonately tells of the several
causes leading to secession, though writing
from the standpoint of a southerner. His
treatise is especially interesting, however
for It's bearing upon the race questions OF
today In this phase OF the work Mr..
Reed IS less successful. Indeed, IT is a
question whether the historical method is
the best one for a consideration OF the
great social problem now confronting the
southern people. However well balanced
the judgment of the circumstances which
provoked the war, a consideration of the
remote past must have preiudicng infiu-
ence upon the mind of the investigator OF
Iatter-day conditions Mr. Reed under
takes to prescribe deportation as remedy
for the ills of the present. He believes
that only by the total elimination of the
negro from the American soil can there
be peace in the south. At the same time
he depreCates radicallsm in the considera-
n n
expresses his scorn of the short-sighted
criticism OF those northerners who nave
entertained such negroes as Booker Wash
!ngton.
THE MOUNTAIN OF FEARS. BY Henry
c. Rowland author Of THE Wander
ers," &c. Illustrated New York: A.
S. Barnes Il Co.
Most of these eight stories, told by Dr.
Ieyden the celebrated collector, traveller,
scientist and adventurer. reek with the
humid airs OF the tropical islands. The
effiuvia Of lush hot nature saturates the
pages he tales are chiefly OF tragic
happenings, gruesome experiences, narrow
escapes from death. DIR. Leyden and his
friend, the narrator, chat on the deck of
steamer that is making her way through
southern waters, and the veteran explorer
IS constantly being reminded by some odor
or sound, chance word or occurrence, OF
events in his own varied and excitement
filled career. THE Mountain of Fears is a
study in the morbidty OF the Imagination.
II is a powerful, vivid description of the
influence Of the yellow tones and mists of
a gold-bearing mountain In Papua with an
evil name among the natives. Mr. Row
land eXCels in handling bizarre topics, and
his own acquaintance with the tropics en-
ables him to render these weird bits of
fiction in a realistic manner
OUTDOOR PASTINES OF AN ANERI-
CAN HUNTER. By Theodore Roose-
Welt. Illustrated. New York: Charles
Scrlbuers Sons, Washington: William
Ballantyne & Sons.
Some of the matter contained in this lat
est book from the Presidents pen has been
heretofore published. but the greater part
Is new, and all OF 1t has been rewritten for
this volume In the course of eleven chap
tiers and an appendix Mr.. Roosevelt writes
with his usually entertaining vivIdness of
style of cougar, wolf bear deer and elk
hunting, citing instances from his recent
trips and also from his former western ex-
perienceS. He narrates connected accounts
of his outings and discusses informally rhe
characteristic features of the different kinds
of game which he has pursued He Is, in
deed rather the naturalist than the hunt
err. for his keenest delight Is apparently In
learning some new facts regarding the hab-
its of the creatures he has chased. He
does not apologize for his shooting TO kill
the larger of the animals. which are de-
structive and dangerous. In one instance
he explains the necessity for the killing OF
some young bears. which IL left In the