Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

The long suffering under persecution. kid
mapping of his wife. death OF neglected child,
burning of home, came to focus of re-
venge, and Jules descended for the mo-
ment from his high plane. But only for
the moment. He offered up a prayer for
forgiveness and went on his way, to con-
tinue to elude his tracking enemies, and
to make friends among the Indians ana
halfbreeds sent out to catch him.
Mr. Motifs story is thrilling and realistic,
1t presents knight of the snow-lands who
will win warm admiration from all who
meet him. And when at last his wife IS
restored to him after long separation,
and jules eXclaius, Je suls content!
there Is gratitude for his escape from the
trans laid for him, and his great reward
Thief that he was, he had been forced to
steal because a greater power had stolen
the entire country, and he refused 10 &C
knowledge the sovereignty. Slayer that he
was he slew that he might continue TO hVe:
And he often spared, often succored. anu
was always the true gentleman, the room
Hood, indeed, Of the snow plains ana the
forests
THE NEW IDoLATRYs and Other Dis
cussions BY Washington GLADDEN.
New York: Mcclure, Phillips Co.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Readers Of The Star have doubtless
vivid recollection of the animated discus
sion of few months ago between certain
olergymen and laymen as to the pro-
priety OF accepting q gift from one
of the worlds richest men in aid
OF foreign missions. In that DEBATE.
which grew earnest even to the point OF
becoming rancorous. Rev. Washington
GLADDEN. took a leading part In the crtu-
cism of the gift and the urging of rejection.
DR.. GLADDEN. was eventually defeated ana
his church accepted the gift The topic,
however did not cease to be of interest 10
Americans for the question OF the accepta-
bIIity of tainted money" is growing stead
Iiy more pertinent in the conduct OF char-
table. eleemosynary. reiglous ana otiie.
institutions which depend for their support
chiefly upon the benefcence of individuals.
In this small volume DR.. GLADDEN. discusses
in the course of ten essays what he Styles
problems In social morality all turning
rnor tbe noint of the vast accumulation OF
wealth in this country and the influence
which that wealth is having upon the lndl-
yIdual and collective ideals OF the people.
He sets forth his view of the deSplsed char-
acter of tainted money with his utmost
yIsor and forcefulness, and he displays IN
the course of his papers an intimate ac-
uuaintance with the metnods Oh the JUST
ness world OF today.
THE ENDLESS LIFE. BY Samuel Nc
Chord Crothers. Boston: Houghton,
NiffiJn (. Co Washington: Woodward
&c Lothrop.
This IS the 1908 Iugersol lecture on the
Immortality of Man. a series endowed oy
the late Miss Caroline Haskell lngersoA
in memory of her father, George Gold
thwai Ingersoll. The choice OF lecturer
this year fell upon Mr.. Samuel McChoro
Crothers, who is coming into a steadliy
wider recognition as one of the literary
forces of the period. He is gentle hu.
rnauist a firm believer in the good OF
things and q delightful commentator ana
philosopher He views the question of I'M
mortality from the Intellectual standpoint
and his lecture closes with an effective al
legory.
A HISTORY OF EGYPT; from the Earli-
est Times TO the Persian Conquest. BY
James Henry Breasted. Ph.D,, prores-
sor OF Egyptology and Oriental HIS
tory in the University of Chicago. sc.
Illustrated. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. Washington: William Bal
lantyne & Sons.
Psychologists are now realizing that the
study OF the ancient land and its people is
merely in it's infancy. despite the successive
enterprises of students ana archaeologists
who have gone there intent upon unearth-
ing the secrets of the SOIL Prof. Breasted
approaches his task in the spirit OF the
original investigator. Not content with the
materials laid before him by prior search
ers of the relic mines or the hitherto ac-
cepted versions and translations and de-
scriptions OF the monuments and other
data upon which conclusions have been
based, he has sought his facts, as nearly
as possible. from his own personal obser-
vations. His work, therefore. may be ac-
eepted as a new view of Egypt, and is graf
ifyingly complete and explicit in its presen-
tation of the evidence at hand of the sue
cessve changes of rule. the customs and
culture progress of the inhabitants, and
their foreign relations. Viewed thus. Egypt
is a fascinating study. 1t appeals to the
student of government as well to the
student OF PHILOSOPHERS. 1t Is a receding
perspective thus opened As the explora-