Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

ity to type, and yet he allows himself GER
tain liberties which are acceptable in the
interest of satisfactory story construction.
In this volume he tells the tale of a red
fox of the backwoods districts of eastern
Canada. This Is an entertaining amman,
crafty and reSourceful perhaps above the
average. but combining In his composite
career elements and episodes which are all
authentic. Mr.. Roberts does not aver that
there was ever a fox with just such life.
But he does assert that all that happened
to this particular red fox has happened to
certain foxes whom hunters and farmers
and naturaliStS have come to know IN
dividually. He presents him as a type, IN
spite of the fact that he is stronger ana
cleyerer than the average run of foxes. He
simply represents the best says the au-
thor. in physical and mental development
of which the tribe of foxes has shown It
self capable" Mr.. Bulls pictures are ex-
cellent. They are almost photography In
their fidelity to contour and expression,
and they are in addition highly artistic
and WILDLY express the authors sentiments.
MRS. F'ITZHERBERT AND GEORGE Nv.
BY w. H. Wilkins, MA, F.S.A., au-
thor of The Love of an Uncrowned
Queen" &C. Illustrated New York:
Longmans, Green & Co.
No adequate biography of Mrs. Fitzher-
bert has ever before appeared. owing to
the failure of her literary executors, as
they might be termed, to obtain possession
of certain documents deposited by her in
a bank in London relative to her marriage
with George ". Englishmen have gener-
ally recognized that there was between
the SON of George III and this always high
" esteemed woman ceremony of mar
riage. There has never, In late years. been
the least doubt of that fact. But there has
been a moot point as to the legality of the
marriage, and lawyers have found the ques-
tion interesting as subject for debate. The
issue turned upon the right of George to
marry a Roman Catholic in defiance of the
act of succession. Morally, however, he
unquestionably did enter into bonds of we'd
lock with Mrs. Fitzherbert, and for some
years he did regard her as his wife and
it is not doubted that he at one time en-
tertained the idea of renouncng his claims
to the throne in order to remain her hus
band. He was not strong enough, how
ever, to Withstand the pressure brought to
bear upon him by the royal family and the
| political leaders of the state, and he con-
| sented TO a separation and formal de-
| NAL of the marriage. Yet this fact did not
| serve to lower Mrs. Fitzherbert In public
| esteem, and it Is a tribute both to her char
| acter and to the generosity of the royal
| personages of England that cordial rela-
| tons existed between her and King Will
| liam " and his family. This author was
| induced to undertake the preparation of a
| biography in order to set forth Mrs. Fitz-
| herbert in her true light, and to this end
| he applied to King Edward VII for leave
to inspect the papers SO long hidden in the
| London bank. This permission was graci-
ously given, and the papers were employed
| to establish beyond all cavil the fact that
| a formal ceremony of marriage was per-
| formed and that. whatever may have been
| the legal aspects of the case as affected by
| the act of succession, the Prince of Wales
/ did in moral gertrude become the husband
| of Mrs. fitzherbert. The papers are now
| held In the private archives at Windsor
Castle The book is large. entertaining and
| handsomely illustrated. 1t is an important
| contribution to the literature of the history
| OF England during tho close of the eight
| zenith and the beginning of the nineteenth
| centuries.
THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY.
| BY Captain Robert f. Scott C.FO.,
R.N. In two volumes. illustrated New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons WASH
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
The project of sending an antarctic expe-
| dition forth from England under the high
est OF scientific and possibly government
| auspices was conceived by Sir Clements
| Markham In 1893. For several years the
plan was preached from time to time and
sentiment was gradually formed In favor
of its execution. but 1t was not until 1898
that it was put on the plane OF active pros
ecution and not until March, 1900, was the
keel of the vessel which was to carry the
expedition TO the south laid at Dun
dee. The Discovery was designed with es-
| pecial care and was given an expensive
| equipment. suitable for prolonged fight
| against the ice packs of the south seas.
She was launched In March. 1901. and sail
ed from London on the last day of July
In that year, her commander, the author
of this impressive work, being commits
stoned to conduct a thorough survey OF the
South Polar lands included within q GER
tain quadrant assigned to the British sec
ton Of the international exploration enter.