Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
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the zest of men on a holiday and yet with
the seriousness of students. Their equip
ment was complete and their caravan an
imposing one. They travelled without DIFF
ficulty. owing to the possession of passports
and orders from the Turkish authorities.
They enjoyed almost unbroken good
weather. They lived well. thanks to the
fidelity and skill of their cook and they
completed their journey in forty-one days
without mishap and with sense of accom-
plishing an important and at the same
time personally diverting duty. The photo
graphs from which the volumes are illus
trated are exceptionally fine in point OK
clearness and explanatory character.
THE OUTLOOK TO NATURE. BY L. H.
Bailey. New York: The Macmillan
Company. Washington: Brentanos
Mr.. Bailey breaches the mountains. the
surface of the earth, the winds. the trees.
He is a lover Of nature, but he recognizes
that the city plays vital part In the hui
man economy. the leading part indeed. The
country. however. is the great feeder. the
store house. supplying materials and en-
ergy and human agents. From 1t come the
new levies to restore the faded energies OF
the city bound toflers. The tide has run
for many years toward the great centers.
1t may never be checked. but there are new
factors in modern life that tend to lessen
Its volume. to hold men to the SOIL to lure
them back to the great open spaces, TO
study of and communion with the natural
forces There are better means Of COM
munication and broader bases for culture
In the country. Man has improved his
chances for happiness outside Of the TEEN
ing marts. These four lectures. entitled
1.-The Realm of the Commonplace" "Coun-
try and city 1.-The School Of the Future"
and Evolution, the Quest of Truth, are
all cast in the same line of thought that OF
country. love and reverence. with respect
for the city as the necessary scene OF the
final activities. A wholesome quality per-
vades the pages, and a poetic spirit plays
through them. It is refreshing to read such
a book in these days of practical dis-
counting of the things that do not make
for dividend-paying and progress in the arts
and industries and commerce.
Drawings from Nature of all the
Species Found in the Northeastern
United States. By William Hamilton
Gibson. With descriptive text elab-
GRATED from the authors notes by
Helena Leeming Jeliiffe. New York:
Doubleday, Page & Co. Washington:
Woodward & LothrOp.
William Hamilton Gibson was regarded
as one of the most advanced workers IN
botany of modern times, and his writings
served the inestimable purpose Of awaken
ing popular interest in themes which had
previously been regarded by large numbers
as suitable only for the study of scientists
His researches among the orchids of the
United States were exhaustive and he had
completed, before his last illness, a series
of drawings which are here reproduced
with an elaboration of his own notes by
one who enters with thorough sympathy
into his thought. The result of the collab
Grafton is a practical handbook of the ma
tive orchids of the northeastern portion of
this country, serving as a reliable guide to
the study of the family in North America.
1t is possible by this means to become in
timately acquainted with the orchids of the
fields and woods that are not generally so
classed by the unscientif1c stroller through
the open spaces beyond the brick-and-mor-
tar bounds Plants that some might term
weeds are now presented in their true
tate as orchids, and, the mysterious ways
and the ingenuity of these plants set
forth in a plain and convincing manner.
1t is a book of revelations.
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH; or, Per-
sonal Appearance and Personal Hy-
giene- BY Grace .'eckham Murray.
NJ d. illustrated. New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes Company. Washing
ton: Brentano's. 80
DR.. Murray believes that the tabled foun-
tain Of youth can be gained by any one
who will travel over the road of common
sense. care and exercise She outlines a
series of suggestions for the development OF
the body, the tonfng of the physical sys-
tenn. the treatment Of obesity undue
sltmness. the cure OF certain ills caused by
the lack of proper exercise, the avoidance
OF wrinkles Her clearly written chapters
are supplemented by scores of photogra phIc
illustrations, which plainly indicate the po-
StionS and movements recommended, and
even go so far as to give explicit instruc-
tons In the art of washing the face and
hands and brushing the teeth. 1t Is diff
cult to see how the fair reader can go
wrong on the road to the fount. and in
deed there is no reason to doubt whether
there need be any signs of age henceforth
If all the advice in this volume Is sincerely
followed by every woman.
BASIS OF RAILWAY RATES; and Pri-
vate vs.. Governmental Management
of Railroads. BY Marshall NJ Kirk
man. New York: The World Railway
Publishing Company.
This volume. forming one OF a series of
works comprised in the revised and en-
larged edition Of THE Science Of Rail-
ways" by Mr.. Kirkman, explains the eco
nomic theory of rates and treats of private
versus government control, of railway
growth, the legal status of railroads, the
asis Of tariffs. discrimination IN rate max
ing, the influences beyond private control
that determine rates. the nature of railway
competition, its extent and universality
the identity of interest between the patron
and the carrier, pooling, peculiarities Of
government supervision and the extent to
which it may advantageously be carried,
and finally discusses the use of private cars
in the internal commerce of the country. 1t
is clearly printed. with comprehensive In
dex. and presents the railway side of the
question now in issue before the public in
a manner to illuminate the subject.
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