Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04

title from saying current among the 1lre-
ment that they "eat smoke and spit black
buttons an inelegance which can be for
given out of consideration for the rGugh-
ness of their lives and the imminence OF
their dangers at all times when on DUTY.
Here in these chapters are portrayed the
dominant qualities of the men who serve
the steamers and run the hose lines and
raise the ladders with romantic elements
plentifuily supplied. The orig of fires, the
methods of fighting them, the rivalry be-
tween crews the personal elements that
enter into each fire predetermined factors
M OHiggirs handles with a skill and
virility that capture and hold fast the SYM
pathetic reader from beginning to end.
THE RELIGION OF THE NEW TESLA
MENT. BY Prof. DIR. Bernhard Weiss
of the University of Berlin. Trans
lated from the German by Prof.
George H. Schodde, Phi. D. New York:
Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Prof. Weiss in his Manual of Introduce
ton to the New Testament exhibited
rare power of critical analysis. Thorough
mastery of his subject vigor of thought and
style and a profound spirit of reverent con-
servatism characterized this valuable work.
The present treatise is a sequel, compile
ment to the manual. The analysis has been
followed by a synthesis, and after taking
to pieces, SO to speak, the different parts
OF the New Testament the doctor proceeds
in the present work to construct the spirit
III system, the religion on which the essen
tial unity of the whole is founded. He has
produced work of singular freshness and
power. The Christian system appears in
its fullness and potency and the authority
Of the sacred books is given the support of
an argument, based on the intellectual and
spiritual impression which the New Tes-
tSment makes on those who study it.
THE CLASSICS AND MODERN TRAIN
ING; Series of Addresses Suggest
i've of the Value of Classical Studies
to Education. BY Sidney G. Ash
more, Lid, professor of the Latin
language and literature in Union
University New York: G. P. Put
MANS Sons Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
i Prof. Ashmore puts this little book for
ward in the hope of interesting the gen
eral reader in few matters connected
with the study of Greek and Latin, and,
if possible, to call attention to the value OF
the ancient languages and literatures to
educa ton. He admits that the cause of the
classics is without doubt at present a losing
one but he is seeking to stay the tendency
toward reaction. far from the o.d-tlme
standards of culture He lays the greater
stress on the value of Greek, which requires
more ardent championship than Latin.
SOCIOLOGICAL PAPERS. By Francis
e. Durkheims Harold n. Mann and
V. V. Branford. With an introduce
tory address by James Bryce, Presi
dent of the Society Published for
the Sociological Society. New York:
The Macmillan Company. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
These papers, with Professor Bryce's in
troductory address, stand for the latest
thought in England on this broad and i'm
portant subject. They comprise principally
the papers read before the Sociological So
ciety of England in its first session, during
the spring and summer of 1904, to them be-
ing appended the discussions which follow
ed their presentation. The writer's of these
addresses and monographs and the contrib
utors to the discussions among the
ablest sociological thinkers in Europe, and
American students in this branch cannot
better keep in. touch with the current of
thought than by means of this volume, viz
tually the official report of the society.
AN INAUGURAL ODE. By Alexander
Blair Thaw., Nelson, N. H: The Mon
adnock Press
Pitched in key of serene but thoughtful
optimism is this contribution by DR.. Thaw
to the patriotic literature of America, dedi-
Gated to the occasion which is today being
celebrated in this city. 1t rings with the
truth of the nations greatness, its capacity
for discovering and fighting error within
itself as well as without. II reyerently adj
dresses the power of the great influences
which gave birth to the union and kept it
alive in the stress of internal discord and
launched 1t forth on a wider sea of use
fulnesS The dominant strain Of the ode is
the warning to keep strictly to the line of
righteousness, to war against war and to
advance through the field of wise helpful
ness to all mankind. 1t is an achievement,
ringing thought that should sound today
In the hearts of the multitudes here as
sembled to do honor to the choice of the
people. and the greater multitudes who at
their homes, watch the significant event at
a distance
THE SENATOR; Threnody. By Henry
Christopher McCook, DID, SGD,
LID. Philadelphia: George w. ia
cobs.
DR.. McCook was a boyhood associate of
Marcus A. Hanna. they being born in the
same Ohio town. Throughout the life of
Mr.. Hanna they remained firm friends, and
when he was stricken with death and taken
from Washington to be buried in his native
state DIR. Cook conceived the threnody
which comprises in the main this memorial
volume. The narrative interest, involving
a certain degree of biographical impor-
lance, somewhat distracts attention from
the excellent quality of the verse, in which
form the writer has woven his thoughts.
1t deals chiefly with the younger life of
Mr.. Hanna, with which DR.. McCook was
better acquainted But In the passages re-
lating to the periods which are better
known to the country at large, when Mr..
Hanna was emerging into the full stature
of his craftsmanship, the author rises to
impressive height. Interesting iIustra-
lions pertaining to Mr.. Hannas boyhood
and manhood are employed to add to the
books attractiveness.
OUR NAVY AND THE BARBARY
CORSAIRS. By Gardner w. Allen.
Boston: Houghton, Miff1in & Co.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
An account of the relations of the
United States with the Barbary powers
century or more ago is told by DR.. Gardner
w. Allen in romantic and remarkably in
teresting form. While the book is classified
under history, the picturesque exploits
of Preble and Decatur and the adventures
of our American seamen and consuls with
the famous pirates of the Mediterranean
give the entire work a favor of true ro-
nance. 1t is hard to realize the extent to
which the Mohammedan states on the north
coast of Africa levied tribute on the Euro
pean nations until their piracy was checked
by the United States. In the first years
of our national existence our government
followed the example of European powers
and tried to protect our shipping by making
money payments: but when TripoH de-
manded larger sums, refusal led 70
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