Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05


thor that he does not offend in truth He
has bent his mind uron the evolution of a
theme which bears Interpretation as beau
tifui allegory. and he employs the materials
that will best develop. his thought.
Francis Strelley IS undeniably fool. He
ruShes in where the angels fear to tread.
He persists in a mission which is without
real merit. He runs risks which are easily
to be avoided. He ignores the true, patient,
passionate heart that is beating for him so
near to his own. for the sake of a woman
who is Undeserving of a 1.-THE of his devo-
ton. Virginia is a mast erpiece of character
creation She is tender. fierce proud. sub
tie. womanly and childish all in one She
wins her way from the moment of her
appearance in the wood, with her bundle
of fagots on her head. tall, slim, half
starved peasant. clear-eyed and intense.
Between her and Aurelia, winsome that
little particlan is. there Is great gulf
fixed And when Frances Strelley at last
sees the truth and leaps the gulf his folly
ceases. He becomes the man indeed. the
true knight in very truth.
Palamone, the sinful Capuchin: Count
Glraldi. the gentlemanly scoundrel: Doctor
Lanfranchi the selfish scholar; the Marquis
Semifonte, Saturnine and vicious: BeiyiSo
the young actor of the dream-like counte-
nance-these are but a few of those who
people this tale. giving 1t variety. action
and vitality. There is much that is sor-
did and much that Is wicked. There is
suffering and there is vice and corruption
degenerate humanity shine the pure soul of
Virginia and the noble motives of the Fool
Errant.
PETERS MOTHER. By Mrs Henry De
La Pasture. New York: L. p. Dutton
& Co
Peter went to the Boer war against his
parents will. Immediately uron his de-
parture his father. wealthy Englishnan
Of minor title. died In an operation. ieaving
widow younger than himself whose life
he had crushed to pitlfui pretense of ex-
lstence. Peters mother expanded heautiftf-
ly In the two years and more Of her waiting
for the youth to return blossoming into The
really lovely woman nature nten'icd her to
be. \ sympathetic heart vas attuued TO
her own, a mans heart. OF course. and
loves touch brought her 10 ltso. When
Peter came back with an empty sleeve. 4
hero, he was stil p'is and good deal Of
a brute. He wauteI his mother al to him
self. and then. wHea lie Hld arranged to
marry. he wanted her 20 move over to the
Dover House and finish her days a
faced figure in the background OF his cWn
prosperity and happiness Rut Peter had
not reCkoncd with the viii and purpose of
his mothers devoted admirer, ma with the
shrewdness OF the girl whom he had him
self chosen. Between the two they broug ut
Peer to Il realization of his SeltlShness and
OF his mothers rights. and The tale closes
TO the tune of happiness for four people,
leaving deep impression as strong study
In diverse humanity.
RUSSIA. BY Sir Donald Mackenzie Wal
lace K.CIE.. K.C.N.O. Entirely new
and much enlarged edition. revised
and In great part rewritten. Win '
maps New York: Henry Holt & Co.
Washington: VIM Ballantyne Sons.
Nearly thirty years ago an important
tive of its physical appearance. its insti-
tutons. its people. It's political past and
present and suggestive of It's future APP
peared in England and attracted wide at
tention for It's thoroughness and the evil
dcnce of care in its prepare ton. That
work has now been rewritten. II was the
authors first plan to prepare an entirely
new work under the tide Russia in the
Twentieth Century" but he soon found that
Il would be impossible clearly TO explain
the present state of things without con-
stantly referring to events of the past and
that he would be obliged to embody large
part Of the old work in the new one. 1t
is significant that he finally concluded to
rewrite the former work and present It as
a second edition, for this appearance of
the former work is a striking testimony TO
the fact that the Russia of today is not
much changed from the Russia of thirty
years ago. In that fact Is disclosed one of
the chief reasons for the turmoil which
now gives the Russian ruler such anxiety.
comprehensive though brief summary
and the Russia of now y contained In the