Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10

bodies. Foley himself is an interesting
character; man of ready resource. high
degree of native intelligence, a rough but
effective diplomacy and unhinching per.
sonal courage. He is crude and cruel, OF
course and wholly despicable from high
moral point of view but somehow he is at
tractive; a man of iron will with all his
dishonesty and criminality.
The tale is knit together by means of
romance between Heating, who Is married
to a scoding wife, and the secretary or one
of the contracting builders Somehow the
reader fails to take much interest in keat-
ing. save as he stands for the forces that
develop Foley on the stage OF action.
Rather does Petersen, the lighting SWede,
/ grasp the sympathies. There Is man
indeed. and his portrait Is convincing. II
is from the life-perhaps drawn from the
ranks of the Salvation Army. With two
such entertaining personages as Foley ana
Petersen Mr.. SCOTS Walking Delegate
more than justifies its appeal for attention.
Whether ii will enforce the lesson taught
by the Parks case Is another matter en-
tirely 1t would seem as though no novel
were needed to prove the need of reform in
that direction.
ANTARCTiCA; or, Two Years Amongst
the Ice of the South Pole. BY DR.. ~
Otto G. Nordenskjold and DR.. job.
Gunnar Anderson. London Hurst p
& Blackett. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company. Washington: Bren-
tano's.
Dr. Nordensktold's expedition in 1923
TO the south polar regions was the result
of a proposition made before the interna-
tional geograp hical congress, held in London
in 1895, that the stubbornly resisting iceland
should be attacked simultaneously from
several different points. Explorations were
undertaken by England, Germany and
Sweden, to investigate conditions respec-
lively south Of the Pacific, the Indian ocean
and the Atlantic. 1t was DIR. NorderskJold 5
role to approach the antarctic region from
the tip of South America. The volume in
hand Is a popular description of his ex-
pedilion, full of interesting details and de-
void of the ultra technical, scientific mat
ters that are reserved for voluminouS pub
location later under the auspices of the
Swedish government. This was not strictly
speaking a polar expedition. There was no
thought 10 penetrate to the ultima thule OF
adventurous spirits but rather TO map the
regions which lie about the pole, gong as
far toward the center possible. Much
that is regarded by geogrsphers and natur-
aliSts and meteorUlogists OF the highest
! scientific Importance was discovered. New
lands were found and mapped. The
| climatic records brought back from AntaTc-
! tica are highly suggestive to specialists
and there is much to delight All scientific
students in the work of the botanisls and
| the naturalists. The volume is profGsely
| illustrated from photographs taken by
| members of the expedition and rcpraduc-
| tons of paintings and sketches.
| THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. BY Ly-
| man Abbott. Boston Houghton.
Miffiin * Co. Washington: Wood
ward * Lothrop.
| In this volume DR.. Abbott propounds and
answers the question, Why do people go 10
| church? He seeks the motive for the pne-
nomenon shown by a careful census taken
/ in Now York las year that annroyirn a pIy
half the population above school age is ac-
I customed 10 take part in some form of re-
1 ligious service every week. He believes
! that this is a matter which should be care
| fully studied by priests and preachers of
| all denominations, TO learn what ii is which
! induces half the population of New York
| city to lay aside their commercial pursuits
| and gather in their churches every seventh
| day; to interpret 10 themselves. the men and
women who form these congregations, and
explain to them what ii is that they are
/ often unconsciously seeking; and to indicate
| to those who rarely or never go to church
| the advantage which they might secure IL
| they were, in this respect. to conform to
| the custom not only of their fellow-coun-
trymen in. America, but of their fellow
| men throughout the world.
The Christian minister, says the author
| fulfiIIs fourfoid function: He Is pastor,
! administrator, priest and prophet or
! preacher. AS pastor. he is the personal
| friend and counsellor Of his people; as adj
| ministrator he is executive head of his
| church, which should be his force as well
as his field. The volume In hand considers
! the minister In others than these two
+! aspects, as priest and prophet.
| THE MASTER HUMMER. BY +. Phil
lips Oppenheim. Author of "A Prince
| of Sinners" &c Illustrated. Boston:
| Little, Brown e. Co.
Mr.. Oppenheim has unauestionably mas
tered the art Of keeping his reader suesAins