Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14

comments. He persisted and wrote
more, and then all who heard the
chapters insisted that 1T should be
printed So 1t has been given book form,
and 1t Is tribute to either the c1evernesS
OF the author or the universally of rheu-
matte sympathy with the subject, or both,
that second edition. with pictures, has
been required to meet the demand. 1t is
not all comedy. There is good deal of
solid information about the schools and
the theories of medicine that shows that
while subjecting himself to various treat
ments Mr. Lent has been observing and
questioning and remembering and study
Ing. The author concludes that rheuma-
tism is the John Doe of the medical
prosecution His book. eouched in this
vein, is highly divertng and appeals to
all readers who have been disappointed
of cures for their favorite ailments.
THE KINGS HOMELAND; sandringham and
Northwest Norfolk. By W. A. Dutt author Of
Highways and Byways In East Anglia" &C.
With an introduction by Fl. Rider Haggard. IL
lnstrated; chiefly from original drawings by
Company. Washington: Brentanos.
King Edward of England is a farmer in
his own right. and his personal estate is
one of the most beautiful parts of the
realm. 1t is situated in the northwest
corner of the county of Norfolk, and COM
prises about 1000 acres. When he retires
to Sandringham the king becomes a typi-
cal country gentleman of England, inter-
ested in his crops, and particularly in his
stock, for which the farm is famous.
Furthermore, he and Queen Alexandra
are engaged in certain sociological ex-
periments which are being conducted
there. and it is believed that the whole
estate affords an example of truly ideal
English rural life. This book, the major
part of which is devoted to a description
of the Sandringham country, its physical
aspects and it's historic traditions, is pub
iished by an organization known as The
Homeland Association whose object is
to encourage knowledge of and love for
native Britain. Mr.. Dutt, who has written
the main portion of the volume, describes
the beauties and relates the history of the
Norfolk region in a graceful interesting
manner Mr.. Haggard has prepared an
Introduction. The work is illustrated with
series of artistic pictures, mainly repro
auctions of original sketches showing
views in the vicinity of Sandringham.
vERRoccHIo. By Maud Cruttwel illustrated
New York: Imported by Charles Scribner's
Sons. Washington; Woodward & Lethrop.
Verrocchio's true place among the mas
tiers of art of the fifteenth century has been
somewhat obscured by misrepresentation
and incorrect Inscriptions of works to him.
The main purpose of the work in hand is to
errors which have gradually accumulated
about his name. The author holds Verroc-
chic in esteem as inferior to none of his
contemporaries In scientific accuracy and
technical ability, in breadth of vision and
imaginative power only to Donatello and
Leonardo Verrocchio was, perhaps, the
first of the great artists to make thorough
study of the human anatomy. His aim was
first and foremost scientific, his ideal being
to present with absolute truth the human
form in its fullest perfection, not only of
physical strength, but of noble and intel
lectual beauty. In her text the author care
fully discriminates between the true and
the false products of Verrocchos brush and
chisel; that is, the works which are clearly
his own and those which have been erro-
neously attributed to him. The volume is
profuseiy illustrated with reproductions
from his paintings and sculptures.
THE TOWER OF PELEE; New Studies of the
Great Volcano of Martinique. By Angelo He'll
School e of Yale universig iastrated Pha
delphia: ]. B. Lippincott Company.
Cataclysmic though the eruptions of
Mount Pelee in May and August, 1902,
proved to be, science today regards one of
the after effects of those eruptions as the
most remarkable feature of the whole
seismic program. During the commissions
of the volcano gigantic spire of solid rock.
technically described later as a core, was
forced upward from the mass of the noun
tain and was held in position for weeks,
finally disintegratng before the tremendous
assaults made upon it by the subterranean
forces While it stood it was the object of
as close scientific scrutiny as the conditions
permitted, and its presence. on Pelee drew
to Martinique several seismelogists who
otherwise would probably have given that
heaying island wide berth. Professor
Heilprin conducted what is believed to be
the most minute investigation of the whole
series of eruptions, and his present work,
descriptive chiefly of the tower of Pelee, is
a valuable and an interesting contribution
to the literature of the science, and espe-
ciaIly the records, of the Pelee outbreak. 1t
is graphically illustrated from photographs
some of the scenes being tremendously dra-
matte in their showing of the unmeasured
violence of the volcano.
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