Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
Notes Of the Book World.

Notes Of the Book World.
Henry Holt & Co.'S fall and winter an
nouncements include: Trades Unions in
America edited with an Introductory chap
! ter by Prof ]. H. Hollander of Johns Hop
! kins. and including original Investigations
| concerning various trades by graduate stu
| dents and officers of that university; book
| on the negro in American politics by Geo.
| 5. Merriam treating of the negro question
| from the beginning of the slave trade to
me Iuskegee school; Extinct Animals" by
| frol. T. Ray Lancaster Of the British Mu-
| scum, based on the authors popular lee
| lures, and fully illustrated Animal Snap
SHOTS and How Made" by Slas A. Lot
triase. being some very remarkable photo
graphs accompanied by simple papers on
the raccoon, opossum. woodchuck SOUR
rels, fox, bluebird, robin, owls, hawks, ETC.
| with suggestions for photographng ami
mails; the second volume Geologic History,
OF Chamberln & Salisbury's monumental
Geology; the first volume of Stopford
Brooks Lectures on Shakespeare" cover
Ing 1y,, the the; M inner Nights Dream"
,c Mih'e e.,s I 1 The Merchant Of Ven
Richard III" Macbeth" The Tempest"
Romeo and Juliet" and "Coriolanus.'' In
the field of fiction this firm will publish
The Professors Legacy" by Anna II.
sidgwck the legacy in the case being an
| unfinished book on corals and a daughter,
! poth lett to the German professors young
| EhSIlsh assistant; Losers Luck a spir-
| tied story of American filibusters WHO
! fight in Guatemala to restore Donna Do
| iores to her rights; for the young folk they
VIII publish in October The Peter Newell
Mothers Goose" being the old rhymes H.
| Illustrated by Mr.. Newell and accomna MED
by a veracious history by Carolyn Sherwin
| Bailey, and The Wizards of Ryetown.' -
by Constance Smedley and L. A. Talbot. a
groteslue fairy tale. interspersed with non
| sense verses and numerous quaint illustra-
tons by Augustine MacGregor.
Mcclure. Phillips & Co announce for pub
Chauffeur" by C. N. and 4 NJ William
| son, who are the authors of those enor-
mously successful books. The Lightning
| Conductor and The Princess Passes.
IN their newest story the chauffeur is an
| irish lord in disguise, who, as the 'chauf-
| fuer, conducts three charming American
| women on a motor. car tour of Northern
| Italy, Dalmata and Montenegro
| The same firm will issue on September
| p novel of American life by a new and
promising writer, The Pang-Yanger,' by
t.lma a Travis, story of vigorous,
| primitive and passionate man, true son
| OF the soil. The scene is laid in the pic
turesque and rugged Catskills, which make
| fitting background for the situation
| which Is evoked by this vigorous hero in
| his relations TO the two women who divide
| with him the interest of the book.
a new novel by Elizabeth Cherry Waltz,
the author of PA Gladden." will come
j
story presents a delightful picture of a
Kentucky town with all it's characteristic
surroundings. Mrs. Waltz has drawn with
| remarkable skill the characters in this
| striking problem novel. which revolyes
about the question of divorce.
| The Re-shaping of the Far East"
through the Russo-Japanese war, is the
subtitle of the new book entitled Ar
| mageddon," by B. l.. Putnam Weale. Mr.
| Weale will be remembered as the author
| Of "Manchu and Muscovite" one of the
most complete and illuminating accounts OF
the Russian occupation of Manchuria ever
presented.
Young Washington PrizeWinners.
Two young Washingtonians are dstln-
gushed al present prize winners In the
ST. Nicholas League, for the month of Sep
TENDER, Buford Brice, aged eleven. of 1i04
Beacon street northwest and Lois F. Love-
JOY, aged fourteen. of 223 r street north
east. To the latter was awarded a gold
| badge for the following excellent little
sketch permission to- reprint Which has
been granted by the Century Company:
"A military funeral procession was NOV
tg up Hull street. in Old Boston, from the
Old North Church to Cops Hill burying
ground. The band went first then came the
soldiers. 1t had been raining that morning,
and they wore their waterproof capes, and
SO presented very peculiar appearance.
Following them came the funeral train.
with the ower-decked and flag draped cof-
fin All these rather unusual sights and
sounds attracted the attention of a little
girl, about eight years old, who playing
near by, With child's natural curiosity
she followed the procession to the ceme-
terry. and there. from a little distance,
watched the proceedings until the coffin was
put into the brick tomb. and all the soldiers
had gone away. The little girl wishing to
see more, advanced to the door, which had
not Yet been locked, and peered in. oh!
what lovely lovely flowers they wereI She
took step nearer, and then, forgetting
everything else, boldly stepped in and be-
gan admirng first one lovely blossom and
then another. Suddenly and without any
warning, the place grew dark, there was q
dull thud, and the sound OF a key grating
in the lock. The sexton had come and
locked the door without seeing her! The
child shrank back against the wall terrified
well she might be. All the gruesome
stories she had ever heard rose up in her
mind The tomb was as black as night but
to her frightened vision it seemed as If
something white was moving against the
opposite wall She could stand it no longer.
and rushing to where the light from the
keyhole told her the door was, she began to
bang, and kick and scream with all her
might. Would no one hear her? 1t seemed
ages before she heard steps on the outside
and the key again turning in the lock. In
minute the door was opened. and rushing
out she almost pushed the old sexton over
in her hurry to get away Not waiting to
explain she dashed down the path and
away home as fast as she could CO. leaving
the old man. watching her with wondering
eyes, at the door of the tomb"
Master Brce's sketch, which won for him
q silver badge is as follows:
MY uncle. who is now a major in the
Marine Corps, a few years ago had COM
mand of a battalion of marines In the
march on Picking, to rescue the Americans
at the time of the trouble with China.
las they neared the wall Of Picking, after
q long and tiresome march. my uncle no.
ticed small-sized river between them and
the wall, on which were hundreds Of Picking
ducks.
My uncle, thinking one would taste very
nice after the fare he had been having,
stopped to catch one that was near the
shore.
1.-The wall was covered with Cinnamon
who were firing at the soldiers. One OF
them evidently noticed my uncle was one
of the officers and fired at him. l
Just as my relative stopped to hit the
duck, the bullet went whizzing by above
his head, but Just where his head would
have been If he had not stopped.
He succeeded in getting the duck which
he took with him into Picking, expecting to
have a FEAST but hearing that Mrs. Conger
had been kept prisoner In the legation SO
long that her food had given out, he sent
her the Picking duck that had saved his
life"