Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

dering of the myths In this new Alcestis
and Iphigeneia, q modern womans breath
ing Of the spirit of love and sacrifice as
she knows and feels it into the old heroic
forms which revive at her touch. There
is melody and graphic imagery in these
which makes the little drama OF 1phlgenela
peculiarly lyrical.
Spring Winds" age" THE Mockfng
Bird" from the six other poems which
make up the volume, further attest the
lyrical skill and reserve which most war
rant the Greek form of the more ambi-
tious works. Mrs. Wiley Drummond with
scholarship, personal depth of emotion and
lyrical grace is certainly well equipped for
question why in her Envoy" she says
Lightly I cast my wild flowers on the
sea- The poems rather thoroughly
cultured blossoms.
THE HEART OF LADY ANNE. BY Agnes
and Egerton Castle, authors of The
color by Ethel Franklin Belts, and
decorations by Frederick Garrison
Hail. New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company. Washington: Brentano's.
Lady Anne born of an English titled ia
Their and a French mother. and for some
years a resident of Paris under a gay
chaperonage was scarcely suitable wife
for a. young English country squire. He
was rich, and she notwithstanding
her titled father-and the match seemed
desirable from a pecuniary point of view.
But she was city bird and was unhappy
In the solitude of the great acres and the
forests and the echoing rooms Of the manor
house. And so she yearned for town sea-
son and pestered her poor squire until he
allowed her to go TO London, and there she
was swept up In the gay whirl OF the So
c!ety of the patch and powder period, when
the average cavalier was rake and the
women gambled with the greed of profess
sional gamesters. Lady Anne narrowly
skirted the edge of the proprleties and
after several exciting adventures In which
some Of the characters already presented in
THE Bath Comedy and The Incompar-
able Bellairs' figure prominently, she finds
that there is something finer and sweeter
and better in life than the race for pleas
ure in town, and then, indeed, her gallant
handsome, sensible squire becomes king of
her heart. In telling the amusing and ten
der story OF Lady Anne Mr.. and Mrs. Castle
have displayed those rare qualities of SYM
pathetic narration which have made their
books appeal strongly to all readers The
dainty decorations and illustrations are
charmingly in keeping with the period of
the tale.
AMERICAN RAILROAD RATES. BY Wal
ter Chadwick Noyes, judge Of the court
of common pleas in Connecticut and
author of The Law of Intercorporate
Co.
With the Presidents message to Con-
gress strongly recommending the federal.
regulation of railroad rates In order to
avert the evil. as he considers, of deter
mined movement toward state ownership.
the subject of the transportation problem
becomes nationally acute, and all thoughtful
works on IL acquire new value In the
formation of public opinion. Judge Noyes
writes both as a jurist and as a railroad
official. being president of the New London
Northern railroad. which, while compare
lively a small corporation. Is nevertheless
closely related In working practice with
trunk lines OF Importance. He is also d.
rector In several other railroad corporations
Nevertheless, he writes as nearly as pos
sible from an unbiased standpoint He
shows the development of the practice of
charging what the traffic will bear" from
the old canal tolls. and the continuing in
Huences OF the old customs He shows
fully how rates are made and how they
ought to be made. examines the questions
of classification and Discrimination con-
siGers the effect of free competition on the
one hand and consolidation on the other
shows the movement of rates for the last
forty years, and compares American rates
with those of foreign countries. The
author frankly admits the necessity for adj
ditional federal legislation, and that 1t
should go so far as to provide for the maxi
ing of rates by the interstate commerce
commission: but he differs radically from
any measures yet suggested in his plan OF
procedure. All the proposed measures con-
template that the interstate commerce conn
mission shall first adjudicate the reason
abieness of rate complained of; II the rate
| be found unreasonable that the commission
shall then make new rate to take Its
place; and, finally. that the courts shall re-
view the proceedings of the commission
The author urges that this procedure Is
unconstitutional. and presents other objec-a
tons to 1t. He then merely reverses the
procedure. and suggests plan % whereby