Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25

story needs explanation. It requires a
special typographical rendering Impossible
In this print, for there should be dot over
the initial letter. which gives the word the
sound of ''zhal. In this passage its mean
ing Is explained:
have noticed In your playing, mon
sieur, and In the playing of other Polish
musicians, a peculiar something a kind Of
cloud of sorrow. an almost morbid brood
Ing. that covers even the most cheerful
moods, and
".Ah.' he cried. you have felt the zal
that Is the very soul of Poland today
" The zhal?' she said; and what's that?
1t Is a--how to say? It is desire for
something that Is lost and cannot ever be
zal and tesknota-how to explain? All, lis
ten-eef man is thinknk Of his home and
Is full of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. yes?-and
II he can go home some day, the homesfck-
ness of him Is tesknota; 1t Is not quite
hopeless, though he may perhaps have to
wait many years. But II his home is seled
to stranger. or he Is exile. or his family
mother, father, brothers-are all become
dead, and he have not any possibeelity to
go home and yet longs to go home-that is
zal. 1t is SO Wit the leeving despair for
freedom that Is SO deep in every Polish
heart +"
CAPTAINS ALL. BY W. w. Jacobs IL
Illustrated and decorated by VIII Owen
New York: Charles Scribners Sons
Washington: William Ballantyne &
Sons.
There is hearty laugh in every one of
these ten tales, with single exception,
Over the Side." which Is strong story
of sea mystery and superstition and
tragedy In Captains Alp Mr.. Jacobs Is
In his best form, relating the love making
adventures of a trio Of seamen seeking
soft berths on land. The confounding Of
Sam Small, who actually in his prirnping
days used tooth brush, is something to
read with the keenest zest. 1.-The Boat
SWANS Mate" Is a neat bit Of love STRAIT
agem spoiled by mischance. 1.-The Con-
stables Move Is not far behind the title
story in provoking quality. Through
all these tales runs Mr.. Jacobs delightful
vein of rare hunlor in the presentation of
the comical side of strongly marked char
acters.
WASHINGTON AND THE WEST, being
George Washington's Diary Of Sep
TENDER, 1854, kept during his Journey
into the Ohio Basin in the Interests Of
Commercial Union between the
Great Lakes and the Potomac River
With a Commentary upon the same
by Archer Butler Hubert, author of
Historic Highways of America" &C.
With maps. New York: The Century
Company.
For the first time this diary is now given
complete publication. It is q valuable
contribution not only to Westinghouse but
also to the history Of the commercial de-
velopment of the United States, for It dis
closes Individually that in 1884 the first
President saw the remarkable opportuni-
ties of this country in the way of trade
and undertook to lay the foundations for
the future Here looms large the Wash
ington of peace. the man Of progress and
constructive ability. the prophet, the
pioneer OF the domestic expansion OF the
new republic. Mr.. Hulberts commentary
Is instructive and suggestive and his foot
notes illuminate the text Of the diary
IMPRESSIONS OF JAPANESE ARCFrI.
TECTUREy and the Allied Arts. By
Ralph Adams Cram, fellow OF the
American Institute OF Architects. New
york: The Baker & Taylor Company.
Japanese architecture is development.
and close study of its manifestations re-
veals marked changes which may surprise
the casual observer OF Nippon impressed as
he may be with a sense Of the unchange-
ableness Of all things far eastern One Is
apt to forget that in the case OF so old a
people there has been a very long time In
which changes might occur through very
steadfastness. Here Is nation with twelve
centuries OF culture that can be traced and
their effects noted In that time, says
Mr.. Cram, Japanese architecture has dis
closed one of the most perfect examples
Of steady development and ultimate decay
that is anywhere to be found He analyses
the types Of the old and the new, both rel
alive terms. and he finds tendNnoy La the
later centuries toward elaboration and
coarseninS. Tes original principles oS ~