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

Ideals" THE Powers that Be-" 1.-THE
the People" Christianity and Current LIT
erature,' 1.-The Church in the City" Prop
erty and Theft" 1.-THE Creative Ideal of
Education'' and 1.-THE School of Life"
of delicate forcefulness which is DR.. Van
Dykes most charming distinction. He
writes as the "mehorlst," word coined or
applied by George Eliot to indicate a fol-
possible betterment; not a housekeeping,
trumpet-blowing, self-fattering creed. i'm
mediatefy available for advertising pur-
poses; but a modest and sober faith. useful
for consolation in those hours of despond-
ency and personal disappointment when
the grasshopper and the critic both become
burden, and for encouragement to more
earnest effort in those hours of cheer when
a high-tide of the spirit fills us with good
Will to our fellow-men."
THE GRAPPLE. BY Grace MACEDONIAN
Cooke author of THE Last Word"
thur w. Brown. Boston: L. G. Page
& Co.
The author Is intent upon permitting her
reader no misunderstanding of the charao-
ter and scope Of her novel Of modern labor
problems. possibly caused by the picture of
two battling panthers, which decorates
the cover, for she appends the follow
ing subtitle: "a story Of the Illinois coal
region. being the history Of a. man who.
having himself come up from thu miners
pick, having the profoundest sympathy for
the men, the union, and all 1t stands for,
and has done for labor, yet single handed
and alone, successfully withstood the en-
croachments of the mine workers union
and the unjust demands Of Its leaders,"
After this rather formidable announcement
the fiction is likely to depend for its appeal
solely upon the incidental human interest
aroused by the narrative The author ham
dies her theme well, with possibly bit 100
pronounced a prejudice against the union,
however modified by her clever reasoning.
She interjects the suggestion Of an an
achronisrn causing one of her labor orators
to refer to T. v. Powderly as a man Of
waning influence in the labor world, and
subsequently clearly timing her story, by
reference to the Spanish war, within the
recent period, and therefore subsequent TO
Powderly's complete retirement from the
field Of labor agitation The love story Is
really the better part Of the novel;
the Dog, with Practical Information
as to Care and Management of House,
Kennel and Exhibition Dogs. and De-
scriptions of All the Important Breeds.
BY James Watson. In ten parts; Part
V. Illustrated from photographs. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
In this fifth part of his excellent Dog
Book" Mr.. Watson discusses the retriever,
the Chesapeake bay dog, the Dalmatian, the
rough-coated collie, the smooth sheep dog
and the bob-tailed sheep dog. The chap
ter on the Dalmatian, or coach dog, is OF
particular interest for this breed Is not
we'll understood, and Is often neglected by
students Of the canine family. Some hand
some portraits OF prize winning rough
coated coliies add richly to the pictorial
attraetiveness of the volume.
eUxyuNuy <ruxnrrpvrs nu urxu ZEE,
OF MANKINDy in a Survey OF History,
from the Earliest Known Records
through All Stages of Civilization.
Down to the Present Time BY ]. NJ
Larned, author of History for Ready
Reference" &c. In two volumes. Pro-
fusely illustrated Springfield, o.: The
c. A. Nichols Company.
Mr.. Larned proceeds, In the presentation
of this compact two-volume universal his
tory. upon the theory that the proper way
to tell the story of civilization is not by
process of desiccation, nor one Of crushing
and packing, but by discriminating selection
and luminous arrangement. applied to the
most significant incidents and larger facts.
He cites as cases In which this method has
been adopted in order to bring certain
prominences of history into high relief such
classic works as the essays OF Macaulay
Bryces Holy Roman Empire" Bishop
Stubbs' 1.-THE Early Plantagenets." His aim
in this work has been to sift out almost
everything that does not contribute Inn
portantly to q clear disclosure of the main
movements In events, thereby marking
epochs and periods that are moro or less
distinct and revealing the continuity of
forces acting in them throughout. Before
proceeding to discussion OF the six grand
epochs he briefly discusses the prehistoric
peoples, employing the latest discoveries
Of the archaeologists and anthropologists
to indicate the probable distribution of the
race. In volume he considers the epoch
of the earliest civilization. that Of the