Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-24

estes, ne KING ana xno 0uoons eno p0O1
royal hishnessss. the Prince and Princess
the character Of cards. The fertility Of
fancy and excellence Of execution. OF draw.
Ing and color n the =,
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syiand." s'Fortune's Fsyorite." Ups and
Downs" "Ssedtims and Harvest" "Ameri-
usual s1r authors, fools and rastims ca.endars.
are among the most attractive o6ered this
season. The variety ana novelty Of de-
sign In the cards leAvee nothing to be de-
cult.
THE SUBJECTTOM OF ISABHL CAR
NAB ~ Hla: s1.,ps ns;See 81
corning Isabel Carnaby." New York;
Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington: Bren.
tano's.
Those who admired isabel Carnaby before
her marriage will And her . much-chanSed
woman In this volume. 70 changed. indeed,
az to lose some Of tho charm Of her unsx-
pectedness and to gain q new charm Of
sweetness and compliance. Her 'sub5ec.
tom Is not a painful process. She re-
nounces an ambition for the sake Of her
husband. Her self-conmuninSD write an
interesting chapter on tho subject Of q w1fe's
duty to her husbands higher needs. Inoi-
dentally she manages to precipitate a series
OF dramatic incidents involving the happi.
ness OF some Of her friends. She invites an
Anglo-Indian girl Of great wealth and rare
beauty to visit her In England. and then
begins the trouble. How several lives were
all but wrecked In consequence Of Isabel's
Intervention and matchmaking procliv1ties,
is related by Mrs. Felkin-hersef q bride
since her first work was written-with her
peculiar charm of manner. There IL only
one serious fault to find with Mrs. Felkin.
She will! insist upon regarding her charao-
matter in their remarks and actions sugges-
tive Of type tendencies. This becomes mo-
notonous after a time.
THE TRIALS OF COMMANDER Nc
TURK By c. ]. Cutliffe Hyne. New
York: e. p. Dutton g. Co.
Commander McTurk, U. 8. N, retired. Is
a man Of one purpose, to accomplish some
exceptional end which will result in his
restoration to the active service OF the
navy. Mr.. Hyne has not altogether squared
this idea and the manner of its utilization
with the naval usages Of this government,
and the American reader will have to iE-
more numerous errors regarding the rela-
tons or the interesting Commander McTurk
with his superiors at Washington. But this
ID easily done, for the tales themselves, each
Independent but forming a consecutive Sc
ries, are brisk and bright. Mr. Hyns has q
way with him that prevents pause for con-
sideration. He manages to bring hts two
notables, Commander McTurk and Captain
Kettle, into conjunction in one Of his sto-
ries and a delightful pair they are, in
truth.
THE ROMANCE OF JOHN BAINBRIDGE.
By Henry George, tr., author Of The
Menace of Privilege" New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington:
woodward & Lothrop.
Here, in the novel by the son, Is the full
fllment Of the promise Of the father. Hen
~ George had that Imagination and SYM
pathy which makes for felton, but his So
Geological activities usurped his interests.
In John cambridge the qualities Of the man
and certain incidents in his public career
are doubtless based upon the career of the
distinguished single tax advocate. but the
pleasure to be derived from the book does
not depend upon any such extrinsic inter-
est. Present-day political life ia made the
setting of the story In which monopolist
and multimillionaire and typical climbers
make up q complete picture. cambridge,
however, comes to realize clearly the truth
Of Fenn's dicta when he begs for Jessica's
hand that "a good woman's love Ii q mans
unfafling compass and the stages by which
he learns that truth afford the rea; charm
Of the romance. Not the least complication
is the fact that Jessica Fem is the daugh-
ter Of the man cambridge feels 1t his polit-
ical duty to fight. The conflict Of her loves
and duties has fortunately happy solution.
KING MIDAS, a Romance. By Upton
= Sinclair, author of The Jungle"
Frontispiece by Charles M. Relyea.
New York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr. Upton Sinclair performed public
service when he wrote THE Jungle" and
the country is indebted to him for exposing
the beef packing denominations. But it will
not condone for that reason his present
mistake in reprinting his first novel, once
published privately, then reprinted by
publishing house and now sent forth
third time There is no warrant for its re-
production. It Is not Interesting, nor is 1t
convincing. 1t deals with a hackneyed
theme, that of the struggles of a young
girl against the social laws which command
her to sacrifice herself in marriage for the
sake of wealth. The truth is that Mr.. Sim
clair Is totally devoid of that saving grace,
sense of humor. There is not single
CLEAN of humor in THE Jungle" There is
none in this reprinted earlier work. Proba-
bly, 1t is because of this deficiency that the
author Is SO venturesome as to submit his
literary tirst-born for reinspection.