Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-22
THE LIFE OF BENvENUTO CELLINI.

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THE LIFE OF BENvENUTO CELLINI.
Written by Himself Edited ard
Translated by John Addington Sy-
monds, with a Biographical Sketch OF
Cellni by the Same Hand. togetfeH
with an Introduction to this Edition
upon Benvenuto Cellni, Artist and
Writer by Royal Cortissoz with Re-
productions of Forty Original Por-
traits and Views Illustrating the Life
New York: Brentano's.
The unique quality of Cellini's auto
biography warrants any number of re-
issues and when it can be obtained through
the medium of so sympathetic hand as
Symonds' its interest, at least fer English
readers, is doubled. The present edition,
with an appreciative and suggestive essay
by Royal CortissoZ, is more than unually
valuable and the illustrations are In Keep
ing with the quality of the text. Celinis
excellence an artist and his inimltable
quality as writer which has made his
ogra phies in the world of letters. demand
appropriate setting in book making. and
these two volumes in beauty answer all de-
mands. 1t is a thoroughly satisfactory
form for wonderful work
IN THE SHADOW OF THE LORD; A
ROMANCE OF THE WASHINGTONs.
BY Mrs. Hugh Fraser, author OF "A
Maid of Japan" New York: Henry
Holt & Co. Washington; Ballantype.
Mrs. Fraser has written romance of
much dignity, pervaded by a sincere re-
ligious feeling. Beginning with the court
ship and marriage of Augustine Washing
ton and Mary Ball the banks of the
Thames in England, the story proceeds to
the opening of the revolutionary war. and
the dawning greatness of their son, George
Their lives are filled with adventure. with
Thny- Drn
passed lin the shadow of the Lord. ne
characters of the high-spirted. warm
hearted Mary Washington. and her kindly,
upright Grave husband are admirably pre-
sented Ine reader is made clearly to UNI
derstand the influences that made George
Washington what he wcs. The picture OF
that early colonial society, more Engi.sh
than the English. and full of dignihed FORM
and respect for authority. IS remarkably
vivid Mrs. Fraser's novel is a notable ad-
dition to the season s output
JOHN DORM, PROMOTER. BY Charles
Eugene Banks, author of "A Child OF
the Sun" illustrations by Angus
Abelmann. Chicago: Monarch Book
Company.
Chicago is the field of Mr. Banks novel
and the world of finance the setting. Every
element of a mutiform population unite to
carry out the various threads of the plot
There is a great deal of incident and OF IN
trigue but in the end the righteous pro-
nOter trlOmpES.
MARCEL. LEv1GNET. BY Elwyn Barro1,
author of "Manders. New YORK: Du.-
field X Co.
This is a detective story with an unusual
motive and pervaded with the atmos-
phere OF the Paris boulevards and of
decHne-of-Rome underworld that it offers
a new sensation in fiction of its class. Mar
Gel Leyignet is French and romantic
Of ind detective
made popular with Sherlock Holmes. Lee
vignet IS "a man of wealth, led into crirnl-
nal research by an innate liking for the
thing In this case it is an exalted love
for the beautiful 'Toinette which actuates
him and which finally demands of him the
supreme sacrifice. The plot is an ingenious
one and offers opportunity for the presen-
tation of widely diverse scenes.
BE 4 GOOD BOY. GOOD-BYE AND
OTHER HOME POE1iS. BY John j.
Shroy. Philadelphia: j. b. Lippinc"!t
Company.
As the title indicates Mr.. Shroy has
gathered together in this attractive volume
a number Of verses which center around
the life of home. With many of them the
public is familiar through the columns of
the public press and other publications.
While the verses make little pretense to
form or any but the simplest melody,
they are marked by real humor and
the situation incident to domestic life, and
by many quaint and unexpected turns of
fancy. The photographs which are used i'll
Illustrations are CleVerly managed. Alto
Eether the little volume offers pleasant mo-
meuts to those whose thoughts turn back
to a home like that the author celebrates.
real. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE BY
Richard Harding Davis. illustrated.
New York: Charles Scribner's sons.
Washington: Ballantyne.
NJ. Davis has given US in the men whose
restless. adventuring spirit has carried
them into startling situations, actual coun-
terparts to the romantic heroes of his
earlier book. Soldiers of Fortune" That
the true careers of these men offer chap
tiers of more sensational interest than even
their chroncler has been able to invent, is
a new application of the old truism that
truth is stranger than fiction. Something
must, however, be allowed to Mr.. Davis
journalistic instinct for seeming a story
and to his Incompatible skill a story
teller.
The careers of Gen. William Walker,
Baron Harden-Hckcy, Gen. MacIver. Win
stou Spencer Churchill Capt. Philo Norton
McGiffen, and Burnham, chief OF scouts, are
those celebrated as soldiers of fortune"
FARCES; THE DICTATOR. THE GAL
EOPER, MISS CIVILIZATION. BY
Richard Harding Davis, author of
Soldiers of Fortune" Illustrated
NtN VI h. NHdIleS oCGlDHcI SOHS-
Nh Davis has so unerring a judgment as
to salient incident which goes to the MAX
ing of successful narrative that it is not
surprising that he has been able to carry
the art of selection one step further and
divine the significant. almost symbolic
action that is the basis of drama From
the host of material at hand he has always
been able to Gull out the essential for a
fully told tale and now, particularly in
Miss Civilization" he has with consider
abe skill eliminated the merely narrative
and succeeded in the more difficult art of
play producing. y certain quality OF con-
crete vision makes each of his plays dis
tnctly acting dramas. and the other quail
ties of his other work. his sense of plot, of
humor, deftness and ease of general ham
ding furnish admirable aid in his dramatic
work. With keen eye to effect, he pro-
duCes a pay which has at the same time
CAPABILITIES making it not only fit for stage
presentation, but readable.