Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12

there and then look at the artistic Illus
trations, then read a few pages more, and
perhaps to dream Of the quaint scenes and
the inimitable British atmosphere adj
mirably reproduced by the author. The
author-tour makes oxford the starting
point and the goal of his wanderings. AZ
ter an examination of the ancient seat of
learning he explores the district lying be-
tween the Cherwen on the east and the
fringe of the Cotswold the west-that
Is to say, the northern half Of the basin
of the upper Thames, In a somewhat his
torical treatment Mr.. Evans traVerseS the
ground as genial guide. and invests every
step of the way with the charm that can
be given only to q well-written tale Of
land teeming with traditions and records.
ENIGMAs OF PsYCHICAL RESEARCH.
BY James H. Hyslop, PhD, LID, au-
thor of Science and a Future Life,
etc Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Co.
This book is presented as a supplement
to Science and a Future Life In which
DIR. Hyslop gave a summary of the phenom-
ena bearing upon telepathy and appari-
tons. He now goes over the whole field
of the supsrnormal, adding to what he has
already published much material on crystal
gazing coincidental dreams, clafrvoyance
and premonitions. He does not offer his
instances and cases as proof of trans
cendental word, but as evidence OF some
thing which needs further investigation.
THE FALSE GODS. BY George Horace
Lorimer author of Letters From a
Self-Made Merchant to His Son" IL
Illustrated. New York: d. Appleton d
Co.
Mr. Lorimer has stepped down a bit from
his individual plane In this brief story, OF
novelette, proportions. He tells tale or
reportorial enterprise and stupidity, OF
modern mysticism and fraud and pretense
and of newspaper sensatonaiism which
does not rise at any point to special de-
gree of interest 1t is slangy and coarse
and unconvincing. 1t is a disappointment.
THE LADY OF THE DECORATION. By
Frances Little. New York: The Gen.
fury Company.
This lady's decoration was a tiny watch
which her Japanese kindergarten pupils
mistook as a medal or token of imperial
favor. She was in Japan as refuge from
her American difficulties. her melancholy
and her general WEAKNESS of existence.
S.4e tells the story through the medium OF
her letters to her mate a cousin VINO
has urged her TO go east to engage IN mis-
sionary teaching. Behind her waits and
hopes a physician-lover. After long
stretch of months, during which she mas
periods of great sadness ano reactions or
hope, the cali of her heart to ms reaches
home and he hastens over seas to her and
the story ends. Meanwhile the impressions
of a homesick American woman of attrac-
tive personality, engaged in mission work
which appeals to her sympathes are vivid
ly set forth. The period covers the months
prior and subsequent to the outbreak OF the
war with Russia and the reader obtains g.
convincing glimpse of the life OF the peo-
pie during those exciting times. The real
Japan appears as 1t Is seldom set rorth IN
fiction.
THE GAME OF BRIDGE. BY Fisher
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Whist" &c. Boston: Little. Brown &
Co.
Bridge is really simple proposition when
1t is properly explained. Most guides to the
game are complex and bulky, and tend to
confuse the beginner. Mr.. Ames has Of
fered a small clearly written outline of the
game and its rules and principles of play
that will serve the purposes of all who have
hesitated heretofore to engage in this pas
time because of It's threat Of confusion. 1t
will launch the bridge novice and put MIN
where he can later study the more compre-
hensiVe books.
Preston, author of The Abandoned
Farmer" New York: Henry Holt "
Co.
This Is very common ground indeed, COM
mon to the point of being elementary. Just
why the story was written it is difficult to
ascertain. The man is unutterably a bore,
with his diary and his doubts, his social
stupidites and his long distance love max
ing. Mrs. Bicycles. with her long speeches
on everything under the sun, is OCCASION
ally bright and entertaining, but she has
to struggle hard to keep up the flow of talk
and the current of interest. Mr. Preston
should shift his ground
THE PALMER cox BROWNIE PRIMER,
Arranged from Palmer Cox's Brownie
Books. Text by Mary C. Judd; Pic
lures by Palmer Cox; Grading and
Editing by Montrose ]. Moses New
York: The Century Company.
The Brownies are immortals They
amused the present generation when 1t was
just starting on a career of reading and pic
ture loving. They are still capering about
the world and having strange adventures
and here they are as marshaled in school,
to serve as guide to learning for very little
folks The writer. artist and editor have
worked together effectively, and the elders
will probably be found peeping within
these bright pages to refresh their mem
cries of childhood delights over the antics
of the queer little people.