Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-30
UNDER THE PINES, and Other Poems

UNDER THE PINES; and Other Poems
BY A H. Rutledge. Winchester. va:
The Eddy Press Corporation. Wash
tngton: Brentano's.
Much like the sensation OF hrst night
Mt the theater is the state of excitement
in which one opens the peges of a maiden
volume of poems. Such great possibilities
may lurk in the rhythms. and the oppor-
tunity for the test of ones critical acumen
is a temptation. Yet no dicta are fraught
with more dangers. Promise and frulslon
have between them such abysses.
Mr.. Rutledge Is however. an indubitahic
poet What he shall accomplish IN time
is open TO all the influences of circum-
stance and will, but temperamentally ne
has received the fairy birth gifts. and ne
has It In him to become an artist.
Under the Pines is a modest. attractive
volume. with generous margins and good
press work 1t will prove an adequate Soi-
ume to treasure when its promise Is fui-
filled.
While the inspiration of the poems is
from the past, from nature and the naturai
home emotions, life and the pelpieNln.s
problems of today finding no part as ye.
in the authors mind, there is no lnd'catioi
of narrowness. Indeed, despite Mr. Rut-
ledge's prediction for Carolina pines ana
the southern rose, due to the fact that the
Palmetto state is his home, there Is no
provincialism in his verse, and notWllh-
standing his classical training and reaulns
OF the best English lyricists. he is q fortu-
nate novice in that he has escaped the COM
mon control OF books. Life. as he KNOWS II,
has forced him to write, and In many OF ms
poems there is compelling simplicity. HIS
verses have great potency of melody, not.
always il is true. set free from the meshes
OF vain repetition, but plainly the echo OF
n nature attuned to music and deeply ana
sensuously affected by beauty.
In the drama tic The Lost N,lllU
Mr.. Rutledge has given an added indlca-
ton of power in other than lyrical express
sion. The searching tenderness of me
grief of David and Bathshe3l completely
transcends the mere melody of the lines
THE MAN BETWEEN; an International
Romance BY Amelia A. Barr, author
of The Bow of Orange Ribbon, &c.
Illustrated in water colors by Frank
T. Merrill New York: The Authors
and Newspapers Association Wash
ington: 5. kann, Sons x Co.
This delightful story of two countries has
been running serially in the Saturday and
the Sunday editions of The Star for several
weeks past, reaching a conclusion last Sun
day Its appearance In book form will be
welcomed by those readers OF the paper
who may have missed an occasional num-
ber OF who were so unfortunate as to over
look the story during its publication. 1t is
a modern tale of love and social plotting, or
fidelity and wlckedneSS- TWO young women
are presented In striking contrast, with
the many convincing touches of which
Mrs Barr is past mistress In fiction.
The edition Is satisfactory, the type being
large and plain and the illustrations or high
grade, in full color.
THE LIFE of ANIMALS; the Mammals.
BY Ernest Ingerson author of wild
Neighbors" &c. illustrated. New
York: The Macmillan Company. Wash
ington: Brentano's.
In these days of more or less hctionaf
animal literature, which purports to give
life stories OF the dumb creatures. there
is a demand for a corrective yet popularity
written work OF an authoritative character
Eetting forth the true characteristics and
telling the real histories Of the animals.
Mr.. Ingersou has been a lifelong student
OF the animal kingdom and has contributed
charmingly 10 the literature on the sub
feet which has been so abundant during
the past decade or so. His present work
is a serious. comprehensive book which
may be regarded either as text book or
zoology for general reading. 1t deals
with the mammals. and touches upon every
known species. His classification is scien-
tific and his treatment is interesting. The
technical portions are simplifed and the
author adds considerable anecdotal ma
terial in the way of tightening the mass
OF information. The illustrations are nota-
bly, numerous and OF excellent quality.
Fifteen full-page color plates, twelve OF
them from the brush OF the authors daugh-
ter, Helen lngersoll are highly artistic
The black and white pictures are from
photographs and sketches, many of the for
mer having been made IN the New York
Geological Gardens.
THE COLONEL OF THE RED HUZZARS.
BY John Reed Scott. Illustrations in
color by Clarence F. Underwood Phil
adelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
Now a major OF engineers in the United
States army, few weeks later the COM
mander Of the army of the kingdom OF
Faleria, archduke of the realm, a prince OF
the blood and the probable heir to the
cTown-such Is the metamorphosis to which
the reader is treated IN the early portion OF
this sprightly story of modern times. or
course Major Dalberg's evolution into a
royal highness is not unattended with prob
lens and dangers. The already established
heir presumptVe is a clever plotter and a
determined lover-there is a lady in the
case OF course. This smooth Valerian lays
trap for Major Dalberg with bait
brought from America, but the Intended
victim is not caught. Still, the sprtnging
OF the trigger preoipitates q situation OF
compleXity and the reader is kept guessing
10 the outcome until the last pages
A SON OF THE PEOPLE, a Romance of
Orczy. author of The Scarlet Pimper-
neil" &c. New York: G. p. Putnams
Sons. Washington: Woodward s. 10th
rop.
The swift passions of the Magyars pulse
through these pages, as through that other
book from the same pen that has found so
many readers. 1t Is tale of love and Jeal-
ousy, of ambitions and disappointments. OF
craft and plotting. cruelty and kindness.
The central figure is young peasant whose
father beQueathed TO him a vast fortune
for that region. Through a Jewish money
lender he seeks investments Tor his wealth
and thus comes into a position which en-
ables him 10 rescue a bankrupt nobleman
from ruin. The peasants love for the
nobleman's daughter. the scorn with which
hts first approaches are received and his
ultimate conquest OF her heart and hand
are dramatically told by a native OF the
Hungarian soil. who has the art TO re-
produce in these pages the life OF her peo-
pie. IL IS book TO stir the pulses and to
hold the attention.
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