Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-10

FISHERS OF MEN. BY g. R. Crockett.
author of The Lilac Sunbonnet. &C.
| illustrated. New York: d. Appleton &
| Co.
| Edinburgh. reached only through tortuous
alleys, and for purposes Of business by Its
| denfzens through houses and back doors
| and with many lodging turns. once snug
gled establishment known to the police
| as well as the gentry OF the art OF appro-
| priation by the name of Blind Jacobs Here
| foregathered the craftsmen OF the Scotch
metropolis, clever men with the Jimmy and
| the powder, men who scrupled not at the
picking of locks, but who had eschewed the
| old-fashioned ways of their kind In the
| matter of shooting and stabbing. Here were
| trained young boys and men in locksmith-
cry. In other words, burglary school
| Here found his way the Kid. son of the late
Alexander McGhie, known to the clan as
The McGhie. but deprived wrongfully or his
titles and estates. The Kids patron was
Knifer Jackson, his stepfather. man OF
temper and of guile. and withal man OF
heart. But the Kid was not fitted for his
work, for into his life had come gentier
influences and certain obligations which
compelled him to be square" on two occa-
sions with intended victims of bis gang. As
I a result the Kid went to certain reforma-
| tory founded by the enthusiastic son of
| Scotch peer, newly created. The story deals
with this lad's career as 1t touches and al
fects the lives of people in the higher world.
It discioses the reformatory methods OF the
Edinburgh missionaries of the slums, es-
pecially q certain little Mr.. Molesay, one
Of the Lords own. And it came to pass
| that through Mr.. Molesay's efforts some OF
the most forbidding subjects in all the dark
corners OF Edinburgh were raised to better
wys and a certain famous saloon, fam
boyantIy known as the British 1mperiai
Palace, was transformed into Chrisuan
resort for the spiritually and physicaHy
thirsty. Mr.. Crockett has told a stirring taie'
| in his best manner, with signs OF a Keen
study of the ways of the criminal classes
of Scotland He teaches a valuable lesson
In the salvation of the abandoned or So
| eiety
THE LADY AND THE LADDER. BY Har-
risen Garfield Rhodes. Illustrated by
Karl Anderson. New fork. Doupie-
day, Page & Co.
It was long ladder that extended from
the plane of Mary, the wife of Edgar
Southworth clerk in wholesale carriage
house in Chicago, to that of Mary, Duchess
of Rosingthay, with precedence over nine
tenths of the women in London She
climbs it, however, with an ease ana GER
tainty that would seem to indicate her as
a social genius. OF course she is helped by
cfrcTrnsta For instance, Edgar South
worth dies soon after marriage, and
chance brings her into the ken of rich MT.
Whiting, widower. who is looking Tor
young wife, and then an illness carries
him off quickly, and so she goes to Europe
with her homely stepdaughter Given
pretty woman with a million dollars TO neI
credit and the social ladder does not look
to be so formidable. But even with THESE
accessory qualifications. beauty ana
million a woman might make fata! piuno-
ers. Mary makes none. She is the very
Incarnation OF adaptabihty. She nts into
every situation. She manages Pauline, ner
houlely granddaughter, with a Hnesse sugges-
tive of long training. but In truth the
complication comes from the Iaet tnal an
the titled foreigners want the elder woman,
and not the younger MAY eNeau'e a,, naT.
lean admfrer inspires him to earn I'VE
millions for her, and then calmly SENDS MIN
the astonishing word of her engagemenJ 10
Rosngthay It is a heartfelt tribute 10 ner
that her American admirer cables: foq
are a living wonder-a world beaten
forgive you" Who could Withhoio lor-
siyeness from such a woman
THE HILL, Romance of Friendship. BY
Horace A Vachell author of Broth
ers" &C. New York: Dodd, Mead *
Co. Washington: Brentanos.
The word romance" IN the subtitle Is
apt to nislead. There is no love story
here. Save for a mother or two, and
fitting glimpse of the daughter OF schooi-
master, there are no women folks. Ii Is a
story about certain boys at harrow. n
boys' book? Perhaps. In that it will interest
the younger readers by Its description OF
life at one Of the great preparatory schoois
of England. But 1t has meaning far pc
yond taht purpose, and 1T proves 10 De
a strong appeal to the sympathies OF adull
readers Mr. Vachell achieves triumph
I Of
which makes a lasting impression. he
goes into the minute details or harrow
life as viewed from the standpoint OF
youngster just entering He SHOWS now
deepIy established the traditions OF
such an institution, how inhexible are the
British customs, how ingrained the CON
sarvatisu which holds an Englshman true
to type the world over. The story tnreaas
about the theme of one small poy !oss
for another. Two forces play ABOUT lnls
other boy. the pure frienosn1p " .,i SJr.
magnetism Of Demon" Seattle young
Desmond ductuates first to one ana then
to the other pole scaife ana retany :
FOR his friendship and confidence IL Is III
the rendition Of this contest that lne aat DOT
evokes a high degree,ef adult iIitelss st,ss
the chief value Of the story, neVertneiess,
lies in the glimpse it affords of the process
of rounding out model young Brfton.
w.acEII,E THE MAD. By Seth Cook
Constoek New York: D. Appleton d
Co.
On with the breastpiatei Out with the
sword, Forward, foot and horse TO sweep
aside the scurvy rebels who have dared 10
mock the authority of Monsigneur the DuKe
because his nephew. Bishop of Liege' mas
been misbehaping! II, In the hills range the
Companions of the Green Tent. headed py
woman called Msreelle the Mao over the
walls of Bouvignes is flung an efhgy OF
Count de Charelis. son OF Monsigneur.6ear-
ing a shield with the bar sinister. This nat
urally irritates the count, who sWears to
scour the hills of its vermin and to raze to
the ground Dinant, whence came the eff1gy,
and dispense It's Inhabitants. He keeps his
word. But before he finishes MS work Two
oe hiS cos,rtiers and a. lady OF the ducaI cir
IL. i,a ,te been led into arrange paths. into