Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28

tkst the Young man whom she has come to
love and who has long loved her may be
in position to propose marriage to her
parts with II cheerfully, even though he
feels in honor bound 10 pass It on to the
ward of his uncle. Mr.. Burgess has ere
ated a unique character in this warm
hearted. beautiful young woman and there
is but one criticism TO be offered against
his book-it Is too short. Perhaps some
day he may tell of the united efforts Of
Mr. and Mrs. Rayne to spread happiness
more evenly throughout the workaday
world 1t Is always with regret that one
closes such quaint. charming book. pune
tuated as this is with the delightful humor
and illuminated with the fertile fancies OF
its gifted author.
PAUL. JONES, FOUNDER of THE
AMERICAN NAVY; A History BY
Augustus c. Buell.. With a supple
mentary chapter by Gen. Horace Por-
ter, LID. Commemoration Edition.
In two volumes. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. Washington: Wood
ward q Lothrop.
The ceremonies at Annapolis this week
mark the close of an episode of great sig
nificance In the history of the American
navy. The body OF John Paul Jones, re-
covered after many years of neglect from
its hidden burial place in Paris. was en-
tombed at the Naval Academy with elabo-
rate services. in the presence of the high
est officials of the United States and rep
the whole American people paid their trib-
ute OF honor and gratitude to the memory
of the man whose achievements on the sea
did so much to establish the new state in
the west. 1t is appropriate that in conf
naemoration Of the interment at Annapo-
Is a special edition of Mr.. Buells mas
terry biography of Jones should have been
issued and 1t is a sign of the patriotic ap-
probation of the publishers that they have
given this issue of the work handsome
dress. Since It's original publication In
1900 Mr. BuelIs history of Paul Jones has
been rated as one of the ableSt pieces OF
American biographical writing ever pro-
duced 1t has been asserted, indeed. that to
II has been due In large measure the revival
OF American interest in the subject which
led TO the ultimate recovery OF the body.
AS a particularly attractive feature of this
commemorative edition appears a chapter.
written by Gen. Horace Porter, descrip-
tive of the work Of locating the grave of
Jones and exhuming and Identifying the re-
mains.
THE GHOST IN HAMLET; and Other Es-
says in Comparative Literature Ely
Maurice Francis sEgan, LID. profess
sOr OF English literature. Catholic
University of America. Chicago: A c.
McClurg * Co.
Dr. Egan's depth OF research and his
charm Of style combine to give peculiarly
attractive quality TO this little volume OF
essays which deal with a variety of topics.
title essay he analyses the function and
significance of the ghost OF Hamlet's father,
seeking 20 acquire the viewpoint OF the
playwright and OF the playgoer of Shake
speare's own period. He sets forth as his
basic principle that the ghost appealed to
the auditors Of that day as a legitimate
and even a natural medium of expression.
and he arrives at the conclusion that the
specter was employed to indicate the re-
qulrement put upon Hamlet TO secure the
Of he "a
of private revenge. but for the sake or
Denmark The other topics brought under
treatment in the volume are; Some Phases
OF Shakespearean lRterpretat ton, Some
Pedagogical Uses of Shakespeare. Lyrism
in Shakespeare's Comedies, the Puzzle of
Hamlet the Greatest of Shakespeare's
Contemporaries (Calderon>. Imitators of
Shakespeare. the Comparative Method Of
Literature, and the Ebb and Flow of Ro-
nance.
ICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON. ID. e.,
Complied by the Committee on Publi-
cation ard the Recording Secretary.
Volume TX Washington: Published
by the Society.
The ninth volume of the proceedings of
the Columbia Historical Society of Wash
ington contains the text of seven papers
read before the society during the past
year. as follows: The Earliest Free Public
Library Movement IN Washington, 1870
1874. by w. Dawson Johnston; William
Duane. by Allen c. Clark: The Rise of
the Protestant Episcopal Church In the
District OF Columbia, by Arthur S.
Browne; Curious Customs OF the Past as
Cleaned From the Newspapers in the Dis
trict OF Columbia. by Allan b. SIaason;
Our Postal System. by Francis c. Hueb-
ner; The Eloquence OF Congress: Historic
Notes, by AinswOrth r. Spofford LID !:
Fire In An Old-time F Street Tavern
and What il Revealed, by wilhelnus B.
Bryan. In addition 70 these papers the
volume contains reprints OF an irterasti 2,