Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16


the oriental toward the truth. tn terms
which were misunderstood by some of the
native population to cast reflections upon
all Hindoos As a result of this speech.
which is included In the present volume.
demand for Lord Curzon's recall was sent
to London. but Ii was not needed by the
government The breach on account of the
military administration followed In few
months.
STUDIES IN SOCIALISM. BY Jean Jaures
Translated. with an Introduction, by
Mildred Minturn. Authorized English
version. New York: G. p. Putnam's
Sons. Washington. Woodward & 10th
rop.
NJ. Jaures prepared these essays for pub
LEGATION In a socialist daily paper in Paris.
and therefore couched them in terms which
assumed the entire familiarity of the reader
with the fundamental doctrines Of that po-
litical faith and with their application TO
various conditions in recent years. fhe
translator. however realizes that In the
United States the book will not appeal so
directly to a well-informed public. ana
pTefaceS NJ. Jaures' work with intro
duction which sets forth in illuminating
style the main theories of the cult and the
trend of the philosophy in these days OF
readjustment She propounds the following
nj ain definition Of socialism as meeting he
approval of all grades of the believers:
Socialism Is the doctrine that the means
o
materials. or. in other words, all wealth
which is used for the creation of more
wealth. should not be owned by individu-
ais but by society. NJ. Jaures, who Is
one of the foremost of French socialists,
discusses the doctrines In a philosophical.
almost academic spirit. His studies are Or
especial Importance at present. not only be-
cause of the light, they throw upon the
political conditions of the French but be-
cause of the fact that socialism Is becorl-
ing more and more distinctly defined and
more practically evolved as political doc
trine in the United States
SAMANTHA VS.. JOSIAH; Being the Story
of Borrowed Automobile and What
Came of It By Marietta Holley, au-
thor of Samantha at the Worlds
Fair" &c. Illustrations by Bart Haley.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls COM
pany.
Another Samantha Allen book comes to
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Holley has contributed richly to the good
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Their adventures in the realm Of psychic
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voking. In all these affairs they bear them
selves toward each other with their old
time loving crankiness and their comments
of the march of the worlds events uni
formiy shrewd and humorous Mr.. Haley's
illustrations fit into the text with admira-
bic unity.
soMBRE TINTs. By Francis Blake Croft
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Mr.. Crofton was until recently public IL
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is exceptionally fine. vibrant with the true
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is sounded. as in THE Frown of the Lord
and the Battle Call of Anti-Christ."
THE TRACER OFF LOST PERSONS. By
R. w. Chambers. author of "Ioie," &c.
illustrated. New York: d. Appleton &
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Mr.. Chambers invests his characters and
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possible. But no one but the veriest cynic
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Persons. that wizard of modern days. as
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There are five episodes, and in each case
Mr.. Keen, who finds lost persons for a
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And so delectable are the narratives that
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right young people together so speedily.
seph Spencer Kennard. New York and
Washington: Brentano's.
After a scholarly though brief tracing
of modern romance to its origins the au-
thor. with fine feeling for the delicate
shades of style. treats at length OF the
writer's who have stamped Italian Iitera-
ture with their individuality. His sub
jects are Alexander Manzoni, Massimo
Iaparelli D'Azeglio, Francesca Domenico
Guerrazzi, Tomasso Grossi, Ippolito Nievo,
Edmondo De Amicis. Antonio Fogazzaro.
Giovanni Verga, Matilde Serao, FEDERICO
De Roberto, Anna Neera, Grazia Deiedda,
Enrico Annibale Buttf and Gabbriele
D'Annunzio. These chapters open the
western eyes TO view a field of excep-
tional beauty and note the influences in
the intellectual life of the Italians of the
ana twentieth centuries.
EEDiOTIC ETIQUETTEi an Up-to-date
Manual of the Manners of Men and
Women for Men and Women of Man
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the Social Dues - and Most of the
'Dont's"--for all Disciples of Deport-
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Material and offered in the Original
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