Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24
THE TRIUMPHs OF EUGENE VAL
MONT. By Robert Barr. illustrated.

ciOthes and symptoms. II is unquestiohaoiy
notable work from that point Of view
THE TRIUMPHs of EUGENE VAL
MONT. BY Robert Barr. Illustrated.
New York: ID. Appleton Co.
The papers which outline this divertlng
portrait of French detective have already
appeared serially, but are none the less
welcome for their book publication. Eu-
gene yalmont is well conceived He pre-
sents the type of the French solver of crime
problems in fashion to evoke much amuse-
ment. All his "trlumphs are not unmixed
with disappointment. He bears himself.
however, before the reader with calm,
suave confidence even in his hours of de-
feat which marks MIR. Barr performance
as artistic. The freely expressed contempt
of the French sieuth for his English coli
leagues and competitors is veiy anus
ing bit OF comedy. Some of the expert
ences related are Enthusiastically incomplete
The episode of Lionel Dacre and the hun
dred pounds closes without explaining
wnere Dacre got the money which enabled
him to pay his debts and buy champagne
The case of the stolen Blair diamonds is
somewhat unconyincingiy presented. But
in the opening story-for the volume Is but
loosely Joined series of adventuFes--tnere
is no lack of explicitness, and the tale OF
the anarchists whose mountaineering plot
was spoiled by the shrewd Valmont leaves
nothing to be desired.
THE ART OF KEEPING wELLs or, COM
mon Sense Hygiene for Adults and
Children. By Cordelia A. Greene, MD.
With portrait and a biography by
Elizabeth p. Gordon. New York: Dodd,
Mead 81 Co. Washington: woodward
& Lothrop.
DR.. Greene was one of the best KNOWN
and best beloved women of her time. She
was more than physician. She was guido
and friend, and her Christian faith and
oI,or to
thousands who came within the range OF
her influence Her skill as physician was
such that she was never permitted to re-
main inactive, the demands upon her time
being incessant. She blended with her
scientific knowledge a strong belief in the
influence of the higher powers upon the
health of individuals. and 1t was one OF
her strongest beliefs that the individual
has in large measure control of the forces
which make for health. In her treatise on
"the art OF keeping WELL" published post
humously-Dr. Greene died little more
than year ago, at the age of seventy-four
she sets forth in clear style her direc-
tons for conserving the vital forces ana
avoiding the ills which spring from unwise
thought and conduct and Indulgence. An
appreciatiye biography OF DIR. Greene ana
selections from her writings are appended.
THE STRUGGLE. BY Sidney C. Tapp, Phi.
B., author of The Story of Anglo
Saxon Institutions" &c. New York: A.
Vessels Company. Washington: VIII
liam Ballantyne d Sons.
1.-THE author has not attempted says
Mr.. Tapp In his preface ito conform to
the plot of the conventional novelist. but
to tell the story of the real burden under
which the American people are staggering"
Nevertheless he has pitched his protest
against the trusts in the key of fiction ana
has presented few characters who par
ticipate more or less directly In the events
which are scatteringly set forth The re-
suit is a dull. heavy, uninteresting and UNI
convincing product of poorly mixed fact
and fiction. Amateurish to the last degree,
1t can not even be regarded as a document
contributing to the real discussion of the
questions of the day. treatment of the
subject that requires 100 out of S24 pages to
set forth the fact that the four daughters
of a southern family married four young
men is scarcely to be seriously considered,
either by those who are seeking light on
the path of political reform or those who
are looking for diverting stories.