Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-01

all men fear and most of them hate-bru-
tai. tyrannical. iawless and unafraid. BY
a remarkable chain Of events this autocrat
of the timber land Is thwarted and laid low
and the road is built on time. How this
youngster triumphed over his enemy, who
sank his Ice locomotive In the lake. and
even had him abducted, Is told by Mr..
Day In a breezy style that makes the story
go with rush from the beginning.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. By Edward Al
gernon Baughan. New York: John
Lane Company.
Mr.. Baughan Is distinguished English
musical critic and has written freely for
the professional and the lay press of his
country many subjects akin to the art.
These essays and miscellaneous papers he
has now collected into a book which will
appeal with singular force to the music
world. and will at the same time be read
with relish by many who are not familiar
with the vernacular OF music. For the
writer possesses style Of unusual charm.
and his treatment even Of technical themes
is always entertaining. The unprofessionai
reader obtains from q perusal Of these
pages clear conception of the mental pro-
cesses. the difficulties, the tempta tons and
the joys Of the musical critic of taste and
conscience. The paper on THE HoOligan In
Music touches chord of timely interest.
In The Gentleman in Music Mr.. Baughan
appeals for the recognition of the art as a
profession which lends social credit to It's
follower. equal with the law, the army or
the church. He is writing, of course in
terms of the English division of the family
between the three recognized outlets for the
activities of sons. THE Battle Cries OF
Criticism is a protest against the adop-
ton of hard-and-fast dicta of comparison
and judgment. There is something of truth
and much Of graceful expression in every
chapter OF this exceptional volume.
THE SAINT QI SantO). BY Antonio Fo-
gazzaro: translated from the Italian
by M. Agnetti Pritchard. With an in
PRODUCTION by William Roscoe Thayer.
New York: g. P. Putnam's Sons WASH
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Senator Antonio Fogazzaro Is now rated,
despite his differences with the religious
authorities at Rome, as the dean of the lit
erary corps of Italy. His adoption Of fic-
ton as a medium of expression was some
what late. but it proved Immediately to be
his forte. For twenty-five years he has
presented his public. ever increasing, with
novels bearing Intimately upon the present
problems of church and state. This story.
his latest. has been placed by the Congre-
cation of the Index under the ban of the
church. 1t Is nevertheless being widely read
abroad. 1t is in sense sequel to a story
entitled 'Piccolo Monde Moderno." and
within the church to secure the adoption of
reforms which. it is claimed. will meet
more accurately the conditions of modern
life Its central figure is that of a man who
has passed through great storms of passion
and has sought refuge in the church as
member of monastic order. The woman
who has swayed him prior to his adoption
OF this career enters once more into his life,
and with great skill the author blends the
sentimental and religious motives in a tale
OF powerful appeal to the readers interest
and sympathies. This is probably the most
discussed work of European fiction today.
having been translated into both the French
and the German.
KENELM'S DESIRE. By Hugh Cornell.
Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
The author of this unusual story states
a problem that Is entirely alien to the peo-
pie Of the eastern United States. The ad-
mixture Of Indian and white blood In GER
tain settlements in British Columbia pre-
cipitates social complications that have no
counterpart in this region. The tale is in
tresting as an exposition of life in the
northwestern part Of the continent.