Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-24

time; q storehouse Of most amusing auec-
| dotes; and mine OF curious and out-of-
century theaters.
author of "A Corner In Women" IL
Illustrated by Bayard Jones. New York:
Mofratt, Yard & Co. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
The Won Blumers are people whom every
| one knows. Won Blumer IL q wholesome
successful man of today, headstrong,
| whole-hearted, sincere. affectionate. as OBJ
| stinate when opposed az he IL lamb-like
under management-in short, intensely hu-
man and intensely American. Mrs. Won
! Blumer Is the typical American wife and
| mother of the most attractive kind; you
| have met her thousand times and are al
ways delighted to meet her again. Bobby
| Is q healthy American boy. And there IL q
very realistic dog.
Mr.. Masson's insight into human nature
was never shrewder than in these intimate
| and wholesome studies; his storytelling
| ability has never had fresher and more de-
] lightful themes; his penetrating wit has
| never had a finer opportunity nor awaited
| Of 1t more fully.
THE OHIO RIVER, A Course of Empire
| By Archer Butler Hubert. author OF
Historic Highways of America"
With maps and illustrations New
| York: G. P. Putnams Sons. Washing
| ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
Close upon the heels of recent publica-
ton. 1.-THE Connecticut River comes an
other contribution to the Historic Rivers
Series. The aim of the group of works is
to satisfy curiosity as to actual conditions.
and in addition keep alive the romantic
| and historic past by associating with q
local environment the events that belong to
I 1t, and by making everything man sees
from his own doorway an excitement to his
| Imagination and his patriotism.
| The Ohio river has been the scene Of
| many important historical trensactions;
| about 1t cluster all kinds of traditions and
/ legendary lore. Mr.. Hulberts handsome
| and beautifully illustrated volume attends
| to the aspects Of the Ohio river suggested
above, and includes also descriptions OF the
picturesque scenery of this historic water,
way
THE UNDERTOWg Tale OF Both Sides
of the Sea. By Robert e. Knowles,
author of "St. Cuthbert's." New York:
Fleming H. Revell Company.
1.-The Undertow'' is not a problem novel.
but strong depletion Of the world-old
struggle between lofty aspirations and the
drawback Of the senses. The story goes
across the Atlantic and back. and from the
outset the experiences Of the brilliant young
minister who Is Its hero search the read
er's heart. Stephen fights in his old home,
in London's maelstrom, in the city church,
always with his ever-present arch enemy.
self, and his pathetic story is sympathetic
ally told. It is a Joy to those who know
Of human weakness to find that he wins
his struggle.
A FRONTIER TOWN and Other Essays.
By Henry Cabot Lodge. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
A finished writer before he left public
school, Senator Lodge is the most con-
| anicUnlia n he in pf1f.
tics. In what he says or writes. when
removed from the arena Of partisan ac-
tfvities we find perspicacity. polish and
breadth OF view, qualities present In
varying degree in a collection Of his ora
tons and essays, taking title from "a
Frontier Town." an address he delivered
at Greenfield on the 150th anniversary Of
the towns Incorporation. Other papers
assembled deal with Good Citizenship"
american History" The Senate Of the
United States" Certain Principles Of
Town Government" The United States
at Algeclras." and with four Americans
Franklin, Samuel Adams. the late Senator
Hoar and President Roosevelt.
Defending the United States Senate
against the current charge that 1t has
power. with great consequent peril to
the balance OF the government. he as
serts that no one would make this charge
who had studied the origin of the Sem
conferred upon it by the Constitution
paper Of particular interest is his appre-
citation of the character of President
Roosevelt.
NELSON'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA, Every
body's Book of Reference in II vol
nmes Profusely Illustrated Editors
1n-ch1ef, Frank Moore Colby, NJ A..
New York, and George Sandelman,
MA, Edinburg. New York: Thomas
Nelson & Sons.
Modern. up-to-date, with authoritative
comment, full-page plates, colored illustra-
lions, maps and numberless photographs
and drawings, this encyclopaedia should
prove to be Of great service as a popular
reference book. Its scope is great, covering
practically every department of human
knowledge, and the treatment of the topics
Is at once sufficiently technical to be ade-
quate and clear enough to be of general
use. Appendices and indices are included
In each volume. Little is left to be desired
In content or makeup of the whole series.
THE AMULET. A Novel. By Charles Egg
bert Craddock. author of The Prophet
of the Great Smoky Mountains" New
Yorkshire Macmillan Company. WASH
ington: Brentano's.
The interest in American local color has
produced in every section Of the land its own
particular chronicler and faithful interpre-
ter. But no section has been more fortu-
nate in its e1positor than the mountain
region OF eastern Tennessee. Miss Murfree
Charles Egbert Craddock, is both a psyche
logist and historian, and in either capac-
ity Is subtle and true In this latest book
she has not presented the mountaineers Of
today. but their ancestors Of hundred and
fifty years ago, but her excursion into the
past does not prevent that fidelity and
completeness of realization which have
made her novels significant. Her personages
in THE Amulet are members Of q little
band of English soldiers who maintain a
stockade fort In the wilderness against the
attacks Of the Cherokee Indians. Ara
bella. a lady of exceptional linguistic accom-
plshments and other charms. Is the center
Of romance. She does most dreadful things
and because Raymond does not introduce
the subject Of love, she speaks first of 1t
herself: that, as she explains, being because
he possessed the Amulet.
THE STARS AND STRIPES and Other
American Flags. By Peleg D. Harri-
son. With Eight Flags Illustrated In
Colors. Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
A carefully considered. comprehensive his
tory of the birth and development of the
national flags. the result Of many years Of
painstaking research. this work not only
brings together a vast amount Of invaluable
information. but will make a strong appeal
to patriots inasmuch as It ins&ils generation