Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-20

are then considered one by ene-the con-
struction Of the shell. the details of finish.
the doors and doorways; the windows and
window motives; the fireplaces, chimneys
and freproofing; the halls and Stairways;
the treatment of living and other rooms;
the dining room, kitchen and their rela-
tons; the heating. ventilating and lighting;
the plumbing, water supply and drainage;
the outbut!dinSs. gateways, etc: the gar
dens and their accessories. and finally the
contract and Specifications which are to
embrace all the necessary points of the en-
terprise. and when carefully prepared, are
to safeguard the owner from annoyance,
delay and expense. Finally, a chapter of
practical hints in alphabetical arrangement
sets briefly before the reader wide range
of important matters which are certain to
arise for consideration before the house is
finished. The book is profusely illustrated
from photographs of good and had examples
of architecture and of promising and I'M
promising landscape settings 1t is work
which should smooth the path of the coun-
try home builder, whatever his means or
past experience.
Elizabeth Ellis. Illustrated by John
Rae. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
The Duke of Monmouth had been defeat
ed at Sedgemoor and his luekless followers
had scattered. some to Holland, some to
France, others into the byways and for
ests and upon the moors and in attics.
Their friends trembled at the sound of
clanking arms and the beat of hoofs. for
searching parties were afield, in advance
of the terrible progress of JefTreys, the
monster JeffreyS, who sent men to the
gallows by the hundreds and sentenced
even women to the whipping post. All the
west country was given over to a reign of
terror when Mistress Barbara Winslow,
whose brother was himself a fugitive. en-
tipt -od ant how nf lost "
troops, bent upon rounding up all the reb-
els in the neighborhood. This Capt. Pro-
theroe was no blood-thirsty huntsman. He
dIsliked his task but he went at it loyalty.
Mistress Barbara's eyes undid him. He
allowed himself to be befooled by her. He
permitted her brother to escape. Finally,
when he was accused of completely in this
escape, and imprisoned, he found her also
a prisoner. condemned to suffer whipping
every month for two years and he assisted
her to flee. A fine figure of man, Pro-
theroe, lover, soldier, friend. And Miss
Barbara bewitched all upon whom she cast
those wonderful eyes. 1t Is dull reader
indeed who does not feel a thrill of SYM
patty for her in every situation even when
she allows her champions to get to swords
points over her when a word would have
set them straight For Barbara was a
woman, and even when she thought and
acted with the courage and the keenness of
a man she remained womanly in every at
titude. She was not afraid, said one who
met her. of men, mice or devils" She
measured up to this standard in all emer-
gences.
The author paints a dramatic picture OF
the sad days of reprisals following the col
lapse of the Monmouth rebellion. Her
story is well knit and admirably written,
and holds the attention keenly to the very
end. which is all that a sympathetic reader
can ask.
FLASHLIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE; a Rec
Of tinU n nd ut
Studies in Wild Life in Equatorial
East Africa BY C. G. Schillings.
Translated by Frederic Whyte, with
an introduction by Sir H. H. Johnston.
G.C.MG., KC.B. illustrated with 302
of the authors untouched photo
graphs taken by day and night. New
York: Doubleday Page 6 Co.
Seine optimists have declared that the
huntsman of the future will rely for his
sport upon the camera rather than upon
the rifle, that photography will replace
slaughter as means of exciting and in
structive diversion. Books like this of Herr
Schillings prove that such a sport Is pos
sible, and that it is not without the dan
gers which seem to be requisite for the
satisfaction of the keen zest of the sports
man. But it also gives evidence that r.
the camera is to become the weapon or the
field naturalist and the seeker after adj
venture the day must come soon when
the slayers of great game Will experience
change of heart. If the indiscriminate
slaughter of the lions, elephants. rhinocer-
oses, hippopotamuses, butfalos, g1raHes and
other larger animals of Africa is not speed
lily checked there will be no chance for
even the life-sparirg photographer-hunts
man to study the wild life of the Jungle
and the Veldt.
Herr Schillings made several trips to
East Africa before he found conditions such
as to permit results. He expended very
large sum of his own money in the equip
mlent of his expeditions, and he risked his
life many times by exposure to fevers and
violent death in the hunt. He does not
claim 10 be entirely free from the pleasure
of the kill. He did kill often-iions, ele-
plants, rhinoceroses, appropriateness,
giraffes, buffalos and other beasts-but al
ways in the interest of science. Whenever
possible he preserved the skins, and in some
cases the skeletons of his victims. and
shipped them to Berlin for mounting and
study. He also secured a live young
rhinoceros which is now developing hap
PLY in Berlin in the company of its dearly
beloved companion, an African goat.
The chief interest in this handsomely pre-
pared English edition of Herr Schillings
great work, the only one authorized for
American publication, lies of course in the
photographs, which are reproduced abso-
lutely without retouching of any kind, save
in one instance. A photograph of male
and female lion advancing upon their
prey which was partly spoiled in the de-
veloping, was rescued" in Berlin by means
OF a few strokes of the retoucher's pencil.
The most startling effects produced by
some of these photographs. taken by flash
light at night at the drinking places of the
lions, hyenas, Zebras and other animals.
In some cases the huntsman-p photographer
managed to secure short-range shots with
his camera at some very remarkable
groups, such as a couple of rhlnoceroses at
their bath.
The book is filled with striking repro
auctions of the wild life OF East Africa,
birds on the wing, yuitureS tearing their
prey. antelopes, gnus, ostriches, monkeys,
a great variety of creatures, all in their
native haunts and in their natural po-
sitions. The amateur student of the brute
creation will find many marked differences
between these portraits and the specimens
In the ZOOS. where conditions seem greatly
to alter the characteristics and habits of
the prisoners.
The text is at all points of absorbing
quality. Herr Schillings narrates his adj
ventures modestly, and always in the spirit
of the true lover of wild game, and with
the earnestness of the advocate of restric-
tive measures to prevent the utter eNtinc-
ton of certain species. such as the ele-
plants which are rapidly disappearing in
the face of ruthless onslaughts by armed
natives in the pay of the ivory traders.
THE CASTLECOURT DIAMOND CASE,
Being a Compilation of the Statements