Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-18

the fiscal policy established by the tariff
1 act of 1928, whose author, Silas Wright,
| was the representative In Congress from
| northern New York. The war established
| the principle that, from the adoption of the
Constitution, the nation has been made up
| of indestruct.ble states of an unbroken
| union. Fortunately the contest continued
| until the last cartridge had been expended
/ and the last ration had been eaten by those
men who had striven for state sovereignty.
| Then came the splendid opportunity for
| the federal forces to signalize their triumph
| by magnanimity and generous treatment
and for the confederates to respond by a re-
| newal Of loyalty to the old flag which now
| after forty years nothing can impair"
THE TIDES OF BARNEGAT. By F. Hop
| kinson Smith. Illustrated by George
Wright. New York: Charles Serb
i ~ner's Sons.
Mr.. Smith has never before produced a
| work of this character. His stories here
! tofore, while occasionally sounding the note
| of tragedy, have been mainly in a lighter
vein utilizing the sombre tones for contrast.
| Now he tells a tale of temperament which
| leads inevitably to death and disgrace and
sorrow. The sin of a young woman, the
Punishment of her lover by his father, the
assumption of the erring ones burden by
her elder sister, the sacrifice of true love,
and the final wreck of lives in consequence
of furious CONFUSION of nature bring the
| tale along through course of twenty years
| Of suffering and closes 1t with a highly
| dramatic scene, upon which the curtain
| falls almost too abruptly. Throughout the
| story Mr.. Smith demonstrates his power of
description and his love of the sea theme.
| AS builder of lighthouses he has felt the
| force Of the ocean. He. knows it's many
| moods, it's power, its treachery, its menace,
| its life. He knows also it's beauty, it's colors
| and influences and in this tale he brings
| forth in his most vivid style the varying
| aspects Of the waters. His people are real
| and convincing, DR.. John, with his great
| heart, his patience his devotion to the den
| liens of the shore; Captain Nat Holt,
stern judge of his own sons guilt, keen
analyst of woman's mental processes, capa-
BILE captain of a life-saving crew; Jane
| Golden. loving sister Of the erring girl and
| willing sacrifice that her name may be
shielded; Martha, the nurse, passionate in
| her love Of her nursing and later of the
child whose presence causes SO much trou-
BILE; the child himself growing into man
hood, strong and true and finally victim
! of the sea when he tries to rescue man
| who is in peril and whom he does not
| know to be his own father; the erring, self
| ish frivolous mother, intent only upon her
| security from scandal and her pleasures.
Others fill in the scenes, all clearly defined
and strongly marked Municipalities
Throughout the story the sea roars or
| murmurs according to its moods. Mr..
| Smith, with the deft touch of the artist,
! invests his tale with the true atmosphere
| of the Jersey coast.
| SOCIALISM,, a Summary and Interpreta-
ton Of Socialistic Principles. By John
| Spargo, author of The Bitter Cry OF
the Children" &c. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington:
| Brentano's.
! The socialistic propaganda has advanced
to the point of producing an entirely new
| literature, with the fundamental works on
the subject recast in modern moIds. Mr..
| Spargo feels the need of brand-new ex-
position of socialism in order to state the
principles Of his belief frankly and to cor
| rect certain impressions that have lodged
in the public mind. He chiefly, 1t is plain
| wants to disabuse the public Of the belief
| that socialism means the establishment Of
| state of absolute individual uniformity
| and bureaucratic tyranny, and many Of his
pages are devoted to this end. Thus his
work has certain note Of explanation and
| defense bordering upon apology, despite his
| intimation in the preface that his objection
| to many of the existing works on this SUBJ
| ject is that they are apologize in tone.
| Socialism as Mr.. Spargo conceves 1t is a
| state of society wherein the majority rules
on a democratic basis with certain limi-
| tations placed upon collective enterprise,
| upon individual wealth and occupatio
! Translated into plain terms Mr.. Spargo's
| socialism, is a state wherein the working
| men are masters, by reason of their greater
numbers. He evidently leans to the belief
that the efforts Of the workingmen through
| their trades unions today to combat capital
| are necessary: even to the extent of force.
| and that the surest way to give dominance
| to this class of the people is to reorganize
| society That thew shall have the chfof
| influence In the direction of affairs His
| book is well written and in all parts we'll
| worth reading. although it may not be uni
formly convincing.
| SANDY FROM THE SIERRAs. BY Rich
ard Barry, author of Port Arthur, a
| Monster Heroism." illustrated by
Fletcher c. Ransom. New York: Mot
fat, Yard & Co.
| Sandy Is an engaging character from the
time he harnesses gophers to cart and
| trains chipmunks to do tricks for the de-
location of his friends. He acquires local
| fame as a stout defender of his rights,
and, later. when his fathers sudden death
| imposes upon him the responsibility for his
! mothers support, he undertakes the man.
agement Of an unruly school in q noun
| tain district and whips the recalcitrants,
| with an ugly father thrown in for good
measure. 1t is during this period that he
sees the lone girl In all the world" high
above him in social station. The astute
reader knows instinctively that Sandy will
climb to the social heights and finally
| clasp the hand Of the fair one. His way
| upward carries him to San Francisco,
through an experience as a newsboy, with
| an amateur prize fight as the leading in
| cident of this phase; through period OF
trade learning and law Office appren-
ticeship: into journalism and finally poll
tics and the law. Sandy succeeds marvel
ously. He is absolutely free from bad
habits. a miracle Of young manhood. He
| puts aside revenge and at last attains to
a position that promises great things for
! him in the future. Sometimes his biog-
| rapher writes bit overenthusiastically
about Sandy. whom he seems to love with
I all his heart. But the hero is nevertheless
| altogether engaging and wholesome, and If
| he Is in life and in truth all his chronicler
! says of him. he deserves his rewards
| great as they are.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
THE REVIVAL OF ARISTOCRACY. BY
Oscar Levy; translated by Leonard A.