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

tenderest emotions, Is rarely interesting
study. She goes up into the mountains to
obtain materials for a big story about
disrupted colony of "renunciants. who
have been deluded by a fraud. She meets
Anthony Overman, whose faith In the es-
sentals of the cause Is not les5ened by his
disillusionment in the leader. She twists
her ankle and is held a prisoner in the
hills. thus coming to learn Overman's great
ness of character. Then she returns to
her work, and finally sends for the man
who has carried her into another world of
thought and feeling. The love OF these two
courses over obstacles. The mans acute
conscience. his intense jealousy of himself.
his horror of deceit fraud and all forms of
evil stand in his path. He participates in
a great labor crisis and scores a triumph
on his own account. Then, in an hour of
bitter disappointment, he fees the city, be-
comes seeker after forgetfulness, a work
er for the good of others. a practical altru-
1st, a missionary in truth for the succoring
of the afflicted. At last the clouds break
and there is joy for the man and the wo-
man, with their future suggested in terms
of mutual work along the lines which Over
man has laid down for himself A brilliant
story. Accordingly interesting and sugges-
tive of deep truths and tremendous forces.
Mr. Clay's illustrations are highly satisfac-
tory.
THE NORTH COUNTRY. BY Harry A.
Auer. Illustrated. Cincinnati The
Robert Clarke Company.
This volume will be read by many Wash
H. gtonians with special degree of interest,
inasmuch as it's author. now an attorney of
Cleveland Ohio, is very well known in this
city where his parents have long resided.
Mr.. Auer is lover of the stretch of terri
tory above the Great Lakes. He has made
numerous trips into it. and finally from his
experiences in tenting. canoeing, camping
and fighting the wilderness has come book
of distinct literary merit and outdoor
charm. The volume deals particularly with
an expedition undertaken last season, in
company with his parents and others. 1t
tells of their hardshipS and joys and novel
experiences in a simple and effectively sim
PIE manner. suggestive of the deep thinking
that association with the forest vastness in
spires. The open-air spirit pervades the
book. which will cause many city-bound
reader to long for the wide openness of the
northern half of the continent. The illus
tratons from photographs are artistic in
subject. treatment and reproduction.
THE ROSARY; and Other Poems. by
Robert Cameron Rogers. New York:
John Lane Company.
Music lovers are familiar with the poem
which lends its title to this volume. while
the reading world is scarcely acquainted
with the other work of Mr.. Rogers. That
exquisite gem has been sung countless
times, and possibly Its prestige will win
for other products from the same pen an
equal consideration well merited. even
though there may be no assistance from a
composer to invoke attention. Mr.. Rogers
has the poetic spirit blended with GER
tain ruggedness which would not be sus-
pected from THE Rosary" His life in the
west has yielded its results In number
of regional verses. such as "A Health at
the Ford" "Old Age in the TRAIL THE
Maverick" and THE Prospector." Tender
recollections of rural youth are voiced in
several selections. especially AN Harvest
Apple Tree" a sonnet of quaint imagery
and tenderness. The Sonnet to Sleep dis
plays the poet in one of his happiest
moods. The volume is charming addi-
ton to the literature of modern poetry.
POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK. BY Alva StanwOod
Alexander. AM. Member of Congress-
formerly United States Attorney for
the Northern District of New York. In
two volumes. New York: Henry Hol.
& Co. Washington: William Ballan-
tyne & Sons.
In no other state of the Union have polit-
ical conditions since the beginning of the
republic been more complex or more i'm
portant in their bearing upon national af-
fairs than in New York That state has
taken a leading part in the adjustment of
every great problem affecting the whole
people. Its participation In the federal af-
fairs has been directly affected by domestic
circumstances. the relations of state par
ties. the formation of factions. the rise and
fall OF leaders and lieutenants Yet there
has heretofore been a singular lack of re-
corded history of the intricate combina-
lions which have for a century and a
quarter formed and reformed in New York
and made and unmade men and shaped
and defeated policies. Representative
Alexander of Buffalo has In his researches
encountered difficulty in tracing the lines
of cause and effect and has undertaken to
elucidate the matter by himself preparing
comprehensive statement of the political
development OF the commonwealth.
His work Is q valuable contribution to
the historical literature of the country. 1t
brings to light much that has been for
gotten by the present generation and states
many facts that have been totally OBJ