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

these pages, and Plessis-les-Tours Loches
Chinon. Langeais. Anbo.se. Blois, Luynes,
ChenoIceaux, AZay-le-Rideau, Chaumont,
ChambOrd and Cheverney can never again
be only names; they will be the keystone of
an arch made up of the stirring dramas
played in France during the most thrilling
period of her history
The facts are set down with accuracy and
authority, and the treatment of the SUBJ
ject Is so sympathetic that the reader thrills
with the fascination of the pages.
THE AMERICAN GIRL for 1906 As
Seen and Portrayed by Howard
Chandler Christy. New York: Moffatt.
Yard & Co Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
This elaborate book happily expresses in
words. as Christy's pictures do in line and
color, his own personal view Of his fasci-
mating subject. The book is unique In this
double expression of the artists point OF
view. and the reader win be interested to
find remarkable similarity of spirit and
style in his two otherwise widely differing
forms of selI-expression.
The American girl. whom Mr.. Christy
has so widely celebrated, Is here presented
as a graduate and debutante, in the
country and city. in society and as bride,
and everywhere she Is charming.
THE LOG OF THE SUN, a Chronicle of
Natures Year, BY c. William Beebe.
y,
Geological Park. With Fifty-two Full
Page Illustrations by Walter King
Stone and Numerous Vignettes and
photographs from Life. New York:
Henry Holt 81 Co.
Enthusiasm must awaken In those whose
eyes are just opening to the wild beauties
Of the out-of doors by this volume of de-
light which treats with scientific skill, with
poetic intuition and reverence the marvels
Of far
birds. mice, turtles. muskrats, have been
treated. but in such a manner that one il in
a constant state of wonderment at the &C.
crets of field and sky and sea. Intimacies
bird s-eye and insect's-eye glances render
up the unknown. and all the varying sea-
and snow as well as light and heat, offer
miracles. And yet the author has not
failed to emphasize the weak points in the
knowledge that has been cleaned. What
has been collected he calls the frayed-out
threads Of the mystery. His u.s. however a
book for all lovers OF nature and the more
than charming pictures by Walter Stone
and the peculiar revelations Of the photo
graphs make 1.-The Log Of the Sum an ex-
ceptional treasure
White. author of The Robe Of Luci-
fer" Illustrated. Boston: Little.
Brown & Co.
The mysterious events which took place
at the Royal Palace Hotel. London, and at
the strange house in Audley place, are un-
folded in this absorbing story. The sign Of
the bullet-shaped piece of salt, the strange
disappearance Of the body of Sir Charles
DarryI, the electric mysteries Of the house
at Audley place. and many other surprising
things, puzzle the reader beyond descrip-
ton and arouse the keenest interest from
the first to the last page.
GARRICK AND HIS CIRCLE. BY Mrs.
Clement Parsons. With thirty-six
illustrations. New York: G. p. Put.
MANS Sons. Washington: Woodward
Lothrop.
This extremely entertaining volume In
first of all life of the greatest Of Ene-
lish actors. a record OF his triumphs, and
study OF his methods. It is also a broad
picture of the social life Of the day. Gar
rick Is followed into all the circles he fire.
quented, and one makes the acquaintance
of the great company Of his friends and
associates. The theatrical society of the
day-its whimsicalities, vanities, vulearf-
ties, its unquenchable and undignified thirst
for the applause of the groundlings, its
frailties and its estimable qualities its
manners and its whole habit of life-is pre-
sented with the greatest possible fidelity
and ytvacity. There are admirable pictures
also of the choicest literary circles Of the
day where Garrick met regularly the great
men of THE Club among them DR.. john
son, Goldsmith, Gibbon and Reynolds
These circles of social life in their varied
aspects Mrs. Parsons conjuroo up for the