Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16

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state independence offer good contrast.
There is extremely interesting intro
duction, and the nine chapters take up
successfully the genesis of the Union, the
executive crisis when the war broke out,
the administration, state support, federal
and state interference party estrange-
ment and finally the Union vindicated
and developed. 1t is vigorous book, and
a distinct addition to the discussion OF
matters that still have a vital bearing on
national and state policies.
OF Abraham Lincoln the author writes
with a discriminating pen, criticising him
in those aspects of his character which
bore upon his executive capacity and
praising him in his possession of the true
greatness which saw one single purpose,
the preservation of the Union, and bent
every energy to that end.
BEMBO; a Tale of Italy. BY Bernard
Capes author OF "A Castle in Spain,
sc. New York: E. p. Dutton & Co.
The year Is 1916, the region is the Milanese
realm of Duke Galeazzo Sforza, of afro
cious memory. The time is one of high IL
cense cruelty indulgence, treachery. vio-
lence. superstition and sin. Milan is sink
of iniquty. Fares forth from secluded
abbey to Milan youth of fifteen. burning
with religious zeal, and bent upon convert
ing the wicked world to the doctrine OF
Christian love. He falls at once into the
a lusty cavalier and his inamorata, whose
husband he has contrived to have sent to
the wars They both come quickly to love
the lad. but differently. At court he
plunges into the thick of things and cap
lures the fancy of Galeazzo, who consti-
tutes him custodian of his conscience.
Bembo becomes the fashion. But virtue
cannot long thrive in that fetid atmosphere
and the intrigues of LudovicO who later
succeeds his brother and the Vaccinations
Of nt 81 in
keeping with the blood thirst and cruelty of
the age Mr.. Capes writes with fiuency
and grace. His dialogue is witty and preg-
nant with suggestion. a high literary quail
ity is discernihie on every page The vivid
color, the brisk movement. the dangerous
atmosphere of the Milanese court are rem
dered in artistic fashion. Poor Bembo.
prota gonist of the highest ideal of life of
wholesome love, of righteousness, is sacri-
feed. But he stands for the undying truth.
THE FORTUNE HUNTER. BY David
Graham Phillips, author of The Plum
Tree. &C. Illustrated by e. M Ashe
Indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Com
pany.
Through the streets OF the east side or
New York, with I'd avenue as his main
highway. strides the impressive figure OF
Mr.. Feuerstein, actor. deadbeat, fortune
hunter. bigamst. Mr. Feuerstein is not
very convincing Perhaps he might be in
life to a very small number of people.
There possibly are Feuersteins In the world,
but they could never succeed. even as fail
ures, without a quality that this Mr.. Feuer-
stein lacked, the quality of sincere self
deception. For the true fraud always has
glmmer of delusion. Feuerstein had
none. His transitions were too sharp, his
manners too distinctly classified. Mr..
Phillips may have kept the pot boiling by
means of this work. but he has accom-
plished nothing more.
A FEW NEIGHBORS. BY Henry B. Shute.
New York: Doubleday Page & Co. ]
Washington: Woodward g. Lothrop.
Judge Shute disclosed his exceptional
qualities as humorfst when he wrote The
Real Diary of a Real Boy" In much the
same vein he now presents his Few
Nelghbors'' in a fashion to evoke many
hearty laughs. His neighbors are all of the
kind one finds in every community The
experiences of the story teller are just the
usual. ordinary happenings of life, but they
are narrated in quaint manner that never
fails to score. AS in the other book, the
author displays a keen acquaintance with
child nature. His boys are merry rogues
and their pranks are always entertaining
His adult characters are types.
STORIES - THE CZAR,s
GIFT. BY William Ordway Partridge.
author of Nathan Hale. the Ideal
Patriot" &c. illustrated by Victor
Perard. New York: Funk & Wagnalls
Company.
This short story casts a soft. pleasant
light upon the character of the ruler or
Russia displaying his tender sympathies
for his people. 1t Is tale of secret plot
ting and punishment exile to Siberia, the
sufrerings of the home-stayers, the wonder
ment of the orphaned child whose father
and brother are taken from him. beau
tiful character. this child. ana Mr.. Partridge
invests him with a quality that Will cause
him to be long remembered, despite the
slenderness of the fiction.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR EUROPE; a
Handbook of Historical, Literary and
Artistic Data. with Full Directions for
Preliminary Studies and Travelling Ar
engagements. BY IL. A. Guerber. author
OF Stories Of the Wagner operas.
&C. Maps. illustrations and chronology
cal tables New York: Dodd, Mead &
Co Washington: Brentano's.
A glorified guide book. compact with in
formation of value to the thoughtful and
observant tourist. to whom Europe means
something more than place to satisfy the
egotistlc greed for new materials for con-
versatlon The writer unfolds the attrac-
tons of the various countries of the Old
world which are accessible to the traveller !
and furnishes clues to their meaning. The
little volume, with it's maps, reproductions
OF famous paintings ana sculptures, tables
and other data is virtually key that I'M
locks the glories of the past and the pres
ent.
SUSAN CLEGG AND HER NEIGHBOURS
AFFAIRS. By Anne Warner, author
of Susan Clegg and Her Friend. Mrs.
Iathrop," sc. With frontispiece. Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Co.
Miss Clegg once more comes forward to
delight her admirers with her quaint mar
her breathiess recitals OF expert
ences and thoughts her comical character
izations OF her friends and acquaintance.
The book consists OF four distinct stories,
Mrs Lathrop's Love Affair" ''Old Man
Ely's Proposal THE Wolf at Susan
Door and "A Very Superior Man. A
pathetic element enters now and then into
the structure of the tales. but mirth DOM
mates, with homely philosophy as a yari-
ant Miss Clegg Is always a welcome visit
tor.
LORD CURZON IN INDIA, Being Selec-
ton from his Speeches yiceroy and
Governor General of India, 1898 1905.
with Portrait, Explanatory Notes
and an Index. and with an Introduce
ton by Sir Thomas Raleigh, K c. S. l.,
legal member OF the Governor-Gen-
erals Council. 1899 1904 New York:
The Macmillan Company. Washing