Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

calendars are particularly attractive.
charity" Bible Gems and 'Jongfellow
Gems" little booklets a little more than
TWO inches square. Among the dainty books
sar children EN-, are Baby Finger Play and
Story Of DID," Daisy Dear" "A Little
Book of Courtesies" and exquisite small edi-
lions of Songs and Sonnets from Longfel-
low low. Christmas Songs and Carols" and
Songs of Faith and Hope" any one Of
which would be charming gift book Spe-
cially devised for the holiday season In
cases decorated with holly leaves are
Grandmother and Christmas Eve" a story
by Mary D. Briell; "Chrstmas-tide in Prose
and Poetry" 'Old Ballads with all the
best and beautiful old popular poems weA
illustrated by John Eyre r. B. A; and
THE Courtship of Miles Standish," Illus
trated in color by Arthur A. Dixon.
THE PRINCESS MARTHA. By Percy
Brebner. Illustrated by Harrison
Fisher. New York: T. J. Mcbride L.
Mr.. Brebner has written an absorbing
story of fight for the throne of Wallaria
In which three beautiful women and men
who are variously brave and loyal, or
traitorous and self.seeking, figure. The
plot unravels rapidly and the interest never
flags. The Princess Martha is the brave
descendant of a brave race. She fights
fiercely the hereditary battle of her house.
But love surprises her when she yields to
the odds that are too heavy against her.
she yields at the same time to the purely
womanly In her nature. In spite of de-
feat there Is content.
THROUGH THE GATES OF THE METH
ERLANDS. By Mary E. Waller author
OF The Wood-Carver of 'Lympus."
Gtrof ton Of r ,Ior md
Others, by A. Montferrand. Boston:
little Brown & Co.
The charm which made 1.-THE Wood
carver of 'Lympus'' one of the most popu-
lar stories Of its day is here turned upon
the ever-interesting land of Holland, where
the author has been living for some years.
The material accumulated by an observant
artist is given with fascinating and graphic
touch. The daily life and the habits of the
Netherlanders is clearly felt and the coun-
try Itself as clearly seen. Not the least val
liable portion of the book is the appreciative
presentation of the Dutch Painters. Miss
Waller has written with rare critical ability
and her book is happy contribution to
both travel and art.
FATHER PINK. By A. Wilson Barrett.
author of The Silver Pin" Boston:
/ Small, Maynard & Co.
This stirring novel Is a lively narrative Of
tured and harmless priest, who has schemes
of his own for the benefit of favorite
niece. Large property rights are in
volved, together with a boarded pile Of
diamonds which have been singularly con-
cealed for safe keeping. The hand Of the
woman whose property is thus at stake is
sought by two eager rivals, whose fortunes
are involved in the plot. The custody of
the diamonds, when at last found. gives
rise to exciting complications, with the
priest, Father Pink, the cleverest actor
in the drama. 1t Is by no means ordi-
nary man who can elude certain capture by
backing into a cage of trained Horfs with
whom he had previously made friends for
that purpose, and then retreating without
possible pursuit, through a secret passage.
THE COUNTRY ROAD. By Alice. Brown.
Boston and New York Hough.on
Mifflin & Co.
Alice Brown needs no introduction to the
reading public. There are few that are not
familiar with the quiet, sure force of her
style. her keen observation and grasp of
humor and pathos. In THE. Country
Road" are bound together the stories of
quiet lives whose outlook upon life Is
through winding roads or struggling VIII
lage streets 1t is no small thing to be
the Interpreter of such voiceless ones, to
seize for all time upon the great moments
of their lives, tragic or merry, OF merely
sordid 1t is in the gentler moods, how
ever that the author delights, the touch
of emotion which transmutes dull lives
into gold. That such miracles as "A Sea
Change" presents are going on all the
time before blank eyes and clogged ears
but increases the debt of gratitude to one
who can both see, hear and place them be-
fore the world in fitting form. 70. ,.-r-.
RATIONS AND COMMERCE.; a Dis.
cussion Of the Existence, Basis, Ma
ture and Scope of the Common Law
Of the United States. By Frank Hen
drick author of Railway Control by
Commissions" New York: q. P. Put
mans Sons. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
This book Is an attempt to define the
| limits within which the governments of
the several states and Of the United
States may secure freedom of trade by
control of the persons and things en-
gagged therein, and to indicate the re-
spectiye powers Of the three departments
Of the government in the exercise of
| such control. The relationship Of the three
| departments of the government Of the
United States to one another and to those
of the state governments In the control
! of interstate commerce and of corpora
| lions is set forth with references to over
1000 cases involving questions of constt-
| tutional law. The mooted question Of
| principles of such comprehensiveness as
| to be called the common law of the
, United States" Is discussed exclusively
| for the first time.
| WHEN LOVE SPEAKS. BY Will Payne
New York: The Macmillan Company
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. Payne quotes from Loves Labour's
LOST"
And when love speaks. the voice Of all the gods
Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony"
and proceeds with considerable har-
mony to tell a story of love which by no
| means makes the reader drowsy. It is a
vigorous novel of the America of today
dealing with questions of civic virtue and
political corruption. but fortunately pre-
sents these questions in the concrete. in
story of present human passion with
/ subtle interplay OF motive and action.
According to the senator, I'VE know so
little with our heads. They're not worth
much" And to Loie and to David, after
tragic Observation-Disclosures comes the SUI
! preme knowledge Of the heart that makes
all life mysteriously simple. The story OF
that fnat realization is told with exceptional