Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12

Statement. BY Louis Joseph vance,
author Of Terence o'Rourke. Gentle
man Adventurer," &C. illustrated by
H. c. Edwards. New York: ID. Apple
ton g. Co.
Those who read that rafting story OF ad-
venture, Terence OAourke." will look for
plenty Of brisk action in this second story
by Mr.. Vance. whose talent for keeping his
reader keyed up to high pitch amounts TO
positive genius. There will be no dlsap-
pointment on the score Of liveliness. In
deed, there Is so much doing as soon as Mr..
Trail himself picks up the narrative after
the editor has laid broad and curiosity
exciting basis of suggestion that every
chapter contains q. climax. A young Ameri-
can Of means is drawn to London by the
love Of lady whom he lost a few years
earlier because family pressure compelled
her to marry a title. She is now in danger
of being carried off by German officer.
Trail gets to London In. fog, and the
reader simultaneously becomes enveloped in
mist Of uncertainties and strange happen
ings. Trail saves the life of & Russian
against whom the secret societies have
placed their ban. He is mysteriously buffed
off from the lady Of his love- The German
officer manages to keep her at a distance
from him and to draw him Into an intrigue
of the most desperate nature. Trail and
his friend Severance are involved in a law
them participants in deadly fight on the
high seas. The story is kept at high
tension until the closing pages. Mr.. Vance
has a knack Of pushing his plot along and
stop to argue with his reader over posi-
biltties or Probabilities. but he presents his
episodes with rapid-f1re effect in a manner
to keep the nerves tingling.
BETWEEN TWO MASTERS. BY CANA
ltel Bradford, Jr Boston: Houghton,
Miffiin & Co. Washington; Woodward
& Lothrop.
The tainted money" theme Is being
adopted by the fiction writer's in a manner
to suggest that 1t has become one of the
dominant issues of the day. Mr.. Bradford
chooses it for his second essay in this field,
his first being THE Private Tutor" He
handles 1t with unusual tact and clever
ness and offers a story which has the ring
of truth throughout His style is extreme
ly simple and unaffected, and he sets forth
a situation with clearness. The problem
presents itself when g. young college grad
uate Is urged by his uncle, who Is his guar
dian, to accept a position in his banking
house. The youth has studied and heard
just enough socialism to question the
righteousness Of accepting funds which
have been gained by means of the mani
fold devices of the modern stock market
breaks away from the region of tainted
money and has difficult experience. WIN
ming out In the end by acquiring firm grip
on himself and meeting woman who gives
him wealth of love.
MY SWORD FOR LAFAYETTE, Being
the Story of Great Friendship and of
Certain Episodes in the Wars Waged
for Liberty, both In France and Amer
lea, by One who Took no Mean Part
Therein. By Max Pemberton, author
of THE Garden Of Swords" &c. New
York: Dodd. Mead & Co. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
Mr.. Pemberton's stirring story deals with
the adventures of the Marquis de Lafayette
in his undertaking to assist the American
colonists in their fight to separate them
selves from England. It is narrated In the
words OF Zaida Kay, young American who
was sent abroad with the agents of the new
nation in 1776 to secure French aid. Kay is
an intrepid fellow, full of fight and devoted
to the marquis, who returns his affection
warmly. In later years Zaida Kay repays
the debt due to Lafayette by joining him IN
his struggle for French liberty, and partici-
pates in the tragedies of the Terror. His
love affairs are Economically set forth and
the readers sympathies are aroused to a
high pitch.
HAWAIIAN YESTERDAYS Chapters
From a Boys Life in the Islands IN
the Early Days. BY Henry NJ. Lyman,
MD. Illustrated Chicago: A. c. Nc
Clurg & Co.
Those who would like to read of the Ha-
waiian life before the revolution and the
annexation, before the islands became very
much Americanized. will do well to read
this charming volume of "reminiscences.
Dr. Lyman was born in 1885 in the bam-
boo cottage OF his father, a missionary
from the states, on the Island of Hilo and
lived his early years in Hawaii, drinking
it's delights and loving its softness of air
and its wonders of scene. His plays and
his Juvenile impressions are described in
these pages with a touch of tenderness for
the old days which are gone beyond re-
cali. There IS no politics in the book. 1t Is
just pure description OF the way Hawaii
impressed a child born there of foreign
parents, and it should be read by a large
number, to correct some false impressions
that may have been created by the events
of the past ten or fifteen years.
PLAYS, PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT.
BY Bernard Shaw. In two volumes.
New York: Brentano's.
These two volumes of pleasant and I'M
pleasant" plays by Bernard Shaw-he has
since begun to use the predatory initial
G.-were first published in 1885, They
were virtually the first presentation of
playwright, although his Arms and the
Man" and 1.-THE DEVILS Disciple" had been
produced on the stage by Richard Mans
field The printed plays were eagerly read
by a discriminating circle, ever widening.
Then a few years later came Arnold Daily
with his courageous stage productions of
some of the Shaw plays, with early and
increasing success. That started the Shaw
vogue fairly going, and several Shaw books
appeared. Now the Plays: Pleasant and
Unpleasant have come In for a demand
that has warranted republication. in the
same form as in 1893. The pleasant
plays" comprise Arms and the Man"
candida" THE Man of Destiny and
you Never Can Tell The unpleasant"
plays are "Widowers' Houses THE
Philanderer'' and Mrs. Warrens Profess
sion.
WITH JOHN BULL AND J0NATHANy
"reminiscences OF Sixty Years Of an
Americans Life in England and in the
United States. BY John Morgan Rich
ards. Illustrated. New York: d. APP
pleton q Co.
Mr. Richards went abroad to represent a
mercantile house as partner nearly forty
years ago and has since made London his
headquarters, although frequently revisit
ing the land of his birth. He has always
maintained his home ties and is a promi-
nent member of the American Society OF
London. of which organization ne was