Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-23

dissimilar men. which has proved so fas-
cinating to romance writers, from the
down-and up. The hackneyed plot
wherein one man is substituted for the
other amid complications innumerable, is
redeemed r in the case of Mrs sidgwiek,s
coll of misunderstanding, and by the
really admirable character work The
Cockney types, the rural denseness OF
Julia and her family, the well-bred deni-
zens of the Blois world, are both clever
and entertaining The story, too, is inter-
esting in spite of its triteness.
THE PATRIOT. Piccolo Monde Antico.
BY Antonio Fogazzaro, author of The
Saint" Translated from the italian
by NJ. Prichard-Agnetti New York:
G. 2. Putnams Sons.
Great Importance attaches to the pub
LEGATION in English of this work of the
greatest of the living Italian novelists,
Antonio Fogazarro. 1t is a picture of
'the little ancient world" of Vasoldo in
the period of 1s4S-1S49, when all pa
triotic Italians burned to free Italy from
the Austrian yoke. Signor Fogazzaro
shows those qualities of breadth of view,
kindly humor insight into character and
control over the emotions of his audience
ton.
The interest in 1.-THE Patriot is largely
centered in the relation between two
strong individualities-it might almost be
called a struggle-Don Franco Maironi and
his wife, Luisa. Don Franco, who has
resigned his patrimony to marry the
woman he loves, is of the emotional, SEN
sitive type, which often seems to lack in
direction when it is not possessed by a
compelling Purpose-a purpose which is
passion. Lusa is keen, intellectual and
clear sighted. Fogazzaro himself states
that Franco has his emotion on the sur
face and his intellectually at the bottom
while Luisa has her intellectually on the
surface and her capacity for emotion at
the bottom. Two great forces, patriot
ism and personal grief, come to test these
two, who have almost made shipwreck of
their love. And through the terrible strug-
gle Franco is proved the greater, because
he can endure. Luisa can only act.
1.-The Patriot" is rich in characters
which make the little provincial Italian
town verv real locality. The book is
written with the simplicity which is the
finest art 1t is pervaded with high and
fine idealism. And the story of the dear
little Maria appeals almost too poignantly
to the sympathies of the reader.
PRISONERS OF FORTUNE; Tale Of
the Massachusetts, Bay Colony. By
Ruel Perley Smith. With frontis-
piece by Frank T. Merrill. Boston:
L. C. Page & Co.
This is a story of pirates and treasure
hunting. with the added interest of person
ality and of atmosphere. The hero of the
tale. who tells the story of his adventures,
is an admirable type simple. direct manly
and with many twist to his thought of
unconscious humor. The thread of the
story, unbroken from the moment when an
awe-stricken boy in old Boston town, hears
of the capture Of the dreaded pirates who
had been ravaging the Massachusetts, coast
to the moment when the widest dreams
of hidden treasure are realized, is all con-
cerned with wonderful freebooter's horde.
The story is plausible, and full of intense
interest, and pervaded with an atmosphere
of antiquity which makes 1t interesting
from literary standpoint, as well as from
that of adventure.
THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Edited
by Andrew MacPhail, B.A MD. To-
ronto and New York: The Macmillan
Company.
The University Magazine. quarterly, the
first issue, or February number, of which
came out January Goth. is a continuation
of the McGil University Magazine, and is
edited almost entirely by the PROFESSIONAL
staff of that Canadian institution, though
it will not be an official publication of the
university.
The main purpose of this Montreal maya
zine is set forth by the committee under
the following heads: To express an edu-
Gated opinion upon questions Immediately
concerning Canada. To treat freely in lit
erary way all matters. especially those
which have to do with politics, industry,
philosophy, science and art.
In accordance with that idea the first
article is by E. w. Thomson, in which the
political future of the Canadian west is dis
cussed The influence of John Knox upon
the Church of England is described in an
other paper. The principles determining
the valuation of real estate are discussed
and Dean Walton considers the legal as
pect of Shakespeares marriage. The i'm
projections of the Canadian patent law are
freely mentioned. Prof. Leacock makes an
exhaustive study of the psychology of
American humor, and there is piece of
verse by John McCrae. critical study of
Canadian art is another feature, and Prof.
Colby gives an elaborate account of Venice
in the age of Titan. Mr.. Colquhoun of
Toronto describes Virginia as home of
lost causes, and Prof. Pelham Edgar, also
of Toronto, contributes a critical study of
the career of Ferdinand Brunctiere. who
died in December. The magazine is most
attractively presented.
A BOYS VACATION ABROAD, an Amer
lean Boys Diary of His First Trip to
Europe. By c. +. King, jr. With Illus
trations from Photographs by the Au-
thor. Boston: c. NJ. Clark Company.
This is my first book. / have worked
awfully hard to write it. 1 hope it will
catch on" So writes the youthful author
and the boyish frankness of the introduc-
ton pervades the whole volume, which is
sure not TO get his dreaded frost. He says
in Rome, Brindisi, Athens, Constantinople
and Naples he had to fight mosquitoes with
one hand while he wrote with the other.
The whole book has decided on-the-spot
flavor. and the pictures, made with my
own camera" are excellent illustrations
The schooboy author, for young King is a
student at large military school, has pro-
vided a thoroughly ingenious tale.
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