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

sions of a man in Secretary Taft's position
in regard to the national policy in the
Philippine Islands and the position of the
national executive are naturally of keen
interest to every citizen. The Yale lecture
course is the foundation of William e.
Dodge of New York, who, in May, 1900,
made provision for lectures before the stu
dents of Yale University. to be known as
the Yale Lectures on the Responsibilities
of Citizenship" and to be on "a topic
whose understanding will contribute to the
foundation of an intelligent pub ic Senti-
ment of high standards of the duty of a
Christian citizen and of habits of action to
give effect to this sentiment and to these
standards" Secretary Taft presents his
ideas with the vigor and sense which Is
expected.
THE DOGS OF WAR. BY Walter Eman-
vel. With numerous illustrations by
Cecil Alden. New York: Charles Scrib
ner's Sons. Washington: Ballantynes.
Mr.. Emanuel has written story for the
children or for their parents, according to
which class is reading his book. For it has
its dcg-hero with ais associates for the little
folks, and its squirting of irony for the
grown ups-to reward them for reading
aloud. AT the end both Juveniles and adults
understand more about canine friendships
and antipathies than they did at the be-
ginning, and, for the first time. are really
of dogs of war on vacant lots and in
back yards
OLD NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES; and
Their Children. By Dolores Bacon,
author of The Diary of a Musician"
&c. illustrated. New York: Double
day. Page & Co. Washington: Wood
ward < Lothrop.
The story of the old New England
churches is told in an authoritative and
charming manner. The book is beautiful.
Said to be the fourth book of the author in
three months. 1t Is a revelation. 1t very
fearlessly tells the truth about the Puritan.
1t is really an editorial history, and shows
the stern. almost brutal. Puritan character.
with its historic and religious background.
There are pictures Of forty famous old New
England religious edifices. Among those
pictured and described are: First Church,
Old North Church, Old South Church and
Kings Chapel, Boston; Concord Church.
Concord. Mass; Quincy Church, Quincy,
Mass; Old Slip, bingham; Church of the
Pilgrimage, Plymouth; st. Michael's. Mar
blehead; First Congregation Salem; Cen
tire. New Haven; Old North. Portsmouth,
N. H; Church of Christ. Bennington. VT.
Mrs Bacon's book is especially charming in
its fullness of touching and pathetic anec-
dote.
LIFE IN ANCIENT ATHENS, The Social
and Public Life of a Classical Athe-
nian From Day to Day. By T. G.
Tucker, Lift. D., University of Mel
bourne. With Illustrations. New York:
The Macmillan Company Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
A more interesting book about Greece mas
probably never been written than this, in
way entirely superseding Mahaffey's
Social Life in Greece" A sense of ac-
curacy pervades the whole, which is given
in style at once entertaining and clear.
Prof Tucker has, so to speak, dramatized
the life of the Athenian in the classical
period, taking an imaginary citizen through
the routine of a typical day, explaining and
enlarging on the customs and manners of
the time, with a rich fund of informal his
torical allusion. His is one of the books
which are written out of store Of learn
ing so great and so easily carried that they
never for moment sound learned in an
oppressive sense. The book, which Is linn
tied to a special period. illumines the whole
of Greek history. The illustrations are many
and helpful.
THE ART AND CRAFT OF THE AU-
THOR; Practical Hints upon Literary
Work. By c. E. Heisch. New York:
The Grafton Press.
This is a most valuable little volume
full of suggestions that cannot fail to be of
use to writer's of every degree of attain
ment 1t Is not like most treatses that
cover tHe Same ground, cnleIly rhetorical IN
character. Mr.. Heisch has taken up in the
order in which they naturally arise, the
problems Of the author, and has given, out
of his own ripe experience, practical sug-
gestions as to their solution. The author
will Immediately recognize his dilemmas
The standards of the writer preparation
for his work. means Of getting at the best
results as we'll as technical points involved
in a good style.all these topics and more
are covered. The chapter on Thinking
and Stimulus to Thought is particularly
true. 1t treats in a thoroughly sympathetic
and helpful manner the difficulty which
most often besets the writer-the arid
space in the days or weeks work when the
mind won't work and ideas won't come AS
a whole, Mr.. Heisch's volume is excellent
testimony of the methods he advocates.
THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE, Its His
tory from the Publication of the Quar-
tos and Folios Down to and Including
the Publication of the Editions Of
Pope and Theobald. By Thomas R.
Lounsbury, Lid, LID, professor of
English in Yale University New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Professor Lounsbury's profound scholar
ship is at home in this theme Following,
as it does, the authors already published
volumes of Shakespearean criticism,
Shakespeare as Dramatic Artist" and
Shakespeare and Voltaire," 1t is valuable
addition to a series at once authoritative
and popular. The volume has to do with the
textual changes to which the plays have
been subjected from the times of the quar-
tos and folios to that Of Pope. Naturally
the theme itself is Of more interest to the
student than to the general reader attracted
to story, character and poetry, but Mr.
Lounsbury has SO infused his erudition with
lively appreciation Of the forces which
actuated the Pope and Theobald editions,
that a volume at once illuminative of eight
zenith century literature and human nature
is the outcome. The establishment of the
text has been attended with controversies,
and these inevitable battles Of the books
reused passions Of no mean degree. Prof.
Lounsbury brings a remote period and it's
literary activities into graphic and clear
reality.