Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14

one of absorbing interest as well as of
| technical value. The eight trials that he
! has chosen are noteworthy. in that each
one not only involves legal or constitu-
! tional point of great Importance. but that
/ each one involves set of circumstances
! and group of personages that make for
dramatic interest The author has so
well availed himself of his opportunities
! that the stories stand out. lasting pictures
/ of crucial episodes and embodying. to a
| surprising degree. the state of national
| life of which each one was the outgrowth.
| CAMP AND TRAIL. BY Stewart Ed
ward White, author of The Blazed
Trail. etc. Frontispiece in color by
Fernand Lungren. and many other
| illustrations from photographs. etc.
| New York: The Outing Publishing
| Company.
The growing fondness for outdoor life
| in all its. phases makes peculiarly timely
| the publication of such a postmaster of
| the art of camping as the author of this
! practical experience book. All the things
| that the novice most wants to know re-
| Sardng camp outfits. personal equipment
provisions packs and all the other neces-
| sites for camp and trail are to be
| found in this book. Everything is set
| forth with so much of the authors genial
ity that the prospect becomes an ire
| siStible one.
A THEORY OF MOTIVES. IDEALS
AND VALUES IN EDUCATION. BY
William Estabrook Chancellor, su-
perintendent of public instruction.
District of Columbia: lecturer on
history of educational theory, Johns
Hopkins University: lecturer on ed
ucation George Washington Uni
versity: author of Our Schools ::
Their Administration and Supervi-
sion.' etc. Boston: Houghton, Milf
fin & Co.
1t is not often that view so compre-
hensive a spirit so broad and thoughtful
is found in educational publications as is
evidenced BY DIR. Chancellor's new book. 1t
is also noteworthy that while scholarship
and professional equipment compre-
hensive are revealed both by the interior
references and by the formidable bpliog-
raphy published at the end. the book
should be so full of practical suggestions
that must be full of value to both parent
and teacher. The volume is pervaded by
high ideals and by spirit of genuine en-
thusiasm. 1t should be an important
contribution TO current thought.
THOMAS GAINsBORoUGH. His Life.
Work, Friends and Sitters. BY Will
liam B. Boulton. With forty illus
trations. Chicago: A. c. McClurg &
Co.
The life of great court painter is
apt to be an epitome of all that IS most
interesting in the life of fashion and
politics. but in the case of Thomas
Gainsborough very few details of his
life have been preserved. The present
biogra pher has used what material was
practicable in Two earlier volumes writ
ten, respectively. by Allan Cunningham
and by the Fulchers, as well as occa-
"a tn Ayr,f a,.
made by his contemporaries. The book
closes with an appreciation of the artist
and of the man. The illustrations are
from, Gainsborough's characteristic
paintings.
THE APPRECIATION OF LITERA-
TURE. BY George e. WooIberry.
author of The Heart of Man." etc.
New York: The Baker & Taylor
Company. Washington: Ballantyne.
This is the fourth volume of the CAP
probation" series. 1t is written along
the same lines of didactic criticism
which have made Mr.. Russell Sturgis'
art books, The Appreciation of Pic
lures" etc. deservedly popular. Prof.
Woodberry's widespread reputation as
poet. critic and literary authority is a
sufficient earnest of the vital impor-
lance and value of this handbook. The
author views his subject from a fresh
and original standpoint and discusses
most of the master writers with happy
analysis and helpful, if unconventional,
appreciation.
SPRING FORTNIGHT IN FRANCE.
BY Josephine Tozier. author of
Among English Inns etc. With
numerous illustrations. New York
Dodd, Mead & Co. Washington:
Ballantyne.
Angela Victoria. who has always before
been personally conducted in her travels
by an over-practical older sister finds
herself free to take just the route through
the south of France that she has always
longed to do, at the time when she wants
to do it, in her own way-and without
Georgina. The result is a thoroughly de-
llghtful lettering along sunny ways with
pleasant people, which the reader will en-
joy almost as much as did Angela Vic
toria herself. Not as much, how
ever, for a romance develops. which quite
puts the crown on her adventuring.
PLAYS OF OUR FoREFATHEas and
Some of the Traditions Upon Which
They Were Founded. BY Charles
Mills Gayley. Ltd. LID. pro-
lessor of the English language and
literature in the University of Cali
fornia. New York: Duffield.
Dr.. Gayley has filled long-felt need in
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miracle and morality plays. of which "Ev-
eryman' is possibly the best known, al
though not the best example. have been
little known even among students of lit
erature. And. since they were the foun-
dation of the English drama. and traces
| 81 their influence can still be seen in GER
tain stage conventions, a knowledge OF
them is an essential part of any extended
course of reading. The author has spent
I IN he ion of "a
volume. but the result of his labors he
lar form. suited to all classes of readers.
SIN AND SOCIETY: An Analysis of
LatterDay Iniquity. By Edward
Alsworth Ross. professor of sociol-
oSy in the University of Wisconsin:
author of Social Control etc. With
letter from President Roosevelt.
Boston: Houghton. Miff1in & Co.
With the opening assertion that, while
society has been passing through various
stages of evolution. and, consequently.
new types Of sins and sinners have been
evolved, mankind still applies moral
judgments that We're in force under vast
ly different states of society. Prof. Ross
proceeds to show what are the particular
faults in the popular moral standard. He
points out that criminals are system
atically rated according to the depth
OF evil in their crimes rather than, as
should be the case. according to the eff
fects of their respective crimes. tie
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