Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21

~ Nv NJ
Thomas Fogarty. New York: Dou-
b1eday, Page & Co. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
This is the chronicle of man who went
straight into natures heart and read there
her true message to men. 1t is needless
to say that it is full of courage. The ex-
periences are human and taken philo-
sophically. With an epigrammatic quality
of expression the idea should prove widely
useful.
YOLAND OF IDLE ISLE. BY Charles
Van Norden. author of The Outer
most Rim and Beyond" etc. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
Mr.. Van Norden after successful electro
cal enterprises in the west. retired to
private life in the foothills of the Sierra
Nevada, where his picturesque home rests
on building site of SURPRISING grandeur
Of outlook upon gorge. valley and snow
capned mountain.
Out of his leisure springs Yoland of Idle
Isle. which is romance rather than a
novel, and glorifles memories of four
months residence long ago in the Ber-
mudas. DR.. Van Norden has already be-
come an author of repute. and a number
of literary ventures. two of which are
religious and[one an Outline of Psychol-
ogy," have come from his pen, to make
no mention Of numberless contributions in
all kinds of periodicals on all kinds of
subjects. His books have been received
with high favor by critics. On the Pa
cifc coast he has become well known,
because of his interest in philanthropic
movements and in the economic develop
ment of the region, especially along lines
loot ioo 10 ic OH 1xy o.
with California, and a persistent worker
for all that makes for the good of the
state.
BY Alice and Claude Askew, authors
of The Shulamite," etc. New York:
Brentano's.
This latest book by the Misses Askew
affords striking contrast to 1.-THE Shula-
mite the scene of which was laid in
South Africa, where the simple setting of
the Boer farm afforded an effective back
ground to the primitive and almost pa
triarchal life. and to the display of pas
sions which are still elemental. In Lucy
Gort' the authors have achieved In the
portrayal of their heroine a careful study
of temperament exposed to all the trials
and conditions of our overcivilized age.
A TURNPIKE LADY. Beartown, YER
mont, 176S-1S06 By Sarah Cleghorn.
New York: Henry Holt & Co. Wash
ington: Lowdermilk.
The story of the daily doings of a typi-
cal personal---very. family in Vermont
village, with the romance of Naomi, the
Turnpike Lady. as it's central theme. An
old-time American idyl with the spirit OF
locality strong upon it. There are natural
elements of humor and pathos, and much
power of realistic description.
TINMAN. BY Tom Gallon, author Of
"Jarwick the Prodigal," etc. Boston:
Small. Maynard & Co.
The deliberate murder of a woman's
slanderer. and the re-enactment OF the
crime, twenty years later. for the sake
of her daughter, is grim enough, but the
author has worked the story out boldly
and fearlessly, and has produced a book
which, in plot, style and treatment COM
pares favorably with Dickens. The prin-
cipal character is a man who has borne
the horror of twenty years imprisonment
with his memories to eme rye with but one
clear thought-love for the. woman Tor
whose good name he sinned. He achieves
his. way to final happiness by devious
maths. but sentime ntalism is not one of
them. and this is not the least or the
storys claim to attention.
BEAU BROCADE. A Romance. By the
Scarlet Pimpernel," etc. With IL
Illustrations in color by Clarence F.
Underwood. Philadelphia: j. B. Lip
pincott Company.
This new novel, by the author of 1.-THE
Scarlet Pimpernel.'' II Will Repay ETC.,
tells of Beau Brocade. a cashiered army
officer, of high birth. who, dismissed from
the service through the treachery of a
superior officer. takes to the road and be-
comes a master Of chivalrous highway
many The romance is full of go, there
is real ingenuity in the plot, and the inter-
est Is kept up at an intense pitch.
THE sMUGGLER, By Ella Middleton
Tybout.. With illustrations In color
by Howard Everett Smith. rhila-
delphia: J. B. Lppincott Company.
Miss Tybout's new novel is blithesome
tale which humorously relates the hair
raising things that happen to three Amer
lean girls upon an island in Canada. 1t
does not deal with smugglers and pirates
of the past. but with the modern manner
of getting Jewels into our fair land with
out asking Uncle Sans consent. The
characters are nightly convincing, and
the srapid-acting plot makes the most IN
different reader "stt up" until he has
devoured the last word.
IN HIGH Places. BY Dolores Bacon.
author of Crumbs and His Times.
etc. illustrated by George j. Tobin
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
An exhilarating story. the kind that
even a faded novel reader will "stay by"
until finished. and then rejoice over and
recommend to others. The splendid figure
of Jean Merideth. the best type or ousl-
ness woman of modern Afe. will long be
held in pleasant memory. ~
NAPOLEON. A History of the Art of
War From the Beginning. Of the
Peninsular War to the End OF the
Russian Campaign, With Detailed
Account of the Napoleonic Wars
With 165 charts maps, plans of bat
ties and tactical maneuvers, por-
traits, cuts of uniforms. arms and
weapons. By Theodore Ayrault
! Dodge, brevet lieutenant colonel
United States Army. retired list;
author of 1.-The Campaign of Chan
cellorville," etc. In four volumes
Vols. III and Nv. Boston: Houshton,
Mifflin & Co.
Col. Dodge's great military life. of Ma
noleon. in this authors art Of war as
Illustrated in the great captains, is now
completed with the publication of volumes
III and ". These cover in detail the
campaigns from 1908 to 1915, and furnish
a study Of the causes Which led to Ma
noleon.s downfall. More than thirty years
rolro taoon hic ct11dy of NapO-