Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-01

assassination, rises under the potency OF
Philibert's absolute loyalty to realization
of the others superiority, and dies at the
hands of his own agents.
With striking contrasts OF Italian ana
Teutonic types the spiritual significance or
world which has produced Conrad being
allured by the Assist spirit in Philibert Is
a basis for optimism which gives the whole
poem ringing note OF sweet joyousness
Nat less charming is the feminine dellcacy
with which the revels and general condl-
tons of Conrads court are scented ana not
depicted.
From the poetic standpoint 1t Is relief
to find a poem full of emotion delivered
with a vitality Of line at once full OF bear
ing and harmony and completely free from
deliberate and cloying melody.
THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY. By
Bolton Hall, author OF Things AS
They Are" etc, :nd asstst of tb by Vacant
Lot Cultivation in Philadelphia. With
an Introduction by George T. Powell
of the Agricultural Experts, Assocla-
pany. Washington. Woodward &
Lothrop.
1--WE are not tied to desk or to bench"
SAYS Mr.. Hail. I'VE stay there only be-
cause we think we are tied" He tells
story of a horse in Montana that was hob
bled every night to keep him from wander
ing. In the morning when the short chain
about his forefeet was taken of he would
still hon until he saw his mate trotting off
His hook is intended to show how any one
can trot off IL he will. The surprising
thing about his book Is that it Is convinc-
ing, the reader Is so much impressed by his
arguments Of liberty from three acres that
he looks for the expected fallacy with a
certain credulous eagerness and fails to
find 1t. What is needed for city man or
woman to support family on the proceeds
of a little bit of land and why under mod
ern conditions 1t Is not necessary to bury
oneself in the country nor smother one
self in the city. Is the more definite purpose
OF the book Every chapter has been re-
vised by a specialist, the aim in the selec-
ton of topics being not SO much the
and instruction along the line Of Its re-
Quirements as the awakening Of active
thought upon the social betterment Of a
rapidly increasing population. hls subjects
are: Making Living-Where and How"
present Conditions" How to buy a
rarm." Vacant City Lot OF, Cultivation; Re-
suits to Be Expected what ., an Acre May
Tools and Equipment" Advantages From
Capital" Hot Beds and Greenhouses"
other uses of land. including ducks. Bel
fruits. flowers. drug plants. live stock. and
considerations Of where to go. and especially
valuable appendices. The book has a grip
on facts and takes hold of ones reason.
THE SINNER. BY Antonio Fogazzero.
author Of THE Patriot" Translated
from the Italian by M. Prichard Ag-
netti. New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons,
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop
The third in publication in English of
Fogazzero's great "Trilogy Of Rome" THE
Sinner is actually the second Of the series
In 1t the Italian master has interpreted the
eternal enigma of the Latin nature; the ex-
istence, at the same moment, in the same
nature of the antagonistic currents of re-
Ngious ascetism and the passion of physical
love. In Piero Maironi the youthful philan-
thropist and religious devotee, beginning
with the rebellion Of the flesh against aus