Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19

JAMAICA. Painted by A. S. Forrest. De
scribed by John Henderson. Wi.n
Twenty-four FuIl-page illustrations
in Colour. London: Adam d Charles
Black New YORK: The Macmillan
Company.
At the present moment the chapter on
the town Of Kingston in this charming book
on Jamaica has a sad significance ana
timeliness Every one desires to know
more of the town which had become the
bourne of the tourist. a proud jewel in the
heart of colony lowing England. Made
up says the book, 'of mean streets cram
med with little bungalow houses hlleo
to OVERLOOKING with people colored in all
shades of black and yellow, If the place
resembles any well-known capital 1t must
be New York but New York built by
children In dolls-house style and painted
green and white" With a historical IN
PRODUCTION, chapters on Jamaica, It's peo-
pic its commerce. army politics. flora and
its black men, the book teens with pleas
ant tales of handles and coquettes, recrea-
tons and alligator shooting, the pnloSopHy
of the Jamaican gamin and the women OF
Wild man street. The story is given or
Columbus, the Genoese mariner, first ana
greatest of all explorers, who anchored MS
tiny vessels in Morant bay, Jamaica, on
his second voyage to America. the beauty
of the place bewildered him. and when MS
patron. the King of Spain. asked for de-
scription of the island, the artistic Cen
oese crumpled piece OF paper ara pre-,
scented that as a picture of the rugged
formation of the Queen of the Antiiles.
With ii are told the stories of the amDltlohS
Of France. Spain and Britaln' ana tne oes-
come of centuries of strife in English pos
session.
The hook is richly Illustrated. the co ored
prints from paintings by A. S. Forrest most
g Er1O hn
light the romantic grandeur of the giant
mountain chains, Its stretching beaches
and its varied population. Along with these
pleasant pictures and pleasant anecdo.es
the serious note of the volume is sounded
In the question of the inevitable struggle
for supremacy between the white and the
black peop'es. the question of the govern
ment of the West Indies.
LINCOLN THE LAWYER. BY Frederick
Trevor Hill. author of The Case and
Exceptions" New lork: The Century
Company.
Mr.. Hill points out in his preface that
the testimony concerning Abraham Lincoln
has been voluminous; one important point
In the vast record which has been sighted
by the eminent biographers who have pre-
scented it to the world is the story of the
Presidents legal career.
Mr.. Lincoln's practice as a lawyer extend
ed over twenty-four years yet his achieve
ments as a statesman so transcribed his
legal accomplishments that his chief blog-
raphers have necessarily given brief space
to his experience a lawyer. Mr.. Hill has
undertaken the present work, believing that
Lincoln's legal training proved invaluable
TO him at critical moments OF the presl-
dency and that it is possible that he would
never have been called to his high station
unless he had practiced at the bar. Mr.
and reverence for Lincoln
add to the charm of his record, which is
based upon research and study. Rlch IN an
ecdote and incident, and in reproduction Of
portraits and documents, readable, authorl-
tative, original in treatment, Lincoln the
Lawyer will take immediate rank among
the most valuable contributions to Lincoln
literature. One of many stories in the
book relates how Lincoln used for probably
the first time a phrase that afterward be-
came famous. Lincoln was attending court
on the circuit when the news of the repeal
of the Missouri compromise reached him.
Judge Dickey, one of his fellow practition-
ers, was sparng his room at a local tavern.
He stated that Lincoln sat on the edge of
his bed and discussed the political situation
far into the night. At last Dickey fell
asleep. but when he awoke in the morning
Lincoln was sitting up in bed deeply alb
sorbed in thought. Il tell you, Dickey,' he
observed as if continuing the argument of
the previous evening, this nation cannot
exist half slave and half free"
VAfIAiN IEIIARHLAIR; a Comedy in
Three Acts. Written for Z. II. Sothern.
BY Marguerite SIerington, arranged
from the promptbook used in the
original Lyceum production. Illus
trated with photographs of the play.
Indianapolis The Bobbs Merrill Com
pany.
The growing practice of publishing the
successful dramas of the present-day stage
must do much to redeem the plays of the
hour from the imputation of none or
purely ephemeral literary quality. Capt
Lettarblair is as delightful to read as it
was to be seen. While distinctly an act
ing drama, and, possibly, constructed along
purely conservative lines with stock per-
sonages, the management of incident and
business and the general plot and set
unss are SO attractive, and the c'everness
OF the Irish captain and the brightness
or the lines altogether. make a thoroughly
readable affair. Beyond the average read
er demands of pretty setting. romantic
Incident and witty speech to the student
only the classic course from Shakespeare
TO Sheridan. the publication of Lettar-
oialr VIII afford an excellent opportunity
TO see what thoroughly successful modern
play looks like in type. 1t does look good
to every one.
CORRESPONDENCE OF wu,.u
PITT. When Secretary of State With
colonial Governors and Military and
Naval Commissioners in America
Edited under the Auspices of the Ma
tional Society of the Colonial DANES
or America. By Gertrude Selwvn
kimball Two Volumes New YORK
Inc Macmillan Company. Washington:
Brentanos. '
A novel and valuable book dealing with
the period from 1867 to 1862. when the CEN
Ter OF political and commercial supremacy
In Europe was shifted from France to Eng
land. The paramount influence in effectinp
this transformation was William Pitt. the
great Earl Of Chatham, and in these VOL
umes are dislayed his methods in dealing
with American affairs
The 1873 letters here collected are those
which passed between Pitt and the gov
eriiors and military commanders to whom
ne sent instruction and directions The
earl wrote III OF them during the drama tic
years from 1855 to 1861, when he was sec
rotary Of state. and by means of them
reused the tagging energies of EngIishmen
In America. well as elsewhere to prac-
teal and momentous results OF the re-
mainder 10 We're written by colonial civil
governors and 1876 by military and naval
officers.
These letters have in every case been
copied from the originals In the public rec
ord office In London and every preCaution
has been taken that they should be exactly
reproduced in all respects. All are printed