Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-01
IN THE WORLD OF LITERATURE.
=: POETRY AND FICTION. ~
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growing in the United States east of the
| Rocky mountains and In Canada, together
| with few stray relatives from the Pacific
| slope. The illustrations are studies of the
more prominent examples.
The twenty-four plates reproduce almost
| exactly. and in the very colors OF nature.
some of the most interesting. rare and
| beautiful varieties of the two popular flow
| ers to which it is devoted Upward OF nifty
| lilies and a like number of orchids are
| closely described In an untechnical manner.
| in brief paragraphs. by Miss Boardmau.
| and the reader is informed just where to
| look for them and when. The volume is an
/ invaluable guide and handbook for the
student OF botany as well as for the lover
| of the wild flowers. and appears at the right
moment to be Immediately useful to both
| in their excursions into the fields and
| forests.
| THE PRICE OF SILENCE. BY NJ r. NJ.
Davis. With illustrations by Griswold
Tying. Boston and New York: Hough-
ton, Miffiin & Co.
| The glamour of latter-day New Orleans is
| as potent in this romance as It Is tabled to
| have been before the war''-or, dams lie
| temps. creole aristocracy has interpreted
| the better-known phrase. Noemie and her
| friends and lovers are treated with deli
| cate charm. THE price of silence is the
| wreck OF one woman's life and the threat
| of misery to her daughter. How the terror
| Is met and routed and the fate OF the gal
| liant youth who has taken up the gauge the
| reader Of the tale will be made happy in
| finding out.
INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS AND
| PARASITIC DISEASES; Including
Their Cause and Manner OF Trans
| mission. BY Willard Langfeld. ABB.
NIB. (Johns Hopkins), professor of
bacteriology Creighton Medical Col
1nO a nnooh a int Of nv
! Lewellys f. Barker, professor of med
icine at the Johns Hopkins University.
Illustrated. Philadelphia: P. Blakis-
| toms Sons & Co.
! Primarily written for the use Of nurses,
| this book Is a clear description Of the
| fundamental principles of the causation
| and maner of transmission OF infectious
| disease, which will attract that large and
increasing number Of persons who are d.
rectly or indirectly interested in this i'm
portant subject. 1t includes chapters on
bacteriology. animal parasites and disn-
fectants and disinfection. Effort has been
made to avoid speculation and to adhere
only to accepted doctrines. The author has
carefully abstained from the use Of terms
and the discussion of questions unintellgi-
bic to the general reader.
| THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA. BY c. n.
and A M. Williamson. Illustrations by
Leon Guipon. New York: Mcclure,
Philips q co. washington. NOOu-
ward & Lothrop.
The Princess Virginia, destined consort of
| the royal gentleman with whom she has
| had the good fortune to fall in love, has
enough of an American ancestress's indie
| pendence to prefer to be wooed before she
| is wed. Turning, when she turns into
| feminine knight-errant the tables upon
various precedent romances of royal lovers,
| she goes upon her quest. 1t would be I'M
kind to the authors of her story to antici-
pate any of the very exciting adventures
which fall to her lot. The story Is an in
genous one and gracefully told. A pleas
ant tale for a hot afternoon.
MY GRADUATION. By Marion L. Pea
body Boston: H. NJ. Caldwell Com
pany.
In this handsomely decorated graduation
book the sweet girl graduate will find from
| the "Ex Libris" inside cover to the rose
garlanded "The End pages for every posi-
| BILE commencement week need. The table
| Of contents includes The Class Picture, The
| Glass. Glass Song. Glass officers. Sketch Of
| the School, Favorits Studies. Glee Club
| Dramatic Club. Spreads. Entertainments,
| Athletics and Gymnasium Work. Sports,
College Games Attended. Christmas Vaca-
| ton, Easter Vacation, Snapshots. Com
| mencement. The Program. Class Poem, Els
l says and Orations. Prizes, Commencement
Day Entertainments. My Graduation Dress,
| Guests. Autographs and Addresses and No
| tices. The whole is bound tastefully. deco
rated in rose and green. with designs Of
| cupids and sprites. and good size, generous
! photographs. No girl graduate can afford
| to be without so charming and potentially
comprehensive a souvenir.
GROWTH. By Graham Travers MAR
garet Todd, NJ D., author Of Nina
Maclean." New York: Henry Holt &
Co. Washington: Ballantyne.
Growth Is a somewhat over-intellectual,
| even pedantic book, which yet has some
I very good qualities. With lighter hand
| the characterization in which it abounds
would have been wrought to good effect.
| Just why, in the achievement Of the
growth" from childlike acceptation Into
| real faith. the hero. reputed to be Of ire
! sistible charm, should have been allowed to
| commit what was practically theft, the au-
| thor does not satisfactorily develop. There
is, however, an apparently intimate view
Scotch theology which makes the book an
| interesting one.
NIMROD's WIFE. BY Grace Gallatin
foot" Pictures by Walter King Stone
and Ernest Thompson Seton. New
York: Doubleday. Page & Co. Wash
| ington: Woodward LothroP:
| Women will welcome this pleasant, in
formal discourse by woman who has
really done the things that the nature
books are full Of today. who has been the
companion Of the camp. in danger on rocky
| trail and before food and forest fire. They
| want to know what a man can never tell,
| lust how one Of them felt in the face of
| wild nature. All this Mrs. Seton tells and
| tells with skill Her wanderings extend
over .the Sierras." lin the Rockies ION
| the Ottawa" and sin Norway" Her story
| is graphic with illustrations and told with
| a breezy ease of narrative and humor of In
| cident which smacks of the out of doors.
| The illustrations are charming.
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