Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

the life of nature of Margaret and all her
friends pervades every word of the admir-
able English in which "Carmichaef' Is
written. Miss Parker's illustrations are
charming.
THE MANf-SIDED ROOSEVELT; an
Anecdotal Biography. BY George
William Douglas New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co. Washington: Brentano's.
This book has been published with the
conviction of the author that President
Roosevelt is a of sufficient distinction
to make it worth while to preserve in some
| prominent form the stories of the impress
sion which he is making on his contem-
poraries. The anecdotes have been gather
ed from various sources and so far pos
sible have been verified. Properly CLASH
fled and strung together into connected
narrative, they produce a vivid and inter-
esting portrait of the man. The book is
not in any sense a campaign document
| nor political tract. but study of con-
temporary American undertaken in a
friendly spirit.
AN EXPERIMENT IN PERFECTION.
BY Marion T. ID. Barton. New York:
Doubleday, Page & Co. Washington:
woodward T. Lothrop.
Despite certain stiffness and academic
crudity which procaims the recent gradu-
ate from woman's college, AN Expert
hiShe III IeIieCtloH presents
evidences of ability. The central story, Of
the ruin which overtakes a marriage begun
with every promise of success, ruin which
is directly attributable to the American
vice Of overtense and hurried living is
well conceived and carefully executed. The
gradations Of nervous disease which trans
form the brilliant, charming Jerry Wad-
hams into pitifu ruin are convincing
and vivid. The character of Persis, the
wife, Is treated sympathetically. 1t has
required a certain degree of skill to pre-
vent the story from being merely depress-
ing, and to insure that the happy end
ing shall not seem out of key. AN Ex-
pertinent in Perfection" promises well for
the authors future work.
OLD ARMY SKETCHES. By Gen. W. H.
Carter, author of From Yorktown to
Santiago With the 9Th Cavalry" etc
baltimore: Freedenwald Company:
Washington: Brentano's.
"Old Army Sketches" by Gen. William H.
Garter, Z. s. A, commanding the Depart
ment OF the Lakes at Chicago, who has had
long and varied career in the army and
| ranks high as a writer on military topics,
Is volume of sketches based upon actual
incidents by flood and field in the days Of
Indian warfare on the frontier after the
described have about vanished from the
army along with the fur traders trappers
and guides of the days when civilization in
the west was bounded by the Missouri river
There are ten of these stories, the character
of which is fairly indicated by such titles
as The Force of Discipline, AN Old ORA
COON, Courage and Capt. Cecirs
Dream. There was much of tragedy in
the old frontier life many VINO were
forced to share its isolation and dangers
learned to their cost. Our Bayard is a
high tribute to the chivalric type of officer
not at all uncommon in the United States
army. This sketch of virile, modest,
brave, manly soldier is peculiarly worthy of
reading In these days OF money hunger and
feverish unrest. Nearly all the incidents
are from real army life prior to the Spanish
war, and serve to preserve scenes and types
of a historic period in the development of
the far west. The volume contains excel
lent illustrations by Remington. Chrsty.
Zogbaum, De Thulstrup and Larned, and
the initial letters and tail pieces are char
acteriStic of army life.