Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26

and pools, sun-dials, benches and other
features. The Illustrations are more than
half the book in actual space, and certainly
half the charm OF the whole. On heavy cal
endered paper, they explain the text and
add argumentative force that goes a long
way toward proving the theme.
EIGHT SECRETS. BY Ernest Ingersoll,
authorsof IAN Island in tn, Air" IL
Illustrated. New York: The Macmillan
Company. Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop. ..s
There is suspense here even in the dedi-
cation, which READS ITO the Ninth Secret"
1t is the story of healthy, wideawake
boy with a remarkable talent for invention,
and jolly. lovable girl who helps him to
do things The eight secrets to which the
title refers involve a very serious misun-
Outstanding. and land the hero in the
midst of secret service officers, railroad de-
tectives and a lot of interesting people and
puzzling circumstances. 1t all works out
in the end in way that children are bound
to approve-and older folk we'll. Archie
is an entertaining parsonage and provokes
interest in the further unelucidate ted .mys-
terry.
VOICE PRODUCTION, in Singing and
Speaking. Based on Scientific Princi-
pies. By Wesley Mills, MA. Md,
F.R.S.C. Philadelphia: j. b. Lippin-
colt Company.
DIR. Mills has endeavored to give the prac-
teal voice-user a clear and yet thoroughly
scientific exposition of the principles that
must underle sound practice He believes
that his book unites principle and practice
in a way that has not hitherto been done
in any similar book in print. He is not
only professor of physiology at McGill Uni
versity and lecturer on vocal physiology in
its conservatorium of music, but also a
teacher of voice culture and practical
musician. He has made life-study of the
subject on which he writes He first shows
plains the general physiological principles.
He makes a thorough exposition Of
breathing before considering the special
voice-producing mechanism, the larynx and
its adjustment, the resonance chambers
and the registers of the singing voice. AS
to the fundamental principles underlying
voice production and their application, gen.
eral and specific. he writes with authority.
Finally he considers the elements of speech
and song, the hearing apparatus and re-
lated physical and mental hygiene. His
book compels attention and with its copious
illustrations is both clear and convincing.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY; An Ele-
mentary Treatise. BY A. E. Kennedy
AM, Sod, professor of electrical en-
cheering in Harvard University. With
Sixty-six Illustrations. New York:
Moffatt, Yard G. Co.
telegraphy from it's invention to it's very
latest development, including the most
complete and popular explanation of it's
underlying principles and their application
1t is a volume intended for the general
reader, and is a wonderful and fascinating
subject treated most fascinatingly.
LIES SHOP WINDOW. BY Victoria
Cross. New York: Mitchell Kennerly.
ba
anna Lombard it is expected of Victoria
Cross that she present new fields with
daring. The problem in the present volume
is new to fiction and is presented with the
accompaniment of fine feeling for nature,
an acute comprehension of the subtler emo
lions and a frank enjoyment in the larg-
ness of simple life that make the author
almost unique A woman's presentation of
the varying phases of a wOmans life with
an ntuitive appreciation of character, mo-
tive and passion, the story of Lydia change
is full of the touches significant of the fem
mime viewpoint. The scenes, chiefly in Eng
land and the wild regions of America, af-
ford excellent contrasts.
LIFE IN ANCIENT ATHENS; The Social
and Public Life of a Classical Athe-
Man T,adlo From - Day to Day; By T, g.
bourne. With illustrations. &c
probably never been written than this, in
a way entirely superseding Mahaffy,s
Social Life in Greece" sense of ac-
curacy pervades the whole, which Is given
in style at once entertaining and clear
Prof. Tucker has. so to speak, dramatized
the life of the Athenian in the classical
period. taking an imaginary citizen through
the routine of a typical day, explaining and
charging on the customs and manners of
the time. with a rich fund of informal his
torical a1lusion. His is one of the books
which are written out of store of learn
ing so great and so easily carried that they
never for a moment sound learned in an
oppressive sense. The book, which Is linn
tied to special period. illumines the whole
many and helpful.
STARTING IN LIFE; What Each Calling
Offers Ambitious Boys and Young Men.
By Nathaniel c. Fowler, jr., author of
"Gumption," etc. Illustrated by Chas
Copeland. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mr.. Fowler believes that success is the
product of intention With that proverb
in mind he proceeds to lay a groundwork
for intention. His book is an authoritative,
practical guide to the selection Of calling
In life. In preparing it the author was as
sisted by over one hundred successful rep
resentatives of each of the thirty different
lines of work SO fully discussed Each
chapter was submitted to the criticism of
two three eminent authorities of the
vocation treated. and in addition other emil
nent men have written, each over his own
signature, why or why not he should ad-
wise boy to enter his vocation. The list
includes: The physician, the department
store the architect, the manufacturer, the
agriculturalist, the salesman, the littera-
teur, the bookkeeper, the lawyer, the ste
nographer, the stage, the railroad, the art
ist the banker, the musician, the merchant.
the army. the navy, the clergyman, the
street railroad, the teacher the storekeeper.
the journalist, the advertising man, public
service, civil service examination, the sailor.
the inventor, the skilled mechanic, experts
and specialists, business vs.. profession whole
sale vs. retail, the education of boys. Mr.,
Fowler goes further-he not only shows the
boy what each vocation may or may not be
worth to him, but he tells him how properly
to prepare himself to enter, the calling.
and he assists him in determining, by self.
examination. as to whether or not he will
succeed better in one direction than in an
other. He literally tells the boy what kind
Of boy he should be to succeed in any
direction, informs him how to prepare for
entering the calling chosen and gives him
| most positive information regarding all OF
| the occupations he Is likely to consider.
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