Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18

fishing Company.
Those who remember the pathetic history
Of the unfortunate expedition of Hubbard
and Dillon Wallace into the Labrador will
derness, which resulted in the death Of
Hubbard, will take keen interest in this
volume. Mr.. Wallace has gone back over
the old trail, and beyond reaching the
destination which he and Hubbard missed
on the first journey. It is a stirring recital
Of adventure and hardship in an UNEMPLOYED
country. The explorer penetrated by canoe
and on foot to the shores of Hudsons bay
returning In the winter by dog sledge over
the snow to the coast.
The book imparts the spirit of the wilder
ness, with its savage joys and its irresist-
ible lure. Hear this description OF an even
ing after long day of toll over the portage
They have killed couple of wild geese
which, with hot dough bread and black
coffee furnished the supper Then lighting
their pipes. they LAY at full length on the
deep white moss, peacefully putting smoke
at the stars as they blinked sleepily one by
one out Of the blue Of the great arch above
us, until the whole armament was glittering
with mass Of sparkling heaven gems.
The soft perfume of the forest pervaded
the atmosphere; the aurora borealls ap-
peared In the northern sky, and its waves
of changing light swept the heavens; the
vast silence of the wilderness possessed the
world, and, wrapped in his own thoughts,
no man spoke to break the SPELL"
THE CASE OF DOCTOR HORACE. BY
John H Prentis. New York: The
Baker & Taylor Company. Washing
ton: Ballantyne.
"a study of the Importance Of conscience
in the detection Of crime Is the authors
own announcement Of his purpose in THE
Case Of DR.. Horace" The result Is an ex-
tremely Ingenious and clever story. Two
friends differ as to the part played by the
criminals own guilty fears in the self-be-
trayal which results in his detection. One,
Edwin Wallace. holds that they are the
chief factor: the other, Doctor Horace"
believes that it is the efficiency of the law
itself that DEGREES that the guilty man shall
not escape To settle the question they
arrange a. sham crime, in which q cadaver
curiously like the doctor In general physi-
cal characteristics, Is made to personate
DR.. Horace himself. A train Of circumstan-
tial evidence connecting Wallace with the
supposed murder Is prepared, and both men
depart, to spend as they see fit the two
weeks which are to intervene before the
maturity Of the wager. Wallace believes
that he has omitted no detail to insure his
complete obscurfty during the period. But
the displacement of the money he had por-
toned to himself for his expenses, together
with the presence on the detective force OF
an embryo genius of detective with his
JOHN GLYNN, A Novel OF Social Work.
By Arthur Paterson, author Of "A Son
Holt & Co. Washington: Ballantyne.
That service in Society for the I'm
provement of the Condition OF the Poor"
can furnish as exciting and lurid opportu-
mites for single-handed and tandem deeds
Of startling and muscular heroism it has
been the good fortune of Mr.. Arthur Pater-
| son to prove. John Glynn, Granite Glynn''
of American frontier fame, journeys back
to his native England for the purpose of
aiding the friend Of his heart to win the
lady Of his love. In the pursuit of this ptr-
pose Glynn volunteers as assistant to the
| charming secretary for Relton OF the be-
fore mentioned society. Miss Evelyn Grey Q
are thwarted by the presence in the Nile. -
a congested district largely inhabited by
criminals, Of the Gov nor" Percival Nyne,
powerful boss Of remarkably vicious
which Glynn and Nyne are pitted against
each other furnish exciting scenes Incl
dentally the portrait Of this teeming dis
trict Of the London poor is wildly painted.
but with undoubted effectiveness. The
personalities which at intervals detach
themselves from the somber background
to ally themselves with the powers for
8OOQ anu against Nyuc dTo BFdPuACduy uc-
fined. symes. Joe and Amy. Mallory stand
out as admirable types OF slum population.
Mr.. Paterson has written dramatic and
stirring novel. although. by reason of
episodes are not sufficiently subordinated
in intensity to prevent failure in climax.
THE ITALIAN LAKES. BY w. D. Nc
TyroL" illustrated. Boston: L. c.
Page & Co. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
An ideal field for a travel story Is fur
nished by the marvellous group Of lakes that
is one Of the glories Of Italy. Mr.. Nc
Crackan Is a trained as well as a sympa-
thetic observer, and has an easy and sym
pathetic style. He has the capacity for
enjoyment and the faculty of communicate
ing his enjoyment to others. In addition
to the graphic pictures which he gives Of
the lakes Of AZURE" he relates the incl
dents Of the journey and manages to give
somewhat Of the varying atmospheres
through which he passes. The famous per-
sonages, the bits Of art or Of sculpture as
ISOLATED with the towns clustering along
the shores. the craft upon the waters and
the glimpses Of Italian life seen from the
diligence In passing, the haunted beauty OF
Italian gardens-all these things Mr.. Nc
THE BIRTH OF THE NATION, James,
town. 1907. By Mrs. Roger A. Pryor.
author Of THE Mother Of Washington
and Her Times" Illustrations by
william De Leftwich Dodge. New
York: The Macmillan Company. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
The timeliness of Mrs. Pryor's history of
the first colony in North America Is evident
to him who reads only the title But the
least claim to interest made by her book is
the fact that 1t celebrates the founding Of
the jamestown colony. For she has given.
In entertaining and charming fashion, not
only a careful history of the events OF the
colony, but a comprehensive view of con-
temporary conditions in England which go
far to explain many Of the hardships under
which the colonists suffered. The story of
Capt John Smith receives attention. and
the truth of the narrative is cuiled from the
many apocryphal accounts which have
gathered around 1t.
SHORT CRUISES. BY W. w. Jacobs.
author of Captains ALL" etc. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Another collection of delightful short
stories by this clever delineator of phases
of English character. Mr.. Jacobs work
Is well known through his contributions to
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