Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

advanced in years or his heroine
little more so. While there is a per-
feet sympathy with the romance which
develops. the spectacle Of ffty-fve
marrying Twenty-Five is to some dis
tasteful.
READERS ON COMMERCE AND IN
DUSTRY-HOW THE WORLD IS
CLOTHED. BY Frank George Car
penter, author of 'Carpenters
Geographical Readers" New York:
American Book Company.
Mr.. Carpenters travels around the
world have given him an immense store
of materials and he is now drawing upon
1t for a series of educational readers Of
unique character and distinct value. In
this book he tells about the clothing OF
the various peoples Of the world not only
describing their style Of dress. but going
into the sources Of the raw materials
from which their clothes are made. Thus,
for instance, he treats of the wool indus
try, going into the methods of sheep rear
ing and sheartng and of weaving in a
manner to give the young reader a wide
acquaintance with industrial as we'll as
geographical questions He does not stop
at the necessities of the body as regards
shelter and covering. but he deals with
the satisfaction Of human vanity in the
wearing of jewels. and in his chapter on
diamonds and other gems he gives much
that is of especial interest to readers OF
all ages.
IN THE OPEN, Intimate Studies and
Appropriations of Nature. BY STAN
ton Davis Kirkham. author Of
where Dwells the Soul Serene
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co.
There are two kinds of nature books
those that deal with the creatures specifi-
cally and those that reproduce the outdoor
atmosphere. OF the latter kind is this
work Of Mr.. Kirkham's. He says: There
is an estate on which we pay no tax and
which Is not susceptible of improvement
1t is Of indefinite extent and is to be
reached by taking the road to the nearest
along this road and into this great. I'M
bounded estate. and In the spirit Of the
true nature lover he points out to his
followers the qualities of plants and trees
and soil and insects without at any time
suggesting the botanist or the zoolog1st
or the entomologist. but always serving
as a genial interpreter of nature. The
book is illustrated chiefly by photographs.
but 1t Is given particular value by the
reproduction in color Of Louis Agassiz
wild geese on the wing.
RICAN COMMONWEALTHS-
MINNESOTA the North Star State.
BY William Watts Folwe1l. Boston:
Houghton, Mif1in Company.
The story Of Minnesota is highly ro-
mantle in the earlier stages. The pioneer
French explorers who traversed that re-
gion had experiences with the aborigines
n q Syf1d hot in IN
the story Of the state which was evolved
out of that territory, make thrilling read
ing. DR.. Folwelrs account Of the COM
monwealth's development Is well proper
toned. He describes its acquisition by
the United States, the troubles connect d
with the war Of 1912. the annexation of
the territory and its admission to the
Union as the thirty-second state. An i'm
portant chapter is devoted to the Indian
uprising which harassed Minnesota during
the civil war. The author pays tribute
to the character Of the immigrants who
have developed Minnesota into one of the
most important of the American states.
DR.. Fowell has lived in Minnesota about
forty years. having been for FIFTEEN years
president of the University of Minnesota
at Minneapolis.
THE WHISPERING MAN. BY Henry
Kitchell Webster. author of "The
Banker and the Bear" New York:
D. Appleton & Co.
If the test of a good detective story
is to keep the readers curiosity un-
satisfied until the end of the tale, this
story of metropolitan crime is a dis
tinct success. The whispering man
who figures in this case as a conspic-
uous participant is an interestiuk type,
new in the annals of murder mi teries.
His physical defect. causing him sud
denly to break from full-throated
speech to a hoarse whisper. sets him
apart. from the moment of his first
entrance. The story is told in the first
person singular. which seems to be the
accepted type of narration in this class
OF stories. There s. of course. a. an
pealing love story to keep the readers
interest aroused to the finish.
THE MAN WHO ENDED WAR. BY
Hollis Godfrey. Illustrations from
drawings by Charles Grunwald.
Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
The establishment of universal peace
by means of war device which per-
mits the humiliation of navies is not
exclusively the dream Of the novelist.
It has been formally and solemnly
proposed as one of the surest methods
Of establishing harmony between the
powers of the earth. Mr.. Godfrey
works out a tale which deals with
this theme dramatically. with a orisk
movement and abundant human inter-
make 1t entertaining to the intelligent
reader and enough improbability to
give 1t an atmosphere of fiction. The
use of radium may some day be SO
highly evolved as to permit snock-
ing destruction such as that which