Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
THE GREATER ABBEYs OF ENGLAND

THE GREATER ABBEYS OF ENGLAND
BY Abbot Gasquet. Illustrations in
color after Warwick Goble. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
The casual traveller through England
has many time been impressed with thu
completeness of the old monastic ruin:
which dot the landscape. Inquiry doubt
less has revealed to all of curious turf
of mind the fact that these ruins art
attributable to Henry VIII. but just how
or why that monarch engaged in the
destruction Of the abbeys and monasterie.
is not generally clear. Mr. Gasquet un
dertakes to set forth the historical cir
cumstances of each of the greater abbey!
of England. telling wildly the story o.
the rise and fall of these establishments
The text is accompanied by a series o.
beautifully executed water colors by Mr.
Warwick Goble.
RACE QUESTIONS, PROvINCIALISM
AND OTHER AMERICAN PROB
LENS. By Josiah Royce, professor
OF the history of philosophy in
Harvard University. New York:
The Macmillan Company. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
This book is an auxiliary to 1.-The Phil
osophy of Loyalty which was publish
ed last spring 1t consists of five essays,
important point in the authors philoso-
ply. The opening essay. on Race Cues
tions,' Is a Justification Of the spirit
which Prof Royce has defined as that OF
loyalty to loyalty" The second essay.
on "Provincialism." and the fourth. on
THE Pacific Coast: A Psychological Study
of the Relations of Climate to Civiliza-
aspects of loyalty. The third essay, Ger
tain Limitations of the Thoughtful Pub
lie in America" is a candid consideration
of the current criticisms of an idealistic
philosophy. The fifth essay, Some Re-
lations Of Physical Training to the Pres
America is no less than a summary of
theses upon which the philosophy of
Loyalty is based. The social problem of
earliest humanity is the social problem of
today. How to deal with men who diff
fer from us in color, constitution and
temperament; men whom we consider
our interiors, but who are as stubbornly
determined to live as we are. Which of
the many types of men is the human
type? To which one has God, or nature
or destiny ordained the rghtful sover-
eighty of the earth? These are the ques-
tions that the author has to deal with,
and his answers to them. as defined In
his latest work, should prove of keen in
terest to students who consider that the
chief study of mankind is man.
THE TOWER ANGEL. Translated from
the German of Tony Schumacher
by Mary E. Ireland. illustrated by
Henry L. Miller. Akron, Ohio: Inc
Saalfield Publishing Company.
Like most German stories, Mrs. Ire
lands translation has it's distinctly pic
turesuue feature around which the char
acters revolve. Instead of the usual for
est or ruined castle, there is an ancient
church, whose tower is the home OF the
caretaker, who is also maker of toys;
1t is a high tower, with many steps ana
sudden turnings. but there is happiness at
the top for the Waterman ana MS WlIe
and their pretty daughter until one gay
Trouble. disguised as an EnSlisn TOURIST,
climbs up every one of the 20 steps ana
furnishes material for the story. II Is
a pleasant story, in spite OF the tourist
and there is a helpful lesson that teaches
the value of home.
EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS. By
Robert Kitchens Illustrations by
Jules Guerin and photographs. New
York: The Century Company.
Many travellers who go to Egypt bring
from ii the idea that it's antiquities OF
interest are comprised by the usual tour
isl round. the pyramids of GhiZeh, the
Sphinx, the Temple of karnak, and pos
sibly Luxor and perhaps the Island OIL
Philae. Such travellers do not know
Egypt, even approximately with that pare
measure of acquaintance mat Is posslDie
IN the case OF the hurried VISITOR MI.
Kitchens VINO knows the land OF mystery
as we'll as it is possible for the european
to know it, who has made an intimate
study of the desert, whose daruen OF
Allah" presented the great waste IN Ora
matte, vivid form, contesses that he does
not know Egypt, does not know why lie
goes there But in his chapters which
accompany NJ. Guerin's illustrations In
color he sets forth graphically and with
full historical sympathy the subtle charm
of the ancient land.
The combination of author and illuStra-
tor is rare one. with each man specially
qualified. At first glance through the
pages of this beautiful book there may
be temptation to eXciaim against the
seemingly unreal intensity of color in M.
Guern's plates, but one has only to read
Mr.. Kitchens text to feel that the illus
traitor has not transcribed the remarka-
BILE vividness of the Egyptian atmosphere,
the depth of tone, the multitude of shades.
These colaboratorS carry the reader not
only to the Sphinx and the pyramids and
the other traditional points of interest,
but present him to the charms of AbydOS
and of Denderah. introduce him to the
colossi of Memnon and to the Rames-
scum, the Tombs of the Kings the Tenn
pie of Edfu and other reminders of the
glorious past of Egypt. Particularly in
teresting are the chapters devoted to the
Island of Philae now submerged by the
waters of the Nile. damned by the great
work at Assuan.
Mr. Kitchens does not go into detail in
his chapters, does not present his reader
with maze of historical data or con-
fusing arrays of long past dates. His
sketches are impressionistic, sympathetic,
full of color. and yet replete with human
interest The volume is handsomely
printed and bound, being one Of the most
attractive book publications of several
seasons.
DE LIBRIS; Prose and Verse. BY Aus
tin Dobson. New York: Macmil-
Ian Company. Washington: Bren-
tanO'S.
to review the work of a writer of re-
views. Mr.. Dobson. seemingly. does not
mind the doing unto him what he is in
the habit Of doing unto others, but, on
the contrary, in An Epistle to an Edi-
tor" he tells helpful hints as to Just how
the reviewing of his book should be done
DE LibriS is introduced in whimsical
vein, by a prologue that puts the reader
in good humor with the writer OF it, and
true lovers of the time-worn memory
haloed volume will appreciate the open
ing chapter. ION Some Books and Their
Associations The two succeeding re-
views are .'Bramston's Man of Taste Z"
and M. Roquet On the Arts -" Each is
of interest because of the insight into the
periods of which those authors wrote and
both are made wholly delightful by Mr.
Dobson's clever nonchalance that gives
bling for facts. In Two Modern Book
Ill,iSt the author tho FIRST in