Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-28

inclines to the opinion that Great Britain
will remain dominant-indeed. must re-
main dominant in order to prevent a
chaotic condition which would appall the
world. He instructively outlines the
causes of unrest in India. and shows how
ineffective revolt against British rule
must necessarily be. with the people
lacking the cohesive force which would
be necessary to make Roadway against
the military preparedness of the power in
charge His outline of the Hindu re-
ligious system is of course. sketched
from his point of view as missionary.
and perhaps at times he fails of perfect
sympathy with the Hindu people on the
ethical side. He presents. however vivid
pictures of the degradation into which
they have fallen in places and the moral
and physical dangers to which they are
exposed by reason of centuries of main
tenance of the caste system and of con-
fiicts between sectS and faiths.
JOAN OF GARIOCH. BY Albert Kin
ross. author of 'Davenant." New
York: The Macmillan Company
Washington: Brentano's
Mr.. Kinross. whose previous novels
have won for him Il wide circle of read
ers. has found in the recent revolutionary
troubles in Russia a dramatic setting for
this story, which tells of the efforts of a
YOUNG fIuSlSll CIIlteT To J1ltu TIE Wciiidl
he loves who has been married by lsr
family to a wealthy continental for pecu-
mary reasons. 1t was to save her father
from ruin that she consented to be thus
disposed of In the matrimonial market
On her lovers return he found the situa-
ton complicated by the fact that no word
had been heard from the bride since her
departure from England. and his efforts
to solve the mystery Iof her whereabouts
and circumstances lead him into maze
curious feature of this novel is that the
heroine. though she permeates the pages
with her presence, never appears in per-
son. The story gives a vivid picture OF
conditions in Russia following the peas
ants war. the author writing from a first
hand knowledge of the situation.
THE HOME BUILDER. BY Lyman Alb
bolt. Boston: Houghton. Miff1in Com
pany.
DR.. Abbott has in these pages painted
the portrait of an ideal wife and mother
Addressing himself to the task of defining
woman in her most useful relation to So
ciety. he reviews her successfully as
daughter. bride. wife. mother. house
keeper, philanthropist. saint and grand
mother. In his well known style. with his
rare sympathetic quality. he breaches the
doctrine of human optimism, and the re-
suit is a little book that may most appro-
priately and satisfactorily be presented as
gift at Christmas time to elderly people.
MANNERS FOR THE METROPOLIS:
An Entrance Key to the Fantastic
Life Of The 400. By Francis w.
Crowninshield. Decorations by Louis
Fancher. New York: d. Appleton
& Co.
Mr.. Crowninshield and Mr.. Fancher
have worked we'll together in presenting
of social
guidance. Although it is avowedly humor
facts of social life to he of actual use to
those who might need a word of admoni
ton or suggestion. The little paragraphs
which touch upon such subjects as the
country houSe, conversation. dinners.
dances. bridge, etc. are in many cases
epigrammatic, and in others turn to neat
jokes at the expense of the social foibles
Mr.. Fancher's illustrations are highly i'm
pressionistic and humorously grotesque.
THE STORY OF GOLD. BY Edward
Sherwood Meade. Professor of Fl
nance. Wharton School Of Finance
and Commerce, University of Penn
sylvania; author of Trust Finance"
illustrated. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
Remarkable advances have been made
i'm the last few years in the gold-minins
treatment Of ores. SO that this little hand
book has a distinct educational value. 1t
describes the geological conditions i'll
which gold is found, showing the various
methods Of mining and gold extraction.
1t traces the development of. the gold in
dustry since 1888 and touches upon the
relation between the gold supply and
prosperity. and finally, after an interest
ing chapter on the technical progress m
this industry, the author discusses the
future of gold production. He is confident
that the untouched sources in the more
remote corners of the world are sufficient
to carry on the business of all countries
for an indefinite time. He Is of the opin-
ion that the mining of the gold now hid
den in these comparatively inaccessible
places is. only matter of the world $
need. "Eventually." he says, ''as the IN
dustrial development of the world con-
tinues to increase its demands upon the
money producing industry. it is certain
that these regions, at present SO difficult
of approach, will be opened to the miner:
that transportation facilities will be pro-
vided: climate improved by drainage and
clearing; labor attracted by high wages
and the gold extracted. Long before that
day. however, the never-ceasing progress
of industrial development will have dou-
lao