Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-01
MRS. M. MACDERMoT CRAWFORD,
Author of Madame De Lafayette and Her Family

tary self-effacement. 1t is only because
of her association with stirring and
tragic scenes that the world has learned
something of the fine personality of this
descendant of one of the noblest families
of France. Unlike the women of her
time who have become famous-or in
famous-through their brilliant careers In
court Nine. de Lafayette found her
happiness in her family life and was
seen at court only when the position OF
her family and husband made such at
tendance obligatory.
1t is remarkable that so little should
have been known of a woman whose IN
direct influence upon history has been
by reason of her constant sympathy with
her husbands devotion to republican
ideals-so strong. 1t has remained for
the author of the present volume to pre-
sent her to the reading public in the
sympathetic light that is her due. a
remarkable feature of the history of La
fayette is the fact that in days of almost
universal corruption-the reigns of Louis
Kill, Louis XIV, Louis XIV and the i'll
fated Louis XVI-both his own line and
that of his wife, the De Noailles, should
have been marked by such exceptional
purity and integrity. 1t serves to eX-
pain, to some extent, the high ideailsm
which marked the character of Lafayette
and his wife. This point has been clearly
presented by the author by sketches of
the various members Of both families
concerning which she has been able to
secure records The affection between
the noble pair. the heroism shown by
Nine. de Lafayette in voluntarily yield
ing her husband to the American cause
as well as during her dire peril from
the revolutionists, and the exceptional
endowments Of the "wife, are strong
features of the book. The text is en-
rched by reproductions of rare old por-
traits of the characters of the narrative
and of the scenes among which they
lived. Madame de Lafayette and Her
Family" is Interesting. not only because
OF its intrinsic merit and the complete
ness of the research. but locally because
the author is a wel!-known Washington
MAN
JOHN PAUL JONES. Commemoration
at Annapolis, April "A. 1906. Com
piled Under the Direction Of the
Joint Committee on Printing. BY
Charles w. Stewart. SuperiBt endent
Library and Naval Records. Wash
fngton: Government printing office.
John Paul Jones CONNIE moration" is
the appropriate title of the recent con-
gressional publication commemorative of
our first great sea fighter. The volume is
'.eulogy'' size. about 112x1l inches printed
in dull dark green ink and superbly illus
trated The illustrations are well chosen
and we'll placed. They all relate to John
Paul Jones, and many of them are here
published for the first time.
The frontispiece is a profile and full
face half-tone of the remarkably fine
plaster bust of Jones by Houdon. in the
collection of the National Academy of
Design, New York. y east of this bust
furnished by Mr.. Frank u. MIillet. the en-
inent American artist. to the Trocadero
Museum of Casts in Paris furnished the
cephalic mea surements used by Gen. Por-
ter in the identification of Jones body at
the time of its discovery in 1903.
A picture of the de Biron" bust of
Jones. purchased by Mr.. j. Picrpont Nor
gan, is published for the first time. The
price paid il said to have been $4,000.
The most remarkable picture is the
composite print of the Trocadero bust
and the human head which shows the
wonderful agreement between them. and
should convince every doubling Thomas
that we have the long-lost body of the
intrepid Scotch Amsrican, Who carried the
Stars and Stripes to Europe. where they
received first salute from a foreign ma
ton. and fought the most conspicuously
gallant fight i'll the annals of the sea.
with his old merchant ship, the Bon
homme Richard, defeating the crack Brit
fish frigate Scraps. and bringing her a
prize to the Texel in Holland
A brief introduction describes the con-
| tents of the book apd the ceremonies of