Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-05

hearted, dauntless sailor on the high seas,
fearless adventurer in the new found West
ward Ho'" loyal servant of the Queen
From From here ne we may go by coach , Among
Clifton Johnson, taking with our journey
Outram Tristram and his Coaching Days
and Coaching Ways" We shall have real
views of the Doone valley before we leave it i;
and along the old English roads Hugh Thorn
son will picture in black and white bits of
ride through London town and meet IN pass
ing Dick Swiveler and the Marchioness in
Dickens's "Old Curiosity Shop? Shall we
stop moment longer for glimpse of Nicholas
Nickleby and Smike, and yes, David Copper
field and Mr.. Micawber?
Then forth to the land of Sir Walter Scott
Here we shall linger long and meet many good
friends,-Rob Roy and Diana Obi Vernon
with riding habit and whip in hand); the
knight lvanhoe and the beautiful Rebecca
Maid of Perth " We shall weep over Keni-
worth and the fate of the gentle Amy Rob
Sart: and perchanCe may wander on to
THE Lady of the Lake and "Marmion. "
Will not our little lady care now to visit of
her own free will the land of Bobby Burns
and listen to his song of Highland Mary or
John Anderson. my 10? Will her heart be
Scotland's or Stevensons when she has fin
ished Kidnapped" and David Balfour ;;
and will she perhaps read the Life and Let
CeIS OIL LulS HAL Ol illSl Courage dIlu SSulic
heart?
Back to America
THE rowing blood of our Morse ancestors
bids westward, and we follow the sea
track of the Cabots. With the view of Quebec
France and those early conquests bought so
dear. With hearts beating high we read
Mary Hartwell Catherwood's Romance of
Dollard," tale of the stalwart heroism of
my lord. and the loyalty and bravery of his
not less heroic bride. We see his handful of
quois in the blue Canadian distances, lighted
at last with the torch that made French
graves With Gilbert Parker we have pic
ture of heroism that breathes courage and
loyalty rather than fame and the world 5
plaudits. to this girl we love and honor.
We sail southwark off the Newfoundland
Banks with Kipling's Captains Courageous. -
and when we reach the Gloucester shore our
hair is damp with fog, and the clear, blue eye
and simple. childlike faith of the Gloucester
Just more glimpse of the world of ro-
nance before we return to the workaday
world. Listen to the stunning of the ban 10
and the deep, melod1ous tones of the folk at
the quarters, and with this music in our ears
hear the voice of Thomas Nelson Page as he
reads to us the stories of Marse Chan and Meh
Lady. with the background dark with war
clouds. Delicate his touch, but true, true as
the ladies fair And then catch the music of
The Marshes of Glynn," and 1.-THE Song of
the Chattahoochee" and feel the deathless
presence of Sidney Lanier.
And finally, if l wished to add to the ac-
quaintances we may meet along the journey
we have travelled, | might mention Mrs. Dinah
Mulock Craik's John Halifax. Gentleman -
George EbeTs's "Egyptian Princess 1 Mrs.
"Rab and His Friends" and Marjorie Flem-
ing" Hawthorne's Marble Faun," Charles
Kngsley's "Hypatia." Charles Reade's Peg
Wellington" Thackeray's THE Newcomes. /"
and Anthony Trol1ope's 'Barchester Towers"
Many lands are ours for the asking many
friends ours for the seeking; and may this
brief journey lead us into the land of Other
where!