Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02

stuff is spun very thin in spite of a noble
striving for reticance actually attained
once or twice in a speech of the woman
who has husband
CHARLES THE BOLD, Last Duke of
Burgundy. BY Ruth Putnam, author
of William the Silent" etc. New
York: G. p. Putnam's Sons Wash
ington: Woodward 4 Lothrop.
Charles the Bold. as commonly named
by historians, would be more truthfully
called Charles the RASH" thinks the au-
thor of this history. The admission Of
Charles. Duke of Burgundy. into the Sc
ries of heroes of the nations, is justified
by his relation to events rather than by
his national or his heroic character. Yet
in spite Of the failure to obtain either
kingiy an imperial crown, the story Of
those same unaccOmplished enterprises
contains the germ of much that has hap
pened later in the bOrderlands Of France
and Germany. where the projected mid
die kingdom might have been erected
The author has woven into her narrative
the words of contemporaries When they
recorded what they saw and thought or
at least what they said they saw and
thought about events passing within
their sight or their ken The history
written Of Charles the Bold by John Fos-
ter Kirk. as we'll as many works of later
research. have been included among the
sources of Information used by the author.
FLOWER O. THE ORANGE, and Other
Tales of Bygone Days. BY Agnes
and Egerton Castle, authors of The
Pride of Jennico." etc. New York:
The Macmillan Company Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
This is character site collection of
tales by these two popular authors. The
opening story. which gives the collection
It's name, of the love of dour Scotch
laird for the beautiful girl born of the
marriage of Il Scotch minister with fair
exile from Italy. is full of warm romance.
The book contains. In add ton, The
Deeps,' My Rapier and My Daughter
1.-The Great TOdtscan's Secret Thrust -
Pomona" ''The Mirror of the Faithful
Heart" In time the tales stretch over a
period from 1895 to 1749.
THE HOUSE OF THE LOST COURT.
BY DOna Teresa de Savailo, Mar
quesa d'Alpens. New York: me Nc
Clure Company. Washington: Wood
ward 4 LOthrOp.
An American girl and her mother lease
for a term of years magnificent old Eng
fish mansion, about which they soon dis
cover there hangs deep mystery.
series Of the most surprising develop
the secret Of the Lost Court and of a
strange domestic tragedy, TO which the
heroine is able to supply happy denoue-
ment.
OLD MR.. DAVENANT'S MONEY. BY
Frances Powell. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons Washington: Bren-
tanO.
A romance Of Long Island with a mys-
terry of a most ingenious and puzzling
kind, a love story and a climax that will
thrill the most experienced render of nc
ton. The scene Is laid in the gay life of
the summer colony on Long Island, and
the story Is told with power and interest.
DAVE PORTER IN THE FAR NORTH,
or, The Pluck OF an American School
boy. BY Edward Stratemeyer, author
of Dave Porter in the South Sea.
etc. illustrated by Charles Nnttall
Boston: LOthrop Lee Shepard
Company. Washington: Brentano.
That Edward Stratemeyer Is one of the
most widely read of all living American
writer's for boys IL a fact SO well proven
as not to need repetition. In this book
Dave is still mt his we'll liked boarding
school, Oak Hall. with his lively but man.
ly comrades. who rejoice with him that
he not only has discovered his parentage.
but has u father and sister living. Though
unaware Of his existence Dave cannot
rest until he finds those OF his own FAM
lily. and having secured leave of absence
from school and accompanied by his
chum, the son Of United States SEN