Evening star., 1908-01-18

carefully over every manuscript the $500
was awarded to Mr.. Carl Busch of Kan
sas City. The prize composition contains
beautiful solos as well as spirited chorus
numbers, and Mr. Busch appropriately
named his. cantata THE Four Winds" it
being based on the text from Longfel-
lows 'Hiawatha.'
Mr.. Busch has made a special study of
Indian music and has developed much OF
this material In his works. such as the
present prize-crowned cantata, THE -Four
Winds" He has composed in all branches
of music, but his best efforts are In choral
and orchestral works. He has conducted
orchestral concerts of his own works In
Dresden, Leipzig and Copenhagen, besides
appearing as guest conductor OF his own
works with Anton Seidrs Orchestra. the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Chi
cago Orchestra. the Theodore Thomas Or
chestra and the st. Louis Worlds Fair
Orchestra THE Four Winds is charm
ing composition which will much enhance
his reputation.
MAUD MULLER'S MINISTRY, or. The
Claims of Christian Socialism. BY
Rev! James Lawrenson Smiley. An
napolis. Md.
The author aims in this story to present.
as he says, a scene OF sober domestic joy
as the type Of that national happiness to
be realized by the adoption of a certain
economic policy. Capital and labor, he be-
lieves, can ignore money and be joined
In an "indissoluble union" The parable
of Maud Muller and the story based upon
the poem are used to express the author 8
convictions on economic questions.
THE HOOK; It's Application to Others
and to Ourselves. A Handbook for
Mental Mechanics. BY L. ]. Bridg-
man. Boston: Small. Maynard & Co.
Illustrations and text of this small book,
which is presented under the suggestive
title ''The Hook" are not near-fun, they
really deserve a laugh. If the author
should present himself before the most
carplng audience. no one would cry for
him, Get the hook"
THE GREAT SECRET. BY E. Phillips
Oppenheim, author of The Malefac-
tor" etc. With ten full-page illus
trations. Boston: Little, Brown &
This is the formulated Oppenheim book.
All the admirers of E. Phillips may an
ticipate a thrill. the same thrill. but
cleverly in.-ccd. There is no question
but that Mr.. Oppenheim can string out q
fairly wel.-jointed story without once in
quiring whether his people and scenes
have any relationship in time and place
or not. His pictures attain symmetry and
form by shake his romantic kaleido-
scope. He will probably continue shak-
ing and pleasing his audience with pris-
matte color.
COMMERCIAL PRECEDENTS, Selected
from the Column Of Replies and De-
cisions Of the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.
An Essential Work Of Reference for
Every Business Man. By Charles
PutzeI; ABB. LIB. of the New York
Bar. Hartford, Conn: American
Publishing Company.
Practical business problems actually
asked by business men and which. every
ambitious and careful business man need
TO have answered are the bases of the
text of this commercial compendium. 1t Is
monument OF information and an
authoritative guide to the solution OF
many vexed problems. No man aiming to
succeed in the business world can afford
to miss its advice and explanations. In
arranging the volume the editor. Mr.
Charles Putzel, a prominent New York
lawyer. has gone back through the last
twenty-five years of the files of the jour
nal OF Commerce. and selected such Of the
Replies and Decisions as have real prac-
teal use for business men: he has care
fully edited the same, eliminated every