Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-21

proper romance combination of resource.
bravery and good luck that he is able to
emerge triumphant. The novel is sue
cessful specimen of the modern romance
of adventure.
THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
OF GEORGE LUTHER STEARNS.
By Frank Preston Stearns. author of
The Real and Ideal in Literature.
etc. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippincott
Company
The man who was called the Sir
Galahad of the anti-slavery struggle,
and whom Helen Hunt Jackson spoke
of as that magnificent Mr.. Stearns."
mas become scarcely name to the~suc
ceedIng generation. BY his long friend
ship with Charles Sumner and his
championship of John Brown and other
abolitionists he had a strong influence
upon affairs of his day while almost
completely overShadowed by the con-
spicuous group of New England states
men by whom he was surrounded The
ancestry and early life of George Lu-
Their Stearns represented all that was
best in Massachusetts tradition and his
pubic life was singularly free from
self-intere@t. Almost alone among the
pubic men of his time. he wanted moth
ing for himself; he was concerned
wholly with the triumph of MS prin-
clples. The present sketch of his life
is interesting. not only as Il portrait of
an interesting personality but from the
light 1t shows upon social and political
conditions both in Massachusetts and
Washington. Historical knowledge is al
ways the gamer by q new point of view
OF men and measures. In the pUrsua ilce
or Mr.. Stearns' abolit'onist and. later
negro suffrage principles ne was brought
in contact with President Lincoln Pres
ldent Johnson. Salmon p Chase and many
other national characters of the time. In
ms other -philanthropic intel
iectual and Social-he was an associate
or Emerson. Bronson Alcott, Whittier
Lowell. Mrs. Chiids and in fact. most of
the men and women who were instru-
inenta! In bringing about the first great
period of American letters
FOR JACINTA. BY Harold RindIoss.
author of Alton of Soma SEQ" etc
New York: Frederick A. stokes
Company.
mike the popular latter-d hero of
romance. young Austin. the sobrecargo of
the Spanish nailbOat Estrema dura, trad
ing In the Canary archipelago. was not
possessed Of character impeccable and
force invncible. On the contrary. he was
apparently Il young man of reprehensible
lack of ambition. content to tread the
path Of least resistance. Therefore the
adventure in which he finally engages in
hostile. pestilential West Africa against
terrific odds. offers the necessary oppor-
tunity for development. 1t proves. more
over. to the attractive but masterful
young woman whom he loves that he pos
sesses both endurance and courage of the
highest order. The story is a pleasing
one of dwelerS in little-knoWn localities,
and the descriptions of the West African
i,,
LOVE: AND ALL ABOUT 1T. BY Frank
Richardson. author of 1850 May
fair New York: Mitchell kenner-
ley.
There undoubtedly is a large public
that admires the author of the present
collection of dissertations He has a
reputation for wit and audacity. The
recipe for his witticisms. however. is a
simple one. consisting. as 1t does. largely
of cheap cynicsm and the modern art of
stating things backward. In this volume
he treats Enthusiastically of such themes
as 1.-The Trouble With ADAM The De-
cav OF Dancing" Women and WINS
kers.' Hobbies for Husbands. THE
Boom in Babies etc.
THE CHALLENGE OF THE CITY. By
Josiah Strong, New York: Young
Peoples Missionary Movement
This volume is one of the Forward Mis-
sion Study Courses Its object Is. first, TO
present in forcible and simple terms just
what constitutes the problem OF modern
city life: and, second. to suggest solu-
ton for that problem. The author says:
This book is an endeavor to give prac-
teal answer to those who are asking for
a solution of the problem of the city
THE problem of the city, therefore. more
urgently demands solution than any
other peculiar 10 our own times. Indeed,
nearly all of these problems meet In the
city. SO that the solution of the city
problem is really the solution Of the So
cial problem." The author is we'll known
by reason Of his work in social
service in New York He states that
the only hope for the slums is by the
extension of evangeliZation: The social
teachings of Jesus Christ afford the only
solution" He narrate the methods by
which this work of Christian service has
been attempted. Full recognition is made
OF modern conditions: the work is emil
nently practical in its character. 1t is
adapted for the study of young people
by the series of questions which analyze
the points made by each chapter. 1t is
an excellent Introduction to a knowledge
of conditions in city slums. with all Of
the questions of American citizenship in
volved.
THE STORY OF IRON AND STEEL. BY
j. Russell Smith. Ph.D., assistant
professor of industry. Wharton
School. University of Pennsylvania.
author of The Organization of
Ocean Commerce" Illustrated. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
This little volume. the outgrowth of
courses in American industry, is an at
tempt to present the main facts of iron
and steel making SO that any intelli-
gent person can grasp the essence Of
the complex technical phenomena of
the process without even having to
meet technical terms. Beginning with
the various stages in the history of the
iron industry, the author leads up to
the reasons for the supremacy of Amer
lea i'll this industry. There is also
discussion of the great steel companies
and of the formation of the steel trust
with it's bearing upon American indus
trial and financial life.
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