Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-28
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Bull tells of moose calf that Jabe
raised on the bottle. And there is a
thrilling cl max when the two meet years
later in the woods. The ten clever little
stories end with Sonny and the Kid"
Sonny is strong ugly dog overpetted by
his childless master until the Kid came
come of the sketch also shows that Sonny
had a sense Of sacrifice that would have
done honor to a man.
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF THE
PACIFIC COAST. Written and Illus
trated by Clifton Johnson. New
York: The Macmillan Company
Washington: Brentano's.
This Is path over which many travel
ers have tread. but the way is enlvened
with pictures and with bright bits of talk
by guides and other natives whose
knowledge makes interesting data for
travellers yet to come. The journey be-
gins with the stupendous dip into the
grand canyon Of Arizona. and ends in
southern Idaho at Shoshone Falls. which
the author aptly calls the Niagara of the
west.
Between these points the way takes in
the border of Mexico. Santa Barbara and
its missions: trips to the Yosemite and
the Golden Gate. and visit to the desert
of Nevada. Then the trail leads north
ward to the Shasta foothills: farther
north. along Puget sound and then
Smack up against the Canadian line"
When the author leaves the beaten track
both text and pictures show that he sees
many wonderful regions and meets some
pleasant people on the way. Mr.. Thomas
Gait is n faithful type of the guide that
other travellers TO the far west have had
the good fortune to meet. Appended to
each chapter is note of suggestion which
should prove helpful for persons planning
to take the same route.
THE CALICO CAT: a Rural Detective
Story Minus Detective. BY Charles
Miner Thompson. Illustrated by +.
r. Gruger Boston: Houghton, Milf
fin Company.
Care killed a cat but Solomon Peaslee
tried and failed. 1t was his disastrous at
tempt to shoot the Calico cat that brought
about the jury trial and other serio-comic
happenings that make up this bright lit
tie book There is a sunny atmosphere Of
New England life with one cloud from the
Canadian border that soon drifts away.
The characters include father and son,
brought together in loving comradeship
through a ludicrouS mistake that has a
tinge of the pathetic. and there is the
nny-loving wife of So'omon. who limits
him to pickup dinners in the days of his
pride. but soothes his humiliation with
oysters. Above everybody and everything
there IS the Calico cat, whose troubles be-
gin with bird shot and end with revel
Of milk. 1t is just as we'll that the de-
tective was left out of the story, for he
is not in the least needed.
THE "REMINISCENCES OF LADY RAN
DOLPH CHURCHILL. BY Mrs
George Cornwa Ills West. Illustrat ed
New York: The Century Company.
Few women are today equipped to write
of the events of English and western
European official and social life so thor
oughly as Mrs. George Corvallis West,
better known to the world as Lady Ran
dolph Churchill. AS the wife of one Of
the most brilliant English politicians of
his day she was thrown into contact
with British society in a manner to give
an intimate acquaintance with its ac-
Invites. Her husband was in the days of
his health remarkable force. and she
did not after his death lapse into obscur-
ity. but continued to take a keen interest
in the affairs of men and women. She
knew practically every one worth know
ing in England and throughout Europe
artists, statesmen. aristocrats, royalties
Wherever she might be. her beauty and
her wit and her personal magnetism al
ways cast her for a leading part. Gift ed
with an unusual sense of humOr in writ
ing now of her varied career she Is en-
abled to present host of incidents intel
ligently There is no suggestion Of an
historical sequence or significance in these
pages. but nevertheless Lady Randolph
Churchill touches the lines that affected
the fortunes of men and parties and ma
tonS. The work closes with a descrip-
ton of her activity during the Boer war
when she assisted in the equipment of the
hospital ship Maine. which was sent to
South Africa to succor the wounded. The
volume is handsomely illustrated with
portraits and scenes suggestive of the
authors travels about the world.
INDIA: ITS LIFE AND THOUGHT
BY John p. Jones. DID, South India.
author of "India's Problem. KrisnIa
or Christ" New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company. Washington: Bren-
tano's.
Or. Jones has spent thirty years in India
actively at work in endeavoring to estab-
lish Christianity and to ameliorate the
condition OF the natives of that vast land
His volume is of particular Importance at
present because of the recent develop
ments in India. which have given serious
concern to the statesmen at London
There can be no doubt that India is In a
turmoil. Just what the outcome will be
no one can foretell. DR. Jones. however