Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24

blank verse. and Mr.. Phillips displays
the highest technical ability in his ham
ding of the dramatic theme. Mr.. Comyns
Carr collaborated with Mr.. Phillips in
this work. The play is to be produced
in London by Mr. Beerhohm Tree. AMI
will doubtless be offered TO American
audiences later.
CONFESSIONS OF a RAILROAD SIG
MAILMAN. BY J. O. Pagan. With IL
Illustrations. Boston: Houghton- Mif-
fin Company.
When Mr.. Fagan's articles on causes ~
railroad disasters were first printed in m,
Atlantic Monthly they attracted general
attention for their fearlessness and vigor.
Here was a practical railroad operative. a
towerman of long exp rience. writing witty
the style OF an academ.c!an and the ir'
formation OF man ~ affairs one migh>
expect an investigator in such circum-.
stances to seek to place the responsibility
for the railroad mishaps upon the pub
lie, the lawmakers. or perhaps the capital
lists. But Mr.. Pagan, with i fransness
which has startled all classes OF railroad
people. has placed IL directly upon tho
managers of the lines and the men thcul-
selves. He attributes the great percentage
OF disasters on American railroads Ia lack
of discipline. TO the failure ot the super
visory system. 10 tie repeated violation OF
out-of-door supervision and that the en-
ployes do not and cannot be compelled
to report their associates. in consequence
of which negligence OF all kinds is prac-
ticaily unchecked. This unchecked ntgi-
gence he ascribes the root and direct
cause of nearly all preventable accidents
on American railroads. He gives instances
to verify his assertions. and In the book
form in which these valuable papers are
now reprinted are offered Illustrations
showing typical railroad wrecks
He says in conclusion that the safety
problem must be taken in hand and solved
by the people. as the present tanglePcon-
dition of affairs can he Strengthened out
only by supreme authority.
THE DEVIL. BY Ferenc Molnar. Adapt
ed by Oliver HEREFORD by exclusive
arrangement with the author Henry
W. Savage authorized production.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley.
This text of the play that has proved
the sensation Of the metropolitan stage
this season will doubtless be eagerly read
by followers OF dramatic literature. While
this Is known as the Savage authorized
production" it is. presumably at least.
approximately the same text as that fol-
lowed in the rival New York production
of the play. The moral value Of this
drama has been seriously questioned, and
there are two rival schools of thought on
trayal Of the devil as tempter and sug-
gester of wrongdolng should be regarded
as an effective warning and not as an ex-
plottation of the unrighteous life.
LEADERSHIP; the William Belden
Noble Lectures Delivered at SAN
der's Theater. Harvard University.
December. 1907. BY the Rt. Rev.
Charles II. Brent, Bishop of the Phil
ippine Islands. New York: Long,
mans, Green & Co.
The recent election of Bishop Brent 70
head the diocese OF Westinghouse pre-
ferment which he felt under conscientious
obligations TO decline-will lend a partic-
ular interest to this volume OF lectures
delivered by him last December. especial
" as the dectureship was constituted ten
years ago a memorial to the former
citizen of Washington. William Belden
Noble. Bishop Brent's topics in this
course were The Metaphysic of Leader
ship" 1.-The Power of Single Motive"
1.-The Power OF the Human WILL" The
Power of the Blameless Life The Pow
er Of Fellowship With the Divine" and
THE Representative Leader Of Men
ROOsEvELTIAN FACT AND FABLE.
By Mrs. Annie Riley Hale. New
York: Broadway Publishing Conn
pany.
Mrs Hale has taken a number of cases.
more or less familiar to the readers OF
newspapers. in which President Roosevelt
has figured as participant and has
grouped them in a volume of severe
criticism which may be Of interest just
at present at the close of a presidential
campaign. 1t may be questioned whether
any possible good is served by such
publication in the circumstances. The
author is unsparing in her adjectives OF
criticism.
THE OTHER AMERICANS; the Cities.
the Countries. and Especially the
People of South America. BY Arthur
Ruhl. illustrated. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. RuhTs articles on South America
were serially printed in Golfers and
Scribner's. and attracted attention In that
form for their clearness and frankness Of
description. He visited the southern con-
tinent without any particular formula to
state or prove. being concerned chiefly in
the presentation OF the truth regarding
these neighbors of ours. Although next
door to us. SO to speak. the South Ameri-
can republics are by no means well known
to the people of the United States but
through the medium OF such works 40
this they should be soon as clearly under
stood as states of the Union. The vol
ume is handsomely prepared with numer-
Gus, we'll reproduced Illustrations