Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-14

method used in subjugation of coquet-
fish girl There is not a little humor in
the lines. the characters are well defined
the incidents are clever in light fashion
and the final capitulation of the fascinat-
ing heroine. both sympathetic and true
to feminine nature. not only of the TWEEN
teth century. but of all time. The set
ting is the world of careless ease and
opulence.
Politics and Religion BY Hutton
Webster, Ph.D professor Of soci-
ology an anthropology in the Uni-
versity of Nebraska. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington
Woodward e Lothrop.
The subject of initiation ceremonies and
secret societies found among many saw
age and barbarous communities through
out the world has aroused great interest
during recent years. DR.. Webster's con-
tribution to the subject is of great in
terest. Written originally as a thesis for
the electorate In political Silence at Har-
ward University, it's interest to a wider
public led to it's publication. The impulse
toward the formation of secret societies
with elaborate ceremonial for initiation is
present with all primitive races. The va
rious indigenous tribes of Africa, Aus
tralia. the West Indies, America. as well
as many others, have various forms of
organization. Material along these lines
has been carefully collected by many in
vestigators. The present work represents
an effort, necessarily provisional in the
light of existing Information, to arrive at
the significance of the materials collected
Prof Webster is of opinion that the ma
jority of these rites, often apparently bar
barous. have as object the instruction of
the young men of the tribe in their du-
ties as members of the tribal organiza-
ton. This is particularly true of the in
stitution of the MEMS House." in which
the bachelors of the tribe often live until
they establish homes of their own; with
the Puberty Institution" whereby the
boys are separated from the rest of the
tribe and live apart while they are being
instructed by the old men; and with the
various ceremonials which mark the ad-
mission into the tribal life of these youths
when of proper age and knowledge to
take an active part In IT.. The book con-
tains chapters on Tribal Societies." "Clan
Ceremonies Magical Fraterlities'' and
Diffusion Of Initiation Ceremonies" In
each case the author discusses. not only
the ascertained facts. but the bearing of
these facts upon the formation of the pc
culldr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF pr1m1C1Ve So
cieties. The discussion is one of deep in
tereSt.
THE RED YEAR; a Story of the Indian
Mutiny. BY Louis Tracy. author of
The Wings of the Morning. etc.
New York: Edward ]. Clod..
The as yet unexhausted and apparently
inexhaustible Indian mutiny has given
Mr.. Tracy text and material for his lat
est romance. His hero. young lieuten-
ant in the Indian service when the story
opens. is made a major by Havelock.
And the reason of it is the gallant service
he has rendered, through series of
thrilling adventures, both to the fair Eng
lish girl whom he attempts to save and to
the army in it's sorest straits Every kind
Of duty does Maj. Malcolm know-knight
errantry, service with the army where the
fight is thickest, scout duty, spy duty.
And. from one end to the other of the
affected provinces he penterates. There
are some novel episodes connected with
Mana Sahib and the Begun, which are
not familiar, as yet to romance. But, be-
yond that, whatever interest the story
may have as a narrative of incident, in
other qualities it cannot compare with
the earlier rOmances written about this
theme.
PRINCESS NADINE. BY Christian
Reid. author of THE Man of the
Family" etc. New York: G. p. Put
MANS Sons. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
This is a story, in no way unlike many
other Stories in which Americans and
Europeans play together a common game
of political intrigue. The heroine, Prin-
cess Nadine. born of Russian father and
an American mother, is drawn into an
attempt to hide certain discriminating doc