Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19

cial studies are not permanent contribu-
lions to the stage. 1T is the spiritual
bravery OF the man and the technical
craftsmanship of the playwright which
command and assure his future recogni-
ton" Mr. Moses chapters deal with Ib-
sens work topically, with only slight
chronological limitations.
STOKES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Music
AND MUSICIANS. Covering the En-
tire Period of Musical History from
the Earliest Times to the Season of
I9os,oe BY L: J. De Becker New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany.
ton of this one-volume encyclopedia of
music. 1t is designed q record OF fact
and not of opinion, and the aim Of the
author is to enable one to find in it ade-
quate information on any matter con-
nected with music and musicians. 1t in
cludes definitions of musical terms. biog
raphics OF all musicians worthy of re-
membrance. explanations of the theory Of
music, without technicalities. and the
stories OF all the important operas. Due
proportion Of space is given to American
and English musicians who are often
neglected in works Of this character For
the first time in an English work of ref
erence special articles are devoted to
great national schools. such as the con-
servatories Of Madrid and st. Petersburg.
There is a system Of convenient cross
references to all subjects in the work.
which will be Of great value to all stu
dents OF music in whatever line of effort.
THE APPRECIATION OF THE
DRAMA. By Charles II. Cafffn. au-
thor of How to Study Pictures
New York: The Baker & Taylor
Company.
Mr.. Caff1n, having already told a large
circle of readers ''how to study pictures -
1t follows as natural sequence that he
should now tell how to view play. The
work Is addressed directly to his fellow
playgoers. whom he conceives as loving
with him the stage for its laughter and
tears. for its stimulus to thought and it's
enrichment of knowledge. He discusses
depths of research. the audience as
psychological study: the stage. both
plastic and pictorial; the actor: the play;
the material of the drama: the genesis
Of plot: the Introduction to the play:
Its development. climax and motive. and
finally devotes few pages to the Ameri-
can outlook. AT present. Mr.. Caffin
thinks, the American dramatist shows
tendency to opportunism. to take ad-
vantage Of a theme uppermost in the pub
view of the man in the street. He be-
lieves that the truly characteristic Amer
lean drama may be distinguished by
larSeness OF outlook and treatment.
MORE'S MILLENNIUM: Being the
Utopia of Sir Thomas More Rendered
Into Modern English. By Valerian
Paget. New York: The John Nc
Bride Company.
Sir Thomas More wrote his Utopia"
four centuries ago in Latin. Its first
TRANSACTIONS were into medieval English.
and it is in this form that it has been
chiefly read in later times. Doubtless
in consequence of the archaic style, the
work is not as well known as 1t should
be. Mr.. Paget has rendered a valuable
service to the students of sociology in
now presenting translation of Utopia"
under the title of 'MOre's Millennium"
in perfectly plain. modern English. He
calls attention to the remarkable fact
that More discussed in the sixteenth CEN
fury problems that are today unsolved
and that are occupying the attention Of
men absorbingly. He thus summarizes
the philosophers social doctrine:
THE sum of his teaching is that
Christian civilization should advance
along the via media toward that bright
ideal which he holds up to US and with
which he illumines the mutifarious facets
of human life. Control and regulation
OIL pOpuidLIoll, Tie evils VI oupCih ocoS
militarism: prison systems and treatment
of criminals: abuse of power and privilege
by offlcialdom; the tyranny of capital over
labor: the exclusive greed of landlordism:
provision for old age: women and govern
ment: town planning and municipal en-
terprise-these are some of the subjects
discussed on our way through Utopia,
and which formed the conversation of the
travelled men of that day-only 400 years
ago.
AMERICAN SUPREMACY; The Rise
and Progress of the Latin American
Republics and Their Relations to
the United States Under the Monroe
Doctrine. By George w. Crichfield.
In Two Volumes. New York and
Washington: BrentanOS
Mr. Crichfield dedicates this valuable
work to 1.-The great American voter, the
man behind the ballot, the man who
makes governments and unmakes them,
the man before whose dread opinion the
mighty of the earth stand in awe, the
man in whose hands is confded the des-
tiny of the western hemisphere. the man
of multifarious and perplexing mien. but
whose heart is true as steel and pure as
gold This dedication furnishes the key
note of the work, which is more briefly
expressed in the title itself, American
Supremacy" In it the author discusses,
first, the changes in Venezuela. Colombia,
Bolivia Ecuador. In fact all of the cOun-
tries of the south, an interesting feature
of this part being a division of typical
Latin-American dictators into three
types-the bad, the very bad and the
worst He discusses dictatorship as a
kind of government. dwelling upon the
emi-deification Of the dictators. In dis
GUESSING social conditions In Latin-Amer-
lea he Classics the people. noting their
national chara cteriStics and treats in
structively Of the institutions which make
for their intellectual and moral develop
ment, touching also upon the insufhciency
of educational facilities and the gagging
and muzZlinS of the press Especially
valuable is the part which deals with the
business conditions. Five chapters are
devoted to governmental bad faith and
incompetency, the first volume closing
with consideration Of climatic condi-
lions and handicaps upon the life and
progress The second volume deals prin-
cipally with the relation between the
governments. showing. first, how the
United States encourages investments in
Latin America; next how foreigners
regarded in that part of the hemisphere
The rights and status of foreigners in
Latin-American courts are discussed,
while several chapters are devoted to
sketches of affronts to foreign govern
ments given by the smaller republics of
the south, that part closing with a treat
ment ''Of the widespread destruction of
foreign interests in Venezuela" This
leads naturally to a recital of arbitra-
tons. The history and development of
the Monroe doctrine comprise separate
book within the second volume, the