Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

ra.ts. the first of which is devoted to So
':ial and political themes. and the second
to those connected with literature and
art. While many of the essays have been
published before, the general effect is
that of new material, so many of them
were brought out in small English publ
cations-as, for example, the Posltivist Re-
view-that are unfamiliar to most Ameri-
can readers. 1t is of curious interest tc
observe how applicable to present-day
conditions are many of the articles writ
ten many years ago. art and Shoddy,
written in 1893, in which the author
shows how far the spirit of commercial
ism is responsible for the lack of great
ness in any field of art. is certainly as
true as when it was written. Again, in
the opening essay, England and France,
Mr.. Harrison has proven himself to be SO
accurate an observer of political condi-
lions in 1865 that he has been able to
prophesy changes that have since taken
place. The article pleads for systematic
cooperation between the two nations in
order to secure peace and progress in
Europe THAT which half d century ago
was but a distant ideal to me and to my
friends" Mr.. Harrison says in the pref
ace, Il have lived to see as a reality
accepted, effective and permanent
THE SUSPICIOUS OF MRS. ALLONBY.
BY Maxwell Gray, author of The
Silence of Dean Maitland" etc. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
A slight misunderstanding between q
previously devoted husband and wife is
made the occasion OF the pretty wife
wandering for space among the scenes
frivolous or beautiful, of the French
Riviera. There is a somewhat amusing
presentation of social types in pension
in this great pleasure ground. The little
wife, entirely innocent and inexperienced
in the worlds darker doings. makes her
self subject to the criticisms of her more
sophisticated neighbors, Several prOmis-
ing Observation-Disclosures are averted by the
unexpected action of the apparently in
different husband. The book is sufficiently
entertaining to furnish an idle hour with
reading matter, but it is somewhat per-
functory and labored, and is lacking in
any strong appeal to the sympathies.
AN ORIGINAL GENTLEMAN. BY
Anne Warner. author of 'The Re-
juvenation of Aunt Mary etc. With
frontispiece by Alice Barber
Stephens. Boston: Little. Brown q
Co.
The story which gives the name to the
present collection is long short story
whose scene is laid in Germany. Having
lost his letter of credit, Dagobert, an
American travelling on the continent, read
an advertisement for IAN original gentle
man wanted" so he applied as directed
to Mrs. Carpenter. Weinerhof, Hide
sheim. Germany. The unexpected ad-
ventures that ensued are related by this
versatile author in her characteristic
manner The other sketches embrace a
wide range of interest and of locality.
There are many passages of Anne War
ner's pleasantly whimsical humor.
THE LIGHTED LAMP; A Novel. BY c.
Hanford Henderson, author of
John Percyfield," etc. Boston:
Houghton, Miffiin Company.
The species Of close psychological anal
ysis to which 1.-The Lighted Lamp" be-
longs insures that it is supremacy worth
while-to the reader to whom 1t is worth
while at all. The story deals with the
career Of a young American of well de-
fined limitations. who unexpectedly falls
heir to an income OF five thousand dol
lars. He goes abroad for his health, and