Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-18

net one justice of the Supreme bench.
and from this and the House immedi ately
succeeding three Vice Presidents and
two Presidents. Congress was then nm
fishing up the work of readjustment and
transacting business of the deepest con-
sequence to the welfare of the country.
Mr.. Stevenson's acquaintance was wide.
and he tells wildly of some of the men
whom he met at that time. Much of this
work is composed of stories not directly
Here and there name is mentioned that
brings to mind an episode of a phase OF
the national development, as. for in
stance, the story of the invention of the
telegraph, the Lincoln-Douglas debate,
the now Tonga bandoned dueling ground
at Bladensburg, the Mormon exodus.
There is no sequence in the chapters. and
the work may be read easily at any part
with interest. Several of Mr.. Stevenson's
speeches and addresses have been in
cluded as bearing upon incidents to which
he refers. Numerous portraits are
printed with the volume.
THE NEST OF THE SPARROW !;
Romance of the XVIIth Century
BY Baroness Orczy. author of The
Scarlet Pimpernel.' etc. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
When Cromwell had swept away the
aristocratic government of England. and
set himself up as lord protector. he took
upon himself the prerogative of denomi-
mating guardians for. those minors who
had been left orphans by the civil strug-
gle. Such an orphan was the young
woman who was placed under the care
of Sir Marmaduke de Chavasse, as
precious a scoundrel as ever wore doublet
and hose. SIR Marmaduke was at the
end Of his rope, literally bankrupt. Ill
favored and not capable of standing high
in the graceS of women, he nevertheless
conceived the scheme of masqueradng
as a French prince, and in this guise
winning the heart. and he hoped the
hand and fortune Of his own ward. This
plan necessarily involved difficulties. and
in the telling of the tale based on it
Baroness Orczy renders narrative of
compelling interest. which partakes
strongly of the atmosphere of the COM
monwealth period. A crime with remark
climax, and precipitates a mystery which
is only cleared at the last moment The
comedy between Master Hymn-of-P Praise
Busy, Master Courage TOogood and Mis-
tress Charity, servants in the household
Of Sir Marmaduke. m ght easily have
been dispensed with as immateriaI to
the development of an easily sustained
tale.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS; His Life, Pub
n.
By Clark E. Carr. LII. D.. author Of
The Him." etc. illustrated. New
York. A. C. McClurg & Co.
Col Carr is one of the few men now re-
naming who knew both Lincoln and
Douglas, and is therefore especially fitted
to prepare a biographical sketch of the
Little Giant" OF an opposite political
faith from that espoused by Douglas, new
ertheless he Is prepared to judge the mo-
tives and to estimate the consequences of
the acts of the Illinois senator who, but
for his one supreme error Of advocating
and aid ng in the repeal Of the Missouri
compromise act would undoubtedly have
become President Of the United States
Col. Cars story of Douglas career is
simply. effectively told. with numerous al
lusions to interesting incidents in the busy
is richly illustrated with portraits and
scenes connected with Douglas career.
COCK-A-DOODLE HILL; Being Fur
Their Chronicles Of the Dudley Ora
hams. By Alice Calhoun Haines. au-
thor Of The Luck of the Dudley
Grahams." Illustrations by Francis
Day. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
The Dudley Grahams were all interest
ing people. from little Robin, the lame boy.
to Elizabeth. the eldest girl, who takes
upon herself the role Of family chronicler.
Hazard, the studtous, and Ernestine, the
helpful. are the other children. The father
dead. the lost dump-cart contract found,
a little money secured to enable them to
rent their city house and move out into
the country. the Dudley Grahams begin a
career Of true happiness broken only by
incursions from the city. One of these
invasions casts a tragic cloud upon the
simple family circle. But there is true
goodness at the bottom, and the Dudley
Grahams progress. through acts of kind
ness, to fortune. Ernestine is the goddess
in the machine OF this household, her pity
for an aged hermit proving the source of
the family's final triumph over adversely.
AS story for children this sequel will
be read with delight, but it may be safely
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