Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20

painter of his age" and his Lucrezia
The Glad Friar." painting LucreZia, the
demure and bewitching nun. to shine be-
fore US forever after in the glory OF an
immortal Madonna. forgets his priest
hood i'm the madness Of his manhood.
and raptS her away to he thencetorth
the wise woman Of his inspiration ara
power. We remember the story. How,
the ardor quenched. there come remorse,
repentance, renunciation: long after. hap
PLY, reunion. with the added ease and
mental quietude of lawful wedIock. The
romance, as here retold. is transparent.
direct, sympathetic. 1t comes in the ma
ture of a comprehension justification, ap-
probation. At the hands of petty or in
competent judges Fra Fflippo has been
belittled In nature, malfgned In motive,
assailed In genius. So here. following
the story and touching, poetic In Me-
lnorian." is a body of facts designed to
reflect the age Of Fra Filippo. the person.
atty OF the man himself, the character OF
his genius. the influence OF his work upon
his fellows and those who come after
him. Then. out of this presentation of
truth. we ourselves are asked to make
the judgment. 1t constitutes a worthy
defense. One stops to wonder why il is
necessary. Why not, unheeding causes
and sources. sit in delight before this
lavish hand Of genius that has contributed
freely to the higher pleasures of life?
THE BLINDNESS OF DIR. GRAY; ~,
The Final Law. BY Canon Sheehan.
ID. D., author of "My New Citrate"
etc. etc. New York Longmans.
Green & Co.
4 corner of ireland snugged down
against the sea. beaten by wind and wave
and wrack; hooded in brooding clouds
and cloaked in trailing mist. An ancient
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cliff on which It stands. Back little, the
tiny holdings and huts of the peasantry
In the midst, the parish church. The
smugglers along the coast and the ghosts
in the falling castle; the peasants Of the
sod and the priest in the parish house.
These are the elements out of which is
woven a story of Irish life-a story Of
contending forces. the old ireland and
the new. The former is embodied in the
aUocratic old priest, holding in the hol-
low OF his hand the eternal souls and
daily destinies of the simple. superstitious
folk about him: the latter is expressed. in
the main, by the old priests lovely niece.
born and orphaned I'm America. come here,
out Of her dead mothers hand for protec-
ton and support. Side by side they move
along, these two. hopes and interests and
aims. diverse and crossing. Age. the
falling away of friends blindness, the
borders of the grave. even. scarcely serve
to bring the indomitable old spirit to toll
erance and conformity. The book Is in
teresting record of the law of human
progress; it is delightful as a picture Of
local scenery and the daily habit OF an
awakening community.
4 MEMOIR OF THE RIGHT HON.
WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE
LECkY. BY His Wife. New York:
Longmans. Green & Co.
MI -,,ASoa& 30 <b;. x,,o,,,oir finds an MI
thoritative biographer in his widow. who
has conscientiously subordinated the So
cal side Of her husbands personality in
Difference to his desire to be known
through his books alone. To her own
intimate knowledge is added sufficient
private correspondence to friends to give
the reader comprehensive insight into
t..e life OF one Of the notable historians OF
his time. Born in 1888, Lecky lived TO
pay tribute TO the late Queen Victoria.
England and France conferred many
honors upon him, and a final chapter re-
fers to the bronze statue erected by his
friends and apprec!ators' in 1906. three
years after his death. Three photographs
intersperse the text and fourth forms
the frOntispiece.
WHAT HAVE THE GREEKS DONE
FOR MODERN CIVILIZATION. The
Lowell Lectures of 10000. By
John Pentland Mahaffy, c. V. O.. p.
CT. (Oxon.). etc. etc. OF Trinity
College. Dublin. New York: g. p,
Putnam's Sons.
A dgnified and aristocratic perform
ance, this, in the orators style-round,
sonorous. flowing. Something to be
heard, IL one could choose. In substance,
moreover. it is a distinguished achieve
ment. in open tribute to the genius OF a
winged people whose influence, persistent
and unconquerably young, is here de-