Evening star., 1909-06-05

Frederick Van Dyne. author ol
citizenship of the United States. :.
Rochester: The Lawyers Co-opera-
tive Publishing Company.
VIIE. present tendency in the
development of the American
consular and diplomatic service
is toward the creation of q
corps of efficient men, trained
specially for the duty of representing the
United States abroad. retained In service
as long as possible and encouraged to con-
slider themselves as engaged upon per-
manent career through promotion. This is
a replacement of the late system of re-
garding the diplomatic and consular
service as spoils to he used in the pay
ment of political debts and the develop
ment of partisan organizations. BY act of
Congress signed April 5. 1905, the entire
consular service was reorganzed and an
executive order was issued placing all
appointments and promotions on the civil
service basis. Mr.. Van Dyne, who has
served as assistant solicitor of the De-
partment Of State and is now the Ameri-
can consul at kingston, Jamaica. treats
in this volume of the service as thus
organized In manner to explain IN
structively the attractions of the con-
sular and diplo matte work for young men
seeking occupation under the govern
ment, and also setting forth the obli-
CATIONS and responsibilities of such as
SignmeutS. This is an elementary work,
so TO speak In fact it only deals with
the more practical questions affecting the
service, and does not go into matters of
international law 1t defines clearly the
duty Of diplomatic and consular officers,
explains the processes of treaty neGo-
tiatons, describes the social and legal
obligations of conSuls and ministers, and
gives abundant information to the end
of clearly stating the duties and limita-
rpp1lirpmpntS
ment's representatives. An appendix
contains the regulations governing eX-
aminatfons for consular positions and for
such offices as secretary of embassy and
legation; regulations governing appoint
ment and promotion in the consular
service; sample examination papers and
list of the present diplomatic and con-
sular officers.
IN THE WAKE OF THE GREEN BAN
NER- BY Eugene Paul Metour. Il
lustrated. New York: Charles
Scribners Sons. Washington: Wood
ward d Lothrop.
Recent events in Morocco furnish an
immediate historical background for this
tale of adventure and warfare in the
northwestern corner of Africa. The
writer betrays a personal acquaintance
with the conditions in the Sahara and
the mountainous regions Immediately
north and west of the great desert. His
story is repete with incidents of violence,
with descriptions of battles and retreats,
pursuits. captures and escapes 1t opens
with the tragedy of the massacre at
Marakesh, better known the city of
Morocco. and follows the fortunes OF
small party of fugitives from that scene
of horror who. under the guidance of
resourceful camel driver, make their pain
full way to and across the northwestern
Sahara and become involved in the fierce
warfare of the Moorish pretender against
n 1nrfno into
young French woman, a Corsican officer
of the French army, Circassian woman,
formerly of the Moorish sultan's harem.
and many natives people the pages of
the story with their plots and counter
plots and adventures. The tale is per-
haps somewhat too crowded with incident.
so great is the rush of happenings. Mr..
Metour has a vivid power of portraying
scenes of spirited action.
THE EARTH's BOUNTY. By Kate v.
Saint Maur. author of "a Self-Sup-
.. porting Home" Illustrated. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Mrs. Saint Maur In previous volume
told in practical way the story of a
home-making enterprise on small capital.
In this volume, which is a supplement
to the first. she sets forth In detail the
various means whereby a small farm
holding can be worked profita Jly by
utilizing the soil to the last degree and
by diversifying the product. She dis
tcusSes profit in winter lambs thS Ia:s-
Sing of violets in winter for market, tillage
and rotation of crops as regenerators,
building and operating a silo. Ike --salth
of the barnyard, the care of the Or
'chard, the management of the dairy, and
the treatment of young cattle, the rear
Ing of family and work horses, the profit
I'm quail and wild duck for marketing,
the establishment of goat herds as a
means of income, the treatment of the
wood lot the breeding of dogs. and finally
the best methods of poultry management
All her subjects are distinctly practical
and are the result of experience and close
reading and observation. The intelligent
farmer or the suburbanite with small
patch of land will surely find much of
interest and instruction and helpful sug-
gestions in this volume which is literally
supplied with photographs.
LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS, A
Story of the Haps and Mishaps on
an English Chicken Farm. BY P. G.
Wodehouse. Illustrated New York j:
The Circle Publishing Company.
Many man has plunged into chicken
farming with little knowledge Of the
habits of the domestic fowl and the prin-
ciples OF business as Stanley Feather
stonhaugh Ukridge. whose mental proc
esses were as queer as his name. But
few, 1t must be believed. have gone In
SO blithely and with such a perfectly
supreme UOlHerenc6 TO th6 rights, well
fare and comfort of others. The Ukridge
chicken farm, the ups and downs Of
which are humorously set forth In this
story, becomes the talk of the wide
neighborhood, and incidentally the scene
of a romance, which progresses to a
satisfactory completion through many diff
fculties. The young man who would not
scruple to have his prospective father
in-law tipped out of a boat in order to
rescue him for the sake of winning his
good will would be quite capable of
putting the old gentleman in a box on
the golf links by threatening to win a
long cherished championship from him
II he did not give his immediate consent
TO his daughters marriage. Mr.. Wode-
house. whose humor is at times trife
British will probably do better work
than this sprightly story in the future.
WALKS IN PARIS. BY Georges Cain.
curator of the "Musee Carnavalet /"
Translated by Alfred Allinson, INV.
Illustrated. New York. The Mac
milan Company. Washington: Bren-
tano'S.
Visitors to Paris find so much OF his
torical interest there that they need
guidance to insure them satisfactory
survey OF the field. The volume pre-
pared by NJ. Cain, which is now given
English translation, performs a valuable
service for the tourist. and incidentally
affords interesting reading for those who
do not venture abroad. He traces the