Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-27

study CT pas ard passing conditions and
scenes in England, is eXcellently pre-
pared and presented. The traditions that
cluster about the ancient eating and
drinking places of tie metropolis are re-
told. with much material that has not be-
fore been brought into satisfactory print.
Many contemporary prints are repro
duced, showing not only the old assem-
bling places of the writers, wits anc
roisterers of London, but typical scenes
on the streets of the capital. The volume
is handsomely printed and deliberately
decorated.
HAWAII AND IT'S VOLCANOES. BY
Charles H. Hitchcock. LID, of Dart
mouth College. Honolulu, Hawaii:
The Hawaiian Gazette Company. Ltd.
Hawaii is of particular interest to the
students of seismology by reason of the
fact that it contains two active volcanoes.
which occasionally contribute to the news
dispatches through their eruptions. The
H. waiian earth vents have attracted
many Investigators, and a great mass or
material has been prepared on the SUB
iect practically all of which is now out
of print. DIR. Hitchcock'ss volume Is an
assemblage of the most important and
trustworthy accounts of eruptions and the
most important observations of scientists
who have visited the islands TO study
the two great craters of Mauna Loa ana
Kilauea. 1t is an important record of an
exceptionally interesting series of activi-
ties. with numerous plates and diagrams
presenting the varying aspects OF these
great chimneyS. The work is prepared
with particular consideration for the non
technical reader whose acquaintance
with the Hawaiian volcanoes has been
limited by reason of the manner in which
previous accounts of their. outfioWs have
been presented.
LEGENDS OF THE ALEXANDRA. 3y
Washington Irving. With IiluStra-
tions and Decorations by George
Hood. Introduction by Hamilton
Wright Mabie, Philadelphia: j. Is.
Lippincott Company.
IrvingS great work deserves a rich set
ting whenever reproduced, and in this
volume it is given a satisfactory pres
entation, with series of full color illus
trations which suffer only from the in
Maxfield Parrish. whose style the artist
has closely followed. Mr.. Mabie's intro
duction is a scholarly appreciation of If
wings charming work, and includes
brief sketch of the authors career In
Spain This edition of the Alnambra is
one of the notable gift books of the sea-
son.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR
HENRY MORTON STANLEY, G. G..
b. Edited by his wife, Dorothy Stan
lev With Sixteen Photographers and
Map. Boston: Houghton, Miffiin &
Co.
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the explorer
belongs to history" but to any readers
the autobiography of him who was porn
John Rowlands will possess the value OF
news. Stanley tells with pathetic can
dor of the baby deserted by its mother;
of the little child banded among rela-
tiyes until his appetite outgrew their re-
luctant charity; of the boy subjected to
the foggings and hard tasks of a British
workhouse, and of youth escaping from
the tyranny of brutal sea captain 10
find on American soil the first Kindness
he had ever known: Henry STANLEY OF
New Orleans, who adopted the friendless
boy and gave him his name, died long
before the waif made that name famous,
but the autobiography of the explorer
shows his lifelong gratitude In tribute
that for appreciation would be hard TO
excel. Stanley tells his own story up to
the time when, having joined the Confed-
crate army and been captured and re-
leased from the hospital at Harpers Fer
nv, penniless and i'll, he begged shelter at
a farmhouse on the road. He says him
self: 81 was the wretchedest object alive,
possiblv as l felt l was by the manner
of the good fellow who tried to hide ms
disgust. He spread some hay in the out
house and l dropped on 1T without the
smallest wish to leave it again 1t was
several days before woke to conscious
ness, to find mattress under me. L
had on clean clothes. BY dint of assidu-
Gus kindness l gained strength slowly.
Mrs Stanley in a foot note states that
the good Samaritan was Mr.. Baker Of
HagerstOwn, Md.
The first nine chapters written by the
explorer, cover the early years of his