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

ie. In tie remaining chapters the altn
has been Ito make him the narrator and
Interpreter Of his own actions. This has
been done wherever possible by inter-
weaving into connected narrative
strands gathered from his unpublished
writings"
share in the wars in the west and in the
Abysslnian campaign, his explorations in
Africa. the finding of Livingstone and the
rescue OF Emin. not counting the romance
or OF hndlng fame and love in the land OF
his unhappy birth. all make up a bios-
raphy that more than proves the adage
that truth is stranger than fiction. Stan
ley's opinion of Gordon will probably be
MS most important statement in the eyes
OF his cOuntrymen, who honor both men:
1T was optional with Gordon to live or
d'e. He preferred to die. | should have
lived, If only to get the better of the
Mahdi ] maintain that to live is harder
and nobler than to die. l have refrained
from all public expression of opinion. be-
cause it is not permitted in England to
criticise Gordon. and besides he was a
true hero. and he died nobly. That 81
lences ore. Nevertheless. l hold that
Gordon need not have died
There are several photographs of Stan
ley. one of which forms the frontispiece,
and also a photograph of Mrs Stanley.
who has so ably fulfilled her mission OF
love. There are also illustrations of the
cottage of the explorers birth the mono
Africa showing his line of journey
MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE. BY
Homer Davenport. New York: 3.
w. Dodge & Co.
Not long ago Mr. Davenport paid pub
lie tribute to an Arab horse which he had
found abroad and brought to this coun-
try. Whether this individual animal fig
ured in the experiences recited in this
volume does not appear. but, judging
from the zeal shown by the writer in his
search for a genuine specimen of the
steed Of the desert great affection must
have existed or his part for the beautiful
creature. In going to Arabia Mr.. Daven-
port had bit single purpose--to obtain
Arab mares and stations of absolute
purity of blood that he could trace as
coming from the great Anezeh tribe of
Bedouirs. He carried with him letters
from President Roosevelt and the Sui
tan of Turkey, and was greatly facllitat-
ed in his search by officials throughout the
east. In this book he tells of his adven-
lures with keen humor He met some In
terasting people and had an excellent OPP
portunity to match his own capacity for
bargaining with the traditional ability OF
the Arabs to take care of themselves in
a horse trade. The work is handsomely
illustrated.
ROME. BY Edward Hutton. Sixteen il
Illustrations in color by Maxwell
Armfield and twelve other illustra-
tions. New York: The Macmillan
Company. Washington: Brentano's.
Mr.. Hutton's Rome is both descrip-
tive and historical, the two lines OF effort
naturally falling together to effect a
clear account of the city today viewed
through the perspective of it's past. 1t
is the product of scholarship and patient
research. and will greatly please thought
full tourists to the Italian capital. Mr.
Armfield's sixteen color plates are in the
main highly artistic, but here and there
a plate is added which contributes moth
ing to the work. Thus ruins on the
PaIatne'' is admirable. while IS. Maria
in Cosmedin'' can hardly be said to add
to the interest or attractiveness Of the
volume.
SUCCESS IN MUSIC AND HOW 1T Is
WON. BY Henry T. Finck, author OF
Wagner and His Works" etc. with
Chapter on Tempo Rubato by Ig-
mace Jan Paderewski. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
On all sides are young men and women
struggling to perfect themselves in the art
of musical expression. devoting them
selves to this career with patience and
fortitude, sometimes tagging and again
persisting in the long struggle to achieve
musical perfection. To them this work is
addressed 1t is for their encouragement
and advice 1t is no pessimistic pen that
has prepared the volume; it breathes
the spirit of hope and assurance that the
great fight is worth while and leads to
success The author proceeds on the
premise that good musicians are urgently
needed everywhere, the demand for first