Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-06


UNu bined to make Calhoun one of
the most eminent figures in
the annals of our legislative
history That he has awaited himself OF
all reliable information is evidenced by
tho LIST of authorities credited in the last
paees of his book From these biogra-
phies and general sources ne mas ootaineo
his facts relating to the career of Cal
houn, the historic character, but the
reader feels indebted to Mr.. Hunt. per-
sonalIy. for so satisfying view of Cal
houn. the man.
There is a wildly human glimpse OF
the student at school in his southern
woods. when he lived in a log hut. and
studied, winter and summer, under the
trees. And sense of nearness Is given
by the description of those first years
of Calhoun's life in this city, when ne
occupied the same boarding mousse as
Clay, Cheves and Lowndes. ana they
were known as the strongest war mess
in Congress- incidentally, the author
refers to this period as the goiden Gays
of the White House," when DoHy Madi-
son held undisputed sway. and there
was enough society in the city 10 make
the time pass pleasantly
Each advancing step in the statesman s
career is sketched in forceful sequence:
His appointment as secre. t;cy 81 tor T tha
presidency and his continuous candidacy
from that date to the time OF his death.
twenty-eight years later; MS electlon as
Vice President Of the United STATES MS
breach with Jackson, his career IN the
Senate and his withdrawal to enter upon
an active campaign for the presidency,
his acceptance of the office or Secretary
of State offered by Tyler. his re-entrance
into the Senate and his final great speech.
which he was unable to make because OF
illness and which was read for MN by
Senator Mason of Virginia March 4. ieooI
a few weeks previous to Calhoun death.
The student will feel that In this volume
of the series Of American Crisis Blogra-
phies" Mr.. Hunt has succeeded In MS
endeavor to show that Calhoun was q
popular leader, that he was dominated
bv popular forces and that his power lay
i'm his correct Interpretation of the Will
of his people. To study his life. there-
fore as the author states. Is TO STUDY Tue
course of public opinion In the south our
ing a nomentouS period when 1t formed
into a great movement to resist greater
movement
To the reader who has grasped the ma
ture of the great Carolinian, as analyzeo
that a leader so powerful in the national
life and a man so pure In his personal
integrity should have died almost on the
eve of the civil war when the south SO
needed him to guide her to her salvation
1t was his last conviction, as he lay dying
in his lodging across the park from the
Capitol, that he alone could save the
south and the Union to each other. and ne
battled for this conviction on the very
threshold of death.
ONE IMMORTALITY. By H. Fielding
Hall author of THE Inward Light,
ETC. New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
This is an unusual book. A novel. by
right of its romance, 1t exceeds the
province OF fiction, which is merely to
please, and makes the reader think.
There are characters and incidents and
changes of scene, but one gets the impress
sion that they are not for the ordinary
purpose of developing a plot, but are so
many tools which the author uses 10
prove the One Immortality that forms
the title of his work and dominates It's
pages.
In his own words: There are three
loves that make and keep the world
the love that binds man and woman
into one flesh and soul. the love tina
draws families into nations. the love tina
holds the world to God" 1t is his claim
that all our life that Is worth the HvlnA
is the expression of one or more of these
loves; all our religions are attempts to
explain them: all our hopes are in their
immortalities. Therefore, every story
that is not confined to the mere trap
pings Of today must proceed from them.
This book Is about the .rSt.
A man and girl meet in Venice and
are fellow-travelers on a voyage to the
far east. There are other young peo-
pie aboard who contribute their share
of filtration, but 1t is the man and girl
who represent the love that Is immortal.
She does not want to love. She resents
man because, since the world began, he
has dominated woman. There Is a group
of nuns who stay always together on
deck. and the girl believes she has found
al last, in these gentle sisters. an ex-
ample of woman's entire independence of.
man. But Sister Cecilia dies on the voy-
age and there Is lamentation among the
nuns because there was NO priest aboard
to administer to the dying one the last
rites of their church. Even nuns were
dependent upon man. The time comes,
of course, when she gets better valu-
alton of woman's importance in mans
world and by the love of both, which
is immortal.
The passengers include q wise old Ger
man professor. who writes papers on
scientific subjects, and who, in the course
of his reflections. reminds himself that
every living creature, man, animal bird
and insect; every growing thing, every
stratum of earth, every fossil. everything
In the whole world. with one exception,
mas its schools, professors and students
The exception is love. yet 1t is love
alone that has made and kept the world
1t alone has the key to past, to present
10 future. He proves to his own sat
lsfaction-and perhaps persuades the
reader, who is his only listener-that
when nations decay one has only to look
at their ideas of love to find the cause
The east sank because she mated babies