Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

of love is woven through every chapter
and a youth and maiden find. at last.
that paradise is under the shadow of
swords There are photographs of an
cient streets and palaces: the interior of
the great cathedral of Siena, "a perpetual
hymn to the glory of Cod and repro
auctions of the paintings of its altar and
walls, one of which forms the frontis-
piece The exterior of the cathedral dec
crates the cover and the margins of each
page are beautifully scroled
ALMOST FAIRY CHILDREN; or. The
Cozy Evenings of Brother and Sister.
By Caleb Lewis. illustrated by
George F. Kerr. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
The adventures of Brother and Sister
in their travels about the world of strange
things, in the nutmeg tree and on the
magic carpet, in the fort of prickly pears
and in the igloo In Greenland, are told by
old Uncle Tan In his cabin by the sea to
his young visitors. Jane and Peter. Uncle
Tan admits that his stories are not even
probable. but they are fascinating never
the ess, and this handsomely illustrated
book introduces them to a wider field
than the two delighted children who eat
blueberries, bluefish, white biscuits and
yellow honey at the old mans table.
THE GOLD HUNTERS; a Story of Life
and Adventure in the Hudson Bay
author of The Wolf Hunters" IL
Illustrated by c. NJ. Relyea. Indian
apolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company.
The boys who went up into the great
northland in search of gold and found it
had no picnic experience. They encoun-
tered danger in many forms and were
confronted by the great mystery OF the
frozen land, with its wild animals and
savage Indians and it's perls of climate.
friendly nature figure attractively in this
narrative, which will appeal strongly to
all boys and girls who love tales of adj
venture.
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. BY
Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated
by Florence Edith Storer. New York:
Charles Scrtbner's Sons.
Stevenson's delightful poems and verses
about and for children appeal irresistibly
to the illustrator, for they are full OF
the humanity of youth and they strike
the universal note of innocence and joy.
This rendering in pictures is fresh and
satisfactory. Both the black and white
sketches and the full-page color plates,
Of which there are eight, are highly
artistic. Even these who have earlier
editions of Stevenson's verses will want
this charming presentation.
PEWTER AND THE AMATEUR COL
Fortythree Plates illustrating the
Subject. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. Washington: Brentano's.
The pewter fad continues in strength
despite the fact that it has spread to in
clude large numbers of people who are
intent upon securing samples of this now
obsolete ware. The pewter expert is en-
thusiastic over texture. marks, shape and
eccentricities of manufacture. Those who
IN mot hnnr 1T ty, ftxaS snt f,ff
fascination are likely to join the ranks
after q perusal of this interesting work
on pewter. Its chief object Is to assist
amateur collectors to a knowledge Of
the ware and to guard them against mis-
takes. Some admirable examples of pew
ter are shows in the half-tone plates.
THE BIRTH OF MODERN ITALY;
Mario. Edited with Introduction,
Notes and Epilogue. by the Duke
tta-Visconti-Arese, author of the
Soul of a Priest Illustrated New
York: Imported by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
That the French revolution influenced
the movement that illuminated In the
unitication of Italy, is the opening i'm
preston of a woman who, as her liter
AIRY sponsor notes, was one of those fig
ures destined by circumstances to move
IN the OrDlt or many OF the great HieIl
who have thrown an imperisha BILE light
on the epoch of the Italian resurrection.
The memoirs left by Nine. Mario
show in word and spirit the intensity OF
her faith in the who made that
movement possible. She, herself, gave to
the cause ardent pen that knew no
limit to its will to serve. OF English and
American blood, she found in Garibaldi
and Mazzini. whom she met in Italy,
heroes who had powerful an influence
on her destiny that she adopted their
country as her own. Her biographer
mentions that .'she was doomed to be a
stranger both la her adopted and in her
native land. as her manners and ideas,
partaking of the idiosyncracies of the
two races. made 1t impossible for her to
be thoroughly comprehended and appre
ciated by either Perhaps it is due to
these characteristics that the Duke Litta-
Visconti-Arese finds it necessary to say,
in closing his introduction. ut Is advis-
able to state that do not indiscrimi-
nately indorse all the opinions of the
writer
Readers who remember our own civil
war will recall with equal cearness the