The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

suades Audrie 20 take her place and meet
tie dragon" as they two nave dubbed
the guardian. This Audrie IS in no wise
unwilling 10 DO. and accordingly we are
treated 20 the delicious spectacle Of Aud
re masqUerading IS Eflaline and the
] guardian. Sir Lionel PenJraSons half sus-
pecting and Audrie half suspecting be
suspects. and so on. with gathering com
/ rilcatons an every step. Owing 20 The
partial destruction by FIRE Of Sir LioneFs
home, De takes Audrie and his sister on
an automobile tour through England 20
pass the tine required for repairs % his
ancestral halls. The prOpinQuity Isl con-
staut, and IL IS inevitable that Audrie and
/ Sir Lionel fan IN love efter passing
/ through many and amusing vicissitudes.
/ Although the volume IS a thick one, the
story Is not too long drawn out. and is
/ charmingly set on by a background o.
( descriptions Of the places visited On the
automobile. including the English cathe-
dral towns. 4 vast fund OF information
Tor travellers. some of il absolutely new,
IS 10 be found ia the pages OF this IN
many respects remarkable story. The
title Of the book is drawn from the verse.
quoted by AUdrie:
This little void
tbs precious stone SET 10 the silver sea.
Ihts England.
+ THE SHADOW or rHE CRESCENT Bv I'd
ward Bedinser 5Htcheu. New York: Fredsrick
A. Stokes Company.
/ This novel. by Edward BedinEer Nit
/ chell, IS a romance that embodses every
/ imaginable phase OF excitement and ad-
venture that could have occurred incl
/ dentaily. with the recent uprising and
/ change Of administration in Turkey. Its
/ author, however. denies that am. one OF
/ the characters utilized by him. has been
| Intentionally. at least appropriated out
Of the pages Of this familiar BIT OF his
tory.
Every chapter, indeed every page. Of
/ the book has az least one individual
I thrill At the outset. we find the million
aire hero, a good looking and weI-bred
young American. OF rwenry-odd years, in
! the predicament Of having on mis- hands,
under the terms Of his fathers viii. a
/ young lady. just upon the point OF closing
/ her educational term IN a Canadian con
vent 1t SO happens that al this time
I the guardian has never seen. and knows
( nothing whatever about his charge. but
+ after rescuiDg and making friends with a
{ mysterious stranger Of Undoubted rank
I in one Of the by-ways Of Paris. being
I drugsed in the haunt OF a beautiful fe-
male. and miracul0Usiy escaping from the
I Partisan police, he sets about 20 make
/ tae acquaintance OF his ward Accom-
I panied hy his aunt. he reaches the con
4 vent only ga time 10 prevent the young
I lady from hiring OUT os a g0verness He
falls In love with her. and i-en she is
/ unfortunately kidnapped from an auto
I mobile. The balance OF the story re-
I counts the chase Of the Williams that
+ would kdnap back across the Atlantic.
\ through most Of the countries on the
/ Continent. into Turkey finally. where
/ everything pans out much better than
/ you could have imagined, at any stage
I OF the excitement There also enters
I into The tale OF a diamond and emerald
I necklace. % incalcUable value. which
/ seems 20 De the source OF all trouble and
( IS therefore. placed IN the hands Of the
I heroine; and there is a signet ring. bear
ing meaningless characters. which. placed
/ IN the hero's hands. seems 10 straighten
[ out the knots much as did the fairy
/ godmother's wand IN TIE days OF our
/ childhood.
This is a decidedly comfortable book for
I the sumner season. Il reaches a SPOT
/ that one OF less movement would not ap-
I proach- u contains enough action. IN
/ fact. 20 make a dozen melodramas seem
/ slow beside q g.
THE OLIVIA LETTERS by E1Ty Essar B-irss
New YORK and W1s-iu-r1n- The Neale C1npz1y
and NoodV1rd & Loth-0p.
The distinction OF being one OF the
earliest newspaper women Of the country
I belongs 70 Emily Edison Bricgs. who
wrote so entertaining for the past gener-
I "a
/ olivia" The volume. which. although
not recently from the press. having been
I published in 1876. the Neale Company has
issued under the ti-le OF The Olivia Let
/ ters,'' IS OF lasting interest II IS a col
! lection Of the most interesting OF those
/ famous letters. written for and published
\ by the Philadelphia Press. between 1856
/ and lSS2. attracting as they did. the most
I Intelligent and scholarly people OF this
/ country and Europe. These letters form
( a history OF Washington, both IN sun
/ shine and shadow. OF that eventful period
/ OF reconstruction DAYS. They are pen
I pictures Of the public men. their wives.
\ their daughters. and their friends. Society
I ~ the drawing-rOoEs, al the dinner
tables, az public and private receptions:
1 also scenes In both houses Of Congress in
I many OF the peculiarly interesting and
/ history-nalzing events which were con
/ stantly occurring. There are scenes in
I the committee rooms. in the lobbies, IN
/ the cloak rooms. IN the cafes. SC There
/ are episodes wherein statecraft. dIpIo-
macy and various schemes are seen IN
/ the making: and IN which costumes. con
versation and idiOsyncTasies OF public
men and women are described
l Mrs E~fnr~u mas 1agrr 81 -r-g4r-
I large social and political influence, ap-
/ parenuy. She knew everybody, went
/ everywhere, saw everything. and then
wrote all about her experience Charles
sumner said Of olivia Her EngIish
\ is as perfect as the purest classic Greek. %
Among the most interesting chapters
( Of this. in many respects remarkable
I volume. are found AT the Impeachment
Y Trial Elizabeth Cady Stanton" .-Levee
at the Executive Mansion, "A Plea for
/ the Negro General Phil Sheridan. %
/ Senatorial Pen Pictures The Dragons
/ Of the Lobby" A West End Reception.
/ Bingham and Butler" ''Lincoln's Birth
/ day. Samuel 3 Morse" The Black
4 Man in Congress" Delegates from the
I Southland" Georgetown Arist0cracy.r
I Champions Of the Suffrage Cause" &C
/ All Of these. and many other chapters
/ IN the book are devoted TO the history
/ Of the Capital covering practically two
| decades Of its most important history
I making epoch. No student Of Washing
I ton and its history, can ignore the valu-
! axle data which this book contains. for
| the accuracy and fidelity Of the pictures
I has never been questioned
LITERARY NOTES.
/ Elinor Mccartney Lane. herself Irish.
whose Tasf hp~of~a .sT(af~f-e In The