Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27

the hook. There are many fine touches In
this story, which will strongly appeal to
the lovers Of the dialect novel and VIII
In a measure strengthen Mr.. Booths rep
utation.
THE TOWN AND THE TRUST . Novel.
nv Harrison Patten., New York and
Washington: The Neale Publishing
Company. 49,
Mr.. Patten joins the ranks Of Washing
ton story tellers with this contribution 10
the literature OF present day politics. II
dscloses an intimate acquaintance with
conditions in the smaller cities 1t is a
study in municipal Acknowledgement and
corruption and the workings of the po-
litical machine in conjunction with the
great forces Of business. Rival local
newspaper publishers are set in opposition
TO each other, one who is postmaster OF
the city. favoring and his competitor OPP
posing the grant OF a trolley FRANCHISE
In the course OF the campaign, In which
large forces are enlisted, much damage Is
done. the, GAUGE. Of righteousness by the
elements of evil, but ultimately virtue
triumphs and all is well. Mr.. Fatten tells
his story with a brfsk direotness that
gives promise OF better work hereafter
when he has eschewed the melodrawatic
and devoted himself to closer study OF
character.
YAwCOB STRAUSS, Other Poems. BY
Charles Follen Adams. illustrated
by Boz Boston: Lothrop. Lee Il
Shepard Company.
The first edition Of Mr.. Adams "Yaw-
cob Strauss" poems appeared In 1878 and
was an immediate success. strongly APP
peaiing to the American sense Of humor.
From time to time new volumes have been
2ta0 xr1fth q aY~vvr
welcome. and now appears complete COL
lection, including not only the Strauss
verses but other poems that have been
written since 1883. 1t is fortunate that
Mr. Adams has decided to present in this
reissue all OF his work and not TO edit out
those selections which he NAV perhaps
have Outgrown or which have lost some
of their points through the change OF con-
ditions and OF the public taste. II is i'm
portant that these literary landmarks
should be preserved. In this edition APP
pear numerous illustrations in the familiar
"Yawcob Strauss" style. signed Boz
from the pencil Of Morgan j. sweeney
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY SERIES
STRIKES when to strike, How to
strike, Book Of SuggestiOn Ter the
Bnyers and Seller. Of Labor. ..r,. BY
oscar r. Crosby. author OF Tioet
and Turkestan." etc. New YORK: u.
r. Putnam's Sons.
Mr.. Crosby. who is we'll known as
washingtonian. proceeds in his presenta-
ton of this important subject upon the
theory that strikes are justifiable. that 1t
is within the right Of man TO cease work
ing when he feels that he is not receiving
an adequate compensation for his labor.
He seeks to answer specifically the ques-
ton of when to strike and how to strike
and the way to strike and whether strik-
ing is profita BILE. Mr. Crosby does not ad-
vocate violence in the conduct of strikes
On the contrary. he strongly deplores all
such tendencies. He feels that the strike
to succeed must proceed by peaceful meth
DDS, along lines of orderly persuasion. le-
nomic weapons rather than physical. The
strike. nevertheless. is necessarily
wasteful method of justifying the rela-
tons between capital and labor. and Mr..
Crosby hopes for the evolution OF better
means of bringing the worker and the
employer into harmonious dealings, each
getting that which is his due without being
forced to go to war for il.
STUDENTS EDITION OF STAND
ARD DICTIONARY OF THE Enc
IISH LANGUAGE: Abridged from
the Funk & WagnaiIs standard DIE
tiOnary Of the EnEIish Language.
BY James Z. Fernald. l.. Fl. D.. Edi-
tor. etc. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Company
The average full-sized dictionary is too
big for convenient use. Whether printed
works OF this character are unhandy. and