Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12

tracts f:om the journal of George Fox.
the Quaker, who visited Am,r .ca In
1872. and q final conference between
George Talbot Of Maryland and William
Penn.
For the reader who is content to let
the history of Maryland take care of it
self. the old documents possess the charm
that comes from the telling OF eat
things in a simple manner, and those
who insist upon being direct desc ndants
from the original first families OF Mary
land would probably revise their pedigree
could they have seen with Father Whites
eyes: Tall natives-painted blew from the
nose downeward and read upward. and
sometimes contrarywise with great
variety. and in gastly manner-natives
who went naked except for furs, and
who wore beads with otherwies a
hauke's bill or the talents OF an eagles
or the teeth of beasts
The 400 pages touch upon about every
important event in the early history OF
the state, and there is a map. copied from
the original of 1888. and a facsimile of
Lord Baltimore's handwriting.
PRINCESS FLOWER HAT; q Comedy
from the Perplexity Book Of Bar
bara, the Commuters Wife. BY Ma
bel Osgood Wright, author OF The
Garden of a Commuters Wife, etc
New York: The Macmillan Company
Washington: Brentano's.
There is no reason why Barbara
should not continue to write her delight
full books indefinitely. There is no limit
to the number Of attractive and interest
ing people she can introduce to her read
ing public. Every one Of her friends has
some quality that makes good reading.
and in all Of the Barbara" books there
is distinct atmosphere of the country
which in itself is refreshment' fhis
story describes the experiences OF a
bachelor maid who at tha age Of thir-
ty-three decides to cut away from urban
responsibilities and make nome lot
herself in the country. naturally going to
Barbara for her suggestions ana then
proceeding to help herself to cottage
and plot Of ground. which she transforms
into an attractive donicile. She makes
mistakes, of course-ludicrous mistakes
some of them-sbut learning all the time
from them and progressing toward real
woven into her experiences. ending, as dc
all the Barbara romances. to the entire
satisfaction of the reader.
NO MANS LAND, . Romance. BY Loui:
Joseph Vance. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
Having trailed half way around the
world in some Of his searches for ad
venture, Mr.. Vance now takes his reader
possible romance, the huddle Of islands
lying south of the Massachusetts coast
which have always been useful to nov
eiists. man unjustly accused and con-
victed of murder Is saved from the cleo
trio chair at the last moment. Desiring
to hold himself aloof from society for a
while, he seeks diversion on the sea, and
by a singular coincidence runs into as
ISOLATION with a most ging person
atty whom he rescues from Long Island
sound. 1t is by a somewhat more direct
means than mere chance that these two
are carried to NO Mans Land a sup
posedly uninhabited island of the afore-
mentioned archipelago. There things hap
pen briskIy and tragically and d situa-
ton develops which Mr.. Vance handles
with consummate skill. involving his
characters in hairbreadth escapes and
exciting experiences in the fashion that
has made his previous novels so success
full Nothing that he has done before
grasps the reader more powerfully than
does this romance of the sea, in which
wireless telegraphy plays an important
part and mystery remains unsolved UNI
til the final chapter.
THE BLUE ARCH. BY. Alice Duer Mil
Ter. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. Washington: Woodward &
LothrOp.
Mrs. Miller presents three men char