Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-13

| the life of it's subject. The authors man.
ner is easy. bright, informal. one sure 10
attract the age to which the companion,
! ship is offered. The clear, close, well
arranged summary following each chapter
| is distinctly helpful addition to the gen
eral text. The portraits. too. numerous
and good, add the substantial touch
necessary to a clear impression. good
book in this guide series.
ONE Drawer THING. BY Richard
Dehan. New York: Duffield 4 Co.
Picked out from the rabble of charac-
ters. incidents and condolences uhoer
which il is well-ngh buried, the Ola prop
lem appears. that of two men ana one
woman, problem whose only variant Is
two women and one man. Its particular
aspect here lies in the persistent relusai
of one man to give away the damaging
secret of another even TO favor ms own
ardent hopes. Reticence ABOUT one an
other is said to be so common among
men as to be counted masculine idpl.'
it's breach placing an offender in the sour
riIous class. it's exercise causing no sur
prise save only among women VINO en-
plOy a different method however SIM
pie and masculinely natural as the mat
ter in general appears, 1t mere taxes
six-hundred-page novel. the whole South
African war. and an army OF characters
to bring the affair to conclusion: Inc
main story-there are several stories pe-
tween these two lids-covers the bigamous
intent of dashing lieutenant. from
whose consummation he is himself dellv-
cred by getting decently killed in battle
With him dead the other man in time Sc
cures a platonic marriage with the lovely
girl. who is devoting her life to mourn
ing for lost hero. Right mere the ute
of the story and Donnes little verse at
the beginning get their point, for the nus.
band refuses to disllusion the girl and
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vealing the fellows knavery. The won
der is why she does not find it out. for
every one else knows about IT. However
sensib.y timely discovery would have
Topped off at least 200 pages of this book.
lessening the agony proportionately. One
of the separate stories here. or one prac-
tically separate. is that OF the girls early
life-just plain. undertaking matter.
The illigtimate child of faithless wife
and recreant lover, an orphan, house
hold drudge for a Dutch brute, unkempt,
dirt-crusted, vermin-eaten, her own name
forgotten and memory blurred. later bru-
tally ruined by her master-the picture is
revolving. made seemingly for the sake OF
making it, as it's logical relation to the
main thread is loose. its emotional effect
purely sensational. The book is in its
third edition.
ELIZABETH DAVENAY: Novel. BY
Claire de Pratt. New York: Mitch
ell kennerley.
Paris is the workshop OF this writer,
and the new woman-the new woman in
Francis the mouthpiece of her gospel
of equal rights. The heroine of the pres
ent story is what Jacqueline in THE
Education of Observation-Disclosures novel
by Miss de Pratz-would have become
had not her instinct been stronger than
the logic of her theory. Unfortunately,
the present heroine. despite one narrow
escape, stands resolutely by her dogma.
Informed, as we are, that the training OF
the young girl in France is of a strictly
conventional character, We gasp bit
at the degree of emancipation achieved by
this particular French girl. A teacher by