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

on the Federal side to mix politics with
war management, which resulted in the
commission OF many mistakes and in the
handicapping of officers in the field. He
finds that ultimately this same disposition
prevailed at Richmond and he does not
spare his criticism of the late president
of the Confederacy, whom he severely
scores for his failure on several occasions
to rise to the full measure of his duty and
his opportunities.
ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER; the
History Of George and His Mary.
BY A. S. NJ. Hutchinson. New York:
Mitchell kennerley.
This book" says it's author, has its
title from that dashing sentiment Once
aboard the lugger and the girl is mine,'
This. he explains. is the label that might
be applied to all novels of generic title, to
all modern stories, "since there is not
one OF these but in this form or that sets
out the pursuit of his mistress by the
man or his treatment of her when he has
ciapped her beneath matches" The read
er thus warned should not look for sea-
scapes. should not think to smell the
salt or the sea or hear the rattle of the
docks or the hoarse cries of the sailors.
There is In fact hardly a glimpse of
water, fresh or salt; there is not boat
in the whole narrative and not a sailor
IN the cast of characters. 1t is like its
title, whimsical. delightful flight of the
imagination. dealing with the thrilling
case OF kidnapped cat. stolen from it's
adorlng owner by a nephew who has per-
fectly good financial. moral and senti-
mental reasons for seeking to thwart that
hard-fsted. hard-hearted relative. Mr..
Hutchinson. who has thus newly come
into the ken Of the American novel read
er, has no sense Of limitation in his work.
He does not hesitate to stop his story
telling at times to digress upon some fan
cied line of discussion, some bit Of philo-
sophicaf reasoning. But he does not
entertaining. Indeed, he is a humorist of
exceptional quality, and his digressions
are as diverting as the tale itself. This
is long narrative, but at no point is it
dull.
CONDITIONS OF PROGRESS IN
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. BY
Charles Evans Hughes. New Ha-
ven: Yale University Press.
Gov Hughes delivered this lecture at
Yale University as one of the series Of
Dodge lectures on the responsibilities Of
citizenship. No ADLER expounder Of the
doctrine of active citizenship could have
been chosen than the present executive of
the state of New York who is about to
step aside from that Office to assume his
duties as member of the highest court
OIL the republic. IL Ills prospective Change
in his public service renders the present
printing of his lecture at Yale of especial
interest for II disclOses the view taken
of the part played by the individual citi-
zen in public affairs by one who is pres
emily to sit in judgment upon some of the
most important questions ever submitted
to that tribunal. Gov. Hughes advice to
his student auditors was to join a polit-
ical party and to work steadfastIy and
earnestly through that medium for the es-
tablishment of the true principles of de-
mocracy in the advancement of our af-
fairs.
SOME GREAT STORIES AND HOW TO
TELL THEM. BY Richard Thomas
Wyche. Organizer and President of