Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-22

of peers had been respected and had re-
manned inviolate amidst these hordes of
barbarians, that / realized the innate
strength of the British constitution and
how difiicult it is to bring about a
change"
In the course Of his description of life
In Morocco. and particularly the rapid
changes that have swept over the coun-
try. and the shifting of political influ-
ences Mr.. AshmeadRartlett finds oppor-
tunity to make instructive observations
upon the French army, which he praises
highly for its spirit. equipment and field
ability. The book is mainly a record of
the campaigns which follow the iooting
and burning of Casablanca. and is pro-
fuSely illustrated from photographs 1t
gives an excellent conception of the diff
culties encountered by the French and
the Spanish in their subsection of the
tribesmen in both the Casablanca and
the Mellila campaigns.
THE GUILLOTINE CLUB, Other stor-
ries. BY s. Weir Mitchell, NJ D., LII.
D. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne
and F. r. Gruger. New York: The
Century Company.
Those who have read "a Diplomatic Ad-
venture" will pass easily to the supple
mentary story which forms the first of
the four items in this volume of tales.
The same characters appear, including
Alphonse. who brings to his domestic
service qualities that were useful to him
in his police connection. A bit of mysti-
cism pervades THE Fourteenth Guest y
but The Mind Reader is rather ex-
crime. THE House Beyond Prettymarsh''
is brief bit of ghost-story telling.
YOUNG WALLINGFORD. BY George
Randolph Chester, author of THE
Early Bird" etc. Illustrated by F.
r. Gruger and Henry Raleigh. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Com
pany.
1T was only due TO the admirers of the
Get Rich Quick Wallingford'' that Mr.
Chester should carry them back to the
earlier stages OF this resourceful young
mans career. In Young Wallingford'
he is presented. Iot in his boyhood and
youth. but in young manhood, when he
had acquired the expensive tastes that
made rapid fortune-earning a necessity
to his comfort. and he first began to listen
to the lure of easy money. He is
shown in his first venture into swift
finances the organization and sale of a
bucket shop in his own town with capital
informally borrowed from a bank by
trusted employe of that institution. IT
is at this period that Wallingford meets
Blackie Daw. that versatile accomplish
and assistant who plays an important
part IN MS subsequent operations. IheSe
early incidents in the life of the irresist-
ible company organizer, scheme promoter
gambler and near-swindler. show him in
that difficult stage of development when
he is lowering close to the edge of the
law. incidentally. it explains how Mrs.
Walingford came into his sphere Of ex-
istence in the course Of an unusually
artistic operation, in which her father
was the chief participant. and but for a
stroke of compunction and wifely COM
pulsion, would have been chief mourner.
ANNE kEMPBURN. TRUTHsEEKER.
BY Marguerite Bryant, author Of
christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker'
New York: Duffield & Co.
A sequel is always a dangerous expert
ment, especially following literary sue
cess In christopher Hibbault'' Mar
guerite Bryant gave something new and
fresh and strong TO the world. She
might have rested content with that one
performance. or, having yielded to the
desire to write again. she might have
struck off on a new line and shown versa
tilty. She has chosen the more difficult
and at the same time more satisfa Glory
course OF presenting in "Anne Kempburn'
what is virtually a continuation Of the
story of christopher Hibbault'' and his
evolution into a great ironmaster,. pre-