Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-26

is characteristic Of THE Green Patch"
Things sort OF just Happen along without
design Or particular sequence, and it
seems as SfteuefJ the author had finally
ehoppads 'itopff because it had reached
the limit Of her writing stint. Certainly
the relations between Daffy and her hus-
band are sdUt left at an especially prom
Using stage. 3 But from the beginning
things have gone wrong with Daffy and
Daffy's sisters and Daffy's father an>
Daffy's mother. 1t all started with the
considerate and well regulated desertion
of his family by Daffys father. immedi-
ately preceded by the forgetful abandon
ment of his three little daughters in an
open boat while he took swim If Bar
oness Won Hutton had worked really
coherent story around this delightful,
vague and forgetful parsonage. Daffy' s
father. 1.-THE Green Patch" by whatever
title. would doubtless have been a worthy
addition to her list of delightful books.
A BOOK OF THE CHRIST CHILD. By
Eleanor Hammond Broadus. Illus
trated in color from paintings by
the old masters. New York: D.
Appleton & Co.
Appropriate to the Christmas season
comes this beautiful volume of legends of
the Christ Child. illustrated with repro
auctions Of the most famous paintings
which present the holy family. In her re-
telling of these legends the compiler has
undertaken to simplify them, using the
outlines as they exist in the old records.
but treating the details with freedom. The
spirit of the highest reverence pervades
the pages, and the whole appeals strongly
as an exceptionally attractive Christmas
volume.
OVER THE NONSENSE ROAD. BY Luz
cile CULVER. illustrated by F.
Strothmann. New York: D. Apples
ton & Co
The fact that this authors name Is
CULVER should not prejudice any reader
of this work or cause feeling that 1t
lacks in credibility. These may be GULL
ver's travels in one sense in that they
deal with strange conditions and unknown
creatures, but they are not necessarily
untrue on that account. Everything is
true in Nonsense Land. There is nothing
improbable in that region of great delight,
and this author has rendered real serv-
ice in leading her little friends over part
of the road and presenting them to the
Courtly Peeshoo, Grandmother Marmot.
the Coy Baboon. the jolly Bruang and
the Witching Wah Mr.. Strothmann's pic
lures make it imperative that any one
who opens this book should read it
through.
THE BOOK OF FOOT BALL
BY Walter Camp. New York: The
Century Company.
Walter Camp is undoubtedly the great
est authority on foot bali in this coun-
try. He is a defender of the game and
an advocate of it's proper revision, and
knows the history of the sport from the
beginning to the latest contest He has
now presented volume full of anecdotes,
with numerous recitals of exciting plays
and tales of the ability of great players
1f,,II. rty.
It Is an epitome of the developments OF
foot ball. from the earliest times. OF i'm
mediate interest is his review of the rea-
sons for an insistent popular demand
for revision OF the rules and an esti-
mate Of what the present rules accom-
plish. Many illustrations accompany the
| work. which is of practical value to all
foot ball players and coaches.
BOHEMIA AND THE CECHs; The His.
tory, People, Institutions and the
Geography of the Kingdom, TOgeth.
er With Accounts of Moravia and
SiIesia. BY Will S. Monroe, author
OF Turkey and the Turks" etc. H.
Illustrated. Boston: L. c. Page & Co
1t is remarkable that although b.
hernia has been visited by great crowds
OF tourists. seekers for the picturesque
and seekers for health, there has not been
until the present volume any general work
OF travel and description on that interest
ing land in English. Therefore MIR. Mon
roe's work fills real need and will be
read perhaps with the keenest interest by
those who have been in Bohemia, possibly
at one Of the famous springs, Carlsbad OF
Marienbad. the fame OF which makes
Bohemia one of the most sought parts of
Europe. Mr.. Monroe treats of Bohemia
geographically. historically. socially and
industrially. He deals with especial en-
phasis upon the human side of his sub
ject, the people and their ethnic char
acteristics. their social and political In.
situations, their economic and industrial
conditions, their religion and education,
literature. music, painting, sculpture
| architecture, etc. Throughout the worR