Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
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tBRAHAM LINCOLN: The Tribute Of
Century. IsO8-10O9. .Commemo-
rativc Of the Lincoln Centenary
and Cont aiming the trinc1pal
Speeches made in connection there
with Edited by Nathan William
MacChesney. Chicago: y {. Nc
ClurS X Co.
rN giving permanence and accessloi'i'E'
by means of this book publication, to
tho chief features of the lAnco'h
centenary celebrated throughout the
northern and western parts u the
,;,od states in 1.sn. Nh Mac,heSi'e
rc1dc~~ marked service TO history anu
,f.r,,,yi, this to patriotism, Citizenship anu
,,anhood. In addition 10 the intrinsic MS
4.ric i,nnoriaDc. of this volume. II nears
VOL IN. charm of personality, tha' OF
,,ar,- large personalities here blended III
common homage to the great Amerltdh'
T,is,turrishcd men of foreign lands. Gnu
,.rs ,f am own coJntry--statesnleh
>.b,Iars orators writer's. men OF p"sI-
pass-vithoiIt distinctions OF race Unite
,,er. in single purpose AMI eXalted 1hoou
- Iift this noble character into reilei ana
,.dianre In its use this II n Nounc 10
,cad here aud there. the reader choosing
his orator At will. until i'll the course OIL
time this compendium Of elo1r'cn'e ana
ruth j. all gathered and cherished and
S.5rdi.d as i most completes. nanN-Sided
vie. Of tho character and life of Abraham
Lincoln.
LEADING AMERICAN E>>AHisT>. BY
William Morton Payne. LIZ II. New
York. Henry Holt X CO.
The advantages of a general. prcliml-
nary outlook over any subject accrue
IN the first chapter of this volume
tlsrouch a historical survey Of Amerl-
can cssayists Each of these is herein
measured so far as the limits set for
ills apprafsement permit by his effect
the development and use of this
form of literary art subsequently If
Nins. Emerson. Th"rcau and Curtis are
chosen subjects for special study,
not only Because these writer's en-
ploycd the ESSAY as their chief medium,
hut also because they stand. in the
mind Of the author as the primo influ-
cuce. in America. on the growth and
perfection of this particular form OF
expression. Each of these four. there
forc. forms the subject of broadly
complete. critical. Geographic account
ing. By illustration analysis and def
milton the essay itself comes into relief.
ana ny mus assuming SuiDettilHk VI
metes and bounds. loses. fortunately,
= degree of Its puzZlinE elasticity and
ciusiveness The borderland between
The essay and the novel is indicated. Il
and marked with signs of mutual
trrSpasS. illustrating the trend of each
toward special characteristic and func-
ton as Il medium of thought exchange.
Not only the student of American lit
erature. but the general reader as Well.
will set n high value against this study
Of the American esSay1StS
WHAT PICTURES TO SEE IN EUROPE
~ ONE 81 MINER. BY Lorinda
Nunson Bryant, author of pic
lures and Their Painters New
York: John Lane Company.
Restraint is the distinction and key
note Of Mrs. Bryants study of pictures,
the restraint of discriminating culture
controlled and shaped by definite
purpose. Other writers. Ruskin, How
ellis, Jamcs-scores of other writer's
have discoursed long and delightfully."-
on tho subject of European art. This
volume, covering the same theme, mar
rows 1T, however. to the service OF the
summer traveller, so making direct and
definite appeal The study here is an
admirable adaptation of means to this
end. Each art center of Europe is
carefully sifted TO uncover indubitably
the golden grains of artistic genius
a single summer even may gather a
mintage. small but compact and true.
of perfect purity. knowledge. fine Sc
lective power, and rigid self-cOntrol
are the warrant of this guide TO the
traveller. The y-at-hOme too, dream
ing. he always is. that he also viii
one day sail away. and mindful as we'll
that one brings out OF an experience
IN the measure that he carries TO II,
does well to read and re-read this au-
his own adventurinY.
THE BEAUTY. BY Mrs Wilson Wood
row author of The Silver Butter
hy. etc. Illustrations by Will
Crete. indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
If this most beautiful woman in the
world had known her own mind prior to
her marriage. or reasonably subsequent
thereto, We should have missed this
agreeable pastel story woven out os the
effects Of her inccrtitude. The plot, if
term SO specific and full may be applied
u this set OF polite happenings springs
ont of the familiar incident of beauty
}eScued from obscurity by the matri-
n.oniai adventure of certain rich man.
another King Cophetua This straight
and simple episode reaches story dimen-
lions through the tangled web laid down
by the presence of another man TO puz-
zle the wife TO the place and pattern
Il her affections. That this third person
is OF slight account, while the husband is
really fins fellow. only guarantees a
situation and clinches il. for. nine times
cut Of ten, II picturesque scamp. even
= fool, can handicap real man in the
vagarious realm Of n womans heart SO
II y here, and this, then, Is the plane
along which tho story moves. tritle more
loosely, n shade less focused than do