Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-23
BOOK REVIEWS.

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PROMENADES OF AN IMPRESSION.
IST. BY James Huneker. author OF
cyclists: A Book of Supermen.
etc New York: Charles Scribner
Sons. Washington: Brentanos
HE vigorous, crisp. simple style
of this distinguished art critic
deserves a grateful tribute or
praise in addition TO that &C
corded the confident grasp OF
his subject, the sympathetic intuition, the
careful analysis and trained judgment OF
his decisions Any intelligent, seeking
Law reader. even. may confidently sit
down here TO find out some of the things
he desires to know, things from which
he is commonly barred by the occult
phrase of the artists technique. \ study
of the French impressionists. of the Span
ish moderns and of some of the specially
significant older masters make up the
substance of this volume. To this Is
added an exposition of the work OF etch-
ers and engravers in their relation to
modern art. Then follows a description
of certain European museums in their
content and influence The whole lis not
only distinctly valuable to artists and art
lovers. but 1t is also clearly informing
and deeply interesting to many whose
aims are along lines of less technical
understanding.
BY Algernon Blackwood. author of
John Silence" etc. New York
Henry Holt & Co
The Uncle Paul of this story served
his apprenticeship to childhood by living
much alone in the big Canadian woods.
There he learned great many things.
among these. what animals think and
talk about, what the tall trees feel and
say. So when in the course Of time
he returned to England. his tutoring by
three charmingly fanciful children sped
swiftly through all sorts of surprises and
experiences, these not to be shared or
even believed in by common grown folks.
II Is a lovely story. revealing dear and
unsupported kinships with everything in
the world A story of what all of could
experience. even to Communing with be-
loved spirits. no doubt, if we would only
leave off the eternal bother about the
rNtside of ourselves and sit close to our
own souls and listen.
THE BOOK OF DANIEL DREW: A
Glimpse of the Ffsk-Gould-Tweed
Regime from the Inside. BY Bouck
White New York: Doubleday. Page
& Co. Washington: woodward &
Lothrop.
When wealth and power were less
commonly predacious than they
now counted. when prison for
these lords of high decision was
less in vogue than now, the very
names of the three who make the
subject of this coloouial recital sent
out a blend of thrills comparable to those
that went with the names of Sir Walter
Scotts border men. Here is produced in
1imately the drama OF early American
finance. with Wall street opening as its
stage. a period that covers the civil war
and marks the birth of political and
financial rings and ring masters This
is period of high intrigue and. for those
days. one of colossal manipulation, con-
tanning once the startling reprisai of i'm
prisonment. This rough and-ready story
is. without doubt. genuine historical ma
fer1al A certain vagueness, however. as
to causes. times places. effects-the very
marrow of historic substance-marks the
treatment and sets the book short of it's
goal. Another fault. this a fault of
taste rather than of fiber. is revealed in
the obtrusion of coarse irreIevancies
These are calculated presumab bly, to add
color TO the story. 1T is a savage in
stinct. for this is already an over-ruddy
tale.
RALEIGH; Romance Of EIizabeth's
Court. BY William Devereux and
Stephen Lowell. Founded on the
drama. Sir Walter Raleigh" as
from scenes within this drama.
Philadelphia: j. &. Lippincott Com
pany.
A sort of triple extract Of historic ro-
nance this, wrought in double authorship,
out of the period OF Elizabeth centered
in Sir Walter Raleigh. The story passes,
however, through the immediate channel
of the London play bearing Sir Walters
name, from which it gathers outline and
general movement. Such mixed and
rounda bout origin casts a foreshadow Of
distrust, an adverse feeling that, happily,
soon fades out of this readable romance.
Throughout its natural and simple
course the great qualities of Raleigh con-
troll the story. His supreme devotion to
the permanent interests of England in
noble contrast to the common marauding
instincts of that period, his personal 10y
atty to Elizabeth yhe personification
and security OF these interests, are ned
pontedly to the fore. The action moves
in an interviewer double line. one ending
in Raleighs rescue of the queen i'm the
attempt upon her life for the sake of
Mary Stuart, the other passing on to
close the story with Sir Walters hazard
Gus disclosure to Elizabeth of his earlier
secret marriage. \ harmless realignment
here and there of unimportant though
picturesque. details that in no way dis
Iurb the main historic current contributes
materially TO the literary completeness
and dramatic effect of this uncommonly
well conceived EIizabethan romance
THE ROYAL AMERICANS. BY Mary
Hallock Foote. author Of THE Led
Horse Claim, etc. New York:
Houghton Miftiin Company.
Through the life story, and the love
story we'll, of one young girl, Mrs
Foote makes markedly compact
gathering of the varied phases of New
York colonial life following the seven
years war. The lingering influence of
French aggression, the growing dis
trust of England by which the colony
settles into two camps. the touch of
neighboripg colonies distinct in race,
or nation. or religion, or other inter-
est. are woven into the fabric Of daily
life. The same clear power Of portray
al. the same keen sense of values and
balanced proportions as commonly
stamp the work of this writer make
of this colonial romance a warm and
vital picture Of human life and inter
est set veraciOuSly and dramatically in