Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-31

.;,tenate into Il house-that Jack built
series of thefts. that christen the
drama and move it alonS tn its close
Tine reforner steals the papers. y
Ecnchman of the bis man steals them
back again- Tne daughter then steals
them. and under such circumstances OF
inimedacy that the father believes
t.lcIn to- be about her person. This pre-
SCENTS one Of the ridiculous parts of the
play. The father orders the daughter be
hind A screen TO he searched ut the hands
OF the hous ekeeprr and maids. In front
of ii the father. the preacher. the
;,irlS husband. some other odds ana ends
Of folks and the audience. The stern
Iarent thundcrS. rs she stIipped?'
stitch Yes. si..' "Nothing?''
Nothing" The daughter from behind
Green. hi a subdueei. spritless voice.,
Tit is quite chilly one thing. at
least to bc said for the play is that it
docs end tmiscrably) in its own logic
THE SERViAN PEOPLE: Their Past
Glory and Their Dcstiny. BY Prince
and Princess Lazarovich- Hrebelian-
ovich. New York: Charles Serb
rer's Sons. Washington: Woodward
x Lothrop.
49, To one gathering his political news and
geographical facts from the broken
columns of the daily press. the kingdom
of Servia is but enc of the snarl of Bal
kan states. used chiefly, each in its turn,
b. some concert of European pcwers as
a makc-we,ght of political balance.
Standing. However. at the exit door OF the
i;akan peninsula. door opening out
ward upon tie near east. Servia ny virtue
e this position takes on superior value
from without. That of strategic pTOmi-
nence: from within. that of an awakened
political Self-conScioUS neSS. Here. in the
morning OF Scrvian recrudescence, comes
this comprehensive. Illuminating study
Of the Servian people. study dealing
broadly with their rise and development.
their present condition and projected
destiny. The first of the two volumes
concerns itself. in the main. with a
cotemDOTaneouS view of the ServianS in
their physical, mental and spiritual race
traits. in the customs of community life;
in n study of the lands. grouped as the
independen"ies OF Servia and Montenegro.
and the more numerous dependencies to
Austria. or Hungary. or both. At this
point are traced the steps leading. on the
one hand to sovereignty, on the other
to SubOrdinaticn. This volume examines
also the civilization of the country as
this IL eNpr cSsed in religion education.
law. letters. music and art. The second
volume deYotes itself 10 the political his
tory Of the country through the vicisSi-
tudes of its rise from medieval states to
Iurkish conquest and modern renaScence
The conclusion. cast in the form of a
Patriotic vision. is an eloquent appeal for
the future of this state. Conceived in
patriotic devotion, carried on, in the
spirit of historic philosophy. clear i'm
definition. rich and full i'm fact and illus
tration. the whole constitutes a valuable
and most interesting study
THE JEWS: study Of Race and En-
virOnment. BY Maurice Fishberg.
fellow of the New York Academy Of
AnthrOpoloSical Association. etc
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Washington: Woodward & LOthror
With one-fifth of the Jews i'm the world
already living i'll Engish-speaking coun-
tries. and with Jewish immigrancy an
-nually turned in full tide upon these, the
problem of this race. if there be a prob
lem. Is one of Anglo-SaXon concern AS
sanitation is the chief point in this prob
lem, one difficult to turn, according to
some. OF account of the absolute racial
purity alleged 10 have been maintained
py TINS people for three or four thousand
years. crystallizing the Jew, as it were
into type successfully resistent to all
hut Semitic influences. The aim of the
present volume is to gather bv scien-
tific method. the facts about this race
In their tendency, and 10 show, as far
as may be, the content of this tendency
In relation TO the national ideals surround
ing this Immigrant people. New York
city, with its million and more Semitic
Inhabitants, furnished an important field
q, research, several thousand anthro-
made
There. these demonstrating that the
racial traits Of the Jew are not deep
seated IN anatomy and physiology but
mat they rest. instead. upon ready
response TO surroundings. and are So
cisi and economic in character Studies
were made also in countries where
and-Semftism does not prevail and
where. IN consequence. intermarriage is
The chief assimilative instrument Al
most every phase of Jewish existence is.
In the course of this study, made the
subject of scientific test or historic ex-
animation These are then projected in
their conclusions along the line of fu-
Iurc relations 10 Christian environment.
Many popular traditions go down under
inns scrutiny: many possibilities hither-
10 denied. are set up. An authoritative.
exhaustive study of deep interest and
good opportunsm
THE INTIMATE LIFE: OF ALExAx.
DIR HAMILTON. BY Allan McLane
Hamilton. With illustrations and
Scribner's Sons. Washington:
BrentanOS
The intimacy OF this. another life of
Alexander Hamilton. when at least two
other notably excellent ones are already
ia existence. is its excuse for being Con-
Sistently, too. this intimate touch through
out gives TO this particular biography its
stamp OF significance. Possessed of
bulk OF family correspondence hitherto
unpublished, the grandson of Hamilton.
selects from this for the making of this
generous and vivid record. The general
character OF the work is supplemental
one that does not at all affect the ac-
cepted main current of fact set down by
other biographers of the great federalist
Infrequently minor errors in fact are set
right. The chief office of the work. now
ever. is to round partial impressions to
fullness through the thousand revealing
details OF the daily life. and to throw a
new light upon temperament and person
atty through the medium of domestic
Sunrestraint and the freedom of personal
Friendships.
NER: The Records Of nm Eventfui
I.fe. Published for the International
School of Peace. Boston: Gum a. Co.
In its swift and brilliant changes from
scene to scene. from one high experience
TO another. i'm its aspirations. it's efforts
nd chi 81 ne