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

the author has applied Bohemian rather
than German spelling of geographical
names. contrary to the practice of most
American and English writer's. The re-
suit is a somewhat strange appearance
of the text In places. but the d1sadvan-
tage Of unfamiliarity is offset by
gain In acquaintance with the Bohemian
nomenclature The volume is richly illus
trated from photographs presenting peas
ant types, landscapes and city scenes.
MANS MAN. BY Ian Hay. author Of
THE Right Stuff" Frontispiece By
James Montgomery Flagg. Boston,:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
There is no mistaking the fact that
Hugh Marrable knew how to manage
men. He handled many Of them in the
course Of his wanderngs about the
earth, preceded by an interesting expert
ence at Cambridge in bringing his crew
to the head of the river by means of
that somewhat complicated process known
In his first serious love affair, he took his
uncle's advice and Jared forth to satisfy
the traditional Marrabe love of travel
and adventure. His experiences on this
expedition reached characteristic eli
max in his exploit in bringing a will
fully deserted tramp steamer into port
across the Atlantic ocean after he had
been shanghaied aboard of her by a vim
dictive New York politician whom he had
grievously wounded by using his nose on
the Keyboard of piano at a Coney
Island resort. This may suggest that Mr.
Marrable's return to England led him
into quiet waters. But the author has
indicated at the beginning by means of
a quotation from Punch, that managing
men Is nothing compared with the man
agement Of women, and it was in the
latter field that Mr.. Marrable found his
most serious work cut out for him.
a RI ty oil ,l~
able individual Mr.. Hay. who Is des-
tined to become a favorite of the English
reading people, has presented him pos
slbly as type Of the better sort of Eng
himself with mere story telling. but in
PRODUCES frequent digressions that dis
close him In all the attractiveness of a
facile hur1or There are extensive pas
ages In this novel that will stand the
test of reading aloud In delicacy Of
touch and refinement Of fun "A Mans
Man" is without superior in modern tic-
ton
MAGICIANS' TRICKS; How They Are
Done. BY Henry Hatton and Adrian
Plate. With contributions by Felicien
Trewey, Karl German, Will Gold
ston and others. New York: The
Century Company.
Probably every one has had desire at
one time or another to perform tricks Of
legerdemain, which when done on the
stage by professionals seem quite SIM
pie enough to be accomplished by any
one. There is both announcement and
encouragement for the ambitious anna
teur In this work. While the authors
have been painstaking in their descrip-
tons and directions. and have made it
quite possible to perform any Of the
scores of illusions which they include in
its passages, 1t becomes apparent to all
In
tfce is essential, patient, painstaking re-
hearsals in private. Yet with this guide
and with an equipment such as any
amateur may obtain, these tricks, which
range from the simplest to the most
complicated. are possible of reproduction
These feats include tricks with cards,
handkerchiefs, coins, balls and eggs;
palming. transformation, disappearance.
mind reading and on through the
whole repertoire of the stage magician
The amateur is told in detail how to
dress for such work and how to manipu-
late all the accessories. Carefully drawn
diagrams illustrate the tricks which re-
quire visual description.
AMERICAN WATERWAYS SERIES
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; And Its
Wonderful Valley, Twenty-seven
Hundred and ssventy-i1ve Miles
Chambers. fellow Of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, member of the
National Geographic Society. With
80 illustrations and maps. New
York: G. p. Putnam's Sons
1t might have been expected that the
"Mississippi'' volume of the american
Waterways Series would have appeared
earlier in the sequence of issues than it
has, the Colorado, Ohio, st. Lawrence,
Niagara. Hudson. Connecticut and Column
bia having preceded it. But the fact that
it thus appears late in the order does not
lessen its Importance. Mr.. Chambers has
fully realized expectations in this work
on the greatest of American rivers trac-
ing it geographically to its source and