Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

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Besides the sixteen that are presented
in rich colors. there are numerous other
drawings in black and white which ac-
company the more conspicuous fea-
lures Of the work. Mr.. Hutt's style is
familiar to all reader; of American
periodicals. and this presentation of his
latest work in attractive hol day VOL
ume will be gratefully received by his
admirers. None OF the pictures here
reproduced has ever been published be-
most brilliant expression of the tall
ent OF this gifted artist. whose por-
trait accompanies the volume and adds
to it's interest.
THE GIRL 1 LEFT BEHIND ME-. BY
Weymer Jay Nils author Of
Through the Gates of Old Ro-
nance, etc. illustrator by John
Co. Washington: Brentano's.
a delicate little romance serves here
as a vehicle for series Of quantity
charming pictures by John Rae, who
has closely studied the costumes and
styles of an earlier period until his
work serves effectively to bring back
to mind the good old days of founces
and furbelows and crinol ne. AS holt
day book 1.-The Girl l Left Behind Me"
is unsurpassed. 1t is altogether de-
lightful both as to text and pictures.
PANAMA AND THE CANAL TODAY:
an Historical Account Of the Canal
Project From the Earliest Times. BY
Forbes Lindsay, author Of Panama.
the Isthmus and the Canal" etc. IL
Illustrated from photographs. Five
Maps. Boston: l.. c. Page & Co.
Washington: Brentano's.
President Tafts visit to Panama at
tracts attention once again acutely to the
tact Uin <,f l.
Much has been printed regarding it. but
it sis always a new subject, for from
week to week the situation changes, as
the tremendous task of cutting through
mountain range Is forwarded. In this
volume Mr.. Lindsay, from whose pen has
come a prior work on the canal. deals
with the project partly from historical
and partly from descriptive point of
view. He sketches the enterprise of the
French company and tells how the work
was undertaken by the United States
His narrative deals also with the history
of Panama and he compares the COIL
dition of the country before and since
the American assumption of the great
task. A feature of especial value is the
series Of illustrations, fifty in number.
which attractively and vividly reproduce
the conditions in the Canal Zone, show
ing the work actually in progress and
giving characteristic views of the scenery.
and the republic of Panama is appended.
together with statistics relating to the
canal and it's prospective commercial inn
portance, the volume concluding with a
photography on the subject Of Panama
and the canal work.
THE MARVELS BEYOND SClENCEs
BEING a Record Of Progress Made
i'm the Reduction Of Occult PhenOm-
ena to 4 Scientific Basis. BY Joseph
Grasset, NJ. D., professor Of clinical
medicine at the University Of Mont
pellier etc. With u preface by
Emile Faguet of the French Acad-
envy. Authorized English translation
of the second revised and enlarged
French edition, by Rene Jacques
Tubeuf, fellow OF the University OF
nails Company.
1t is. DR.. Grasset's hypothesis that
everything perceivable in human expert
ence is subject to explanation in accord
ance with the laws of science. In adj
vancing this proposition he does not de-
clare that all phenomena have been thus
accounted for or reduced to a scientific
basis. He does, however undertake to
reduce the realm of the strictly occult
by bringing over into the field Of Scien-
tifically explained phenomena many DEM
onstrations and manifestations that here
tofore have been rated as supernatural.
These he places in a ''dis-occulated''
realm, among them being hypnotic sleep.
the unconscious imagination OF mediums,
the unconscious will of table movers and
the unconscious memory or hypnotized
persons Among the phenomena which
he believes will soon be included among
the scientifically accepted principles are