Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-16

voting privilege arrives. since these are
quite independent Of the ballot. He or
ganizes these innumerable items. gather
ing them into groups, separating the
groups into their smaller units. and
again combining the whole to show it's
bearing upon the sum OF civic life. Meth
DDS. down to the last detail. are worked
out with such direct reference to accom-
pl.shment that one using them is insured
against pointless and wasteful effort. 1t
is hard to imagine a more complete, well
ordered handbook for the use OF civic
workers and OF those who desire to be
such than Mr.. Allen has made In man.
ner it is an astonishing book. Original
and independent, the author has learned
from the advertising art OF the business
man how to shout aloud i'm print. Even
| he who runs. and runs away. is not able to
escape what the author counts the essen
tiai points in his campaign.
JOHN TEMPLE. Merchant. Adven-
turer. Convict and Conquistadore: 4
Novel. BY Ralph Durand. New York
The Macmillan Company.
The story of the Spanish conquest of
| Mexico and Peru has been the theme of
many books, but when has one read a
tale almost as wonderful and romantic
and every bit as true of the attempt
| made by Francisco Barreto to establish
| a great Portuguese South African en-
pire? Mr.. Durand, while travelling in the
ZambeA valley, on the very ground over
| which Barreto's expedition passed. saw
relics OF those days and heard from POr-
| tuguese friends aforementioned tales
| Of the gallant achievements of the con-
quistadores. This induced him to learn
| more of the history OF Portuguese East
| Africa and finally to make the deeds of
] the Inflated enterprise better known than
| they Were For this purpose a novel was
deemed more suitable than history.
| Although. the author explains. NE has
| of necessity toned down the descriptions
| of deaths. ravages by disease and GRIM
| inal instincts reused by hunger ara
| thirst, they nevertheless illustrate the
! awful consequences of intrigU~ by few
! greedy and dissolute representatives of
priesthood and aristocracy. John Tenn
pie is an historical parsonage. an Eng
| lishman and letter bearer from Queen
| Elizabeth to Abkar, the great moaul
An important part is played throughout
the novel by a diamond the Nour Jehan.
| a ver1table nemesis to some OF its owners.
AS conclusion Temple Is betrayed by a
willy priest. who hopes thereby to ac-
complish his death Being recognized,
| however, by the natives as superhuman
because of his flaming red hair Temple
receives honor instead of death from their
king Among them he is left to dwell,
with his bride, a lady Of noble birth
accompanying the expedition. Mr.. Du-
rand has written story which may be
read for information as profitably Tor
pieasure-a story in which the reader 3
interest is not sacrificed by historical ex-
actitude. but is augmented by scenes
| from life as it was on the coast of East
Africa nearly three and a half centuries
ago.
FARM AND GARDEN RULE-BOOK: A
Manual OF Ready Rules and Refer
ence. With Recipes. Precepts. For
mulas and Tabular Information for
| the Use of General Farmers, Gar
! deners, Fruit-GrOweYa, StOckmen,
| Dafrymen, POuItrymen, FOrester~.
Rural Teachers and Others In the
United States and Canada. BY J. II.
| Bailey. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
| This work has run through numerous
editions and reprints and is now brough,
up to date and presented to a constantly
| widening circle of readers for their par
| ticular guidance. Since the first compila-
| ton agricultural conditions in this coun.
| try have materially changed and farming
| has become science. Prof. Bailey
| whom President Roosevelt appointed or
his rural life commission, has rendered
a real service to the people of the United
States by keeping this work up to date.
THE ART GALLERIES OF EUROPE
THE ART OF THE VIENNA GAL
LERIES: Giving a Brief History Of
the Public and Private Galleries Of
! Vienna. With q Critical Description
81 the Paintings Therein Contained.
BY David c. Preyer, A. NJ. author of
| The Art of the Netherland Gal
| leries," etc. illustrated. Boston: l..
C. Page & Co.
The galleries of Vienna are very little
known to tourists. inasmuch as only
few of those who go to Europe reach
the Austrian capital. The author of this
work hopes to induce more to visit
Vienna and see the paintings there as
sembled. including some of the most
famous in Europe. There are numerous
collections. in each Of which there are
some great paintings. This volume is
prepared uniformly with others of the
series, with numerous well executed re-
productions Of the more notable cam
vases.