Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01

freshment to many readers who are at
present filled to safety with accounts of
the sheer wickednesS that wealth, as
such. produces and the equally sheer per-
lection of poverty.
THE RED LANTERN: BEING the story
Of the Goddess of the Red Lantern
Light. BY Edith Wherry. New
York: John Lane Company.
This goddess is a poor E.urasian girl,
born OF an English father passing by,
and a Chinese mother-shc. an outcast
from both races. Her cSaltation to di-
vine levels is q charlatan's trick to fan
fanaticism to its utmost. Its occasion is
tho Feast of Lanterns which, in 1900. in
augurated the Boxer uprising. This event
makes the climax Or this vivid story and
leads 10 the unavoidably tragic end of
the goddess of double strain. Even bet
ter than the story is the authors use OF
material to reproduce both the appear
ance and the feeling of Chinese life. Ger
tain chapters stand out as models of a
power that dvines as well as describes.
LANDS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS:
A Visit to South America. BY Rev.
Charles Warren Currier. Phi. D..
delegate of the United States to the
International Congress of Ameri-
canists at BuenoS Aires. Washing
ton. y. O.: SpanishAmer'can Pub
LEGATION Society.
DR. Currier took ADVANTAGE Of his pres
ence in Buenos Ares as delegate to the
recent International Congress Of Amer-
canists 10 pursue his journey homewar'l
along a different route from that followed
outward. Crossing Arseatina by the new
Transandine road to the Pac. fc coast. lie
made his way up the west shore, touching
at many points. and finally crossing the
Isthinus of Panama he went eastward to
Trinidad and thence to the West Indies
and back to New YORK. In the course of
his prolonged voyage he saw many phases
Of South American life and on lis return
he put his impressions in.o print vita
the result Of the present voumn. lis
work is vividlF descriptive, with a wealth
OF information. lie sets forth the attrac-
tions OF Buenos Aires, reproducing his
impression Of the Argentine capital in
terms Of warm appreciation. lie sketches
the AmelicanistS conference briefly and
passes from that subject to the more
popularity interesting one of the habits
and customs of the peop.e, whom he
found always entertaining. Conditions N
Chile. Peru. Lquador. Panama. Colombia
and the West Indies are treated in sue
cession. with = sufficient retracing of his
tory to present a free understanding of
modern conditions. a photography on
South and Central America conditions and
the West Indies is appended to the volume
for the further guidance to readers. The
WORK IS pfOluSeiS illustrated from OF MAJ
sources.
TOY DOGS AND THEIR ANCESTORS,
etc. BY the Hon. Mrs. Neville Lyt-
ton. Illustrated. New York: ID.
Appleton & Co.
For those TO whom the toy dog is a
serious subiect-and there many who
are dog connoisseurs-this volume comes
as welcome addition TO canine lie "a
ture. The author las gone into a " de
range of history and art for her materi-
as. reproducing familiar paintings and
prints to show the pets of the past and
indicating the Importance of favorite
dogs in other days. One of the most
popular forms Of early portrait pa inting
was to present the lady Of fashion with