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

descriptive work Of value to the prospec-
tive tourist and the student to conditions
III .hdt charming part of Italy. He de-
sSripes the city and its surroundings in
.heir present aspect. giving many his
.orical references and discussing the
questions OF art which naturally arise in
any treatment of the city of the Doses.
Unfortunately the color illustrations are
not up TO the mark of the test Mr.. Arm
nelu oHerings failing to satisfy the con-
Seption OF scenes in Venice in color.
Many OF the paintings in the Venetian
galleries are reproduced.
THE CHRISTMAS CITY: bethlehem
Across the Ages. BY Lewis Castor
Leary, Phi. D.. author of THE Real
PALESTINE of Today" New York
Sturgis & Walton Company.
VI special interest at this season Is
THIS volume descriptive of Bethlehem.
treated reverently with full appreciation
OF the increased interest which is felt in
all parts OF the world in the scene of the
nativity. This is no mere guide book of
travel volume. but an effective blend of
history, tradition and Scripture, together
with a touch OF present-day conditions,
BEAUTIFULLY illustrated as BELTS the text
OF such subject.
WOODSEY NEIGHBORS OF TAN AMI
TICKLE. By Charles Lee Bryson
ny CndrleS LIVINGSTON
Bull. New York: Fleming HI. Revell
Company.
This is an intimate Introduction to the
little creatures of woods and fields. I,
tells of the habits of the rabbits and
earthworms, chipmunks and ants, min
nows and rats and many others. Accom-.
panied by some of Charles Livingston
Bulls most effective drawings severa
of VA cd in f,l il l.,
just the kind of book to interest youns
readers in elementary natural history.
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOR
EST. By Capt. Marryat With illus
trations by +. Boyd Smith. New
York: Henry Holt Il Company.
Capt. Marryat's story of the Englisf
revolution has long been popular will
young readers and is now given new
are seeking attractive holiday gift books
1t is embelIished with black and whit,
chapter heading pictures and severa
highly artistic color plates. For those
who have never read ii a treat is Offered
by this republication.
EARTH. BY Muriel Hine (Mrs. Sidney
Coxon). New York: John Lane
Company.
In this story the world-old theme OF
love, misunderstanding and reconcilia-
| ton is worked out against a background
| of London life, social and artistic. Diana
is its heroine: "Slim, we'll drilled and
erect, her youth limited note of boyish-
ness, but without conveying the slightest
suggestion of that abOmination of the
age-a masculine woman, 1t was more
the utter absence of self-cOnscfousness
the untrOubled stiffness of her fragrant
author insists upon Diana'S innocence tC
an extent that rather reflects upon the
intelligence of an otherwise normal young
woman, who has been educated at a
boarding school, fraterniZes with artists
and has studio of her own. Every care
fully reared girl has much TO learn from
life, but one feels, somehow, that Diana
has been handicapped with her excess OF
ignorance in difference to the books title
The story is pleasantly told and has a
happy ending.
WOMAN'S PART IN GOVERN MENT,
Whether She Votes or Not. By Will
liam H. Allen, director. bureau OF
municipal research and National
Training School for the Study and
Administration of Public Business
author of Efficient Democracy" etc
New York: Dodd. Mead & Co.
A budget packed with things to dc
Exactly the book for that large and rest
less band seeking, with the best motives,
an outlet for their store of unused en-
ergy. Clubs. societies, leagues and cir
cles commonly gather these people into
enterprises whose effects, in relation to
efforts, are light and uncountable. The
book is addressed to women, but men
would better study it. too. Mr.. Allen sets
out with a talk about woman suffrage. a
talk whose spirit sums In. We'll why
Il, 10 30 Tn, 49,
logical certainty. one feels that the au-
thor passes ii over as hardly worth the
strife and martyrdom which it's cham
pons are achieving. The bulk of this re-
markable STUDY goes into specihcation,
organization, method. The author points
out thousands of civic matters, in which
woman may do yeoman's work before her