Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-11

family. with the exception of the emf
nently sensible father. whose death is re-
quired in the interest of the story at
quite an early point. had begun to ar
e!oped with the housekeeper. another
with the wife of an intimate fanny
friend. who was himself in love with the
daughter, while Mrs. Cripps-Middlemore
widowhood was solaced by the rival at
tentions of an impecunious peer and
non-conformist preacher. The story OF
these social vagaries is simply told. so
simply that it is not until the reader
passes the first third Of the book that IL
exerts any particular appeal upon him.
THE FIVE SENSES. BY Angela n.
keyes. illustrated by Jesse wilcox
Smith. New York: Moffat, Yard q
Co.
Some time ago appeared a series of hve
beautiful coiored illustrations by Miss
Smith. showing childhood's development
of tasting. smelling, touching. hearing and
seeing. These are now used as the
groundwork of little book of juvenile
literature, stories and poems that are
cleverly brought together into relation
ship to the senses depicted in the color
plates. The purpose Is not only to enter
tain the little readers, but to help to cui-
tivate their senses and broaden their sym
pathies. A most satisfactory child book.
PANAMA. The Canal. the Country and
the People. BY Albert Edwards. IL
Ian Company.
Many books have been produced on the
subject of the Panama canal. until a vol
luminous literature has developed to keep
the people of the United States thorough
ly acquainted with the history and prog
ress of this vast enterprise Some OF
Ait.
ent volume, are compilations of maya
zine articles. In this instance. however,
there is large proportion of new matter,
written to bring the periodical chapters
into relationship The result is work of
nearly eco pages with a profusion OF IL
Illustrations. Mr.. Edwards Offering is ex-
ceptional in that it devotes considerable
space to the early history of Panama and
the adjoining region. 1t is brought well
up to date as regards the canal digging.
BAsHFUL BALLADS. BY Burgess john
son. illustrated. New York: Har-
per & Bros.
Lovers of good nonsense verse and
clean spirited, rhymed fun will be CRATE
full for this compilation of some of Mr..
Johnsons most enjoy able productions
Some Of them have appeared in the mag
azines and a few of them formed a fea-
ture of an earlier volume styled "Beastly
Rhymes" Some illustrations that admir-
ably suit the text aid in making this
most welcome addition to the nonsense
shelf
THE CORONA COOK BOOK: 4 Collec-
tiou Of Choice Recipes, with an Ex-
pansible Device for Keeping PER-
sOnal Cooking Rules. BY Ruth AL
den. Chicago: The Abbey Company.
This looks like a book and is indeed
book as far as practical purposes are con-
cerned. But it is not printed in the usual
way. 1t is just little box of index cards,
on which are printed series Of recipes
conveniently classified for quick reference
and handy use. A number of blank cards
are included to enable the housekeeper to
preserve new recipes acquired in that un-
ending process of exchange with which all
domestic managers are familiar.
WHERE THE MONEY GROWS. BY
Garet Garrett. New York: Harper
& Bros.
BY which title the author presents Wall
street, that deep commercial chasm,
where investors and spectators rub
elbows. where bulls and bears fight daily
battles. where lambs are sheared and the
public is lured In a few we'll written
chapters Mr.. Garrett tells the tale of
Wall street, how the game is played, what
the vernacular of the street means.
with something about the personal rela-
tionships between client and broker This
IS book that might easily become use
full i'm lettering the unframed speculator
from trusting himself to the mercies of
the professional players of a game that
passes the average human understand
ing.
THE ADVENTURES OF SUBUR-
BANITE. BY Ellis Parker Butler.
Illustrations by A. B. Phelan. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
With every new story Of Ellis Parker
Butler the question almost automatically
occurs. rs 1t as good as Pigs is Pigs =
This is hardly fair to the author. whose
now classic short story could hardly be
duplicated every time he took his pen in
hand There is little danger, however,
of disappointment in the reading of this