Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-04
BOOK REVIEWS.

THE "lTcR,:.By Henry James, author ,,
York Charles Scribner'S Sons.
WashinCton Woodward & 10th
Top
-HEs whole terrific TODD rose out
Of the fell design of rude
American man porcine check
book in one hand. poised pen in
the other-to rape from the
noble gallery o. pocketless iord an
amazing Sir Joshua. with the rumor-too
horriiie 10 nc helieved-of LORD lheish
putting up his Moretto' also an IN
speakabe condition-one htted 70 sdine'
al Peterborough Hall. the scene OF '"is
projected Dissertation. hoth pauio' .'N4
patriotic art connoisseur. over against
these is the secure and ready Naii"a'' ~"
lnpecuniosity leaning iordli! No Va!
With brawnier matter ana more
lsr treatment the dilute einouohs anu
arizzling actions OF this a1alf Wo'iu Doi'
M 10 n regular hullabaloo Not ~"
ever. With this author strrlhg ''ie o'e"'
one can hardly picture SITUATION "o''
10 The liking Of Mr.. James thah 'iia o'e
Think III his rapture Of subtle pss Siio'o
eizinc from which emerge these at.e4
al, webs of gray matter dresser ~ uiap
lS.lG
~ - -, I,,ss from one thin distress
!, ,nnth,r over the Dissertation 81 EhS
Ifsh art at the hands oi TINS Nauuai' ino.
dang. rtl!S than lie VINO ofiSthaiiS
down in destruction from the Shoi -
80 I,.Nic This one more udhSeiouS
nausp h.. Possesses what the GhSHsi-
man wants more than hc wants a.
storv-rolnance .'S.Ckhed Der VII" -.
,,.,f. east OF thought -of uncertain 49,
pnrs along with these art appfeciat'oi.s
MARIETTA and MantoNano. one feius Ill
- James, commonly, III Proianc az.
.hust,e mood. This particular eApei N.S
- moi different why feau I'm .,.l,.a
FOR tnt. reason that once IN Ten VI t"eis-
,,..,aS me i bite light OF pure d'Flna'.o',
uasnoS ont III inspired anu sPeiulu
-. These. eftuIgeuCeS are OF an -
srl,.., to diSsipate one $ HteraiS ,
81 liz, hanus 81 this man. Mole I'm ar
ms. thcy reduce one 10 uunlo anu NC
voted following
>,yERSrVIES or THE WORLD. By
Charles Franklin ThwinG. Lib
president of the Western Reserve
University and Adelbert Colleec'
Ne Monk. The Macmillan COM
pany Washington: Brentano ;.
,r.Iir sur. OF his ground. one ap-
..,.te. lCtb lie matter and the manner
- I'LL! work by Or. Thwing with easy
fn,.ftl.u.e and Measurable anticipation.
Many studies in American education =
VIGOROUS ai-around NEWSSTAND TO MS
account. Here the author summaries
tie higher education OF the NoILu
through an examination Of its Sreat UNI
IcfSi,I"y Twenty OF these are graphleai-
Il SEttchcd in Their characteristics OF ann
ana ACCOMPLISHMENT Each IS viewed IN
It's specific response 10 the civilization OF
which il is both the exponent ana the
power. Fifteen OF these SUBJECTS are
ttx-.I ar.
tered one each for India, Egypt. Austria
ii4 with two for Japan. From the Whoie
number four types emerge-each a thihs
cf distinct function and corresponding
feature. At the head, the German type
with Ia boratory and library Tor tools
stands for the discovery and publication
~ .fyuh Another type. embodied in the
Scottish ard American institutions, hts
5tselE to the intellectual and ethical ann.
1lose AGENCIES are personal and bent
u2on this individual. Another sort. with
oxford and Cambridge as its models, is
set to form the perfect conference.-the
lIsau III whom intellect, heart. conscience,
Will and eSthetic faculty have reached
ripe and mellow blend. And then there
ars. the institutions of the far east. where
high and prompt efficiency is the goal
The comparative outlook here is fine and
most useful Each individual study. too
is Il matter of keen interest and definite
Information.
GIRLS AND EDUCATION. BY L. b. r:
Briggs author Of Routine and
Ideals etc. Boston: Houghton
Niffiin Company.
\ man the father OF a daughter. the
president of a woman's college Grad
clife, and the dean of the Harvard
eaculty-aH These in one-should have
r7uch OF substance 10 say to the ambi-
tIous American girl desiring to cultivate
rer powers OF mind and body. The read
irg of this little volume offers abundant
r,ro1f that such a man has much OF
ia III To- say TO such a girl. Definite di-
rect!on and instruction, broad and stimu-
Iatiug suggestion and the mellow fruits
II 4 rich experience IL the living aspects
IF education fill these YageS. In the
talks 10 girls the author, in kindly and
irlulgent mood, takes the theme of edu-
cation out from its wrappings of mystic
PHRASES and occult process. Without
Flemish 10 its integrity. without blot
upon is high mission. lie foods il with
tie genial. reckoning light OF humor.
and common sense and friendly diScloS-
Ilre Keenlv alive to the profoundly per-
sonsl aspects OF education. the author
centers IL in its highest aims and sound
est measures around the individual set
in the varied and complex relations of
rincloiStered character of DR.. Briggs
Vision OF education.
~ INTRODUCTION TO MiTHE-
NATICS. BY \. y. Whitehead. T. r.
s. author of Universal Alcge bra"
etc New York: Henry Holt u co.
The thing is not imaginable. YET il is,
nevertheless. true. That man can APP
preach the subjects Of mathematics cas-
Is, even famliarly. marks him a man
Of courage. That he engages to keep