Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02

identity with a red flush Of feathers un-
der his neck. and becoming so tame and
intimate as to light upon the hand. This
is charming story OF nature written
with that exquisite delicacy that chara -
terizcs Mrs. Burnetts work.
A FIRST SKETCH OF ENGLISH LIT
ERATURE. By Henry Morley, LII.
d. late professor Of English Ian
guage and literature at University
College, London. etc. New and en-
larged edition, bringing the work
down to the deaths of Swinbnrne
and Meredith. Thirty-sixth thou
sand. New York: Cassel & Co.
Prof. Morleys work has passed through
many editions since its first appearance
in 1873. 4 new print has now been made
of this standard work. in order to bring
it as closely up to date possible. Prof.
r. w Edmunds has written a supple
mentary chauter carving the Morley
sketch OF English literature to the deaths
Of Swinburne and Meredith This has in
VOWED an extension of Morleys treatment
OF some modern writer's. such as TIE. n.y.
son Browning and Stevenson. who be-
came prominent toward the limit or his
own period Thus ENLARGED the IS Ietc-- >
is one of the most useful outlines of Eng
fish literature now at the disposal of stu
dents
THE STRONG HAND. BY Warwick
Deeping With frontispiece in COL
by A. c. Michael New York:
CaSSell & Co.
Into a placid little English town, beau
tifu to look at from the usual tourists
point OF view. beautiful indeed in many of
its conspicuous aspects. comes a young
physician as assistant to the general prac-
titioner of the community. man of
strong fiber and unfiinchng courage and
| the stern belief in the missioner func-
ton of the medical man. In the course
! of his work he finds signs Of gross neglect
! of the laws of health by landlords
as we'll tenants. and he sets about to
effect their cure. He encounters the rigid
| opposition of property owners of the mid
| die class whose sole idea is to extract
the last possible penny from their proper
ties without thought for the health or
! comfort of their tenants. He is cast of
| by his principal, and has the effrontery
to set up his shop in the same town. un-
der the patronage of grabbed old crust
| of a man. whose greatest passion is
! cleanliness and whose chief desire is &c
| beat his neghbors. This is the story OF
/ John Wolfe. crusader against insan;ta-
! ton. Don Qufxote of hygiene. whose
! lance IS leveled in vain The author IRE
sents a severe treatment Of the Eng ISL
village system which permits such abOm.
! nations to exist without redress. and in
! cidentally tells d moving story that grips
! from the start and compelS consideration
! and belief. The pages are filled with vi
| tai. living convincing characters. Flabby
little Dr. Threadgo.d, brutal Brewer Tur-
rell. crafty Lawyer Crump. hard Old Johr
Josiah era bbe and then a wide range o.
womanhood, eliminating In Mary Mascal
with her comprehensive wisdom, anC
Jess, her daughter, wonderful girl-wom-
an with the power of sacrifice and devO-
/ ton, and Ursula Brandon lady of wealth
and power. who ultimately becomes
force for the redemption of little Nave
an important lesson. applicable today as
! it was in the period to which it refers.
THE ILLUSIONS OF MIR. AND MRS
BRESSINGHAM. BY Gerald Ben
! DALI New York: John Lane Company
Mr.. Bressingham, dapper. dignfled
wealthy. retired and bored. Mrs. Bres
singham. young, beautiful and also bored
They are advised by wise woman
Of title and wide experience to acquire
anew some Of the illusions OF life. ana
| suddenly. as by design, their horizon
| opens and they are made happy III Oppos
| ing attractions. Mr.. Bressingham finds
pseudo niece. beautiful young actress
| In whom he becomes greatly Interested
Mrs Bressngham' portrait is painted b,
! IL romantic young artist with the some
what obvious result Of love making
| Then suddenly through the failure of thei
respective objects of interest the two ar.
! thrown together for a motor tour ir
France and they promptly discover tina
their dearest illusion consists in an inter
est in each other. And SO these two Ions
separated i'll thought and habit, b4Alms
as one again and a charming love Y4 5ry
Is worked out to an altogether satisEac
] tory conclusion. y pleasant bit of fic
ton with minimum of demand upon the
! Imagination.
THE MIDLANDERS. By Charles Ten
ney Jackson. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs Merrill Company.
/ Here is a story that seems to be ideally
constructed for dramatization. The char.
acters, the locale, the situations, all appear
/ to be more of the stage than OF the Ii.
! brary and the plot in its timeliness an6
| present day interest offers the play build
er material ready shaped for his work
The theme OF the story is the politica
unrest that in the middle west has beer
given the name OF the Iowa Idea," and
| later worked itself into the platform OF
| the progressive party. In the Openine
! chapters-WhiCh might be called the pro
! logue-one il introduced to the story's
! heroine, a 'Cajun baby girl who has heer
| kidnapped from an orphanage and adopt
ed by two old Confederate soldiers, who
| have never surrendered. Then the scene
and the time change; the girl CROWN
up now. is transplanted to Iowa with the
vironment iningles with an alien people
who never could understand AT this
stage OF the story the political element
| becomes predominant. one meets the
dreaming, romantic country editor; the