Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30

and the pioneer is nearly finished. ana
ere long their stern and hardy ngures
will have passed from the worlds stage
never to return. In the Argentine. IN
Mexico and in Alaska store clones ana
stiff hats are replacing corduroys ara
sombreros: the pack mule is giving way
to the motor car. The earth has out one
more great prize with which to lure the
avaricious and the adventurous: Africa
mysterious, opulent. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
calls
Mr. Powell resolves even Africa as a
field OF possible exp Grafton into smaii
area. BLACK Mans Africa little sec.
ton in the east near the coast of the Red
sea and the Indian ocean and stretching
back to the desert. Through these reg ons
he travels. taking his reader through the
woods and over the burning sands. into
the mysterious cities Of the cases: to Fan
zibar. with it's extraordinary costumes:
down into the Rand, the region OF great
riches. He tells of the commercial eN-
tension that is sending agents all through
the dark continent. and with the aid OF
reproduced photographs gives clear
concept Of the remnant that has been LETT
by the explorers AS an appropriate APP
pendix he adds chapter on the Forgot
ten Isles" the Seychelles. lying some d's-
lance off the coast in the Indian ocean.
and st. Helena. lying to the west. Eng
land used St. Helena at one time for a
certain noted exile. and so England Is
now using the Seychelles for some noted
political prisoners who have been forcibly
separated from Africa and now live in a
state OF semi-royalty in these islands
THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE
PURITAN FATHERS: and Their
Pounding of New Boston and the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. TOgether
With Some Account Of the COudi-
lions Which Led to Their Departure
From Old Boston and the Neighbor-
- Rx-
G. Addison. author of The Romantic
Story of the Mayf1ower Pilgrims and
It's Place in the Life Of Today.
etc. With numerous illustrations.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co.
From Boston in England to Boston
in the new world stretches line Of his
toric association. Seldom has this cord
been vibrated by the hand of an h'sto-
ran. Mr.. Addison. having made a specia'
study Of the Mayf1ower pilgr mage, now
sets forth in this romantic story" some
thing of the old Boston as linked with
the new Boston. He brings to the atten-
ton of American readers the church in
fluences in the Boston from which the
Puritan fathers came, and relates THIS
story so Interestingly that one is made
to feel the pre- sence of those who par
ticipated in the great religious protest
which was one of the causes of American
independence. This volume. in which the
stories of the Old and new Boston are
told. is illustrated with except'ona pro-
fuseness Reproductions of photographs
are mingled with facsimiles of Enelish
manuscripts and portraits. The work is
of interest far beyond the Immediate
range of those New EnglanderS who
trace their ancestry to the pilgrim
fathers.
OUR HOUSE AND LONDON OUT OF
OUR WINDOWS. By Elizabeth
Robins Pennell. With illustrations
by Joseph Pennell. Boston: Hough-
ton Miff1in Company.
Two years ago Mrs. Pennell printed a
delightful volume dealing with artists
life in London, descr bling the atmosphere
in which the picture makers work in that
metropolis presenting some characteristic
fi~ures and telling amusing anecdotes.
Now this work has been renrinted with
a series of ske tches by Mr.. Pennell, pre-
senting all aspects of London by night
and day. These sketches. reproduced by
Photographic processes. combine with the
text to form one of the most attractive
works on London ever published.
MYTHS OF THE MODOCS. BY Jere-
miah Curtin. author Of THE Mon
gols: a History" etc. Boston: Lit
tie, Brown Co.
In Indian Territory now live the rem
nants of the once great and powerful
Modoc tribe, who originally dWelt in the
Lost River valley of Oregon. the country
of the lava beds, where the scenery is
remarkably diverse and grandly beauti-
full 1t was the belief of the Modocs
that this land was created particularly
for their needs and they reverenced 1t
deeply so that even the smallest portion
Of the region had its own place in the
traditions of the tribe. Mr.. Curtin has
obtained from Modoc Indians themselves
many of these myths and has now retold
them In a volume that makes delightful
reading as literature and is at the same
time an important contribution to Amer
lean folk lore.
JATAKA TALES. Retold by Ellen c.
Rabbit. With illustrations by ELS
worth Young. New York: The Cen
fury Company.
Through the sacred books Of the Bud
dhists of India run many stories OF ami
mails folk tales that have their part m
the religious scheme of the Hindu people.
Some OF these have been now retold for
Juvenile -eaders, and in heir reproduction
they have been given an attractive set
ting with numerous silhouette illuStra-
tions. These are instructive and descr. b.
Ing narratives that all children will APP
preciate, told with much keen humor.
A PRISONER OF WAR IN VIRGINIA,
1915. BY George Haven Putnam.
adJutant and brevet major, 176th n
Y. S. Vols. Reprinted with additions
from the report of an address pre-
scented to the n. Y. Commandery of
the U. S. Loyal Legion. December
z. 1910. With Illustrations. New
York: G. P. PutnamS' Sons.
Maj Putnam was captured at the bat
tie of Cedar Creek while he and some
of his comrades were trying to bring
gun in from an exposed position.
They, with ten or eleven hundred other
men. were assembled in the field to the
south Of the battle ground on the re-
treat of Early's army before the re-
organized Federal forces. These prison
ers were FASTENED up the pike to Staun-
ton and were then sent by train to
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