The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01

to the brink. II seemed as II the myriad
hbers Of the summit line Of foliage might
be counted, so finely drawn, so individual
was each against the azure. Below the
boughs the road swept along the crest
OF the crag. and thence curved inward.
and one surveying the scene could look
straight beyond the point OF the precipiCe
and into the heart OF the sunset, still
afiare in the West"
The story opens at the season of the
year when Indian summer had stolen
upon the BrisCoes lingering in their bun
galow with its wild, sweet airs. the bur
nished glamours of its soft red sun, its
dreamy. poetic amethystine haze. A
cousin, Julian Bsyne, makes an uneX.
pected entrance into this sylvan retreat
and meets the embarrassing situation OF
being a fellow guest with the woman who
five years before he had known Under
peculiarly cruel circumstances. The plot
il built around these two characters, and
is interesting entirely convincing.
OUR PRESIDENTS AND THEIR OFFICE: BY
William Estabrook Chancellor. author Of The
United States" Introduction by Champ clark
Price, s..
What manner OF men have our Presi-
dents been? What manner of men
should they be- What difference dos
make VIM lllt lNslNth1 lSs ASO'o
the present system work we'll? What
qualities and what experience make for
success as a candidate? and, IL elected.
for success as President? These and
many other questions are considered in
this work And here the truth is told.
This book Is consistent view OF
twenty-siX men, from Washington to
Taft. who have been the first citizens
of the land The author presents per
sonal picture of every President, with
the same comparative standard facts
about each-ancestry. neighborhood. edu-
cation, Cabinet, and temperament and
character The criticism is brilliant, and
while sympathetic, is unsparing where
main principles of efficiency and honesty
ere in issue All the Presidents and their
CONTEMPORARIES are judged by the same
standard of a plain Americanism.
II is a history of the Presidency, show
ing how the original powers have grown
in some respects, and in others dimin-
ished. Included in the account is a
record of all the parties in our national
political history.
The author has written four other
historical works. The present review OF
the chief magistrates of the United
States is certain to command attention.
DIR PRESIDENTS AND THEIR OFFICE: By
William EStauroOk WIN an nlrOQuC-
tiou b. Champ Clark. Speaker Of the House.
Neale Publishing Company. New York
The study Of the ONCE of President,
irrespective of the men who held 1t, is
one of great interest. The subject is
treated by the author in a manner that
instructs the reader and surprises him
nv demonstrating that the powers at
tachipg to the Presidency is greater than
that OF any constitutional monarch and
that II has been one of the forces that
has lifted the United States to pre-
eminence and a prosperity unequaled
to-day among all other nations. The
author holds that the trainers of our
Constitution did no part OF their work
better than in the organization of this
office of Chief Executive. representing,
ruling and yet obeying the will of the
people.
wonder attaches to the careers of GER
tain of our Presidents who seem to US
.sIrnmortaIs." Their lives, we are told,
ought to be looked upon from a different
scale than those of the apparently less
er man of our highest office. But 1t is
heconinK to be chary of moral judy
ments respecting motives. A genial de-
mocracy tells us to respect the office
aIways, and the person who holds that
OFFICE within the limits of ascertained
facts.
advanced by Mr. Chancellor may differ
widely from those of some of his read
ers, but as he has spent almost twenty