Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-07

brary, he holds in his hand a little gold
spur given to him by his friends of
dreams. In the course Of these chapters
of vivid adventure the young reader is
led to an acquaintance with some of the
finest characters of the past.
STORIES TOLD IN THE WIGWAM.
By Cover Glynn. illustrated. New
York: Mclaughlin Brothers.
These are stories which the old squaws
in the wigwam have told and retold to
the children in the far back days when
the land was wild. before the white man
had come to complicate the native life.
Some Of them have become part OF the
literature OF modern days. as, for ex-
ample, the story Of Manabozho. which
has been rendered by Longfellow as The
Song Of Hiawatha." Each OF these stories
is founded upon a sound moral principle.
teaching some such quality as obedience
kindness. bravery. truthfulness and
gratitude. The stories are illustrated by
several full page color pictures. and some
In black and white, while each page Is
printed in q color portrait suitable to the
text.
THE YOUNG FARMER, Some Things
He should Know. BY Thomas r;
Company.
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drawn into agricultural life by reason of
the Improvement in conditions on the farm
and the lowering OF the barriers between
rural regions and city comforts and accom-
modations. Agriculture. Furthermore. has
become more profitable than evere before
through the application OF new scientific
methods. In these circumstances q work
of the character of the present volume.
giving to the young agricultural aspirant
a clear concept Of the modern theory OF
farming together with practical advice
and directions as to the detailed handling
OF stock and treatment Of soil, selection
and use of tools and marketing of prod
ucts. is Of exceptional value and will meet
an urgent need for brief. accurate treat
ment Of farm problems. The illustrations
comprise views Of profitable farms.
OUR PRESIDENTS AND THEIR Of
FICE, Including Parallel Lives Of
the Presidents Of the People Of the
United States and q: Several CO.
temp0raries, and q History OF the
Presidency. BY William Estabrook
Chancellor. author of THE United
States; a History of Progress" etc.
With an introduction by Champ
resentatives In Congress. New
York: The Neale Publishing Com
pany.
Preceded by an introduction by Speak
err Clark. written about a year ago. DR..
Chancellor. who will be remembered as
the superintendent Of the District schools
a few years back. reviews the history of
\he presidential Office and presents a CON-
prehensive and valuable summary Of hap
penings during the successive American
administrations His purpose, as he
states In his preface, is first to recount
the life of each President, second to
standards, and third to show their rela-
lions to the many affairs OF American
history, and fourth to show how the pres
idency itself has developed since the days
Of the Constitution makers. This is
practically a closely compacted history
of the United States since it's organiza-
ton under the Constitution and forms a
valuable reference work besides being
written in a vein to hold the interest OF
the general reader. A full photography
gives references for study. while the work
Is carefully indexed for quick citation.
LETTERS OF ULYSSES s. GRANT; to
His Father and Youngest Sister,
Grant Cramer. With portraits. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Gen. Grant was not a profuse letter
writer and not many OF these personal
documents are now to be found to afford
the Illuminating sddelight upon character
that correspondence yields. 1t is fortu-
nate that authority has been obtained
from members of that family, the late
Gen. Frederick D. Grant having granted
his permission to print these letters writ
ten by Gen. Grant to members Of his fam
lily or to friends There are not many of
them, just a small sheaf of notes, many
Of them merely few lines in length and
a few of them covering two or three
pages Gen. Grant wrote directly and ex-
plici.ly, with few paraphrases and no at
tempt at literary finish He had no diff
Guilty in expressing his thoughts These
are intimate little touches that show the
man himself, sometimes commenting on
his great responsibilities as a military
leader and sometimes dealing with small
personal affairs, showing always the
sturdy and stalwart character that pro-
duced such remarkable results afterward.
THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT; a
Discussion Of Municipal Administra-
tiOn Based on q Survey Of Ten Conn
mission Governed Cities. By Henry
Bruere, director of the New York
bureau OF municipal research. Will
liam Sheperdson of the staff of the
operating in the collection and tabu-
lation of material respecting COM
mission government New York:
d. Appleton & Co.
This volume is an item of the Metz
Fund Handbooks Of City Business Meth
ods." founded by Herman A. Metz, for
mer controller of the city Of New York
It was during his first term of Office that
a group Of citizens Of New York estab-
lished the bureau Of municipal research.
designed to forward the evolution of ideal
city administration. He co-operated with
this organization in 1905 and since that
time a revolution has been worked in the
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