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

stately mansions of the well-to-do. Then
she passes to tho fascinating subject Of
doorways, which makes any work on
co onial architecture well worth while.
Appropriately this leads to the subject OF
knockers; then. refraining from entering
the dive! ing. she visits the garden of the
old colonial house. and finally crosses the
threshold and carries her reader through
halls and statrways and chambers. point
ing out to them characteristic cary ngs
and architectural designs. showing SIDE
boards. chairs, beds and bureaus ana at
last dealing with the minutiae OF the
dome site equipment. dwelling especla,ls
upon silver, pewter and china. The
photographs which the author has been
cnab' ed to make through a virtually I'M
limited access to the finest of the sun
remainne colonial homes give this work
an exceptional value.
A HEALTH UNTO HIS MAJESTY. By
Justin Huntly Mccarthy. author or
IF ] Were King" etc. New YORK:
Holder & Slough ton.
To live to eat drink and be merry and
to starve in loyalty to a throneless KING
is to ennoble a roysterer into nero.
Multiply him by a half dozen of his klnu
and the reader gets an estimate of the
carousing cavaliers whom the author
hedges around Charles Stuart In TINS
breezily humorous and love making. II not
Lane no credit in the restoration OF
Charles II. but, as the author says IN
effect, in his dedicatory verse. II IL qua
not happen it should have. And, any
how. it makes a splendid story. Inc
Mo. has It's setting in Holland on the top
floor Of an old building. in a room that
was ragged and shabby almost to the
limit of raggedness and shabb1neSs the
refuge of a king who might seek "A ROOF
in every land but his own. lie is such a
pauper of a king that when he enters
the room bent under sacks of food he has
bought from marketwomen in exchange
FOR royal kisses feels sympathetic to
tears-an emotion quickly routed by more
successful desire to laugh with me courtlers
clamor ny u be fed. Tears and laughter
play like clouds and sunshine on every
page, and each chapter has its thrill OF
'oyalty. deceit, sacrifice or intrigue me
KIDNAPPING of Gen. Monk and Jane Lane
remuneration are both dramatically saus-
flying. and nothing in history or out OF
Il could eclipse Wi1lemyn's method of
gaining a mans love.
THE CLOSING NET. BY Henry c.
Rowland. author of The Magnet.
etc. With Illustrations by A e
Michael. New York; Dodd, Mead X
Co.
1t must he extremely dsconcerting t6
a skillful thief an artist in his way. to dc
a clever piece of burglary and then, wher
about to clean up the job, to hear al
electric switch snap and find himself
gazing into the muZzle of a pistol held by
his own half brother This is what the
dramatistS call situation From ma
terial of this sort Mr.. Rowland con
structs this brisk and dramatic tale OF
life in the underworld OF Paris The cen
trail figure, who tells the story in the nrS1
person, is one who has had a good edu
tt,. lnft llsly
of an aristOcratic and once wealthy fam
lily, who speaks French like a native. and
has a string of aliases calculated TO com
mand the respect of any Police force II
the world. The plot is rather complicated
turning upon the resolution OF this young
man to lead an honest life after he has
been rescued from the realm of crime by
the Intervention of his half brother. Il
gives Il glimpse of the widely ramiheC
criminal organization OF Paris. which
defies police and menaces ministries. II
is a book to hold ones attention closely
despite the tendency Of the storytellei
to lapse into unnecessary explanations
and digressions.
A CHRISTMAS HONEYMOON. BY
Frances Aymar Mathews. lllustrat
ed in color by Herbert Bohnert. New
York: Moffat, Yard az Go.
A story OF human perversity and OBJ
stinacy, Of happiness wasted through silly
preiudices and pique. The fact that after
long years of separation Peter Van Zandt
and his wife are reunited does not render
the tragic useleSsness of all the misery
and distress and sorrow any less acute
one would wish to have the excellent ma
tcrial OF which this tale is constructed
turned into happier channels. 1t might
have been possible to bring about recon
Citation through the medium of a SECOND
generation instead OF waiting for a thlrC
one. There is nothing SO CHASTITY as lost
time.
POEMS. By Hyde Fowlkes. New
York: The Cosmopolitan Press.
These are fragments Of poesy brought
together from various sources into sin
gle volume that manifests high order
OF literary merit and a wide range OF
tastes and topic There are graceful SON
nets and narrative poems. mortuary anC
memorial verses, quaint dialect lineS-it
short. a delightful medley OF fine concepts
done in admirable and attractive manner
nett illustrated by Alfred Brennan
New York; Frederick y. Stokes
Company.
introduced the figure of little robin
playing his joyous part in the unfolding
of a tale Now in response to many per
sonal inquiries. she devotes story ex-
clusively to the robin OF the secret gar
den. telling how he first appeared, a
little nondescript bird without any dis
tinguishng mark, gradually making her
acquaintance and finally disclosing his