Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

study lies. happily within the present
1t is conducted. also happily, in spirit or
practical inquiry. What s much TO the
| po.nt in dealing with matters OF educa-
! ton /. r,a 10. nte ng. calc ate
! to appeal to readers outs de the teaching
profession as well as to those within IL
A most use -ul feature here is the habit
ual comparison Of the United states TO
ed for the most efficient funct.oning o.
| the school.
! THE NEW journal. OF MARIE
BASHkIRTSEFF. Translated fir IN
/ the french by Mary J. Stafford New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Washing
+, ton: Brentano's.
Anybody with fifteen-year-old read
ing memory is able to recall the stir-as
much moral as l.terary-t.at rose around
the celebI ated diary of Marie Bashkirt-
self. the volume in hand is an earlier
part of this diary a part hitherto I'M
published and commenced when the au-
thor was twelve years old. Even at this
age the little Slav was Dire ming to Ler
book of becoming somebody famous.
Even then she was deeply in .ove with
certain Due de H.-confess.ns ii in ferv
with equal fervor signing lor "a dress
like that of Dante's Beatrice" TINS
is g. record to which grown folks
the most of them parents and many
little more t. an a negli9ent ''Bosn."
of curt dismissal. II the feel ngs OF
this girl are never shared In any
degree by otner giris-why. in that case.
well as any other easy-going phrase.
Otherwise, and one believes 1t is other
wise, tie book has va lie as a purveyor
of import Mt facts, important provided
that the elders seeking to use these facts
are intelligent. and inspired. and SYM
pathetic, most truly sympathetic through
the quickened memo.y of Their own
twelve-year-o-d dreams. AS literature.
the book is worth esS, save perhaps as
the childis.. performance of what might
have Powered into genius.
MORNINGS WITH MASTERS OF ART.
by II. II. 20. ers, ia. New YORK:
The Macmillan Company.
this volume is something more than IAN
attempt partially to interpret the de-
velopment of Christian art from the time
of Constantine to the death Of Michel
angelo" 1t is a work of such literary
| excellence that the subject-vaiee is. in
a measure. dominated by the vivid force
fulness with which the author puts his
KNOWLEDGE in words. No review could do
justice to the seventeen chapters. eacn of
winch mars an era-step in the march of
| progress from medieval to Christian art
and which shou be studied rather than
casually read. In the mere winnowins of
the pictured pages. however. one glimpses
iClmabue. whose work represents The
Be inning of the Renaissance: Giotto
1.-The first of the moderns'; Fra
An cleo Bott cell, Leonardo da Vine,
who gave to Christian art it's hnal and
complete enfranchiSement" Raphael and
Niche angelo.
Never did art die SO utterly with the
death Of one man as with that Of Michel
an elo. Sculpture and painting, to be
Ism 49, h.,t
! ceased" Chr stan art was complete
Portraits of l aIy's reat painters of the
centuries concerned inters erse the text,
to ether with over a hundred reproduc-
| tons Of the work, on canvas marble.
! for which they are individually famed.
MEADOWSWEET. By Baroness Orczy
| author of The Noble Rogue" etc
New York: George II. DOran Com
pany.
convincing, but continuously entertain
ing story of tie dup.ic.ty of a woman
and her cruei deception OF her sister.
The story is located in England at some
unidentified pe:iod of the past when
positions We're emp Dyed 1t opens with
a glimpse into . most del ghful cd
| house with an attractive old amateur
taxidermist at work stuffing a rare bat.
| Tn fortunately the taX.dermist fades from
| view and occupies thenceforth in the
story a strictly subordinate position. 1t
might rave been more of tale mad he
| been given larger part.
BY-PATHS IN COLLECTING; Being
Aids In the Que.t of Rare ana
Unique Things hich Have Passed
the Century Mark, SUI. b rs Old China,
Furniture, Pew er, Copper. Brass,
Samplers and sun Diais, With Com
ments on Their Age, Decoration ana
Value. By Nirg. Robbie. New
York: The Century Company.
One must be touched with the germ of
the true collector of iarit es to under
stand the fervor of feeling which makes
the writing of such works this not
only possible. but profitable. Here is no
| specialization upon china or brass. pew
| ter or furniture. The book deals IN an
! easy. graceful manner with al sorts o.
col ections giving great deal of in
| formal on about particular lines and tell
! ing some ente- tanning tales of rare pieces
and leading types. 1t is ric. ly illustrated
and constitutes valuable handbook for
collections of ali grades of intensity.
THE ROMANCE OF REALITY. By.
Margaret LeB. O'Connell. Lancas-
ter. Pa: Press of the New Era Print
ing Company.
Mrs. O'Connell well known in Wash
| ington for many years as the wife Of
Brig. Gen. John ]. O'Connell, L. S. ~.
retired, died in this city in July, 1910.
and ii has been the subsequent task of
| her daughter to aSseInble the fugitive