Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

in touch with her church. which he
and the purpose is achieved. 1t is a
pleasantly written story, though at
times the romance is rather dominated
by the purpose of DR.. Eaton, who dis
cusses religion with a converts overzeal.
LITERARY HEARTHSTONES OF
DIXIE. BY La Sale Corbell Pickett.
author Of pickett and His Men"
etc. With portraits and illustra-
tons. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippin-
colt Company.
No one is better qualified to write OF
the literary hearthstones'' Of the south
land than Mrs. Pickett who, herself an
author Of ability and note. possesses the
discriminating taste as well as the en-
thusiasm to enable her to present effect
lively the tale Of the south's achievements
in the world of letters. The eleven men
and women who have been chosen by her
to exemplify these literary achievements
OF the south do not, of course, exhaust
the field. There are many others VINO
have gained distinction in fiction. In his
tory, in biography and in all variants of
ever, are more conspicuously characters
tic and are almost closely cotem-
poraneous. In these papers Mrs PICKETT
briefly sketches the lives Of her subjects
~
personal relations that enliven the bio
graphical notes. Those who have been
chosen for this treatment are Edgar
Allan Poe. THE Poet Of the Night; Sid,
ney Lanier; The Sunrise Poe Poet PAU tSa
Pi aon Henry ayne Timro ds The The Flame
Born Poet; William Gilmore simms.
Father Abbott: Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus"; Francis Scott Key, The
Poet Of the Flag; Father Ryan. The
n ocrhy
Bacon and Green's; Margaret Junkin
Preston, woman and Poet; Augusta
Evans Wilson 1.-The Mother of st.
Elmo.'''
REPORTING AND COR
RESPONDENCE; q Manual for Re-
pOrters, Correspondents and Students
of Newspaper Writing. By Grant
Minor Hyde, NJ. A., instructor in
journalism in the University OF WIS
consin, New York; D. Appleton q co.
Several books have been written to
guide the young writer who aspires to
employment and success in
journalism, but few Of them are as eff
fective in their teaching as experience it.
self in the "city ROOM of daily paper.
1t is possible, of course, to give the out
lines Of the principles which govern In
the writing Of news and interviews and
can quite take the place of the daily grind
Of mistakes corrected and lessons learned
and principles grasped in the routine of
work. However, book such
as that in hand has it's value and the
young writer who reads it is better quail
flied for his beginning than another. In
this work the Instructions are clearly ex-
pressed. with numerous Illustrations TAX
en- directly from newspaper prints, the
whole classified into the various lines of
newspaper writing. This is an excellent
work as far as 1t can go and should make
for facility in grasping the best methods
for a successful newspaper career.
THAT BOY OF YOURS; Sympathetic
Studies Of BOyhOOd. BY James S.
Kirtley. New York: George II.
DOran Company.
The boy is now being studied carefully
as subject deserving Of thoughtful, help
full, constructive consideration by teach
ers and by parents. It seems incredible
that he has been so long neglected as an
object of solicitous attention. This is not
merely a matter Of parentship. with each
boy constituting a solitary Individual
problem to be solved by father and moth
er. The welfare Of society depends in
large measure upon other peoples boys.
and fortunately this point Of view is be-
ing gained. by a constantly increasing
humber of practical sociolOgists who rec
ognize the vital Importance Of developing
boyhood properly for the sake of a high
grade OF manhood. In this work the boy
question Is treated alphabetically. 1t is
written from the point of view Of
former boy'-that Is to say. the writer
IS no theorist. treating the boy as an ex-
hibit or object lesson. but as a living
creature. He considers the boys body,
appetite. curiosity. power Of Imitation.
imagination, sports. employments, pos
sessions, spare time. his looks. his gang,
his chums. his heroes. his sweethearts
and his habits. This il q book to stimu-
late every parents interest in the ques-
ton, and should make for a more intelli-
gent treatment Of boys by those who are
charged with their care and development
NEW RIVERS OF THE NORTH, the
Yarn OF Two Amateur ExpIorers.
By Hulburt FoOtner. Illustrated
from photographs. New York: Out
ing Publishing Company.
There is little enough left Of the out
doors that is not mapped. charted and
posted with signboards. and one cam
not help feeling surprised at the state
ment that there are rivers of the North
American continent of which the map
makers have, even yet, only the hazi-
est of ideas and very little actual
This narrative of the
of two intrepid partners of
many voyages into trackless wilds,' as
the Edmonton Journal styled them, Is
the plain and simple story Of a jour
ney along a new river-new in that
white men have not yet traced its
course from source to mouth-in that
region of the northwest that forms
the last frontier. The narrative is
written in diary form. and is the run
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