Evening star., 1912-06-15

pIete and irresistible admiration Of her.
self, should toll off these triumphs over
the mighty of the earth in this ingenious
fashion Of guileless abandon.
THE GARDEN OF INDRA. BY Michael
White. Pictures by Wlaidislaw T.
Benda. New York: Duffield & Co.
These clever inventions are built upon
the oriental folks. going about I'm Their
customs. beliefs. superstitions. traditions
and notions. as these appear to the eyes
of an amused and highly energized occi-
dental. one in whom reverence and cred
ulity do not bulk conspicuously These
incidentS-grotesuue, half-heroic, romantic
are uncommonly well wrought in a
clean etching and a. clear portraiture that
often slants into caricature A kind Of
Kiplingesque sophistication turns all of
these tales into comedy. This is the
filter of eastern ideas through the west
ern attitude Taken one after another.
and altogether. they are not discouraging
leagues behind the kipling stories Of this
order
HOW TO VISIT EUROPE ON NEXT
TO NOTHING. With Memoranda Of
Actual Expenses. Coinage, Tables.
Etc. BY Z. P. Prentys New York
Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington:
Brentano'S.
An American girl starts for Europe with
$500 and sees London, a large part Of
England. Belgium, Paris and much of
France, the Riviera and Norway for this
amount. and has, altogether. a very COM
Portable and profitable time. Setting
down every item of expense, she now re-
lates her experiences in little book that
tells everybody else how this can be done.
1t is a practical. sensible volume of ac-
tual happenings that should go far to
correct the impression that European
trip is too expensive to be undertaken by
persons of limited means.
ILLUSTRATED KEY TO THE WILD
AND COMMONLY CULTIVATED
TREES Of the Northeastern United
states and Adjacent Canada, Based
Primarily Upon Leaf Characters. BY
]. Franklin Collins and Howard W.
Preston. New York: Henry Holt &
Co.
Popular knowledge of the trees is
amazingly limited despite all the teach
ings in the public schools in elementary
botany. The average person is seldom
able to identify more than ten different
species, and, consequently, walks in the
woods are less interesting than they
would be if a wider and more intimate
acquaintance with the forest growths had
been acquired. The authors of this COM
pact little handbook have undertaken by
a series of condensed notes to extend
public familiarity with the trees, being
aided by Photographic illustrations show
ing the character of the bark and outline
drawing of the leaves of a great num-
ber of growthS. With this book in the
pocket for reference almost any one
going forth observantly can spend profit
able hours in parks and in forests.
THE GOLIGHTLYS: Father & Son. Ry
Laurence North. author Of "SyrniX,
etc. New York: George H. Doran
Company.
There was nothing really wrong about
Potiphar Golightly or anything i'm his
methods to which exception could be TAX
en- on the ground of business public
morality. He went at his chosen work
with straightforward determination. with
unbounded faith and a confidence that
rose to the height of egotism. His en-
terprises were justifiably successful. and
it was sheer misfortune that he should
have invoked forces of reprisal and re-
venge that ultimately caused his down.
fall. In presenting this history Mr.. North
has painted the full-length picture of a
man whose success has been we'll earned
from the point of view of material things,