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

hounds" Later ON. there is a tourna-
ment, when "a single mounted herald be-
fore the tents blew a long blast on q sill
yer horn. Their flaps parted and eleven
draw into line behind him. They were
slashed doublets and plumed chapeaus.
and short jeweled cloaks dropped from
their shoulders" Damory Court was
Virginia, where the medieval joust is per-
petuated by knights who generally ride
In their Sunday best, with sashes Of
paper cambria. or sometimes silk. There
Is a girl with myrtle-blue eyes and hair.
that has the FURNISH Of hot copper.
q really delightful daughter Of the Old
Dominion. and the girl and the hero
make UP the romance Of a story that be-
gins with a fascination which 1t main
tains to the end.
THE BLACKBERRY PICKERS. BY
Evelyn st. Leger, author Of ''The
Shape of the World" etc. New York:
q. p. Putnam's Sons.
II one has started this story directly at
the first line OF tho text. without study
ing the title page. he will. after reading.
reach the last page with a sense Of WON
derment as to the title. Then perhaps he
will turn back and find the clue in four
lines Of blank verse:
Earth's crammed with heaven,
And ey'ry common bush afre wita God.
But only he who sees takes OF his shoes
The rest SIT round 1t and pluck blackbeEI1ee.
The interest in this tale does not CEN
ter around the blackberry pickers. OF the
latter Is Luke LummOnd, suitor for the
hand Of Rachel. Luke is an extremely
seif-centered young man. provokingly I'M
responsive. to the claims Of others, in
credibly selfish. There need be no mys-
terry about the cause of this temperament,
though one is attempted in q belated ex-
birth. Chiefly in the readers eye are
Rachel Cremayne, Robert Haskell and
Ruth. his wife. Here are three. finely
tempered. beautiful souls. Haskell. when
confronted with the prospect of life
long alliance with hopeless invalid. is
beset sorely. but ION the other side of
Westminster bridge he meets one who
shows him the right of Righteousness.
This one. of whom he tells myster1ously
to his wife, is really the one he would
ance he walks a straight path into sue
cess and ultimately into rich reward. A
gripping, convincing story OF cotempo-
raneous English life.
THE SEER. BY Perley Poore Sheehan.
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co.
Here is a stirring tale Of religious re-
vivalism in the south, centering around
a strange figure Of a man. the Rev. Con-
slant Gath, who employs his own meth
DDS and brings men and women out OF
the ways of erring by sheer power OF ap-
peal to their better selves. He breaches
no doctrine Of punishment and terror
but rather a faith Of love and Joy and
goodness. He Is a healer gifted with the
miraculous power OF banishing Ills. He
draws into his train early a young col
lege student who recognizes the man
great gifts and deep sincerity and decides
to devote his life to the forwarding Of his
work. The man becomes the story teller
and presents the tale from his point OF
view as the revivaIst's manager. A
model colony for the poor Is founded or
the outskirts of southern city and an
interesting sociological experiment Is
closes in tragedy. Perhaps this was in.
evitable. Regardless OF its climax, how
ever, 1t will make a most effective appeal
to the goodness in every reader.
THE IVORY SNUFF BOX. By Arnold
Fredericks. Illustrations by VIII
Crete. New York: w. ]. Watt &
Co.
Unquestionably it seemed a silly sort Of
thing to send highly skilled detective
from Paris to London simply to regain
possession Of an ivory snuff box stolen
from the French ambassador to England.
At least, so thought Richard Duvall, the
detective, who particularly resented being
ordered to leave his bride Of few hours
on the very eve of their honeymoon trim
to America. And so thought Mrs. Duvall
when she received the news from an off,
cial source and was sent to Brussels as
a sort of assistant detective. Had it not
been for the complication Of romance the
story would have been finished in about
half the space. But, having secured pos
session Of the snuff box, Richard thought
it would be safe to wait and rescue his
wife from an institution into which she
had been sent on this quest by the French
police chief. That causes trouble. This
Is quick action story that is, however,
not particularly hard to guess.
SCOUTS HANDBOOK AND IN
STRUCTOR. By H. j. Mckinney,
first lieutenant and squadron adju-
tant, 18th Cavalry. u. s. A., Kansas
City. Mo-: Franklin Hudson Pub
fishing Company.
This Is the only American handbook on
the subject Of instruction for military
scouts and the author has done his work
most capably and satisfactorily. Com
piled within a small compass this little
volume supplies the military scout with
a mass of Information Of practical value
in his work. Scouting is scientific
work that requires the closest study, and
1t is to be hoped, for the sake of the
standards Of efficiency in the American
army. that this work will be placed in
the hands OF all who are sent into the
field to survey the ground in advance of
an army or for the purpose Of making
peace.
THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. BY
George r. Parkin, c. M. G.. Hon. D.
G. l.. Oxon., etc. Boston: HOughton
Mifflin Company.
Ten years ago Cecil Rhodes died In