Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
BOOK REVIEWS.

-FOUR PHASES OF AMERICAN DE-
yELOPMENT: Federalism, Democ-
racy, Imperialism, Expansion. BY
John Bassett Moore. LII D.. pro-
fessor of international law, Column
bia University, New York; sometime
assistant secretary of state OF the
United States, author of Ameri-
can Diplomacy" etc. Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins Press
n n admirable and indispensable
~ survey of American history. With
~ the mere facts of history In
mind, and even with these prop
erly interrelated and ordered.
nm. Is still shortly just some survey
like the one presented hereof the full
use of the historic instrument of ap-
praisal and projection. Out of the multi
tudinous and varied facts Of history the
author has drawn off their essence, de-
filming its shape and meaning, crystalliz-
ing these into specific movements Of def
mite course and objective. The whole
United States, from 1920 to 1912. is here
gathered up under the notions of federal
ism, democracy imperialism and expan-
sion Day by day intimacy with facts,
profound knowledge of national and In
ternational relation as these are crys-
tallized in law, experience in the complex
matters of state-all these-stamp the
character of this invaluable study. With
out it or something like it the student OF
history is pilotless upon the sea of hu-
man development
sWINBURNE. BY George Edward
Woodbury.. author of Heart OF
Man." etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Spelled by the sheer music of Swim
burne, one neglects his meaning. In the
very best of ways, Mr.. Woodbury. brings
readers back to the poet himself. Not by
way of biography. this is commonly
writ Instead, by way Of Swinburne
himself. What manner Of man Is this?
What are his sources? What his goal?
Out of his writings alone-and SO, out OF
the man, himself-this author answers.
To one who counts Swinburne as some
mere miraculous instrument of melody
alone the author comes, brusquely tap
ping him upon the shOulder-so to say
pointing squarely to the man Of deep
reading, to him of far thought, of in
vincible courage and OF honest intent.
and to him above all-high above all-of
sweet singing in the song for passion,
for liberty, for fate and nature. for love
and fame.
To one desiring to come out Of the
trance of Swinburnes sound this study
burnes mission to his time and place.
GREYFRIARs BOBBY. BY Eleanor
Atkinson New York: Harper and
Brothers.
A true story, every word Of it true.
so it is declared In proof. it's author
points to a certain spot in Edinburgh
where Bobby, high-pedestaled, stands the
tutelary of a beautiful fountain erected
in his honor and planned primarily for
the use of dumb animals, like himself.
The hero of this dear story is little,
shaggy skye terrier. as leal a highlander
as ever drew breath. His love for Aud
Jock the simple shepherd strayed into
Edinburgh to die, his broken-hearted sor-
row, the human ingenuity and more than
human devotion by which Bobby eluded
the laws of Greyfriars kirkyard to make
his bed. nightly through shine and show
er, winter and summer, on old Jock 8
grave, his rise to the love and care of all
the children and most of the grown folks
-ounda bout-all this is woven into a
touching story. One finds it quite be-
lievable as well as beautiful, and counts
tribute to high qualities of heart and
mind that went into the making OF Grey
friars Bobby.
ELLIOTT GRAY, JR.; A Chronicle Of
school Life. BY Cotton Maynard.
New York: Fleming H. Revell Com
pany.
A splendid book for boys. Girls and
grown folks, as well, will delight In 1t,
for there are few things more enjoyable
than a group Of fine, healthy, clever lads
such as these, who here maintain
stanchly the glory Of Arlington School.
1t would be hard to find a boys book
with more of the boy in it. And equally
difficult to find more ideal school than
the one pictured here. The story moves
with great spirit and in genuine life
likeness. Parts of it-for instance, the
description of foot ball contest and an
other in tennis-are finely dramatic, pro-
ducing the excited suspense In which the
good game itself holds the onlookers
The whole is written straight across to
boy readers, level and sincere. Page by
page one gathers the authors oneness
with HIS theme. The understanding of
the boy-every kind of boy-the SYM
partnership. these are the fruits Of long
and intimate association alone. And 1t
turns out that this author was teacher
of boys up to his untimely death. This
one book by Mr.. Maynard stands abreast
of the few that deal with the boys in a
real way, and at the same time in an in
teresting and an inspiring way.
JACQUINE OF THE HUT, Romance
Of the Channel Islands. BY E. Gal
lienne Robin. New York: G. P. Put
MANS Sons.
With the hazard of smuggling FOL
theme and the prince Of smugglers fol
hero, a writer must needs walk warily
while searching for At time and place IL
which to set his adventure down. An6
the author here does just this. Time
1853; place Sark. Turning to history, ont
finds that in 1866 this particular brand o.
free trade was common, even on tn.
coast of Puritan New England; that i
was, moreover, pushed vigorously By
some of the straitest and highest of oul
colonial forbears. Going to geography
he finds the wild island Of Sark set neigh
borless and inaccessible in the English
channel With these foundations proved
the reader settles to the wild adventure.