Evening star., 1912-11-23
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to laughter their extraordinary enter
prise IT is not necessary to introduce
Mr. Glass in this connection, Tor he nas
made his reputation as an iniI,u.ao''
te Ter of tales. and in Eik:,h Auoine, ,,,,
tf ose who have enjoyed the previous
works will find rare entertainment.
MRS. ANDREW JOHNSON JONES
HANDMADE. BY Charlotte Fisher
Stellwagen. Illustrations by Cllford
X. Bergman. Washington: w +.
Roberts Company.
Mrs. Stellwagen has written this httie
story as a diversion. 1t is well that she
has consented to publish it, so that it may
be enjoyed by not only her friends. but
by all who appreciate well told tale II
is story of little black servant VINO
comes to help a widow who is supporting
herself and five children by cooking deli
cacies Henrietta James Washington Is
an efficient youngster who tends the baby
and runs errands. hives the bees and does
other things with fidelity and dispatch.
but has a surprising disposition for get
ting into mischief quite out of keeping
with calico skirts. Ultimately the
mystery of this quaint contradiction Is
cleared as the result of an accident. Mrs.
StellWagen tells the story with Keen
humor. reproducing the dialect in ad-
mirable style. and with the assistance of
Mr. Berryman's delightful illustrations
has presented a work that will win many
readers.
THE PATH OF THE CONQUISTA-
i DORES; Trinidad and Venezuelan
Guiana. BY Lindon Bates. ir.. author
of The Russian Road to China.
etc. With twenty-four illustra ions
and a map. Boston: Houghton Milf
fin Company.
That part of South America through
tho Orinoco flows artirularly the
lower portion of the river course. is a land
Of dramatic history. little known by the
ordinary traveller, not classed as tourist
attraction, but nevertheless fascinatingly
interesting in itself and its associations
with names of those who wrought to ex-
plot and develop the southern continent.
made their way up the .Ornoco. looking
there for the Eldorado of myth and far
borne tale. Sir Walter Raleigh explored
in Guiana and later lost his head for his
conquest. Many years af.erWard Simon
Bolivar fought over this region the
| liberator Of the Spanish dependencies.
Mr.. Lindon Bates. who has a fondness
for pursuing difficult trails through wild
countries, has made his way through this
region, starting from Trinidad and pro-
ceeding up the Orinoco to Angostura
and thence by mule into the llanos of
Venezuela, once the supposed location of
the legendary MdnOd, III the en-
deavor to reach which many thousands
of gold seekers have perished. His de-
scription of this rart of the world is in
structive and entertaining, and is richly
| illustrated with reproductions from photo
| graphs.
THE RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES, Enumerated,
| Classified and Described. Returns for
1900 and 1910 Compared With the
Government Census Of 1890. Condi-
| tiOn and Characteristics Of Christi
| anity In the United states. BY II. X.
Carroll. LII. d.. i'm charge of the divi-
sion of churches. eleventh census.
! Revised and brought down to 1910.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
| Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Dr. Carroll has revived an earlier work
setting forth the statistics of religion in
| America, to include the latest obtainable
| figures, thus derived through the census
of 1910. This is strictly book of infor-
nation, not devoted toward any single
creed or denomination or sect. but de-
signed to be of service to all churchmen
and those interested in religious beliefs
| of every shade and variation. The body
of the work is occupied by the results
! of the census of 1890, when an especially
| comprehensive inquiry into the religious
denominations was made. Now brought
| to date by the inclusion of the latest
| ence book
HISTORIC SUMNER HAUNTS; From
Newport to Portland. BY +. Laur-
iston Bullard. With illustrations by
Louis II. Ruyl. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
All along the New England coast are
towns and resorts that are not only
beautiful and attractive in themselves,
but are historically interesting and peo-
pied in "reminiscences by notable figures
who have become part of the traditions
of America. Mr.. Bulard. with the aid
of some highly artistic illustrations by
Mr. Ruyl, has IN the present volume set
forth the attractions of this region. from
Newport to Portland, showing old Ply
mouth. Quincy. Lexington, Marblehead,
Gloucester Salem, Portsmouth, the Whit
| tier country and other regions familiar
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