Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
MIND AND HEALTH; With an Exam
nation of Some Systems of Divine

Hall. PHI D. IL. u. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
The purpose Of this volume is Ia make
as clear as may be to the general reader
the influence of mental states upon
health. and to lay down the psychological
principles that not only govern health,
but that promote the science and art of
healing rs well. \ discussion of the
mind in both its conscious and subcon-
scjous activities as these bear upon phys
zeal wcll-beins forms the foundation of
this study. With this basis the author
makes a painstaking examination of va
Tipl& systems OF religious healing from
thu standpoint OF modern scientific mental
healing, pointing out III each case both
the strength and weakness of the sys-
Tent under scrutiny. Christian science,
The Emmanuel movement. divine and
1netaphy steal healing come under this
observation. suggesting new relations be-
tween psychology, medicine and religion.
Interpreting these various movements as
n demand for valid religious system of
healing. tn" author builds up such a sys-
= ~ and shows how the church may re-
r.g.f open broader lines its lost power 10
.'Cil. Nj. Hall i'll mis- introduction TO
IT'S Volume says. Il see no reason why
Jeugion. which i'll past ages has always
'&tFtea such a profound influence upon
-. matters of health and disease, cannot
- affiliate for itself from the material
herein described its old function of heal
.7S- " inch. when II Is complete. will
have profound significance on the future
-ato and function of the church,
THE MATING: OF LYDIA. BY Mrs.
Humphrey Ward. author of 1.-THE
Testing Of Diana Mallory" etc
New York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop
While Mrs. Wards new novel. as it's
title indicates. has to do chiefly with
The wooins of pretty Lydia Penfeld by
lord latham on the one hand and by a
young and briefiess barrister on the other,
.ts most absorbing interest as Well as its
hest work centers in the half-insane
'niser and art collector. Edmund MeIrose
OF Threlfan Tower. SO much does the
delineation of Edmund Melrose surpass
that of any other character in the story
so much does he dominate the pages
throug hout that one Is likely to over
look the affairs of Lydia and hold him
self 10 the fascinating study of this &C.
centric and savage man who might have
heen created by the author of ''Wuthering
Heights or Lane Eyre As Il story of
English life. The Mating of LYDIA is Of
Mrs. Wards own pattern. ranking with
The best OF her later novels.
SEVEN SCOTS STORIES. BY Jane H.
F'indlater. author of The Green
Graves OF BalSowrie" etc. Illus
trated. New York: F.. =. Dutton &
60.
These stories possess to the full the
peculiar Findlater favor. Each is. at
bottom. some homely incident calcu-
lated to bring out the Scots way of
looking at life. his way of thinking
about IL, of approaching its affairs
and handling them. The author deals
here with the small farmer and crofter.
making realistic pictures of the plain
people of the lowlands. and of the low
lands themselves. One is coming to
Took for these Findlater stories of
Scotland somew hat as he does for Mr.
phillpotts tales OF Dartmoor. The IL
Illustrations Of this volume. from water
colors by Henry W. Kerr upon rough
sheets "f granite gray. are delightfully."-
in keeping with their use.
A MAKE-SHIFT MARRIAGE. BY Mrs.
Baille Reynolds. author OF THE
Girl From Nowhere" etc. New
York, George IL. Doran Company.
Tilted by the beautiful but feather
beaded girl with whom he is besotted-
1y in love. the man Of this story out
Of hand marries his stenoGrapher. To
whom he is nothing less than god.
From this point the romance develops
enrapinply "a show what 2 fine girl