Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-03

best things around him. to a settled oc-
cupation when the right time for this
comes. and to q high grade Of service in
all the implications of citizenship.
A DREAM OF BLUE ROSES. BY Mrs
Hubert Barclay. author of Trevor
III. Doran Company.
The pure delicacy Of this romance is the
charm OF it. The love story is OF rare
quality. The atmospheres are those Of
faint. old-fashioned, garden fragrances.
Little Babette in France is Barbara
Claudia Vincent in England and in both
places she is the delightful center of this
quiet romance. In the beginning the
story sketches lightly the humble life of
Petit Andely under the loving care of
her foster parents, Petite Mere" and
'Pere Joseph 1t moves along across
the channel into an English village.
refuge and home with two dear old
women after a fruitless search for the
fortune and family said to be waiting for
her In England. lover Of exactly the
and the delightful story ends in the same
gentle airs that set 1t a-going.
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE AMERT-
Brawley. A. NJ. dean and professor
of English in Atlanta Baptist Col
lege. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
To a marked degree Mr.. Brawley has
succeeded in crowdfng within the limits
of this slight volume both the main facts
of his subject and a sufficient body Of
relevant detail to set it out for an all
around inspection. The book is a con-
crete outline of the history of the negro
in America. This outline is sketched
upon background of earlier history. de-
filming the rise of the African slave trade
with Prince Henry Of Portugal and the
pean nations in this peculiar line of COM
merce. AS a matter of proper proportion
the study breaks unevenly at the emanci-
patton, with much the larger part Of 1t
devoted to the condition of the negro I'M
der the allied influences of freedom, edu-
cation and a steadily increasing measure
of responsibility. The first and lesser
part deals with the planting of slavery in
America up to its abolition. The author
makes examination of slavery as an in
meaning. set down in conditions that
slowly crystallized into bitter opposition
to it on the one hand and on the other
to equally heated advocacy. OF special
interest is the authors study of the edu-
cation of the negro-its means and aims.
If one, with sorrow. misses here an ex-
elusive absorption In Industrial education
as the prime factor in the general well
DelnS OF tne negro, tHe TcSIet Is Jul Hltie
If any different from that felt for white
race still salaaming grotesquely before
the inconsequent but exacting fetish of
what is arrogantly known as higher ed
ucation.'' The brightest spot In Mr..
Brawley's study OF education is that
brought under the heading of THE Tus-
kegee Idea" outlining the work Of Hamp-
ton Institute, and of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute under the direction Of Booker Wash
ington The whole is. however, q useful.
axy o. nf the deveIOnmonf
of the negro in America
THE FITNESS OF ENVIRONMENT.
An Inquiry into the Biological Sig
nidcance Of the Properties Of Mat.
ter. BY Lawrence ]. Henderson, as
sistant professor Of biological
chemistry in Harvard University.
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
This erudite study Of environment