Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-08

piracy of the present day. The author
Of THE Believing Years has here pro-
duced story that boys Of all ages will
greatly enjoy reading.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY SERIES
WITH THE MEN WHO Do
THINGS. BY A. Russell Bond, author
of THE Scientific American Boy"
etc. New York: Mum Co.
Two young lads with thirst for informa
ton decided to spend their vacation look
ing into the big engineering enterprises
around New York. and they undertake an
investigation that reveals to them some
of the greatest marvels of all ages. They
find out about skyscraper buildings and
go on the tops of some of the highest
Scafolds in the world. Then they go
scores of feet below the streets into
the foundation pits and the caissons for
tunnels. They are told how suspension
bridges are constructed and how the re-
markable elevators of the giant buildings
are safeguarded. One of the most in
teresting chapters is that which describes
the bringing of water from the distant
now under way. Again, these boys learn
about the great dredges that keep the
channels clear and things about the build
ing and launching of a battleship, while
a chapter is devoted to the "hoodoo"
drydock at the Brooklyn navy yard. To-
gether they travel on a submarine, see
how soap is made out of city's garbage
and how sunken vessel is raised from
the bottom of the river. An interest
ing description is given of the mysteries
OF the telephone switchboard. This and
other things are wildly described in
this book. that every boy with a taste
for mechanical effects will greatly enjoy.
IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND. By
Cora Harris, author of THE Re-
cording Angel etc. New York:
Doubleday. Page & Co.
This story is told by its title. The in
imitable manner of it's telling, however.
remains for the reader to gather from
every page. The straight course taken
by Mrs. Harris into the mind and feel
ings of this young, and. at first. only
half-instinctive, husband hunter is little
short of marvel. AS much a wonder,
too, Is the way in which she makes a
drama of the effects of this business upon
the girl herself. First. she is the beau
tiful girl. Then, still beautiful, she is
the calculating young woman, cOmmuni-
eating this change into the air about her
in thousand unconscious ways. In
tangible sex antagOnisms spring up
around her, in place of involuntary hon.
age to her beauty and girlhood. The old
secret of woman pursuing and man pur-
sued, is out-that old, old secret, which
women, IHdZlnS the chase, nave turned
about by the witcheries OF their sleight-
'of-hahd. making it appear that it is the
woman who fees the man who pursues.
Here are the tacit bargainings. the trade
now on and then off again. the new
snares set. and SO on and so on, in
brilliant and unsparing drama of the
hunt. Thus outlined, it sounds out
rageous. In it's length and breadth and
depth, however, it is no more than a So
cial drama Of not uncommon foundation,
developed with profound insight, preci-
sion of analysis, and a genius Of terse
has, in workmanlike fashion. made an
important and courageous story, as well
as very interesting one.
MOTHERS son; Novel. BY Beulah
Marie Dix, author of Betty Bide-