Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-11

| notion of motive this driving and shap-
| ing force in subsequent development, tnt
| author draws the contrasts and paraileis
of policy and method that animated THESE
, rival aspirants for dominion in the new
| world. In motive. too. lies the essentla
| seed of ultimate permanence on tne OH
| hand of impermanence on the otner. ihiS
comparative view includes the founding
4 of certain colonies i'm New England ano
| New France, the economic SITUATION %
/ the two places, the respective dtu.uus
1 of the home governments. the outIooh
| upon education and the policies controiI'
| ing it, the existence of slavery IN V'e
| two regions. the status OF women, the
| religious beliefs. experiments. controVer,
| sizes and conflicts. Many dramatic AND
| thrilling events such as lie at the roofs
of American history, make Pa ss o, s a,,S
notable study. The singularly fresh anc
| immediate quality of this narrative IL
due in large measure to the writer $ easy
| and pleasing communicating ana IN eu ,s
| or even greater degree to the Iact tha'
| he has drawn his material straight IRON
| the reports and records of the very men
! and groups of men who were themselves
=. engaged i'm building the colonies of the
| new world.
THE SOUL OF NEGLIGENT. BY James
| Branch CabeIl, author OF Inc
Eagles Shadow" etc. Illustrated In
| color by Howard Pyle. New York;
Frederick A. stokes Company.
| This is an old, old story. a fragment of
| French legend, discovered, exhumed, re-
vived and lifted to it's feet a shining tale
of chivalry, Herein the love of Perion
and Melicent weaves gorgeous pattern
of heroic adventure that is frosted over
with the silvery sheen of a selfish. all
giving love. The old story is of the truest
essence of chivalry. of that worship Of his
lady which, at one turn. beset the conse-
Grated knight with sheer physical malady
and at the next, lifted his soul clean from
his body into the ineffable airs of heaven
itself. Therefore. one, If he so Choose
may read this rich and cleaning frag-
ment from long gone past as only an
Incompatible love story, the love story of
Perion and Melicent, gathering JOY out or
its fresh, young vigor, out OF Its brave
adventure. its invtncible trust. its rare
fulfillment. Or he may. if he choose 9th
erwise. read. besides, under the splendid
exterior of this old French legend for the
spiritual meaning of this Worshlped lazy,
for her kinshp to God, her divine ema-
nations that exalted the soul OF her knight
to a truly unearthly ecstasy. 1t is beau
tiful story, with far-of. hah-seized ira
grances and feelings floating about it,
fragrances and feelings that stir the re-
mote, only partly apprehended roots OF
ones composite and multitudinous SELF
AROUND-THE-WOR COOK BOOK.
The Culinary Gleanings Of Naval
Officers Wife. By Mary Louise Bar
roll New York: The Century Com
pany.
With Mrs. Barroll's admirable cook
book at hand and an inclination to use
it, one may literally eat his way around
the world without so much as setting
foot under other table than his own. The
excellent purpose of the book is to bring
together not only the best ways of prepar-
ing f,snd hit 10 cnAf-
acteristic of different countries ana PEG
pies. The foundation of this unique book
is hundreds of tried and tested recipes
gathered from the four quarters OF the
and southwest, California. the middle
west and east contribute here each its
culinary triumphs. To this basis of what
may broadly be called "home cooking
are added innumerable methods of pre-
pairing foods in European and Asiatic
countries and in the islands of both
oceans The whole is a practical and
ingenious means of increasing almost
Indefinitely the variety of, the table. one
specially likes the arrangement of this
book. Its Part l is given up to cookery.
Part ii is a compendium of useful house,
hold knowledge. A cross index-alpha-
betical on the one hand, and by chapters
on the other-makes. quick and easy ap-
preach to any part of the book. The rec
ipes themselves are models of practical
form. Materials and quantities stand in
compact itemized columns. striking the
eye Immediately. A concise body OF di-
rections follows this. As a whole this is
very useful and clever organization
and presentation of the cookery, of what
is. in effect, the wide world ITSELF
SAMANTHA ON THE WOMAN CUES
TION. BY Marietta Holley, author Of
Samantha Among the Brethren"
d. etc. New York: Fleming ID. ReVell
Company.
If the woman question had been In
vented for no other reason than to give
Josiah Aliens wife the browning chance
of her life il could not have been heater
fit to the ripened powers and gifts OF
Samantha Allen than it proves to be in
this latest of her exploits. A weak and
| maynard world has furnished Samantha
| with innumerable opportunities to WELD
her specially forged weapon of reform,
but not one of these has been OF ma
ture to prove so thoroughly the quality
of this doughty broadSw0rd as does the
woman question. With the ease OF long
practice in lighting the cohorts of evil.
Samantha here leaves neither man nor
anti a leg to stand on in rebuttal of
woman's right to vote. She has many
interesting things to say, too-and arrest
ing things as well-about the militant
suffragette, about the lawmakers in their
about the saloonkeeper and the high cost
of living, about the silhouette and trans
parent effect of womans dress and about
| any number Of the other obvious and sig
nificant things about us. BY mere acci-
| dent a long time has passed since We
| saw and heard Samantha Allen. This
! book is full proof that tine has not
stalled the enthusiasts, the shrewd In
seeing, the good sense, the plain dealing
and the humor of Marietta Holley.
| THE QUEST OF THE DREAM. BY
Edna Kingsley Wallace. New York:
IL G. +. Putnam's Sons
I This is romance developed by way
| of correspondence. A young woman OF
ST. Paul and an artist of New York are
the principals ia this adventure. A
| shadowy second man, to whom the girl
| writes the overflow of thoughts and
feelings that she is not, as yet, willing
to intrust TO any one more substantial
| than dream man, serves to en-
tighten the reader upon otherwise OBJ
scure lines of this courtship. These let
tiers are fresh and sparkling. They have
substance. originality. variety AnC
they do make a love story. Still. in ths
nature of the case, a correspondence be-
tween strangers can have no back
ground of common friends. experiences
places. The two aye thrown literally
upon themselves. forced into endles:
bound. more or less early, to prove 9