Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-27

- TAWTHoRNE'S publisher was
William ID. Ticknor, founder
ct the famous old Boston
house now represented by the
IIoughton Mifffn Company.
And TINS book is the fun and open
story If the friendship that existed be-
tween Mr. Ticknor and Hawthorne-a
friendship that for depth and duration
and se.f-Eiving stands unsurpassed IN
either history or romance. Here are
many Of Hawthorne letters to Mr.
Ticknor, giving at first hand the pecu-
liar quality, the line essence OF this re-
latiouship. These letters give, incidental
Is, too. much that is fresh and intimate
in the details of Hawthorne's own life
and work The story begins with short
sketch of MIR. Ticknor's life and an out
line picture of the odd Corner Book
store in Boston, where. at one time and
another. were wont to gather Whittier,
Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes
and others of literary degree, all con-
tributinE to the high quality of Mr.. Tick
nor's pre-eminence as a publisher II
moves along with HawthorneS consul
ship at Liverpool and Mr.. Ticknor voy-
ages to Europe, where the two go about
France and England, giving the reader
vivid, face-to-face glimpses of no end or
Interesting people, and places, and events
through the dloof medium of colder and
more imperSonal writing. 1t IS a delight
ful book-the story of a friendship that
has something classic in its quality, even
though it belongs 10 the immediate pres
ent. Ii is pieasurable, too, i'll its refresh
ment of the mind toward Hawthorne
himself. and in the renewal of the es-
seuceS and fragrances of that literary
New England whose focus was the "Old
Corner bookstore. that grew to the pub
fishing house of T!cEnor x Fields
THE HEALTH MASTER. BY Samuel
Hopkins Adams, associate fellow of
the American Medical Association.
Boston: IIouShton Mifftin Company.
i book for everybody's reading. Page
by page. il is built upon the old truth
An ounce of prevention is worth
pound Of cure Throughout it is given
up 10 the dearest of plain talks on the
essentials OF health and the forestall-
ment Of disease. quite as one expects
it to be, it is therefore a gospel of fresh
air and exercise, OF pure food, good,
varied, abundant food and how to eat
IL; of p4enty of water, both without
aud within; of work and play in fair
proportion, Of a common sense outlook
on life and cheerful surety that
Gods in the world as well as lin HIS
heaven" There are many OF these goS-
pets forthcoming nowadays out OF the
general demand for more knoWl ledge,
and more practical knowledge. about
the too long neglected body. This one
has the somewhat unusual distinction
OF meeting the average reader at the
level of his own understanding. More
often Than otherwise, too, il meets him
at the threshold of his many-sided
needs. In order 10 get this story
straight across TO readers in a life
likely manner, Mr.. Adams makes
clever little drama of this health
story He invents a family-five chill
dren, father, mother and grandmother
three generations, small commun-
Ity in itself. The father of this house
mold stands in sharp contrast to the
general run Of fathers. These permit
disease and then call in the doctor.
rms father, inspired like the Chinese,
10 prevent disease. calls upon the doc
tor when everybody is well and thriv-
ing and requires of him that he teach
the family how to keep we'll In other
words, the whole family goes TO school
10 the doctor TO learn the secrets of
heath and general welI-being Easy
informal talks, in which the children
and everybody else have p4rt, sum
10 very practical overlooking of the
essentials OF hygiene and sanitation.
mlHd open TO all the avenues to health
and 10 all the byways to unhealth
marks this doctor, as does also the
authoritative quality of his knovIedpe
No, certainly, every one cannot install
y physician IN his house. But all can
ana should, read this admirable book
On the essentials of health
THE JOY OF YOUTH. BY Eden Phil
potts author of "Widecombe Fair"
&c. Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
The JOY Of Youth" presents a quite
different Mr.. Phillpotts from him of this
name who wrote those common-folk tales
~ Dartmoor, Of which 'Widecombe Fair
Was the last and also the best This
story gets its start in a London gallery.
a
Lhelsh SIrl. strangers to each other
La INTO an animated study OF the yari-
UAa ehustS that occupy the east room
ot TIE British Museum. Lingering in
England long enough to gather up some
ot Its essentials, the story then moves
INTO the larger art atmosphere of Italy,
taxing tie artist along with 1t. There it
settles down seriously to be y nDyet win
arr a. lis motive and theme In order
70 i've up 10 a certain romantic intent il
invites the English girl 10 Italy, where
IN an expanding appreciation of the great
paintings 10 which the artist Introduces
aer and over which they have endless
is Hsslons, ~ permits a not overardent
.9Ne story t. take hidden way among
l,4nSs 81 more moment. 1t is in these
discussions Of Italian art ana of / afy
itself that one discovers Iikenesses To tbe
AAth Ihltlp0tts Of Dartmoor The
Iiethoas OF the two identify them as one
ne sharp change OF theme the sudden
ieap into strange surroundings tempo-
dihy conceal an Identity that comes out
iedily with the progress OF the story
40 one can deny the strength and
7eauty, and finish of this novel. Whether
or not one likes i6s author away FROM
nome as we'll as upon his own gIorified
meors i a thing less easy to settle.
-ADHANA; The Realization NJ re.
by Rablndranath Tagore autbor
u GltanJali.' New York: The Mac
milan Company.
his little book carries out tho an
ihors purpose of placing before the
minds of western people the living and
present aspect OF the religion of In
La ~ enbodies his desire 10 make
TINS hVsng, present aspect of the re-
hSlous spirit Of India take the place
"t tue common, remote, intangible in
applicable prepossessions Of the west
= regard to this subject. He defines
the relation of the Individual to the
universe. lie explains the oriental
IDEAS OF soul consciousness and the
reahhaton " the soul through love
and through action. Ii states and am
bhnes the problem or evil, and the
problem Of self. lie Celebrates the
ftaIzaUon OF beauty and the reaIiza
lion OF the Infinite The author for the
purposes u TINS discussion. makes no
attempt ~ either a philosophical or a
purely scholarly approach TO the sub
JTct- FROM texts OF the Upanishads he
portray the daily worship OF India,
anu illustrates how this affects tbe
dailS NE and fronts the spirit upon
communion with God The mind OF
FNN ~ "A .