Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05

every moment of his life. a fact that Ib-
sen forgets. or ignores in his uncompro-
missing pursuit of the stern logic of con-
sequences in human action.
SILtS DEANEs Connecticut Leader
In the American Revolution. By
George l. Clark. author of Notions
of a Yankee Parson. New York !:
q. Z. Putnam's Sons.
To publish in some positive and con-
spicuous way the belated truth about
SiIas Deane, one OF the most efficient
men of the revolution. is the single aim
of this uncommonly convincing, well-or-
dered story. In incidental way, the mar
rative furnishes, also, fresh points of
view. and throws new light on the whole
important period in which Deane, both at
home and abroad, rendered, along with
Franklin. and Morris and jay, the high
est grade of patriotic service. In pursuit
OF this subject. Mr.. Clark has made use
of every available source of frst-hand
information bearing upon the pubic
career of Silas Deane. This material. UNI
asSailable in character, serves ITS beSl
purpose under the keen analysis ana gen
eral handling of the author. To a purely
scientific attitude of investigation there
is added here the human quality OF sym
pathy, the need to see falr play Inc
issue of this fine complex is pathetic
story of the mental anguish of Deane, the
bodily suffering poverty and death under
false and malicious charges OF treachery
toward his country, and or nnanclal IT
Irregularities in connection with TINS. 10 pe
sure, half a hundred years after the ueatI
of Silas Deane-when he was well and
away past troublng-the Congress lifted
from his memory the stigma of charge
of embezzlement. And in other ways
Justice has limped thus tardlly III JuSun-
cation of his career. Mr.. clark IN TINS
volume makes a clean. vindicatory SWEEP
of the whole case. on invincible authority
This chapter Of history. fresheneu ana re-
vised by the steadying years, superior
and enlightening as 1t is, is not nall Sc
admirable, not half so fine, AS IS the yea
of q man to reset another in his rlghtfui
place. an honorable place. from which he
has been cast by reason OF the Worid
misjudgment.
OUT OF THE ASHES. BY Ethel Watts
Numford. author of 1.-The Cynic' S
Calendar" etc. New York: Moffat,
Yard & Co.
1t is a gold pocket to the novel writer
that the rich man, after all, turns ou'
to be the real. original. universal scamp
in place of the moneyless wastrel hitherto
accredited with the misdoings of the
world Since this discovery fiction has
brushed I'D amazingly. And no wonder
There is no particular zest in finding tht
unenviable person to be either one thine
or another. But the business of hauling
down the exalted, or proving these L
he no better than they should be. no.
indeed half so good, is an exciting ane
ENJOYABLE performance. So the stor,
writer's are waxing fat in turning out
new and tasty order of adventure. Th'
only point in which the author of out o.
the Ashes" differs from the majority en-
gagged in producing this pleasing kind O
novel is that she does not here brlns
her malefactors to open Judgment They
are their own tribunal This is an in
teresting departure. designed, it may be
to make application to the thousands
never found out in their sins, or, II ma.
he. TO illustrate the recreative power o
the Individual soul. Whatever the caus
NAV be. Mrs Mumford refrains from tn
usual elaboration of exposure and punish
ment and disgrace.
A beautiful and fleckless lady. one o
the two chief persons of this romance, il
an astute even a scientific, blackmailer-
an exclusive social highwayman. Th'
other of the two is a wizard of finance
the familiar modern monument OF IN