The Washington herald., 1913-02-23

! the laws and customs concerning them
| the rules of the harem life, the marriage
and social customs peculiar to this Mos
| lem civilization. Mr.. Prowelrs chapter
, upon the italian White Mans Burden
| is especially timely. He explains why
Italy spent sl.oC0.0co a day for nearly
| twelve months to conquer n country
| whose total trade is less 81 .OO0.0 a year
For ages he tells US, TripOli has beer
| the gateway of commerce from Africa
| into Europe. and for many years Italy
! has dreamed of the day when the red
| white. and green banner should float oveI
! this gateway. Forgetful that moderr
| commerce cannot go on the back of q
camel and that Tripoli can no longer bC
| rockoned as the front door to Centra
| Africa, Italy insisted upon the realization
| OF its dream Of centuries. Tripoli has
possibilities as an agricultural country
| but its commercial value. Mr. Prowel
thinks. Is not equal TO the vast expendi'
lures of blood and treasure which its an
| neNation has cost.
From Tripoli ar. Prowell takes us tC
some portions OF the African interior
where he tells us that there is no money
| to be made in the dreSsmaking business.
| He traces the course of English influence
| in the Nile country and the rehabilitation
| of that region as proof of England's gen
ius as a colonizng nation. He drops one
thought which may perhaps be new
that England's interest in advancing her
I irrigation projects in Egypt has its roots
! in a desire to free British manufacturers
from their independence on American
cotton.
A chapter of vast interest is that on
Zanzibar, the chief gateway through
which Christianity. civilization, and
commerce have entered the Dark Cont
! nent. Stories of diamond hunting and
discoveries. than which nothing Is more
fascinating. conclude a wonderfully
gratifying volume of African travel and
tale.
THE OUTPOST OF ETERNITY: By Cos-no Ham
ilton. London and New York-Ths Macmillan
Company.
The authors opening is new and orig
inal. He describes with much detail the
getting up in the morning, of three of
his pricipal characters, devotinS to this
description some twenty pages. One of
these characters is the heroine, Con-
stance Howard. who. OF looking out of
the window and observing what a de-
lightful dawn II was. falls upon her
knees and utters a petition to heaven
that she may be made daughter of
the morning. she did not quite know
what she meant by a daughter of the
morning OF why Sne ndu sdiu II. DuN
the phrase remained in her mind
Another Is James. her cousin. who had
been sleeping out OF doors. James is an
attractive young man OF advanced views
and with a pleasant faculty Of epigram.
who subsequently introduces Constance
to Ibsen's Doll House." a work that
produces in her a profound emotional
upheavaL Yet another early riser Is
Reginald Trew. who is a sort Of civil
servant, also journalist and poet, and
unhappiiy married.
On going downstairs and into the gar
den Constance comes upon the gardener.
welded to an invalid wife and making
love to her maid, Lucy. This was the
first amatory incident that had come
into Constance's life. despite her twen-
ty-eight years. and it gfeatly disturbed
her.
1t was not very long before Constance
ject of authority. for the moral revolu-
ton of her being made rapid progress.
She entered upon a romantic friendship
with Reginald Trew. a clever and agree-
able. person. The romantic friendship
quickly ripened into Romantic love.
There We're designations made and kept
In London, out side the National Gal
lery. and at teashops. Love letters
passed between the two. and at last
Constance furnished cottage away
from the Yorkshire moors and invited
Trew to come to her. The plunge was
too great to be taken By one Of his