Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-01

fed by Homer int-Gaudens. New
York: The Century Company.
~ y EFT, when all is written. the
w. best biography of my ia
Their remains to be found
in his art: for if work ever
typifed the man, his did :
on. accepts this without doubt or aues
,;on from Homer Saint-Gaudens as NC
1ives. to the public this splendid STORY
If his fathers life Nevertheless. read
ers are unaualifedly glad of this aVailaoie
and open revelation. The art OF SAINT
C;audens is here and there, ana Sohoel'
40 * that Of every other artist. me
majority have opportunity TO see one oi
his statues. or perhaps two, possibly
three. Besides, the full meaning oil ar.
is not for every ones unaided reaolhs'
Moreover. Saint Caudens work is pecui-
iarly of a quality to lead one irresistiblS
10 it's source and inspiration. To Illus
,rate this one needs only to cite the
ADAMS memorial in Washington. Thou
sands visit IL yearly. Hundreds OF these
are recalled innumerable times by the
thran of its austere beauty. by the iure
Of IFS mystery by the snare of the SUI
prene secret that ii SO ell arly possesses
SO invioiably guards one az ieast. mas
visited il in every season, ana at diihoat
every hour thinking perchance. hoplhe
AZ least AT some time to find tins serene
and contained woman compliant and com
municative. To all OF these who, III great
or or less degree, love Saint-'Iauuens
work the man himself is something OF q
necessity And the most difllcult 10
please can find no fault with this full and
intimate revelation. Just as the son
says here of his father. the man and the
artist are one. and both are open TO the
reader-the man genialiy frank III re-
calling his life, the artist quite free from
the obscurit!es of any special technic
OF speech Along the way one learns
what art meant TO Saint-Gaudens. what
lie thought il ought to mean. and i,nal-
" would mean to the world at large.
one gathers how he approached it, and
came to comprehend ii and to achieve IL.
Something of his work as teacher
comes out here. with much about his own
studies at home and in European couh-
tries One meets his fello~-artists and
other friends, many of whose letters are
here in intimat e touch with the familiar
concerns o. Saint-Gaudens life. Artists
and art students. lovers of art and lovers
OF this particular mans art will take
profound pleasure is these reminis-
cences. One likes to mention, too. the
quite tangible presence of Homer Saint
GaudenS on every page OF these recoi-
lections. the son beautifully. touchingiy
ardent to make adequate presentation OF
augustus Saint audens the father. The
mere physical facts also of these two
volumeS-print and paper, decorations and
binding, together with many illustra-
tions from the artists own work-make
figniiied and pleasing setting for the In
valuable story itself.
THE CORYSTON FAMILY: \ Novel.
BY Mrs. Humphry Ward. author of
Diana Mallory" etc. Illustrated
by Elizabeth Shipper Green. New
York: Harper & Bros.
Upon its face. Mrs. Wards new novel
looks like conservative English writer's
version of woman in politics 1t is, quite
TO the contrary, simply the story of
woman in politics. politics being the only
adequate outlet for one of Lady Cory
ston's overtor ping qualities The book
is purely d move, and not a thesis, ex-
cept us every novel, i'll the exact degree
of its excellence, becomes a thesis by yfr-
tue of setting down and celebrating one
or more of the fundamental facts of hu-
man nature working out through human
relationships. What one, in a word. gets
cut of Mrs. Wards story Is, that not even
Lady Coryston-capaole. doinineering
and tremendously ambitious-may cona-
pletely and permanently absorb INTO her
own being the lives of those about her.
At Its full length, the story Is that or
the gradual revolt of first one and then
another of Lady Coryston's children
against their mother, until. at last, even
this seemingly unconquerable woman Is
broken by the hostilities of her own blood
The eldest son, Lord Coryston, becomes
violent and somewhat spectacular radi-
cal-an outrageous and unforgivable de-
lection, this-going off into hot-headed
and not always well considered schemes
OF uplift and reform. Another son. long
submissive to the yoke imposed by this
brilliant and coercive personality, finally
slips the maternal moose by the chance
# falling irretrievably in love with the
laughter of an imrassioned leader Of Eng
fish political insurgency. Still another
son remains good-naturedly impervious to
ambition of any sort. browsing content
edly instead in the pleasant fields of let
ters and art. And the daughter Is slow
ly making ready for her own eTnancipa-
ion. The people OF "The Coryston Fam
ily' taken together, are among the best
of this authors creations. as is, too, the
atmosphere OF leisured English life and
outlook. The story, as a whole, comes out
upon happy middle ground between
Mrs. Wards long and over-serious novels
Of self-analysis. like Robert Elsmere,"
on the one hand, and on the other those
of so loose weave, SO light a pattern,
as, for instance, The Mating of Lydia
AMERICAN IDEALS. CHARACTER
AND LIFE. BY Hamilton Wright
AIabie. author of Essays on Nature
and Culture" etc. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
The exchange pro1eSSOrSntp IS al
ready an international institution, a
Young but thriving institution. 1t is
SO plain. so sane, SO common-sense a
plan for laying down the common un-
Outstanding that alone can guarantee
really civilized international inter-
course that its inventors and support
ers deserve public recognition and
lasting praise. Mr.. Mabie was the first
exchange lecturer to go to Japan. For
six months he travelled and lectured
about the United States in Japan,
Korea and Manchuria. This volume
covers. In part, the work OF Mr.. Mabie
upon this mission. With a free hand
he first sketches an outline Of such
contributed TO the development of the
American people. In bringing forward
such events and conditions as disclose
and interpret the American spirit, Mr..
Mabie confines himself to the study OF
our mental life. to the study of our liter
allure in It's various stages of growth,
our art, our schools and colleges. our
university work. our scientific iesea c.l.
A very cursory view is given OF the gov
ernment as il touches the life of the peo-
pie at large. and an equally sketchy sum-
mary OF the country itself In its influence
upon the common life. From the scholars
point OF view this is an admirable and In
terestins summary OF intellectual condi-
tons i'll America a. these relate to, or
are assumed to relate to, the national
character and life. There are however,
many layers of American life below the
oue that Mr.. Nahie so competently pre-
sents here. These, too, have character
90 their own. and ideals such rey are: