Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19

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OUR PHILADELPHIA. Described by
! Elizabeth Robins Pennell Illustrat-
| ed with los Autographs by Joseph
Pennell. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-
colt Company.
Mrs. Pennell in her preface offers no
apology for writing about her native
city. although she explains that she is
| one of those rare creatures. an old
| fashioned American by birth. with
| many generations Of American fore
fathers. 1t is quite appropriate that
| "the Pencils should do a book of
this character. for Mr.. PenneN, as we'll
as his wife. is a native OF the city and
SO they are able to tell its story in
| text and pictures with unusual feeling
for its significance It is somewhat sur
| prising to those who have not thought
| of Philadelphia more than the home
of the Liberty Bell and the one-time
seat of government to find that 1t has
so profound an atmosphere. which is
so finely expressed by Mrs. Pennell in
her writing and by her husband in hts
| always artistic and satisfactory plates.
They make every phase of this big.
busting. busy community attractive
and interesting They tell its story
with enthusiasm that grips the reader.
Yet there is no Wanting or roasting
here. Philadelphia is not in tune with
the tendency to overadvertise its own
| attractions. 1t simply is. and the world
can take 1T or leave it. Were the pic
lures with which this work is en-
bellished the result of a camera they
ynprld dnfYh 1oo ,f
tistic attractiveness they now possess,
| yet Mr.. Pennell does not ignore prac-
teal things. He draws railroad tracks
and bridges. freight cars and sky
| is the magic of his pencil that he
| makes these tokens Of business and
modern crowding artistic. This volume
de luxe will be most welcome holiday
gift for any Philadelphia and should
| be examined and read by all Americans
in view of the part that Philadelphia
played in the establishment of the re-
public.
| THE JOLLY BOOK OF BOXCRAFT. BY
Patten Beard With IS photos. aphic
illustrations by G. S. North. from
models made and arranged by tho
author. and with % diagrams ny E.
D. Pattee. New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company.
Happy is the child who is taught how
to make things out of common mate
rails. Life is always more. vivid and
interesting for the youngsters who are
capable OF manufacturing their own
toys. Miss Beard has in this book, COM
piled from magazine articles. set forth
a wide range of pleasures to be derived
from a pair of scissors, paste pot, box
of paints and some old cardboard
| boxes It is surprising to find out what
can be done with these materials The
child who gets one Of these books can
readily follow the directions. for there
guides and as suggestions.
THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD
FURNITUREs Treating OF Furniture
of the English, American, Colonial
and P0At-C0lonial and Principal
French Periods. BY Harold Donald
With $50 illustrations. The color
plate and text illustrations from
drawings by Abbot Mcclure. Phiia-
delphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
This is the fourth volume of tho
| practical book series. the three pre-
| viously issued dealing with oriental
rugs, garden architecture and outdoor
rose growing. That there was a field for
such publication is Immediately appar-
ent. Many books on furniture have
been published. but none until now
has given so Complementary and spe-
officially information for the uniform
ed and the partly informed regarding
furniture by periods This is a re-
first an illustrated chronological key
which gives the characteristic articles OF
furniture in the distinctive style of
each successive period. thus aiding in
Identifying the period of any particular
piece of furniture. The illustrations
accompanying this key represent care
fully selected specimens which are dis
tinctive. and thus an excellent founda-
ton of acquaintance is laid before the
general text is reached, which after a
comprehensive Introductory chapter
deals chronologically with furniture
according to the following classifica-
Queen Anne and Early Georgian. Louis
Quatorze and Louis Quinze. 'Chippen-
dale. the Brothers Adam. George Hep
plewhite, Louis Seize. Thomas Sherat-
ers, French and English Empire Fur
niture. American Empire. Other Amer
lean Furniture and Painted Furniture.
In addition to these chapters there Is
and on furnishing and Arrangement.
An extensive glossary. photography
and index complete the volume. Little
indeed is left after this sweeping ana
embel1ished with plates prepared from
actual examples and drawings explain
atory of the peculiarities of each style
and period.
EUROPE REVISED. BY IRWIN S. Cobb.
author of Back Home" etc. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
The publishers have considerably
noted on the slip cover OF this volume
that this lis not war book" an ad-
monition doubtless necessary in view
of the title and ever-swelling flood of
works inspired by and bearing upon
the great struggle in Europe. Mr.. Cobb
made his journey which furnished the
material for these pages just before
the war broke out, and SO this is a pic
ture, perhaps a trifie distorted for
humoresque purposes, of Europe as it
existed prior to the conflict and as 1t
will never perhaps appear again. Since
preparing these chapters in his best
known funny style. Mr.. Cobb has fig
spondent, having been at one time In
in close range Of the gravest trouble.
him and Lord Kitchener has been the
subject of some controversy. In these
pages Mr.. Cobb takes liberties with
European customs and foibles that are
SO good humored that no one can take
umbrage unless 1t can be the more
serious minded victims of his satire.
He expresses annoyances at the usual
discomforts of travel and hotel life
abroad, has fun with the guides, ridt-
cules the tfp-takers and altogether en-
lows himself at the eXnepse of the nro-