Evening star., 1914-02-21

> an approach 10 the ifldll SIdht-
N speare by way Of his own SON
~ nets. the Countess de Chanbrun
L chooses the natural and highly
gratifying plan of looking upon
Shakespeare as q human being rather
Nindn as a mere field devoted to the use
"f pedants for their profoundly analytical
o,,sts and tournaments. Thoroughly ia
5n lar with what these have said and
lone on the subject. this author in inves-
tisating the matter. nevertheless. hunoTs
the natural and logical bent OF her own
mind If the sonnet is, as it has been
abundantly proved, the most personal OF
all modes Of poetic expression. why not
90 TO Shakespeare's sonnets to discover
tne more intimate thoughts and feelings
~ the man And. again, why, after
aching them. set them aside as no more
than "exercises III poetry This author
not only goes to the sonnets, bat. happily
and heipf llly for readers. she remains
There. gathering them mp in new and
inteiligible order according TO their sub
.ects. and ACCOMPANYING this arrange
Enent with an admirable descriptive anal
ysis of them. BY this plan the sonnets
gain conerency, purpose, consistency and
high illurninative power out of this.
dcr the author discusses Shakespeare as
the sonnets reveal him in one or another
circumstance, i'll one or another of the
deeply personal interests of his life Here.
Sti1l bent to the use of the obvious and
the plausible. rather than to the pursuit
OF The involved and the unlikely. this
most readable writer gives "a novel and
plausible theory of the identity of the
= rnUch-disputed dark lady" and of the
fair youth setting out. besides, Shake
soeare's attitude toward rival poets and
much else of the features of cotempora-
ueous lfe. Added to the study itself is
T:owe'S Life" the earliest published bi-
model of good learning. good sense, good
vriting-a distinguished contribution to
-lc studies or Shakespeare.
THE rOILING OF FELIN. BY Henry
Van Dyke. author of The Blue
Flower etc. New York: Charles
s-cribners Sons Washington:
Woodward K Lothrop-
The new printing of Dir. Van Dykes
celebrated poem. The Toiling of Felix.
is one of the hsatitudes OF boohmaking.
The shape of the book even, and its size,
paper. type. decorations and pictures
5oin hands here in most artistic appeal.
Hardly too much can ne said in praise
Of Mr.. Herbert Moorc's four illustra-
lions in color. An ingrained sympathy
for the theme of this poem in its every
aspect. an intuition for propriety OF ex-
pressior and perfect use of the art OF
control in this expression turn Mr..
Moore's pictures into pervasive II
Elimination of the whole. Those already
familiar with the poem will find new
, pleasure in it from the high quality OF
these externals. Those who have yet TO
make its acquaintance will pass eagerly
from so happy an introduction to the
gentle grace and pure beauty of the new
;sospel of toll that is here embodied.
Wrought from an ancient legend, the
spirit OF this story was surely never
y i,otcrt, quite SO much at home as II is in
TITS new day. when toll, common toll.
toll for one another, is the leaTen OF a
general awakening.
Hrsveu IS hest with perfect rest. but the bless
in, o. Earth is toll,
are the often quoted lines that stand as
tho Keynote from which is expanded this
beautiful song in exaltation of labor.
FARMERS OF FORTY CEsNTU RIES:
or, Permanent Agriculture In China,
Korea and Japan BY F. H. King:
D. Sc formerly chief of division OF
soil management, Cnited states De
parrment of agriculture: author OF
Irrigation and Drainage" etc. Madi-
son, Wis: Mrs. F. II. King
Through the practical work Of state
and national agricultural bureaus the
farmers of this country are, at the open
ing Of the twentieth century, for the first
time turning seriously toward expert cul-
tivation of the soil. They have thus far,
a. least learned that the alphabet of
II. great business is to maintain fertility
~ soil: that upon this foundation alone
..Sts any reasonable hope of gathering
i'fy. frgits of the earth.
,it-.r across the world this elementary
l-ss.l Wss learned more tnan 5000 years
a=u: and. having been learned. its prac-
ti@e AID application We're so faithfully
c,4.jius;'i IAat all the generations through
'h!s .a.l s.retch of time received, each
-, IL t:ru. i legacy of land that remained
virgin a"i iinimpaired These age-old
- -UerS pf the east have message for
d"w- ard Yet inprovideut, farm
a-s OF the vest And the message comes
thruuga II. competent hands of Mr.. F.
II Sing whose yoluminous and depend
able No,ume makes an illuminating story
% farming in China. Korea and Japan.
The book : a record of innumerable
journeys made among the swarms of
small farmers of these countries for the
purpose Of @atherius first-hand ac-
quaintance with the means that have 60
completely insured the first essential of
successful agriculture. IT is. IN effect all
expert study Of the processes and close
economies of intense farming applied to
small individual holdings. The book Is
compendium OF descriptive details relat-
ing TO the care OF soils. to the affinities
of soil TO certain plant srowths. and of
the succession OF growths possible in a
single season under the cooperation of
soil and remarkable system of irrga-
tiou. Supplementary observations along
many allied lines sum the book to u
broad and interesting view of the rural
life of these countries. More than 80
pictures obiectify important points of the
text The whole Is an authoritative and
most readable record of an experience
whose unbrcken success through many
centuries holds, not imitation, but rather
suggestion and inspiration 70 the new
agriculture and the new industrialism of
the west
THE INDI STRIAL TRAINING. OF
THE BOY-Sy William A. McKeever.
professor Of child welfare in the
University Of Kansas. author of
= Training the Boy" etc. New York ::
The Macmillan Company.
lir- Mckeevcr says. This is an age %
industry Labor is the first agency in
the creation OF all the material wealth
OF the world The ulen who go down
town from d to i'll the morning make
things said shrewd metropolitan busi-
ness man. We who go down during the
next two hours. put in all our efforts try
ing to take things away from one another
How true, indeed. IS the fISt part OF the
foregoing statement. Then why not make
creative productive ability a funda-
:. this basis lac sets the thesis Of this dis
A.