Evening star., 1914-11-28

| lected art bent to the suppression OF
| non-essentials and to the exaltation OF
| fundamentals. Supplementing this brill
| liantly critical work Is wealth OF in
| teresting information about the most
celebrated OF the painters who stand as
| exponents of these new ideals in art
ARTIST AND PUBLIC, And Other Es-
| says ON Art subjects. BY Kenyon
| Coz. author of The Classic Point
| Of View" etc. New York: Charles
| Scribners Sons. Washington: Wood
| ward & Lothrop-
The half dozen essays Of this volume
are in the main used by the author as
concrete Illustrations of the principles
of criticism employed by him in any
appraisal of art as such. Sometimes
Mr.. Cox chooses the work of a partfcu-
lar artist for this illustrative purpose
AS, for example, in the essay on Jean
Francois MiIIet, a most admirable ex-
position Of the selective method used
| by an artist to secure an effect OF unity
and strength Sometimes he selects a
school. or a period, to demonstrate
ESSAY. ARTIST and Public" draws the
conditions that have practically de-
prived the modern artist Of q public, in
contrast to the time when these were
and Inspiration and recognition from
1t. The warmest and most appealing
essay of this group is the one on Au-
gustus saint-Gaudens The critical
set forth are SO wide of application,
that the volume stands as most
valuable guide to general critical ap-
precia ton and appraisal.
SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY IN THE
ORIENT. The Story of a Man. Mis-
sion and a Movement. BY John E.
Clough D. D. New York: The
INoy
This record Of mission work possesses
the stir and color of romance and ad-
venture. It is the story of John Clough
and his work in the famous Ongole
mission in southern India. In its par
ticulars the book is an account OF tho
great mass movement of the pariah
tribes toward Christianity under the
leadership of this democratic and prac-
tical American. The narrative sums to
vivid. first-hand picture of East In
dian life. In an abundance of concrete
details 1t sets out the sanely effective
methods of Mr.. Clough's work with the
submerged pariah caste. From every
page the personality Of John Glough
sagacity and friendliness. in the pure
fame OF hts faith, in the simple and
direct quality of his understanding
and approach. in the humane ma ~ and ana
whom he preached. This Is biography
of rare interest, as it is also full and
graphic history of the celebrated On
COLE mission.
HISTORY OF MEXICO. BY Hubert
Howe Bancroft. New York: The
Bancroft Company.
Mr.. Bancroft's history of Mexico
brings to hand in single volume a
comprehensive and popular account Of
the Mexican people. The study begins
with a survey of the aboriginal In
habitants of this country, with a review
of the Aztec and Toltec civilizations
From this 1t takes up the Spanish con-
quest by Cortes and his men, and fol-
lowing this the colonial period of three
hundred years. The revolution. the
United States of Mexico and the growth
of the republic lead one to the present
time, with its uncertainties and confu-
sions. Mr. Bancroft's manner Is ener-
getic, nervous, dramatic. The story
reads with swiftness and ease. The
book fills a need for a concise, consecu-
tive and complete study of Mexican
history.
THE POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE:
Collected and Edited. with q Crit
ical Introduce ton and Notes. By Ed
mund Clarence Stedman and George