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


his own wonderings about life and
death. about heaven and hell. In
confession that. for truth and insight
might be ones own, he tells of his
around him. fear of death and God and
the hereafter. Through this fear he
accepted the church and its religion.
But dawning knowledge. searching
into life as it is Unfolding in this later
day. cast his fears away and with them
went the faith that he had chosen as
defense again them. The little story
| wrought with consistency and color Is
the picture of a condition, the minia-
ture of tremendous situation. AS one
| of the necessities of its theme the story
pastor fighting for his church and his
faith while around him there is the
glow of new day breaking.
THE END OF THE TRAIL, The Far
West from New Mexico to British
| Columbia. By E. Alexander Powell,
| F. r. G. s.. author of Gentlemen
| York: Charles scribners Sons
| Washington: Woodward & Lotnrop.
| in the dim dawn of history the
Aryans, forsaking the birthplace of the
race. poured through the passes Of the
Caucasus and peopled Europe. By
caravel and merchantmen adventuring
| Europeans crossed the western ocean
and established fringe of settlements
along this continents eastern rim. The
American pioneers. taking up the his
toric march. slowly but inexorably
pressed westward until athwart the
| line of their advance they found an
! other ocean. They could go no farther,
for beyond that ocean lay the over
populated countries of the yellow race.
The white man had completed his age
| long migration toward the reckoning
| west; his march was finished; in the
golden lands which look upon the Pa
eific he had come to the end of the
trail. In the great march which SUBJ
stituted the wheat field for the des-
lert, the orchard for the forest, the
work was done by the hardest breed
of adventures that ever foreran the
columns of clvilization-the pioneers.
4 And the pioneer has always lived on
the frontier. Most people believe .here
IS no longer any quarter of this coun-
try that can properly be called the
frontier and that the pioneer is as ex-
! tinct as the buffalo. To prove that they
are wrong I have written this book.
But this is the last call. In a few
years, a very few, there will be no
place on this continent. or on any con-
| tinent, that can truthfully be called
the frontier, and with 1t will disap-
pear. never to return. those stern and
hardy fgures-the pioneer. the pros
| won for us the west"
! In the thrall of this writer's swing
ing phrases one follows him into the
far west on his quest of the modern
| byways they come together upon mar
| row frontier stretches where the life
| is essentially such as the pioneer has
always lived. And along the way. Incl
| dent, anecdote. scene, bits of history.
glimpses Of age-old civilizations. COM
bine in shifting Kaleidoscope patterns
\ of amazing beauty and absorbing in
terest- There are, besides. directions,
advice, suggestions for the would-be
traveller in western America There
is. too. any amount Of good robust fun
in this pioneering adventure. If we
are. from force Of circumstances, about
to.begin to do" our own country. Mr.
Powelrs 1.-THE End of the Trair' Of
fers one an admirable starting point.
| If, on the other hand, one must con-
tent himself with. travel at second
| hand. this is surprising book for the
purpose.
COASTING BOHEMIA. By ]. Comyns
Carr, author Of Some Eminent Vic
torians." etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Mr.. Cars "reminiscences of Bohemia
is most engaging book Of personal
| recol1ections Of a notable group Of
painters. writer's, actors. Here are in
formal and intimate pictures of MIL
lais. Alma-Tadema, Rossetti, Burne-
Jones. Whistler. George Meredith.
Henry Irving and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Himself both critic and playwright, Mr..
Carr makes passing. comment on the
works of these various artists. Tho
bulk of this consideration. however. 10
toward them as men. and friends and
| companions. From this STANDPOINT one
comes into personal relation with
them that is admirably calculated to
add to ones appreciation of each in his
professional and artistic career. Mr..
Carr writes with ease and warmth and
grace. most enjoyable book.
THE CHANGING DRAMA, Contribu-
lions and Tendencies. By Archibald
Dramatists." etc. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
In this volume Mr.. Henderson reviews
the drama of the past sixty years, or
Whereabouts, for the purpose Of demon
| strating that the dramatic output of
| this period is. as whole and in its es-
sentials, component part of the in
tellectual. and ethical, and social life
surrounding it, What he seeks to
make clear is that the drama is chang
ing because the spirit of the whole
world is undergoing vital changes, and
that 1t Is the definitely defined pur-
pose Of the drama to objectify and
make use of these changes in the terms
of it's own peculiar literary form. AS a
part of this discussion Mr.. Henderson
gathers up in q body the drifts and
tendencies and characteristics of the
modern drama in proof that it is an al
most perfect reflection of the impor-
tant phases of current life. Men are
, coming into public conscience as OPP
earlier times Out Of this is sprineing
common sense Of pity for the unfor-
| tunate and oppressed. a somewhat gem
eral revolt against the manifold mala-
dies of the social order. This review
, makes clear that the drama, as a
whole, stands like a mirror before
| these facts. exposing the evils of sell
| tishness and injustice, making public
| in the most effective of ali ways the
| wrongs that threaten the general life
The book is the finely critical estimate
of a movement rather than tho less
| generally useful study of particular
and individual parts of dramatic pro-
duction.
HOW TO SEE PLAY. By Richard
| Burton. president of the Drama
| League of America New York:
| The Macmillan Company.
| This is book for the theater-goer.
Its purpose is to explain in simple
terms the fundamental use of the the
alter SO that one. approaching its pur-
pose. may learn to choose his enter
tainment with Judgment and to ap-
praise it with 4 fair degree of compe-
! tency... The book is, ia substance, a
j text book for the training of the the