Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-22

manner and a business-like approach
to the subject that makes the book as
interesting as it is worth while in its
immediate and arresting Significance.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By
Louis Madelin. New York: G. P.
Putnam's Soma
This is . political history Of the
French revolution That is. it is
political history 30 tho extent that it
is possible to follow a single line
through an inextricably- interviewer
coil Of events The French revolution
was a highly complex phenomenon
wherein religion, economies, industry,
diplomacy. politics and military move
ments were mixed along vague and
broken lines of union and separation.
Madelin brings into emphasis the po-
litica1 thread Of this crisis in the his
tory of France. subordinating thereto.
for the purposes of this study. those
other features of the event. AS
background for this political survey
the writer sketches the anarchy Of
1889, pointing out such travesties on
government as then existed. Out OF
this background he reviews the various
political moves and countermoves that
marked the period of the revolution.
He describes the constituent assembly
whose experiments resulted only in the
crisis of the revolution itself The
next assembly. the law-making assem-
the throne. the advent Of Danton. In
vasion and massacre. Under the ma
tional assembly is gathered the advent
and exit of factions Girondins and ia
collins. and the death of the king.
Under THE Executive Directory" the
writer sums the influences that. with
the advent and rise Of Napoleon. are
working military order out of political
chaos. Here the political experiment
reign of Napoleon. M. Madelin's study
is summary Of the politics of the
revolution. a summary drawn not only
from corrected and proved data, but,
in certain cases. from original mate
rial not hitherto put to use. This piece
of thorough historical workmanship
comes to the general reader with the
Endorsement of the French Academy
by which 1t was crowned. The volume
History Of France" edited by FIR.
Funck-
WATERWAYS. A Novel. By Archi-
bald Marshall, author Of The Old
Order Changeth." etc. New York:
Dodd. Mead & Co.
watermeads Is an old English house,
set in acres and acres Of lovely English
landscape. Watermeads is, moreover,
the hero or heroine Of this novel It's
the recovery of its old
beauty. is the business that
engages this delightful story. The
means to this end is the family Of Wa
half dozen boys and girls
their father Joy, their mother merely
some one to put up with. The son Of a
came across the counter, appears, for
q time. to be q solution Of the problem
Of Watermead by way Of one Of the
daughters of the house. And a Mr.. Blu
with money enough to cover
his name. Is willing to exchange a
daughter done up in dollars for a con-
nection with this old county family"
But these improper artihciaifties fade
away, leaving the rebirth of Water
meads to instrumentalities more in ac-
folks to whom 1t belongs. Refreshing
lays at this English house in the COM
oany Of the best and happiest of Eng
fish people Is the enjoyable experiences
Of readers here. This is not a novel Of
great ups and downs. rather is It one Of
long, pleasant reaches Of companion-
shi1 with people who give one the low
of spirited. refined. interesting compan-
onshsD.
THE DARK TOWER. By Phyllis Bot
Gift" Illustrations BY J. H.IGard.
ner Soper. New York: The Century
Company.
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thereafter. that one hsd married an
other ID. one judges. . not unoommon
situation. TO lift IN episode Of this
slass cut Of the general suelE Of marital
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