Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19

sed side on literature as well as the
muscular side of life.
FRENCH PERsPECTTvEs. BY Eliza
beth Shepley Sergeant. Boston:
Houghton Miffin Company.
These perspectives permit one to look
back into happy valley. into the France
of something like four years ago No
war shadow then menaced the land 1t
is the smiling peace of these views that
makes one seize upon them a promise
OF what France will in some measure be
once more. Here are glfmpses into cor
ners that appear to he peculiarly French
ana the triumph here is that the writer
is Of a spirit to apprehend and give out
again those qualities that set these peo-
pie apart from all the rest of the world.
Whether Miss Sergeant tells US about
the fine bourgeois family with which
she for awhile lived. or of the social
dreamer NJ. Tully Of La Bolie. trying to
materialiZe his vision of society through
an experiment of cooperative vine-grow-
ing. whether in literary appreciation
she tells about the new voices in French
poetry or In friendly admiration of the
peasant poet of Provence what she un-
failingly does do is to leave with us the
fine flavor of French character and in
teilect. These are more than charming
Iy sympa thetic views They are heart
felt tribute to France one to which hap
PLY the reader is permitted to give the
cOmpleteSt Endorsement.
THE BOOK OF THE YALE PAGEANT;
1716-191G. Edited by George Henry
Nettleton. New Haven: Yale Uni
yersIty Press.
The Yale pageant. which took place
in New Haven on October 81, 1915, was
in commemoration of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the removal of
Yale College from Saybrooke to New
Haven. The drama includes the chief
events in the history of this institution
1t opens with brief glimpse into the
life of the Welsh ancestors of Elihu
Yale, it's founder. This is followed by
scenes to illustrate the founding of the
colony of New Haven, the founding Of
the college itself and the later removal,
by force. Of the books and the college
aIlegorical interlude represents the
coming Of the arts and sciences from
the old world to the new college in
America. This is followed by the stir
Rod with Nathan Hale as Yale's con-
tribution to the martyrs of that con-
fict In the civil war period Theodore
winthrop is honored by Yale as the
first Union officer to fall in resistance
to slavery Scenes from the later years
of the university follow. final al
leeory represents Yale, after two hum
dred years of distinguished achieve
ment, surrounded by the twenty col
leges her sons have founded, by her
contributions to the arts and sciences,
and by the eminent graduates who
have helped to shape the history Of the
nation. The Book Of the Pageant con-
tains the scenario and description OF
each of the episodes Of the pageant,
with essays on important phases of
Yale development and achievement.
More than half hundred men and
women prominent in literature and
public affairs contributed to this book.
The book itself is summary of the
influence of a great institution on the
affairs Of a nation.
MANHATTAN, 16:4-16S8. BY Edward
Van Wrinkle. New York.
The Holland Historical Society Of
New York, through its recording Sec
rotary. Mr.. Van Wrinkle. here gives out
n rcorin. = original records bearing
upo. the se.,ient n. OF manhattan by