Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
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sided love is balanced with robust
and lusty hatred of the Hun. In words
that are always doubled up for a drive,
in words that are sometimes protane
goes over the way from camp to trench
with fund of sound advice, clear di-
rection, sensible precautions and with
an inexhaustible store of good-fellow-
ship and love for the boys And we
go along-from the packing up to get
away on through a hundred scenes OF
simon-pure war business, to the last
stirring call of the book. And through
all this multifarious to-do of getting
ready and getting into the fight. we
thrill and we weep, and maybe we
swear a little, all to ourselves-but we
do come out of this story as Squarely
planted as Arthur Guy Empey himself
ever thought of being, and more on the
stretch to do the most that is humanity
possible for the grand boys of whose
glorious behavior word is now coming
back in steady and unbroken flow.
Read this book. 1t may be rough and
ready" let us be thankful that it is
rough, too.
LATEST LIGHT ON ABRAHAM LIN
coin, And Wartime Memories.
By Erwin Chapman, d. D.. IL D.,
author of "A Stainless Flag" etc
Illustrated. New York: Fleming h
Revell Company
Two significant facts mark this work.
One is that Lincoln and the writer
were personal friends from their young
manhood. The other is that the book
is one of deliberate Notwithstanding
like fifty years having been taken for
its preparation. From the first of these
facts spring the seizure of motives
consistent with the whole character of
T 10 t1fA 40
tons, the unshakable confidence in his
qualities and the devotion to his MEM
DRY. that are so conspicuous in this
study. From the second comes body
of illumination from which has been
excluded everything that was not able
to stand the test of half a century ami
mated by a passion for the whole truth
about Lincoln. All available sources
of information have been made use of,
collected material has been subjected
to rigid scrutiny for the sake of re-
tanning only that which may solidly
contribute to an understanding of the
real Lincoln. A part of this work con-
Germs itself with the correction of GER
tain errors that have crept into the
Lincoln story. 1t is here that the writ
err discusses Lincoln's attitude toward
the Christian religion. toward tenn
perance, toward the moral tone of all
grades of political and social life. A
great man is often the victim of his
own most thoughtless words Lin
! coin was not only a great man, but he
i possessed. also. profound sense of
humor. The combination was sure to
lead to misinterpretation. This writer
clears up some of the mistaken ideas
that Lincoln unconsciously built up
i around himself. The life of the great
President is here projected against the
! background of the war. of which this
writer gives many vivid and interest
ing recollections. The two volumes
that cover this valuable contribution
to the Lincoln literature are generously
illustrated from photographs and from
paintings objectifying incidents in the
life OF Lincoln
ALONE IN THE CARIBBEAN. By
Frederic A. Fenger Illustrated
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
Not a history. not a guide-so the
a lone cruise in sailing canoe" spun
| out for the sake of his own JOY in re-
living the unique adventure. Never
| theless, while the book is. in the main,
an account of the cruise Of the Yaka-
boo in the Lesser Antilles, it is, be-
sides, refreshment Of the best of ge-
ography and the best Of history be-
cause, in both of these respects 1t is
| tinglingly alive. One has not only the
robust pleasure of this experience with
| the daring cruiser. but he learns more
about these nebulous islands than he
ever thought,of knowing before. Maps
and charts and pictures help one along
here to q degree. but 1t is the story
itself that names and places that cres-
cent of volcanic peaks stretching from
Grenada, on the coast of South Amer
lea, up to the Virgin Islands of our
| own recent attainment. It IL the story
that puts psapaA On thAss iaiandaA- gty-