Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

SECOND DIARY OF THE GREAT
WAR. By Samuel Pepys, jr New
York: John Lane Company.
rF Samuel Pepys. that unique and de-
lectable gossip-dead and gone
now 200 years and more-had been
II permitted to review. in character
tic comment, the past year of the
war he could not have done it more in
his own spirit and form than has this
admirable inlpersonator of that famous
diarist. Here the half-year of the war
ending with June. 1917, together with a
multitude of Incidents and events bear
Ing upon it, is passed over to the reader
In the talkative joy of Pepys himself in
the personal affairs of everybody, and
In the common they say" about one
and another prominent figure of the
English war group Here is the same
rambling and picturesque inconse-
quence of selection, the same hospitable
heart toward the behaviors of little
folks and great folks alike, toward the
politics of the day. toward all England
bent to its own part in the winning of
the war. Here is the same open inno-
cence of ayowal, the same disarming
Samuel Pepys not only the beloved an
naiist, but the wise commentator as
well. One laughs in sheer gIee as he
reads this droll and captivating war
record. cast in the very spirit and
wearing the very garments of that IA
nous old diary "Efigies by John Ket-
ielwel Newly Engrayen at large upon
Copper" supplement the text of this in
Imltable production And this latter
day Samuel Pepys, jr., declares himself
to be sometime of Magdalene Col
lege in Cambridge and of his majesty's
navy Office, VI. A.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF Ed
WARD EVERETT HALE. BY Ed
ward E. Hale. Jr. Illustrated. Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Co.
A rich nature and a wide range of
notable activities are poured into these
letters by Edward Everett Hale
Preacher. lecturer. writera philanthro-
pisr and traveller. this distinguished
New Englander permits vivid glimpses
of his many-sided career through the
medium of these two volumes of cor
respondence. The best ideals and am
bltIons of American life are reflected
here Travels abroad and in this coun-
try serve to objectify these ideals, as
of larger and more experienced
world than that of America alone. Pic
lures OF the best parts of New Eng
land life have place in these letters
through the incidence of friendly inter-
course with other eminent men of that
locality. The mellow atmosphere of
New England scholarship and culture.
towering in midcentury, gFeets one
here. The letters round out, not only
The chief points in the life of this
scholarly and influential man. but they
serve also to bring into relief distinct
period of time and the cultural pre-
emlnence of a particular section of the
country. The letters themselves are
set in a general outline of personal his
tory which expands to admit many of
the eminent associates and co-workers
of Edward Everett Hale himself.
BOOTH HARRINGTON. BY Robert
Cortes Holiday. Illustrated. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
There is no law to the effect that a
nan has to die before some admiring
friend or follower may write an appre-
cietion of his life and works. And to
SUM up a person while he is on hand. to
see about it, as it were, does give one
the pleasure of reading about himself.
In the case in hand Mr.. Harrington
frankly admits that he dnds thts- starry