Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

special purpose and subsequent career
One decides that nothing could be more
tremendously complete, more mellow,
more itself than the University of Vir-
GINA, that beautiful objectitication Of the
dream of Thomas Jefferson at Cfrarlottee-
Vile. But as he goes along in the wake
OF this artistic Interpreter he feels ex-
actly the same about each of the others,
for each represents the supreme beauty
of fitness between purpose and perform
ance. Those who find a comfort in the
count this beautiful book as one Of the
best of their spring recreations and re-
freshments.
THE MAD MONK OF RUSSIA. LILO
DOR. By Sergei Michailovich Truf-
anoff Uliodor). illustrated from
photographs. New York: The Cen
fury Company
This sensational story purports to be
the life, the memoirs and the confess
sions of Iliodor himself. the man who
was known as the mad monk of Russia.
All possible measures to establish the
authenticity of this account having
been taken the publishers issue the
astonishing tale confident that it is, in
the main, a reliable record of the ex-
periences of Father niodor. once ahbo t
Of the great Russian monastery of
TSa ritzin. In the course of events lilo
Having made his escape, he became a
fugitive to Norway, then to this coun-
Try, where he is now Irving, unless, as
recent rumor indicates, he may again
be in Russia on some revolutionary
GRAND bent. To the average reader of
current events this story reaches it's
highest point of interest in Hiodor' S
account of his personal relations with
the famous, or infamous, Rasputin,
whom Hiodor prepared Ter the priest
hood, but against whom he afterward
led a popular uprising. BY virtue of
Rasputin's influence at the court of
summit Of his power is inextricab bly,
blended with scenes drawn from the
court Itself and with events involving
the highest circles of Russian life
The story, upon its face. has no reti-
cencies. It is on the contrary, pro-
jected IN a bare statement of the con-
ditions prevailing in Russian politics
and Russian social life, as both politics
Rasputin, and as Ra-sputin himself be-
came. in the course of time, the object
of IIiodor's campaign against corrup-
ton and indecency.
A DIARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.
TION. By James l.. HouEhte1inx
jr. Illustrated. New York: Dodd.
Mead & Co.
A little less than three months of
Russtan affairs are included in this
daily record. but these are the months
that introduced the Russian revolution.
and this is the record of an eye-wstneo,
of. the daily movements of the Russian
people at Petrograd and Moscow-their
points OF greatest agitation and actiy-
ity. Mr.. Houghteling confines his ae-
count. happily, to the things that he
actually sees and to the most obvious
of dednctions- This modesty of aim is
that which constitutes the chief value
of tins diary Not even a prophet of
old would venture upon forecast for
the Russians. And this writer does not
go tar outside the limita OF his own
v4s5on- One receives from him. there-
fore, a many-sided picture Of the daily
doings of the various brands Of Rus
sian patriot, each group bent to the
Rehabilitation of his native country or
to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of himself and
his Immediate clique. It il q vivid pic
ture-important movements blending
upon the surface. with the daily GUS
toms of Russian life, and all of these
sketched against the great back sround
of Russia itself. One meets here many
a person who Is influential among this
people and hears in his own words what
he has to say about the color and pat
tern Of the future. And, more than