Evening star., 1918-04-07

It is, as well. description. statement
summary and argument-all bent upon
the fitness of women for real and un-
remitting and intelligent service In the
freedom and the forward movement oi
civilization.
NATIONAL PROGRESS: 18O7-1817. BY
Frederic Austin Ogg. Phi. d. Illus
trated. New York: Harper & Bros
Frederic Austin ogg's study, an au-
thoritative, compact and exceedingly
well organized exposition of national
progress, covers ten years of notable
advance in the affairs of American life
This is a period Of unrest and OF
marked changes in the relations exist
ing between public and private enter
prise. It is a period of gradual ex-
pansion in the functioning Of the gov
ernment: period of currency readjust-
ment to meet larger and more varied
uses; OF tariff revision: of new rela-
tions between labor and capital: of ex-
panded industries and government reg
ulation: of territorial extension and q
series Of practical protectorates set up
to safeguard American interests against
foreign interference. Then, too. 1t is
that critical period of the movement
Of the United States into a world
sphere Of influence and activity. These
are the supreme points that through
the last three administrations have abb
sorbed the minds of executives and leg
fslators. This volume brings this many
sided term of American progress into
a body of related information. whose
full content Of fact and implication is
here made available to the student of
political and social progress in the
United States. The book is part of
the THE American Nation series. now
growing In the hands of the Harpers
to furnish an authoritative and COM
prehensive set of text books on nation
al history and national growth.
LONG EVER AGO. BY Rupert Hughes.
author of I'VE Can't Have Every
thing" etc. Illustrated. New York:
Harper & Bros.
There is no human being more capti-
waiting than the true Hibernian-and all
Irishmen are true Hibernians-with
layers. and patches, and splotches of
Americanism distributed more or less
evenly upon his person and through his
disposition. Search the world over and
you will not be able to find another so
rich and rare a blend of wit and sim
plicity, of bog-trotter and tyrant, of the
hard fist and the open palm, of the
good friend and the grand enemy, as
this lovable and impossible Irishman.
America is doing great things for him
this statement may be turned around
with equal truth. Well, Rupert Hughes
has seized the Irishman in America
He has him hand and foot. head and
heart and insides generally. And he
has made stories of him-ten stories
put together here. Each of them de-
lights the heart Of the reader because
they together deliver over to him the
Irishman with his royal virtues and his
unforgivable faults full upon him. and
one loves the vainglorious fellow in
either Of these possessions. You will
take your choice Of these workmanly
and artistic bits of Irishry-so true Of
divination. SO dramatic of projection
but IL you come with us you will, out
Of these ten sources Of genuine enjoy
ment. choose that inimitable little
story, "At the Back of Godspeed."
THE SHADOW ON THE STONE. BY
Marguerite Bryant. author of "Fe-
licity Crofton." etc. New York:
Dufieid q Co.
Those who see in symbols and talk
in parables will look upon this novel
as an allegory designed to set out the
struggle that is going on between the
material and the ideal forces of modern
society. Upon its surface, however, this
is the story of young man who is
possessed of the same vision as. time
but Of mind. has haunted many a
dreamer of the Robert Dale Owen type,
those community -rnakers destined to
the buttinx OF their heads against the
stone walls of practical affairs and to
| the seeing OF innu1nerable stars Of de-
feat In consequences. The modern Don
fellow who is able to reduce his dream
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