Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
FOR Con AND COUNTRY; The Chris
tim PnIpit in Nmrtime. BY Kan

doIph -. MchiH1, - H. LII ~ y
{. J.. New York: +. y. Dutton 4
Co.
\ group of addresses and sermons
lin which Dr.. Mckim, rector of the
Church OF the Epiphany. at Washing
ton, defines the attitude and voices
the spirit of the church in the present
struggle goinf, on between the forces
of civilization and those of barbarism,
church militant in the cause OF free
| dom and righteousness is depicted here
in stirring and eloquent phrase. The
church as the rightful leader in this
war Tor humanity Is urged to accept
the call for leadership. taking its place
in the front line OF battle Certain
events and occasions inspire the most
of these addresses-the sinking OF the
! Lusitania, the entrance Of our country
into the war. a mid-waT Thanksgiving
day address. wherein the stewardship
of this country is taken into strict
accounting with Il clear demonstration
of the opportunities and Responsible
ties that lie within this office. These
are among the events that Originate
and shape the addresses of this
straightforward examination of the
church in it's relation to the country
and TO the war The hope of its author
is that the book may serve to exon
crate the church from the charge that
in the greatest ira gcdy of human his
tory she was content TO sit by the fire
warming herself One, reading. feels
that this is finely conceived vision
of the church as a positive and power
full element in a struggle toward the
right things in human life, toward the
big things in human progress.
THE SEVENTH CONTINENTS; A His
tory of the Discovery and Expiors-
D. IINla =
White. author of 1.-The Great White
North" etc. With illustrations.
Boston: Richard G. Badger.
secrec (which has cloaked the ant
arctic regions for countless ages
makes a heroic tale Of adventure in
which the author unites the author
itativeness of research to the inter
est of narrative charm. A realistic
glimpse of Magellan, the first anthem
tic navigator to penetrate the frozen
silence, is given in an opening chapter,
and the experiences of later adven-
turers of many lands are described in
several hundred pages. interspersed
with illustrations of the captains of
various expeditions, the ships they
sailed in. the scenes they lived
through or died among, and of the
sea life that exists on the other side
of the barrier that divides the south
polar. regions from the world of man.
Lieut.. Shackleton's' expedition is told
with an excellence that commands ad-
miration, and frontispiece barking
back from the most recent contrib
utors to the map to the days of Homer
shows that poets conception of the
world thousand years before Christ.
SIR IsUMBRAs AT THE FORD. BY
sion Splendid" etc. New York:
Brentano's.
This novel, sourced in French
history, goes back to the destruction
of the Bastile and advances by, way
of the -plots and counterplots of the
;royaIists and the people subsequent
to that event of destruction. Quick
shifts of adventure. all of them filled
with danger by land~ and sea, keep
the reader alert to each turn in the
tide of events Three figures dorni7
nate the romance--two royaliStS and
the little son of one of them-gallant
and compelling. all of them. The
matter in hand moves from France
to England and back again at a rate
and with a richness of incident that
holds the reader to a good tension Of
whole hearted concern. The romance
contributes to the awakened affection
for all things French that now holds
in thrall admirihg and grateful
people everywhere.
THE THREE STRINGS. By Natalie
=, Summer Lincoln, author Of II Spy"
etc. illustrations by Charles L,
wrenn. New York: D. Appleton &
Co.. 80
In her new novel Natalie Lincoln
holds to- her usual novel formula A
mysterious tragedy at. the outset; be-
yond this point criss-crossing trails
of unravelment. then the climax of
discovery. This novel sets out with
rnurder-a murder OF somewhat
overstrained elemants Of circumstance.