Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
PUBLIC LIBRARY

In connection with the celebration Of
WaShington's Birthday, the Public
Library calls attention to the following
books:
The Man George Washington.
The Unknown Washington, by John
Corbin. 1880. E.W27cor.
The authors greatest contribution to
Washington literature is his story of
Washington's relation to the formation
Of the Constitution. The work is also
a fine character study, striking happy
medium between the eulogistic and
"debunking" schools of biography.
George Washington, by Rupert Hughes.
3v. 1926-1930. E.W27hu.
"Mr. Hughes seeks to dig a great
figure out from the debris of fancy and
fable and, in doing so, has destroyed
many a pallid myth and been soundly
abused for his pains. But he has ac-
complished one thing which is quite suf-
ficient-he has given us the most thor
ough and scholarly biography of Wash
ington yet written. &C. G. Bowers.
George Washington, by Shelby Little.
1929. E.W27 Ii.
A work based on Washington's writ
ings, contemporary memoirs, letters, di-
aries, newspapers, ETC., which the author
has utilized without permitting the in
trusion Of personal opinion. The result
is an impartial and judicious portrayal.
Washington, Commander in Chief, by
T. G. rockingham. 1880. E.W27fr.
A valuable contribution to our knowl-
edge Of George Washington as a mill
tary leader.
Washington, by J. D. Sawyer. ". 1927.
E.W27sa.
A pictorial record Of Washingtons
life, containing some 1900 Illustrations.
The text is an uncritical, factual ac-
count of events.
The Diaries of George Washington,
1748-1799, ed. by ]. C. Fitzpatrick,
Az. 1925. E.W27a5.
The little events, domestic details,
day-to-day contacts and other minutia
of the great mans life make up larger
part Of his diaries than the achieve
ments which he left to posterity to
record.
Home and Family.
The Family Life Of George Washing
ton. by Charles Moore. 1926.
E.W27mo.
The human side of Washington Is de-
picted in his relations with his wife and
her children and grandchildren. The
story Is continued through successive
generations of the Gusts family and
the vicissitudeS of the Mount Vernon
estate up to the time of its purchase by
the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
The Mother Of Washington, by N. B.
Turner. 1880. E.W273t.
The unlimited research which has
gone into this life of Mary Washington
has resulted in a clearly defined por-
trait Of Colonial matron of excep-
tional ability and understanding Of life
| Miss Turner, as a poet, Is doubly well
I equipped to handle her material.
Mt. Vernon: It's Children, It's Ro-
mances, Its Allied Families and
Mansions by M. K. Lowther. 1880
G863M. L957M.
To- latest work on Mount Vernon
An exhaustive account of the work OF
| the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
| in restoring the estate as national
shrine may be found in Grace Kings
mt. Vernon on the Potomac" Those
as yet unacquainted with MT Vernon
by Paul Wilstach will enjoy that highly
informative volume.
They Knew the Washingtons; Letters
- From a French Soldier With Lafay-
cite and From His Family in Vir-
ginia, tr. by Princess Radziwill
1925. F832z.R IL.
Washington and his home environ
ment seen through the eyes OF his
| friends in times of both war and peace.
washington's Country.
George Washington, Colonial Traveller
! 1732-1775, by J. C. Fitzpatrick.
1927. E.W27aa.
Few inhabitants of Colonial Amer
lea travelled the country so widely or
so continuously as did George Wash
ington, and it Is not too much to sup
pose that this acquaintance with his
native land had decided bearing upon
| that broad patriotism which was his
distinguishing mark from the moment
he took command of the Continental
Armies"
George WashingtonS Country, by M. M
Andrews. 1880. G863. An %.
! A tour through Virginia and other
parts of Colonial America associated
with Washington, conducted by bril-
liant conVersationalist who knows heI
country and her people and relates
many personal anecdotes known only to
those born and bred in the Old Do
minion.
Washingtons Western Lands, by r. B
Cook. 1880. E.W27ck.
From the time of his first youthful
surveys and his participation in the
Colonial Wars Washington was inter-
ested in the territory west of the noun
tains. He owned lands on the Ohio
and eagerly followed all developments
in that region