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formed Is not easily Snaken anu tHdL d.
large part of the aboriginal population of
the western part of South America is ad-
dicted to it a permanent resource OF
strength The more civilized part of the
world is chiefly interested in coca. because
of the fact that it has furnished modern
surgery with cocaine one of the most
beneficial of anaesthetics.
The historical portion Of this large and
handsomely prepared volume describes the
early Incas and their degeneration through
the influence of the conquering Spaniards.
1t tells of industrial and sociological con-
ditions of the present and treats naturally
of the methods employed in the cultivation,
curing and transportation of coca. Nearly
two hundred illustrations add to the at
tractiveness of the work, which closes with
a discussion of the nervous disorders which
affiict the human system, with running
comment upon the influence Of coca in
their treatmen
POLICEMAN FLYNN. BY Elliott Flower. Illus
trated by Frederic Dorr Steele. New York:
The Century Company.
Policeman Flynn was not a stalwart
specimen of the modern constable. He
was short and slender. In rough and
tumble fight with law-breakers he seldom
distinguished himself by his prowess. But,
in fact, he rarely permitted the situation
to develop a fight He prevented trouble
through diplomacy. He was an Inlay
MUS man and resourceful and his policy
was that 1t was better to keep man from
breaking the law than to lock him up for
misdemeanor. So Flynn was always a
factor for peace through persuasion ard
interference and suggestion. rather than
force and detention and punishment. His
experiences were varied. He refused to
be promoted. because he was not cut out
to boss his fellows He could not suit the
politicians at the city hall and SO lost his
post as watchman at the mayors door
But his superiors thought the more Of him
and those who read about him now will
learn to love this little Irish club swinger,
his smart wife If Policeman Flynn lives
yet in the flesh may his days be many and
his successes in the preservation Of the
peace unbrOken.
THE DECOY. By Francis Dana. New York: John
Lane.
A shrewd charlatan has secured hold on
New England village as a spiritualistc
medium Determining to prosper more
rapidly he obtains, by an adroit device,
the assistance of handsome young wom-
an Of the neighborhood. whom he FER
suades into the belief that she is specially
chosen by the unseen forces as their me-
dunn. The problem Of her rescue from this
unwholesome situation, complicated by the
cross currents of q rivalry for her love
between a farmer and a city man Of
wealth, leads to a series of dramatic eli
makes. The eventual ending Is satisfac-
tory. incidentally light is thrown upon
some of the methods Of the fake spirit
ualists who delude their patrons into ac-
cepting as genuine manufactured messages
from the spirit world.
by Helen Kearny vreeland New York: A.
Vessels Company.
According to the author and editor of
this work Philip Freneau voiced the enthu-
siasm and patriotism Of the revolution.
He is regarded as one "who, born almost
a century and a half ago, had influence
in the colonies during their struggle for
independence that is said to have been
very great" Students Of American litera-
ture have known Philip Freneau as the
author Of ''The House Of Night" THE
Jamaica Funeral "Tha Beauties Of Santa
Cruz and 1.-The British Prison Ship" poems
which have been adjudged works Of
somewhat more than ordinary merit, but
not sufficient to rank their author with the
great American poets. Yet Freneau,
viewed in the light of this biographical
sketch, must have long enjoyed an extern
sive popularity among his countrymen. and
by putting into verse his fierce hostility to
England and King George must have exer-
cised great influence over the colonial
rebels of 1776. The book is rather long for
such a subject, but in view Of the ardent
study Of colonial and early federal history
prompted by the Sons and Daughters Of
the American Revolution-to which two So
cieties the volume Is dedicated-it Is not
unlikely to find many readers.
THE sCOTCH-IRISH By Charles A. Hanna. New
York, q. z. Putnam's Sons.
ITO the forgotten dead Of that indomita-
bic race whose pioneers IN unbroken ranks
from Champlain to Florida formed the ad-
vance guard Of civilization In its progress
70 nd
dued and planted the wilderness between"
spirit Of Mr.. Hannas comprehensive and
interesting work on one Of the proudest
peoples who have contributed to American
history. His contention is that the Scotch
Irish-the descendants in America OF the
early Scotch Presbyterian emigrants from
Ireland-played a much more important
and original part In the creation Of the
new America than has been ordinarily be-
lieved. In support Of this position he
traces in outline the history of Scotland,
the activity of the Scots in north Ireland
and the career of the seaboard colonies In
America which had their origin In Scotch
Irish love for freedom Of speech and con-
science. OF late years Americans of Scotch
Presbyterian ancestry have impressed their
countrymen with a high estimate Of
Scotch-lrish integrity, activity and intel
itSludlIty nave organized SCOICN-lrlSh
societies all over the United States But
with all their propaganda 1t is likely to
surprise their neighbors to learn that eight
or the fifteen major generals at the close
of the revolution twenty-five Of the gen.
erals created during that conflict, eleven
of the fifty-six signers Of the Declaration
OF independence, fifteen Of the fifty-four
members Of the constitutional convention
and one-half OF the Presidents were either
Scotch, Scotch-1rish or Irish from the
northern part Of Ireland. New England.
according to Mr.. Hanna, was not the BIRTH
place Of American liberty American
ideals are. in his judgment. much more
Scottish than English. Indeed, the work
seems to have been designed to contradict
the widely accepted theory that America is
an English outgrowth. and that the Scotch
are too subservient to tradition to be typf-
cal Americans The monograph is pub
lished In two volumes, and Is replete with.
appropriate citations from we'll known his
tories
KATE BONNET: the Romance Of Pirates
Daughter BY Frank r. Stockton. Illustrated
BY A. j. Keller and II. s. Potter. New York:
D. Appleton Co.
Mr.. Stockton has harked back to the
seventeenth century for scenes and charac-
ters for his book. One Of the central fg-
ures Is pirate. who would be a real pirate,
indeed. but. deiineated by the stroke of Mr..