Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14

melodrama. With the destruction of the ar
tistic unity of the book comes the destruc-
which the author may have striven, and
which alone could make the pot fail of
being offensive.
THE INDUSTRIAL REPUBLIC; a Study
of the America of Ten Years Hence.
BY Upton Sinclair. illustrated New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothro2.
The author of The Jungle" has here
made constructive study of the Industrial
situation in America-not only as it might
be, but as he believes it Will be inside of
ten years. 1t ought to be as widely dis
cussed as Looking Backward" for it offers
a far more plausible solution of problems
the urgency of which every one admits.
NAVIGATING THE AIR; a Scientific
Statement of the Progress % Aero
nautical Science up to the Present
Time. By the Aero Club of America.
Illustrated with photographs and dia-
grams. New York: Doubleday. Page
& Co Washington: Woodward q
Lothrop.
This volume is a record of personal eX-
periences of the twenty-four men most dis
tinguished today in the art and science of
flying. Authorities such as Alexander
Graham Bell announce that the problem of
aerial transportation has been solved, and
this book gives for the first time an au-
thentic summary of the present state of
this new science. Among the contributors
are DIR. Bell, the Wright brothers, Lieut.
Lahm, John p. Holland and many other
famous aeronauticai specialists. There are
thirty-two pages of photographs showing
important developments in aerial naviga-
ton.
THE NUTRITION OF MAN. By Russell
II. Chittenden, Ph.D.. LID, D., au-
thor of physiological Economy in
Nutrition" etc, director of the Shelf
field Scientific School of Yale Uni
versity. With illustrations. New York:
Frederick y. Stokes Company.
This is without doubt the latest word Of
science on the subject of nutrition. 1t has
immediate practical value for the layman
in showing the truths, half-truths and err
rors of the many dietetic doctrines now IN
vogue. Never have such thorough and con-
vincing experiments been made in this field
as those of Prof. Chittenden and his col
leagues at Yale. They have been under
taken without bias, and remarkable as are
the conclusions drawn by Prof Chittenden,
further research is not likely to shake
them. The processes of the digestive tract,
and the chemistry of assimilation; the COM
bustion of food in the body and Its trans
formation into energy; the balance of nutri-
ton. and the prevalence and results Of
overlooking: accounts of experiments upon
men and animals, showing the results OF
vegetable meat and other diets, are some
of the principal subjects of this work. The
experiments along Chittenden lines at West
Point seem to point to the ACCESSIBILITY of
an entire change in army dietetics so Won
derful have been the results of the treat
ment.
BRUNHILDE'S PAYING GUEST. \ Story
of the South Today. By Caroline Full
Ter, author of Across the Campus"
New York: The Century Company.
That the northern invasion of the south
is still going on and that southern maidens
are still capable of holding their own-and
acquiring more-is proved by this very
charming story of Caroline Fuller's. She
has utilized a situation which Is not only
typical of today, but is full of mirth and
romance provoking elements A fine young
New Yorker is ordered south for his health
Fortune leads him to a household where
there are three altogether delightful south
ern women. The southern laisseZ-faire of
his reception amaZes him. But later on the
charm of his hostesSeS amaZes him even
more There are love stories of every
shade of romance and sentiment all quite
in keeping; for what southern girl was ever