Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-27
Cd G.

The complications consequent upon this
destruction Of the only means of the
boys Identification, the efforts of the
bride and bridegroom to rid themselves
of their suddenly acquired family, their
many failures and final success. make an
attractive little story that sustains it's
interest to the happy ending. number
of clever drawings add to the interest Of
the text.
LABRADOR; the Country and the Peo-
pie. BY Wilfred 7. Grenfell and
others. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
Labrador. "the land God gave to Cain :;
the land high. mountainous and covered
with glaciers" first described by an Ice
lander in 9S6: the land lone and frigid
in its polar waters that Grenfell has
chosen for his home and lifework. and OF
which he writes, is portrayed with real
ism that gives vivid word and picture
views of country which TO most people
is simply splash on the map. The
author in his preface names several SCI
entists who have contributed information
concerning the rocky formations of the
country. its flora, crustaceaEs, birds, IN
Sects and other animate life that ranges
from seal and reindeer to butterflies and
moths. The cod fishery is a signal fea-
tnre OF the book. ;nasmuch as in La
brador fish Is synonym for cod.
local law having stated that salmon Is
not hsh In chapter on The ocean
Mammals" DR. Grenfell explains the
rather astonishing adaptability of the
whale, which SIS, of course, really land
animal, but he has left his native ele-
nent and taken to a rowing, nautical
life Equally interesting. if not so sur
prising. Information is given of the seal.
reindeer and dogs on which the natives
depend for suStenance and work, and
their need for the outside worlds help
is evidenced on a chapter on missions.
DIR. Grenfell sees the future Of Labra-
dor with the eyes Of an optimist. He says
of it: Il have come to love the rugged
Businesses of my adopted country and to
lament the amount of almost Stygian
darkness that hangs over il and its re
sources. Surely 1t will come to pass that
one day another Atlantic City Will rise
amidst these UNEMPLOYED but invigorating
wlds to lure men and women tired of
heat and exhausted by the nerve stress
Of overcrowded centers." The book is
we'll illustrated throughout with pen
sketches and photographs.
FARMING TT. BY Henry A. Shute. an
thor of The Real Diary of a Real
Boy With Illustrations by Regi-
Maid 3. Birch. Boston,: Houghton
Miffiin Company.
The author expresses a doubt as to the
propriety Of publishing his book. He
Tears lldI the TeClCdl Ol ElS dCludi ca
periences may cast a cloud on the faith
of city-bred people who fondly believe
that the path to fortune is by way of
mushrooms cultivated in an old bureau"
and in the raising of squads. 1t is a mat
ter of congratulatiOn that he gave HIM
self the benefit Of the doubt. for his mis-
takes in Farming It. make a succession
of ludicrous happenings which most read
ers will recognize ana which others will
no ola IN fqxe faith The hero
family man and lawyer whose physician
has prescribed country life. With no
other knowledge than an agricultural in
stinct inherited from an ancestor WHO
had ''once owned the largest and finest
farm in town''-and sold 1.-THE invalid
buys a small place on the outskirts of the
city and with the superiority of ignorance
starts his bucolic career by paying a
fancy price for runt pigs. The astonish-
ingly various ways of losing money on
hens are put down with refreshing frank
ness. and there are like disastrous deal
ings with farm animals. notably COWS.
There are compensatfons, however. for
every mistake teaches It's lesson, and by
the time the amateur has developed into a
farmer his country home has become a
source of profit and pleasure and. best or
ALL he has achieved the health he set out
to gain 1t is breezily pleasant little
book from beginning to end, and many
drawings add their humor to the text.
ROMANTIC GERMANY. BY Robert
Haven Schauff1er. author of Where
Speech Ends" With Illustrations by
Hans Hermann. Alfred Scherres.
Karl O'Lynch Won Town, Gertrude
Wurmb, Charles Vetter and Otto F.
Probst. New York: The Cen:ury
Company.
The average tourist through Germany
will seek i'm vain in this beautiful volume
for descriptions of the familiar scenes
through which virtually all travellers