The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-26

matter how trivial ar irrelevant Ia 'his
c'u-e this method adds greatly To th.
vtvidness Of the story: III. little things,
III" gossip. the unverifi-d reports. bring
Mssslna and what went on there nearer
10 the reader. She - able To- give full
credit to the splendid work done by Lieu
tenant Commander Bslknap and other
American officers and officials. which
can only he inferred from the official
reports, The book Is illustrated with
many pictures from photographs and
from drawings by John Elliott
In his own Nebraska Mr., John q. Net
hardr is a poet That fact must he borne
in mind In reading his The River ana
|" 90 L PuinaIns Sonsl This u "A
piCturesqu" description of "A trip mad,
on tho Missouri River in a small boat
with single companion lh" head
waters were l.ft alone-so were the lower
reaches: tho limits Of tn" journey wer"
Fort BENTON and Sioux civ. Within
that stretch MIR Nclhardt managed 10
have good time, 10 So. many fine sights.
which he shares with ht- readers. and
10 retain his enthusiasm Tor The Rig Muddy,
much ~ which IA" succeed, IA impart-
ing II 10 "a very pleasant book u out
door If.
Though hn comes after the fair when
nothing j. left Tor other travellers -
sav about Africa. Mr. Richard Tiadier
writes an Interesting book ia The Rig
Game of Africa ,AppetnnSl The land
b. describes i British East Africa He
takes up singlv each h"as' that Is hunted
there. from th. hon and ih" rhinoc"ros
Ia IN. various kinds Of antelopcs tells
tho reader what TO expect from each
and often quotes personal experiences
lie gives practical Instructions also about
hitting out expeditions and appHndS
Comple,. course III the Swahlli language
The book should Iva useful To hunters
who ar" going into thar land Their"
AT. many interesting pictures from pho
roCraph>
The authors frank confession NAV
excuse his assurance IN writing Japan for
a " s.h- CJohn Lane Company Mr. VI
Thompson took "a long Journ"v for the
eccentric purpose OF obtaining IN lew
dav- local color for play III. travelled
through Europ. and over IN" siberian
Railroad To- Nlaiivo-tos. theme" 10
japan, which he did not Liz" lie returned
hv way Of shanghai. Hungkong. SnGa-
por" and Ceylou 20 Europe He emIts
his opinions jaunttly not merely on Japan
but ON the future ii China. on tn" condI-
lion OF Russia. on the relations between
Germany and Great Britain He takes
himself very seriously in these opinions
which. We irnag inc. we're all formed before
h. started on his travels and confirmed
hy. What h. chp~. to 500 III. photographs
that illustrate tn" book ar. very good
II l. pleasant and unpret"nti"us lItr .
book that Mr. - ta-,luoin" Hartley has
written in Things seen IN SPAN # y
Dmtton and Company, ih"I" - nothing
Very original IN whar h" has 10 ~a.. nut
h.. Nno~- Spain pretty we'll and likes A..
and nl- brief dcscrI r.tipu~ ot IL" and man
n.r- are arCIra'" and a''rnr'lV" IN"
nifty pictures are good aud illustrative
"" could have spared m" "uud"u-'t ac-
count 81 spanish ART and ar. grateful
that the author ,Ios'- not touch m Ir'"ra-
rur. ~ -.r,.- - intended Z" describe
pr,-ent conditions and Mr. Hartley does
that part ~ has wprA -arIsiaC'orIl