The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-31
Among the Books

BY Robert l.. Peary. From t'reder-
lex a.. Stokes Company, OF New prk, n
through the Bell Book and Stationeryl
Company Of Richmond. S. nett
This book has an Introduction p /
Theodore Roosevelt and a foroword by |
sGilbertSH. Grosvenor, director ana
editor OF the National Geographic SO
sciety. II gives the history OF how the |
North pole was discovered lin 4 500, un--
der the auspices OF the Peary Arctic
Club, and lis illustrated with eight
rull-page Photographic enlargeinSats
scolored by hand one hundred repro.
RductIons from photographs, In blacls
and white, and map In Icolors py
Gilbert n. Grosvenor. III st3iis
Theodore Roosevelt says in his in
PRODUCTION to Peary's book: IL
Probably few outsiders realize the
well-nigh incredible toll and hardship
tEentailcd In such an achievement as
Peary's:g and fewer .sstills ;under3tand
how many years OF ear eful training
and preparation there must be before
the feat can be even attempted WI q
any chance Of success. a dash for the
/ pole can be successful only ~ there
have been many preliminary years OF
l painstaking. patient toll. Great phys
| ioaI hardihood and endurance. an iron
| will and unfinching courage, the
power OF command. the thirst for adj
!! venture. and keen and tarsfghtedl
Iintelligence--all these must go to. the
makeup OF the successful Arctic ex-t
4 3plorer; and these. aid more than the SCI
4 have gone to the makeup OF kthe chief
OF successful Arcttc explorers OF the
i man who succeeded where hitherto
4 3even the best and the bravest had
failed ss
4 Commander Peary has made all
Jewellers in the civilized world his
\ debtors; hut, above ALL we. his fellow
ElsAmericans, are his debtors. He has
y perforrSed one OF the great teats of
our time; he has won high honor for
A 5himself and for his country and we
welcome his own story OF the triumph
(which no won in the immense solitudes
Il OF the wintry North"
The volume Is by no means mere
q reprint OF the ma gaztne articles. Much
interesting matter has been added, anG
: the whole has been recast, so that the
. already brilliant account 9of the final
Il successful journey to the5pole has been
made into a book which will stand out
from other histories OF Sexpl oratton az
much by virtue OF its intrinsic interes1
: / as by Its subject
In previous works OF similar n AZURE
much space has been devoted to de
. scriptions of the preparations made fol
{ the expedition. 1t is assumed that tils
z ispublic is now familiar with such ~
: tails, and they are dealt with only q
senough length to enable one not &C
quainted with Arctic exploration TO OBJ
2 tain "a clear impression On the othe
!. hand, more space than usual Is de
!. voted to the final stages Of the jour
: ney. including the sledge dash for tn
pole. :3s'8..
2 time, and once for all. the final seor
q fof the discovery of the North Pole. !
. T can have no successors. no competi
tors Many books are called unique
81 this one is so in the fullest sense
!. the word Its worth will be increase
5 by passing years. There is plac
waiting for it in every public and pr
vate library.
a "Pan's Aiountain." s.
BY Ameiie Riyes, Princess Troubeti
koy. Harper &: Bros, Of New yorl
n S1.50. 5
9 The heroine of Amelie Rives's late:
9 novel Is by birth half Italian and ha
n SIay, Dione by name. and purely
Greek pagan by nature. She lis brin
full Of the mere Joy Of living. an y
= carnation such az has served to y!
spire poets dream or quicken q
brush Of a zeuxts or an Apelles. II
same power which rendered Amel
g Rives's former book. THE Quick
L the Dead. so instantly famous. Wv
| fies the pages of Pans Mountain
. The book Is aglow With life and Il
y 81 stinct with sadness. The old day
- the pagan gods has had Its passir
4 and the modern worshtper OF pa 81
faiths Is doomed to disappointment al
= dia.llusion. even thong 1 nese fail
- may be rooted in purity, sincerity a.
y, I'M q Z
Dione, as her creator has portray.
her, is a beautiful young girl, boyis
Z lily straightforward and proud-sptrtte
i | Mingled with other qualities WIFI
render her specially attractive, hoy
ever lis a vein OF mysticlsmX lmpalltl
her to "a secret worship OF Pan, who
mountain Is near her allan la
Il home. This tendency on the girl pa
excites horror in the mind Of her 9
z italian nurse, even while her supe
Il stition holds her in thrall to su
Ipagan rites.
The genuinely tragic note Of I
81 book drama5is introduced&whe Dlo
meets an English poet, whose temp
lIsament accords with her. own, no
3 like hers devotee to- the Pan cult t. q
falls in love witt him, Ter passion q
IA 5swering to his own For e. time
I}'idyllic holds sway and love and ]
rule the hours. But while Dione
perfectly true and devoted and saatur
W there is a note that does not Is u
in the nature OF the man she loY
Here the beautiful deal sis Eunr cal
as able, as 1t always Il Is W ZEN human
is taken into account, and lit is II
Eta here that the unde RI wing truth Of I
3 book q IS fully expressed. NJ A
IN After a while Nv hen o child lies
lei sDione's breast. the Eng lishF lover
whom she has given her love q
~ trust. confesses to her that he ]
S. given her but a a tded a legiance,s q
that aawifeS in England Is awaiting
u E)sreturn. Dione ~ Ices what mi hit
\. auite expected of her-she kills q
Il man who has been false to- her, IL
|lonely spot beside he lake, = on wh
sshores she has KIN own both happin
Il and despair. III i SSss III, 5s
The catastyo phe5 OF the book see
1.-the natural out comeS of Its purpose.
2 cannot feel, for " err syMpat hyss so
aahorror "a gainsts p lone as against
- ordinarily murd GUS and venge
woman. The boo X drama res emble
.,...5 tragic .palntin 8, full sot e pal hos
-777s poetic inspir go ton. but there Is or
Truth to nature in "A ts charac RI
# Ing despite u tsss incl lin tiona to m
ticisnl, II i.f 2Ssf ;354
Especially Dione and her old 4 ul