Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16


n y enthusiastic motorst in Europe
"a and there appears TO be no
other sort anywhere-with a.
working use Of the contents of
this remarkab BILE volume. must
seem to himself TO hold the keys Of some
seventh heaven of prospective pleasure
G. l.. Preston geoSrapher. travelef.
writer--with nearly twenty years expert
ence in this region. here offers to TINS
fortunate class what to the uninitiate.
looks a perfect guide book of Alpine
motor travel. \ hundred mountain passes.
scientifically engineered for this mode OF
l"comotion. are here laid down in definite
lines and described in terms of motor re-
olirements rather than in those OF pure
scenic effect Widths. gradients, heights
EXPRESSED in readable English measure
ments-both the ordinary aud the extra
ordinary motoring features OF these
roads are detailed in practical exactness.
More Shan a hundred pictures. from pho-
toeraphs by the author himself. snow t"e
general characteristics OF Alpine moto'
roads and define clearly the facts TO De
counted in their use. This Il remark
able series OF pictures. one that informs,
delights and aStoniSheS the untraEeieu
reader while meeting the specific need OF
The motor tourist. out of earlier schooi
DAYS before good pictures and ne"snd-
pers came into use as text DOORS. tle
Airs connote to the average NINA a inon-
<tro1IS inacceSSibility. open to the fianni-
balls and Napoleons alone. place Where
heaven and earth perpetuaHy coiiide IN
sagrinc cloud and heaving peak. where
odd little huts cling. like bat to bouSh. on
Pearsomc heights over more fearSome
depths: where goats disport themselves
on celestial rampartS when not sustaining
Il y,fr,
the life of an unens,ed peasah.rS WIZ
strong milk and rank cheese: where a
walking stick euphoniOuSly called an al
renstock helps ambitious persons to
speedy death bottomless pits while
eou'fullv seeking modest flower. cailea
hy re flowing name of edelweiss: where
avalanches flow. when in all remembered
facts of ice they should hold tight and
stand fast. SO, in addition to its pur-
nosed USE this graphic book serves as
broom to sweep the parochial mind clear
cf . few at least. of the delusions gath
cred under the patriotic name OF educa-
ton. A dozen maps and diagrams. each
p model of clear and objective reading.
pafher these mountain motor routes In
their relations to one another. This GROUP
ing summarizes at glance the possloih-
ties # this kind of travel through the
Anime regions of France. Germany. the
Tyrol and Switzerland. 1t is not easy to
lima CINE a more complete and practiral
guide. and at the same time a more IN
sniring enc than this. A second edition
ments its general acceptabiilty
LIFE AND DEATH. BY A. Dastre.
professor Of PHYSIOLOGY at the Sor-
bonnie. Translated by W. J. Green
street. NJ. A.. F. Il. A. =. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons Washing
ton: Brentano'S
Taking up the age-old question of phil
osophy: What is life?" this author ex-
amines II in the light of that science
which concerns itself with the phenomena
Of life and death-the science of physi-
oiocy. In brief summary he sets aside
she earlier theories Of animism. vitalism.
monism. The doctrine of energy is then
propounded and applied to biology in
general and 10 physiology in particular
The characters common to living beings
90 gathered in their unity of form and
chemical connosition. The life of all
matter Is considered in its origin. its con-
finuity. through evolution and other
forms Of mutabiiity. The most arreSting
chapter 10 the general reader is the au-
applied 70 the human being. II predict
that science will CONQUER disease is the
hoDeful statement Of this schOla rly author
old age. as We understand it. Is a chronic
disease. and rot 2 normal phase of the
vital cycle. Query: Will old age be
overcome. as this syilogistic formula
leads one to conclude? "In man the
greatest discrepancy between instinct
and function is the knowledge of inev-
table death without the instinct which
makes it longed for. In that future day
when disease shall have been overcome
ny science. when old aGe-a disease-shaI
have disc appeared. when all DISCREPANCIES
between instinct and function shall have
become reconciied. the need of death will
apnear at the end of life. just as the
reed or sleep aDnears at the end of the
CAV. In very brilliant manner the au-
thor gathers and arranses his facts OF
sc,en.e to nrore that physiology has
solved ihe riddle proposed by the Sphinx.
mat this science alone answers the poig-
r"nt questions: Whence do We come,
Whrher do We 20? What is the end OF
we The Stud" is addressed to the
reader 81 general culture interested in
the trend of ideas of biology. and in
roe direct manner. to professionaI stn
dents o. physiology
AT THE SILVER GATE. Rv robn
vance Cheney. author of The Tire
", Roses etc. Illustrated New
YORK: Frederick A. Stokes Com.
pany.
nook Of California in lovely poem and
picture III looks like wood thrush
tbs httie voiume-and sounds like ono
'oated IN ta"ny brown and seal il sings
oeii-throated. out OF still California moons
In long. reflective tones of grave sweat.
ness Legend and story of mission and
trail romance and history sierra and sea
gather here TO sing the native splendor of
this golden land and the medieyal no
geantry of its beginnings. Out of its
measures. all taken up together energies
In singular ciearness the person of this
romantic and picturesque land. a distinct
personality impel1ed by the half-native
half-alien spirit that. since its birth has
held II in double thrall. Every page at
tests the fun poetic quality of this book
of verse. With Wordsworth and Long
fellow well in mind. when both were ur-
der the spell of sunrise, il is neither un-
becoming nor hazardous to place this poet
beside them in his Morning in Napa':
The plunGing spincs Of MIGHTY morning hills
Lingo through tho fog the far white fog that nils
tn" fresh world ~ till broad backed ranges he
- bonied PROPOSES bFeasting "A
The sleepy oaks Of Napa wake and lean
To meet the wild in its April green:
The slope uncovers while between the swells
~ wind. merrily ring the blackbrd- bells.
And liquid music. nurryng % note.
Spills, overlooking from the starling's throat"
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 4 WOMAN
ALONE. New York. .. Appleton &
Co
\ young woman-comely and fairly ed
ucated. refined and good. self-supporting
and alone in a great city. Such is the
situation out of which this remarkable
record springs. IL might DE the literal
story OF any one of thousands of such
girls. With transcfiptive fullness and
vividness of detail, with perfect frankness
of sef-confession. the bitter well-nigh
hopeless nature of such "a life stands in
complete exposure. This is in. no sense
story of vice, of either the gilded or
the submerged sort 1t is "A truer ac-