Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

style. but still art,stically and with nc
1iminution In the wealth Of illustration
The present volume Is reproduction OF
Brantome's Personal records regarding
the women Of the French court at q
period when the foundations were being
aid for some of the most momen Gus
happenings in the history of that people
With this cheaper edition avail able, II
VIII be possible for a student of affairs t.
acquaint himself with much that is OF
vital consequence in any study of France
Ford. au hor of "Torchy." etc. IL
Illustrated by Foster Lincoln. New
York: Edward J. Clode.
The latest addition to the series OF
.Torchy" books brings the record of tina.
interesting young man nearly up to date
Readers of The Sunday Star have had
these sketches at first hand in the maya
zine section, but many of them will De
glad to read them again. Torchy was
never more entertaining than in the nal
dozen tales that comprise this book.
THE JAPANESE NATION, Its Land, Its
people ana Its Life. BY Inazo
Nitobe. 4. NJ, Ph. D.. LII. D.. pres
dent Of the First National Coils ge;;
Japan. author of "Bushido. the SOU
of Japan, etc. new fork' ". L.
Putnams Sons
The modern invention of exchange pro-
fessorships between the universities OF
one country and those Of another has a
brilliant sustaining example in this dis
t,nguished vo.ume OF lectures given te
American universities by the japanese
scholar, Inazo Nitobe. The exchange
t1,nr q
purposes Of this special mission he Is a
race. or a nation. or country. empod!eo
in certain of it's charac eristtcs or GER
tain Of its achievements. and sent out &c
meet another race or nat on fAce to lace
for the single purpose of completer mu-
tual understanding through better &C
quaintan.e. And Japan, In is large ma
tional aspects of reie ion, society. politics
education, of its new birth into the
world-f imily of industry. commerce anc
rare scholar. this accustomed and indie
pendent thinker. With a quite con es
sional frankness Mr.. Nitobe analyze!
both the strength and weakness OF
Japan. AS only a blood son can h
traces the sources and meanings Of it.
racial manifestation. AS only a world
bred man can he projects for this coun
try a consistent and probable future
bringing out at this point much of i'm
mediate interest to the United States
l
somewhat jars our notions of orienta
rhrase-making. But the entire study i.
more or less a criticism on former
sources of information. The native es
sence comes stra ght across in this reve
latiOn, an essence which even the abies
and best-intent oned alien study either
fails to gather or ssipates in it's transit
THE MAN FARTHEST DOWN; n Rec.
ord Of Observa ion and study IN
m n n
author of THE Story of the Negro
etc. With the cola boration of Rob.
ert E. Park. New York: Doubled 4 v
Page & Co. Washington: Woodward
Lothrop.
One gets a good lesson in travel method
by reading Mr.. Washington's deta led ex
PLANTATION of how; in the short two month:
of a summer vacation. he was able t.
gather up descriptive body of facts or
the conditions set about the 'farthes1
down man in SO many countries as Eng
land and Scotland. Denmark. Russia
west Germany. Hungary. Italy and Sicily
This summary, moreover, is considerable
in both bulk and substance, deeply in
teresting. too, and suggestive as well
The process Of making it was one CT eX
clusiOn, a resOiute resistance to the us; a
lure of European travel-resistance to TIL
a!lerieS and museums, cathedralS an6
palaces. With an eye single to the po.r
the ubiquitous and overwhelming poor
this accustomed investigator of the low
down conditions of life came home Will
an illuminating epitome of the European
laborer. No claim is made here for ar
exhaustive scientific inquiry. Rather is
this report in the nature of long picture
film unrolling scene after scene of the
most seif-declaring, cons ,icuous features
of the subject. In regular and frequen!
repetition. the author interjects upon the
screen comparative views from the labor
ing life of the negro. The narrative is a
striking illustration of the fact that one
finds in accordance with the spirit Of the
search. This is a broad, human, unre-
proachful story. hopeful in the ma H.
though concerned solely with an unpre-
tentious portrayal of what, in the nan Is
of a less thoroughgolng optimist than
Mr.. Washington. would appear to be d
pretty hopeless situation in its total,
THE SCHOOL; an Introduction to the
study Of Education. BY j. j. Fin1-
lay. professor of educa ion in Man
ches' er University, author of Arnold
of Rugby" etc. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
Packing big subject, such as this into
little volume. like this one. puts up the
same question of space economy as OBJ
trudes in persuading a small trunk to
hold a complete outfit, or a tiny cupboard
to make room for an unbroken set of ia
beware. In each case it is exclusively a
matter inducing things of Ike habit to
slip into snug company and to marshal
into compact lines and accommodating
ranks, with the little, more negligible
tn ngs crOwd'ng waste hooks and cram
mics. 1t is just this excellence of organ
ization-this perfection of book pacing
SO to say-that permits this conc Sc stuuy
to contain a broadly complete survey OF
a h0 Cnhn he
instrument Of education. The bulk of the