Evening star., 1912-11-23

as a whole is made i'm refutation of the
claim that the Dane contributed nothing
to English civilization, and is built to
support the fact that the viking move
ment contained permanent. elements of
growth and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
are distinctly traceable to certain quail
tiles and tendencies of modern English
life and outlook. 1t is a readable story,
drawn out of amp'e scholarship and pre-
sented in the modern spirit.
THE HONORABLE MRS. GARRY. By
Mrs Henry de la Pasture (Lady
Clifford). author of "Peter's Mother"
ETC., New York: E. p. Dutton & Co.
BY a footnote forecasting another
volume on this subject, Lady Clifford
declares her belief that Erica Glow is
worth three volumes of a readers at
tention. This is the second one. 1t
portrays the married life of Erica
Glow. now the Hon. Mrs. Garry, by
virtue of her marriage to honest Tom
Garry. an eldest English son. In the
due course of events here Tom dies
lucky Tom! An adorable fellow. And
the present story ends with the beauti-
full Erica contemplating at least two
suitors that are breaking upon her en-
widowed horizon. There is a baby.
too. Toms son. One hopes, sincerely.
that the baby. or another husband-Iess
decent. more brutal than TOm-mav De
able to make something of Erica Glow.
Else a third story about her will be
utterly worthless reading.
THE FIR TREE FAIRY BOOK: Fa-
vor'te Fairy Tales. Edited by
Clifton Johnson. illustrated by
Alexander Popini. Boston: Little.
Brown & Co.
Several volumes of selected fairy
stories have previously appeared, uni
form with this work. identified by the
names of trees. Mr.. Johnson's versions
of the tales he has chosen for. reprintine
are DESIGNED to meet the needs of chill
dren. and he has carefully eliminated as
far as possible the savagery and distress
and the excessive pathos that are to he
found in the earlier renderines of these
classics as Sleeping Beauty" "The
Pied Piper" 1.-The Babes in the Wood"
Tp in Tbs and
profuse in number. Some of them are
artistic full page color plates.
CONVERSATIONS; What tn Say and
How to Say 1t. BY Mary Greer
Conklin New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Company.
Conversation. holds this author. is not
haphazard talk. 1t is not gossip, or
monologue. or badinage. 1t is the Sc
auence of utterances whereby persons Of
intelligence communicate their ideas and
engage in mild discussion. 1t is gov
erned bv certain rules, inf1exible and yet
adjusted to conditions. In the pa@es of
this book are set forth in round outline
these rules. with warnings and su"ges
tions, with illuminating examples and in
stances 1t is book to make for bet
ter talk and a better use of the time
that is now wasted in vapid speech and
banal story telling.
THE MILK QUESTION. BY NJ J. Rose
nau. professor of preventive medi-
cine and hygiene. Harvard Medical
School etc. Boston, Houghton
Mifflin Company.
DR.. Rosenau made a careful research
into the relation between milk supplies
and the public health while director of
the hygienic laboratory of the United
States public health and marine hospital
service. Since his removal TO Cam
bridge. where he is engaged in an i'm
portant educational work. he has con-
tinued his endeavors to arouse public
sentiment in favor of a high standard of
milk cleanliness The materials which
compose this important work comprise
the lectures delivered by him at the
Northwestern University Under the Nor
man Wait Harris endowment. and cover
the entire subject of milk production and
protection and the intimate relationship
between milk and health. 1t is impos-
sible to read it without realizing the need
of more and more stringent laws and
more efficient administration. to insure
clean dairy conditions and sanitary svs-
TENS of milk handling. Tables and dia-
grams illustrate the definite and assured
results of unclean milk production and
illustrations from photographs present
examples of good and bad dairy condi-
tions.
THE kEWPIES AND DOTTY OAR
LING. Verse and pictures by Rose
O'Neill. New York: George II.
Doran Company.
Here are the legitimate successors to
Palmer Cox's Brownies. They are roly-
poly little rogues, full of mischief and
fun, loving and gentle, helpful and
friendly, sympathetic and comforting.
They like little girls who are having d