Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-27
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impress his hearers with the value
and wonderfully entertaining quality
of his particular turn.
But this must not be supposed to
weigh as an argument against ION
Board the Good Ship Earth" The
book is full of Information, presented
In such form that it is especially
adapted to youth, while the man of
mature years, much as he may have
studied the problems of life and the
world, cannot but be drawn by this
clear exposition of them and of the
perils of the passengers on the great
ship which bears mankind to its fate.
Imagination is, indeed, the great
power which moves the author, COM
bined with a virile intellect. He Is
always positive, and his philosophy is
constructive. In his Malthusian views
he will shock certain timid classes of
people, but his application of the law
of population and his arraignment of
humanity for its defeat of its own as
pirations and reforms by its fatal,
blind self -multiplication, are unan-
swerable. His enumeration of the
dangers which the voyageurs on the
Good Ship Earth" encounter Is par
ticularly good, and as one reads of the
black and yellow" periIs, and of
others, one is astonished at the good
fortune of the pilot OF the vessel, who
has thus far avoided an irredeemable
cataclysin. The book should be in the
library Of every intelligent young
man.
ION BOARD THE GOOD SHIP
EARTH" survey of world problems.
BY Herbert Quick, author Of THE
rill Company, indianapolis, Ind.
Another WaIIingford Book.
The Wallingford series needs nei-
Their praise nor comment, only such
notice as will let people know that
new issue is on the book stalls.
''Wallingford and Blaelxie Daw" is
not the least amusing book of the
series for those millions who see HUI
NOR and entertainment in the idea
One individual in these millions who
enjoy Wallingford is one of the ed
itors of a New York evening paper,
whose circulation Is double at least
that of its next most successful con-
temporary. This gentleman dined
with me the day received the pub
fishers copy of 'Wallingford and
Blackie Daw." "Ah," he said, IAN
heard Of it, You ma may read laai it." "01
said. Take it home tonight and send
it to me by mail when you have fin
ished it,
The pleasure of my friend was real.
Acquainted with the best literature of
all ages, he could yet thoroughly en-
JOY what he regards as the delectable
humor of Wallingford. This is a
significant proof of the success of
."wALLINGFoRD AND BLAcKIE
DAW" BY George Randolph Chester,
author of Five Thousand an Hour.b
etc. The Bobbs-Me Company, In
Nelson's Early Love.
Such charming stories as "A Rose
OF Old Quebec deserve to be well
coined in every home where books
are read or where romantic memories
OF the past are cherished. "The Rose
of Old Quebec" is bonnie Mary
Thompson, the early, perhaps the
first love of the man whom England
acclaims as her chiefest naval glory
Lord Nelson. The setting is the de-
lightful old city of Quebec and the
book is delightfully."- gotten up and IL
Illustrated.
One of the best points in the story
is the contrast between the lovely
flower of the Western world and the
famous woman who had the art and
beauty not only to charm renowned
philosopher, but who enslaved per-
haps the greatest naval hero of all
time. The story, as I have said, in
delightful and its influence cannot
but be beneficial to every young girl
or boy who reads II.
"A ROSE OF OLD QUEBEC" BY
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, author Of
In Chateau Land" ETC., with eight H.
Illustrations. The J. r. Lippincott Com.
pany, Philadelphia and London
To BOccacciO's Memory.
Most people who have heard the
name of Boccaccio, or know that
there ever was such a man, immedi-
ately utter. either audibly or under
their breath. the words, "Oh, yes he
wrote the 'Decameronr"
The very fame of the tales, indeed,
has served to shed a half-obscure
light on other and more worthy, If not
cleverer products OF the Italian poets
mind. Not only was Boccaccio, equal
ly with Petrarch, and with other
learned Italians. foremost in the revi-
val of learning in Italy, but he was, as
We'll, poet of a high order. Indeed,
some of the stories of the Ocean
eron," though written in prose, show
how vivid and poetic was the imagi-
nation of the author.
Boccaccio was born in the year 1918
and to commemorate this six hun
dredth anniversary of the event,
Chatto & Windus. of London and New
York, are about to issue from their
presses a limited edition of the poets
Olympia" the Latin text and an
English version by Professor Col
lance. olympia" was written bv the
poet as an elegiac tribute to his little
daughter, Violante Though, of
course. well-known, the elegy has not
hitherto attracted great attention
among modern readers and has not,
so far as 1 know, even been translat
ed into Italian. Boccaccios reference
to Violante in his celebrated letter to
Petrarch is a rare indication of the
delightful personality of the poet.
A new volume of poems by the la
mented Arthur Symons has been is
sued IT Ia aIatifIod tlrrI.a ~