The sun., 1913-12-19
Other Hooks.

With the second portion of his jour-
ney round the world, which George
Hamlin Fitch narrates in THE Critic
in the Occident' u'aul Elder and Com
pany. San Francisco. he enters on re-
/ gions often visited by other travellers
/ Passing through the Red Sea and the
Sucz Canal he gives his Impressions of
Greece and Athens, of Naples. Iompeii
Rome. Florence and Venice. of Monte
Carlo and Paris, Of London and of New
York. II is interesting To note what
was the effect of these places on Mr..
Fitch. more than the others that of
New York. he feels in duty bound.
however to describe many of the at
fractions they contain to his Californian
readers, a labor that might have been
left to tac guide books. The illustra-
tions are very good.
There is plenty tina. j. entertalnins
and characteristic in Edward Hunger
ford's sketches. even If they are not
complete or thorough enough to war
rant the title The Personally Of Ameri-
can Cities" tMcBridc. Mast and Com
pany. New York;. The author chats
pleasantly about whatever aspect OF the
city in question happens to occur to
his mind and stops when he chooses to,
whether he mas made his point or not.
II anecdotes suit his purpose he does
not let antiquity stand in his way. The
cites are arranged gcographically be-
ginning with Boston and ending with
San Francisco, the tAree Canadian Capi-
tails being thrown in for good measure.
Most cities of the first rank are in
cluded, though there are marked omis-
sions for which the author apologizcs.
Descriptions of common occurrences
in country life. bits about plants. ami
mails. much about nature with the
touches Of sentiment and phiiosophiz-
ing which the present fashion calls for.
will be found IN Helen L. .Aibee's "A
Kingdom of Two" ,Macmillans) a book
tina; nature lovers should enjoy.
An account OF the campaign against
intoxicating beverages which is being
carried on in various portions OF Eu-
rope now is given 10y Ernest Gordon in
The Anti-Alcohol Movement in k.u
rope" ,Fleming II. Revell Company.
with much vehement abuse of the evils
Of drunkenness and a formidable array
of statistics. The movement in Scandi-
nayia and Germany, and some phases
Of il in the Latin countries. is interest
ing, wholly apart from III. evils 1t
hopes to do away with. because IT IS
founded on reasons different from those
that have inspired such movements in
America and England. II the author
had not been so much In earnest he
might have seen more humor in the
story he tells Of Prof Hugo Mucnster-
lerg's eXpatlating in America on the
civllzng effects of drinking beer and
wine while his two brothers IN Berlin
were explaining what harm they did.
An exercise book in condensation has
been prepared by NJ. r Whitaker IN
"pr,c!s Writing" I.ongmans Green and
Company. the object being t. prepare
the pupils for examinations. Some fifty
pieces are provided. narratives. tran
scripts If evidence. correspondence, re
ports. Of which abstracts must he made
IN fixed small number of words
within a set time. An example is given
for each form Of material but whatever
direction the pup! can obtain must
come from oral instruction aud the
corrections on his papers
That we'll known Guide book to a
faVoritc winter resort "Beautlful Ter
muda" 10y EGphomia Young Bell comes
To- us in "A iifth, revised and enlarged
edition, with a good map and many IL
lustrations from TN" Bermuda Tourist
and Advertising bureau.
\ sixth edition Of the Electrical Blue
Book" with the National Electrical
code and other useful Information
appended to its classified lists uf adver-
tsements. IS sent to US 10y the ElcCtri-
cal Review Publishing Company, Chi
caGo.