Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-03

make irresistible appeal as well 70 any
one who owns drop of Celtic blood. and
justify themselves a thousandfold In their
aim to gather up and hold fast the fad
ing traditions OF Ireland.
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. By William
Ganson Rose, author of Putting
Marshville on the Map" etc. New
York: Duff1eld & Co.
spirited and readable book calculated
to wake one up and stir him to fresh
activity, much as does occasional contact
with some magnetic and compelling per-
sonality The author takes up what !!
known as business success. He examines
this. takes it apart and puts it together
again after showing in brisk succession
the parts Of which it is made-the quail
ties of character. the training, the de-
Jelopment OF power. that underlie this
accomplishment toward which the whole
twentieth century world is straining
There is nothing particularly new here
but it is an admirable and impressive
gathering up of the subject in a series OF
intimate talks exactly fitted to meet the
authors purpose OF making plain and
concrete discussion Of success In business
and the essentials upon which 1t rests.
OUR NEIGHBORs. The japanese. By
Joseph King Goodrich, sometime
professor in the Imperial College.
graphs. Chicago: F. G. Browne &
Co.
This il a companionable little book. de-
signed to give readers. and particularly
young readers, bird's-eye view Of ia
pan and the Japanese. In delightfully."-
intimate, informal way the author brings
the breadth and variety Of his knowledge
of Japan before one in a series of pic
lures embracing every significant aspect
Of Japanese life. Every now and then
for some cause, one or another remote
region swings into special prominence
This is the psychological moment fol-
gathering every sort OF knowledge OF
this conspicuous place before 1t is crowd
ed out by some other advancing claim
ant for attention. In the United States
just now Japan Is in the zenith of pub
licity. This Is the time to refresh knowi-
edge of Japan and to add to It. The vol
ume in hand is q simple, compact ano
readable outline Of the fundamental char
acterstics Of the Japanese and the in
fuences, racial and historic, by which
! these have been acquired.
ACROSS THE ANDES, A Tale Of Wan
dering Days Among the Mountains
Upper Amazon. BY Charles Johnson
Post. Illustrated by the author
New York: Outing Publishing Com
pany.
From 'Old Panama" before the United
States struck a pickax into its map
through the Inca country, with its sin
!, lister evidences of Pizarro-slain civiliza.
| ton contrasted with the barren shiftless-
ness OF today-up to the clouds for Z
glimpse at Lake Liticaca, over high
passes and through Andean foothills
| shooting rapids, crossing deserts. pene
trating jungles; into the rubber country
where rubber was all the talk-rubbel
and savageS. There was no outside
world" and. finally, last perilous dasf
through the rapids Of the Falls Of Sar
Antonio to catch steamer for civiliZa
ton and Manaos. where the author close:
his picturesque and danger-spiced adven
lures. Every step Of this way "Across
the Andes is enlivened with incidents
some humorous. some pathetic, many
dangerous. but all entertaining. and only