The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-12
along. II is an unpretcn,ious account

along. II is an unpretcn,ious account
OF personal impressions.
Two wei, known books OF impress
SONS in tropical lands by Pierre Lott
have been translated by w. =. Barnes
and are published under the titles Mo
rocco" and siam" David Mckay.
Each Is illustrated with few pictures
in color and many more in tint. The
Morocco" is the longer and the more
important OF the two. The siam" Is
the result OF stay in Cambodia. In
both the poet has the upper hand Of I. 81
observer the reader may see what
Pierre Lott IL in the habit Of looking for.
A pedestrian tour OF a port on OF Eng
land has been undertaken by Edward
Hutton, who promises to describe it In
four volumes OF England OF My Hear"
81. NJ. Dent and Sons: T.. i. Dutton and
Company, OF which the one at hand
with the subtitle Spring" deals In the
main with Kent and Sussex. Mr.. Hut
ton first follows the track Of Chaucer's
pilgrims 10 Canterbury, with many lit
erary and historical explanations on the
way. His mnd Is on the distant past
and he is too naughty to mention the
moderns who have added fame 10 the
places. He passes on TO the Cirque
Ports, TO Hastings and to Lewes, which
give abundant opportunity for his his
torical fervor. Then very abruptly he
| takes a train TO Winchester and South
ampton. The drawings by Gordon
Home are delightful and reconcile us to
Mr.. Hutton's pedagogical outbursts.
In THE Modernizing OF the orient"
by Clayton Sedgw!ck Cooper Mcbride.
Mast and Company. New York;. We have
a sort of report on the application OF
Western schooling in the East The au-
thor. apparently made an official tour
/ Of inspection on the working Of educa-
tional syS ems. He visited Egypt, India,
Burma, China, the Philippines, Japan,
and tried to find out what effect Euro
| pean education is having on the natives.
HIS Impressions and judgments may be
rather summary. hut they are interest
| ing.
In his capacity as guide and an ex
| tremely pleasant guide he is, T.. V.
/ Lucas takes us to Italy again in "A
Wanderer in Venice" (Macmlllans). He
/ knows Venice pretty well and he knows
what has been written about Venice in
English even better. In art he has Rus
| kin 10 fall back on. He shows the sights
of the city conscientiously, leaves out
no palace on the Grand Canal and no
| picture in the churches or museums
/ But besides this he has feelings OF his
own about the charm OF the city and the
/ lagoon and the climate which he let's out
| frequently. about the life in Venice and
the history and the famous people who
have loved II. especially the English.
The colored pictures by Harry Morley
are unpretentious and good the photo
graphs of pictures are well chosen. 1t
is a charming book and worthy com
panion Of Mr.. Lucas's other Wan
derers"
Very timely are the warnings and the
advice which A. Hyatt VERBAL gives In
South and Central American Trade
Conditions Of To-day" CDodd, Mead and
Company. First he tells some plain
truths about the peoples of South Amer
lea and the difference in the manner
they are approached for trade purposes
by the Germans and British on the one
hand and the American commercial
travellers on the other. Next he ex-
plains various ways in which the South
American markets may be won. Half
the book is given up to facts and fig
ures" regarding tho different countries
II IL the sort of book that business men
who are in earnest will want to read.