The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02
SOME TRAVEL BOOKS

tional capital has been written by
Francis f. Leupp in Walks About
Washington CLittle. Brown and Com
pany). He IL assisted by the charm
ing drawings made by Lester G.. Horn
by, whose name deservedly appears
on the title page. many OF them be-
ing Of bits Of WASHINGTON that have
passed away. Mr.. Leupp is a well
informed guide. and u he strolls along
with the reader chats about the places
and buildings they pass, %narrating bits
Of history. anecdotes OF famous peo-
pie and gossip of many kinds in a
conversational tone which permits him
to tell many little things the anthem
to establish. That does not detract
from their interest, even though 1t he
based only on hearsay. Perhaps too
much stress is put proportionally on
the Washington OF var times, but the
book Is no formal history, and that
period in the city's growth is sure
to interest American readers.
It Is a queer and amusing book that
]. A. Hammerton has written In The
Real Argentine" CDodd. Mead and
Company. His attitude is that Of the
British traveller of fiction and the
comic journals. incapable OF seeing
anything save through British glasses
and indignant at everything that is
not as things are in England. He
started apparently in i'll humor and
landed in unfortunate Buenos Ayres.
where everything d~ispleased him. the
city, the people, their customs. their
government. the prices, the accom-
modations. and he gives full vent to
his disgust. After a while he seems to
have picked up a little of the Ian
guage. to have become somewhat ac-
climated and to have forgotten some
OF the comforts OF home. so that when
ne visits Montevideo he is able to
find some good in the place and to
Judge the country as other travellers
might. The book will be useful as
an Offset to many books that view
South American countries in a rather
rosy light, but all the authors state
ments must be taken with great eau
ton. particularly those of the per-
sonal discomforts to which he was
subjected.
With Part c. The Santa Fe Route"
the excellent "Guidebook Of the West
ern United States" prepared by the
United States Geological Survey is
completed Government Printing
Office, Washington. 1t Il much the
most interesting OF the four parts is
sued on o OF both the historical
matter and the nature OF the country
traversed. The illustrations are
twenty-siX maps and many pictures.
full page and In the tex The Guide
book" wholly apart from its scientific
value. gives the most complete and
interesting account OF the western half
Of u country that can be found in
brief compass. The charge for each
part is one dollar.
A well written economic monograph,
that involves a survey OF the whole
Dominion OF Canada, has been pre-
pared ny w. j. A. Donald in 1.-THE
Canadian Iron and Steel Industry
(Houghton Mifiin Company. The
greater part of the volume is taken up
with the history of the industry. which,
with all Difference to Canadian patriot
ism. seems to be still in it's early
stages, and this with the accounts of
the districts where iron AND GOA are
found will be most interesting to
American readers. The author also
discusses the effects of protective
tariffs and Of combinations. questions
in which Canada is only one factor.
His opinions about these are open to
discussion. He has done his work well
and his book Is a decided contribution
to our knowledge Of Canada.
one OF the most daring exploits OF
exploration. Major j. W. Powell's jour
ney down the Colorado River, is prop
eriy included in the "Outing Adven-
ture Library" under the title First
Through the Grand Canyon" (Outing
Publishing Company, New York;
Though Powcll's narrative has been
rescued more than once in late years
from the Government reports in which
It was hidden, 1t is still not easily OBJ
tainable, so hat this convenient edi-
ton will be welcome. The matter OF
fact manner in which the narrator tells
OF the desperate chances taken by the
expedition adds to the attraction OF the
story.
Two more additions to the literature
evoked by the Panama Exposition
come to us from Paul Elder and Com