Evening star., 1917-04-08

upon the future OF lndINldual anu ha-
tional life.
MOUNT RAINIER: \ Record of EN-
pIoration. Edited by Edmund :.
Meany. professor Of history III the
University of Washington. author
Of "Nancouver's Discovery os Puget
Sound" etc, New York: The Mac
milan COMPANY
From Il good many sources of author
ity Mr. Meany has drawn the complete
history OF Mount Rainier and its imme-
diate environs. which constitute the ma
tional park bearing the name of the
mountain itself. Making use of the
time order OF development. he begins
his story with the record OF eNpiora-
tiou and discovery set forth by tapt;
George Vancouver OF the British royal
navy in l79a. Following this record Is
the story of the first approach TO 'he
mountain in 1888 by William Fraser
Tolmie. Beyond this point there are
the accounts of explorers and scientists
who worked round and about the noun
tain until its first successful ascent, III
1870. Then come the descriptions OF lts
rocks, its snow fields, its glaciers ana
its plant life. The story of the death
of Prof. Edward Mcclure. while at
tempting to gain the exact height OF
the mountain. is in this volume. \
list of place names and elevations ac-
companies the body of the exposition
which includes an account OF the crea-
tion OF Mount Rainier National Parh
and outlines. as well, recent and future
explorations of this mountain in the
state of Washington that was named
for Peter Rainier. admiral of the British
navy.
MAN PROPOSES: Or. The Romance Of
John Alden shaw. by Eliot II. Rob
inson. Illustrations by William
Van Dresser. Boston: The Page
Company.
Naturally, a man would he ,;istr:iusht al
the complete and uneNplainabIe disappear
ance of his bride within few hours
after their marriage. This one was \ mil
lionaire. he set into immediate motion
as elaborate ii mechanism Of pursuit and
recovery as was compatible with the
secrecy that he desired. Ultimately Ii"
selected young advocate-John Alden
Shaw--to penetrate the purlieus of New
port high society III quest OF the iadH
whose trail pointed to this retreat And
right there WAS where he made ms ms
take John Alden Shaw, dressed within
an inch Of his life AT his employers eN-
penSe his pockets packed with cash from
the same source. came down upon New
J.ort. saw aud conquered it. Here the
story ,lnfolds under the urgencies of ten
mis-. and golf. and ia the odors Of most
fashionable goings-On. After good deal
of to-do John Alden shaw discovered the
lady-and promptly fell in love with her
himself \ triilc Of miXed-up Identity
gives a color Of decency to the behavior
of the employe OF the abandoned mill
lionaire and a melodramatic climax
pushes the latter quite out OF existence
leaving the way clear for the runaway
bride to transfer herself to the loving
care of her paid pursuer. No. Eliot H
Robinson did not do as WeH this time as
he will the next fine Then, he "lii not
tumble the credible and tn" incredible
together haphazard. a; ne has done here.
Then. if he wishes to write frank meio-
drama he Will do If, one hopes, without
such dashes of realism and plausibiity as
are calculated to queer the whole. The
title, drawn from the MtSe "id saying IS
a misnomer. for God had nothing At all
TO do with this matter. John Alden shaw
did both the proposing ard the disposing-
THE CELT AND THE WORLD: \
study of the Relation OF tejT and
Teuton in History. BY Shane Leslie.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
This book is study. a query. The
question is, who are the Indo- Euro
peans. to whom has fallen the present
mastery of the earth?'' To its answer
the writer brings forward an examination
into the origin of Celt and Teuton who
have in different ways shown themselves
to be such tremendously dynamic forces
in the world. In limited sense, too. this
is "A study-lt forecast, rather-of what the
reiations of celt and Teuton are Vet to be.
Az present Celtic Europe is fighting with
TN. .lnes-lrish. Highanders. Bretuns.
.'ornigh. Welsh. In order TO approach this
question the writer goes back to the
original Aryau stock, reviewing the causes
of it's dispersal, the time and tide Of its
of In .rI.sAFa
,y flock into Europe, of the admixtures
md blends that come to all neighborins
ribes and peoples. And out of this hc
races, as far as this can be done. the
strains of Teuton and Celt that have sus-
aimed the least of intermiXture, that have
the greatest purity of strain
From this minute and authoritative study
he writer projects a sketch of the doml-