Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08

Sarkar, Englishcd from the original
Bengali by the author. appears in a
recent number Of the Conservator:
No human being indeed Is Walt whitman,
Yankeestan's Niagara Falls IL he,
1mpctuosity Of Cataracts
And tumult cataclysmal fill his being.
SO great was the demand for Louis
Raemaekers's "Kultur in Cartoons" just
published by the Century Company, that
n second edition was necessary before |
the book went to press. This remark
able collection of the famous cartoonists ,
work Is daily meeting with wider ap.
probation, and as the United States gets ,
deeper into the war Raemaekers's unfor-
gettable pictures will make stronger |
and stronger appeal TO the American |
public
l. Two Century Company books which, /
/ though just published. have already gone /
| into second editions are American Ad- .
ventures" by Julian street, with pic
lures by Wallace Morgan. and "Naga- /
bonding Down the Andes" by Harry \. /
Franck. The former of taesc bids fair
to rival the popularity of its Comanion
volume, Abroad at Home" which was
a best-seler in its field: the latter is
meeting with ali the success that at
tended the publication of Trlncks re-
nowncd travel book, ~ Nagabond Jour
ney Around the World"
John Muirs journal. kept when he
accompanied the Corwin expedition
through Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
in search of the lost Arctic explorer
DE Long and his ship, the Jeanette. has
just been published by HCughton Miillln
Company under the title. Tho Cruise OF
the Corwin," OF tragic interest is his
dramatic description of the finding of
| Eskimo villages on st. Lawrence Island.
wh.r all the natives had died of famine
lie found them dead by the hundreds
in their houses, still wrapped in their
furS as if they had lain down TO sleep.
The changes of life among the natives
of the Bcring Sea islands and Alaska
have been so rapid that from lndHy
points of view we possess in Mutr's
description vivid account OF native
life and customs that have forever
passed away, The journal is edited by
William Frederic Bade.
Lieutenant larry a. Franck, author
| of "NagabOndiug Down the Andes a
new Century Company book, has been
assigned To headquarters duty with the
American eXpcditionary forces some
where In Franco. In a recent letter to
friend he dcscrbcs his arrival on the
other side and some of the horrors Of
war. Lieutenant Franck writes: "Tha.
ady / crossed England, first class, eX-
. Cept that they forgot Americans ar" III
the habit Of eating daily. and the eve
ming of the next day sailed for port
which it would be treason to the British
censor To- mention to n likewise unmen-
, t'onable port in France. There the
! reserve officers were rounded up and put
, over the jumps on modern languages.
/. Two of US made it without a spill and
were shipped off across France, with
, an evening in Paris tyou know how
: hopeless a single evening I'm Paris is ,
to the general headquarters in n famous
, l,ut unmentionable small French city,
, where +. live next door, so to speak, to
General pershirE and where l"fF". Pc
tain and swarms of more or less celeb
rites drop in for tea every now ana
then what sherman said was no cN-
aggeration The horrors Of getting So
!, fat | do not know myself are upon me,
!. for | do not get more than nine hours
: sleep n night the bed furnished by a
4 French family makes getting M in the
| morning hardship and the labor OF
| eating three endless French meals day
| ana dong away WIN II ntNfr-t'hliS
| supply Of wine sums up my misfcTtuncs.
| 1t may be lucky to have missed drilling
| In the mud with other reserve officers
| who came over. hut If I had my choic-
| I would he chasing perspirnB dratt men
| about the wilds of Yaphank. That most
| interesting feature of the formation OF
| our new army I am sorry 10 miss.
However, 7 have been prom
| ised n real job. with the privilege Of
| crawling by night over into the German
| trenches. when once we actually get
| started at them. so something worth
| while may still come of the business"
Major Ian Hay Beth. author Of "The
First Hundred Thousand" and "All in
| It" has always written under the name
Of Ian Hay" and the English eauva-
| lent of the Scotch Tan" Is Of course,
| John" As "A consequence, most
| amusing mistake has been made by IN
| over jealous clipping bureau. which con-
| tinues to send Major Beth reviews and
| clippings referring to "The Life and
| Letters of John Hay and 1.-The Com
| plete Poems Of John Hay" Just published
| by Houghton Mifhn Company While
| Major Beith's admiration for John Hay
| and for his biography. written by VIII
| liam Roscoe Thayer. is unhounded, ht
| finds IL rather embarrassing to he fol-
| lowed around the country by compll'
| mentary notices, which do not belong
To- him.
George Edward Barton, author Of IRE
Education" recently gave out a mos
| interesting interview in Washington
| yyhpra hp had gone Ia see the SrCretary