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In 1889 Congress had voted the salary
of the President to be $4,000 a year.
which, according to the Jackson ac-
count book, appears to have been paid
in installments of $1,000, as the fol-
lowing shows:
Cash. DIR. to the Treasy of the
Received for use of the President 900
and other similar entries.
In the pages of this book the name
tion Of garrison life in the army and
navy, and, finally. a contrast of our mill
tary and naval resources set up against
our military power. The writer is cap
tain in the Coast Artillery Corps of the
United States Army, with considerable
experience in the Philippines behind him
and other service distinctions that indi-
cate an equipment for this work that the
study itself makes clear. The book sums
to an argument for adequate prepared
ness. In an introduction the president of
Illinois University says, quite to the
point, Perhaps the time will come when
the American people will see that 1t Is
crine-not merely blunGer, but crime
against the men who are called upon to
serve the country for us to have an In
efficient system, under which they would
certainly lose their lives, and possibly
without preserving the country"
GOING ABROAD OVERLAND. By
David NJ Steele. rector of the Church
of ST. Luke and the Epiphany, Phil
adelphia illustrated. New York:
q. P. Putnams Sons.
This travel book is study of people
and places in the far west. Europe
shut out, America proves to be mag
nificent pleasure field for vacation
weeks. Mr.. Steele makes much of it,
both for himself and for readers. He
possesses the power of taking one
along with him through the medium
of print. Unbounded enthusiasm in
the project and the gift of picture
speech are the distinctive features OF
this work. One sees what the writer
does, which appears to be about every
thing worth seeing. and with him goes
through the exciting experiences or
travelling. and stopping, and moving on;
The great scenery of the west and
southwest march here in fine fervor of
color and height and sweep of land
scape. Here are explorations ana
views of mountain and canyon ana
valley, with the national parks-fei-
lowstone, Glacier and Rocky Noun
tain Romance and history come in to
vitalize these great natural features,
and plain human beings of every day
take up a large and interesting part or
the travellers attention: 1t is a tresh
and inviting adventure, one that is
calculated to cause many person 10
try 1t for himself.
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARI
Lux. Flagship of VilhjaImar stefans-
sons Canadian Arctic Exposition of
1916 AS related by her master.
Robert A. Bartlett, and here set
down by Ralph r. Hale. illustrated
from charts and photographs. Bos-
ton: Small, Maynard & Co.
at was at 4 pm. on January H.
1914, with the blue Canadian govern
ment ensign at her main-topmasthead
blowing out straight, and cutting the
water as it disappeared. and the We
trola in the galley sending out the
strains of Chopin's Funeral March,
that the Karluk sank. going down by
the head in thirty-eight fathoms OF
water"
Capt. Bartlett pictures the loss of his
ship with the realism of motion Nun
"a realism conveyed throushout nus
account of the expedition OF Whlch ne
was a member and which he happily
survived to tell the tale. The ice crushed
tho shin with a leisurely "reminiscences
which permitted the transfer of cloth
inc food and fuel to the foe, and
chenter descriptive of Our Home at
Shjnwreck Camp gives cheerful
rlimpse of its memberS-ScientistS and
saiIors all good comrades together-as
they worked and played and hoped and
planned throughout the arctic night.
When daylight allowed the party to
sledge its way to the safety of Wran-
peII island. Capt. Bartlett. accompanied
by a Young Eskimo, started across the
Arctic's white and trackless waste to
find Siberia, and from there to wire for
a relief ship The journey meant more
than 200 miles over the ice to the ST.
berian coast, and then 500 miles east
ward to get a ship from Alaska. The
trip took two months, and resulted in
the rescue of the survivors. The events
here recorded occurred as the result OF
unforeseen conditions which brought
about the separation of the Karluk
from the other ships of the expedition.
Each peril encountered is set down
with. the simplicity to be expected or
one who is a hero by trade. and the
whole adds thrilling testimony to the
bravery of a handful of men who did
their share toward battering down the
ice walls of mystery yet to be con-
quered by man.
The interest of the text is heightened
by photographs of the party and many
scenes and incidents of the expedition.
with a frontispiece picture of THE
Karluk in the Ice Pack"
DAMARIs, A Novel. BY Lucas Malet.
author of THE History of Sir Rich
ard Calmady" etc New York: