The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

each city and wonderfully dellneated by
the author.
TO soatherners who know their sister
cities from A to z, American Adven-
| lures is particularly charming and
Mr.. Street and Mr.. Morgan are to De
congratulated upon their keen Insight
into surroundings and people aud n mar
Vicious ability to make others seq it too.
! Mr.. Street and Mr.. Morgan can
American Adventures a Second Trip
Abroad at Home" OF their Conner yo,
| ume. Abroad at Home" HMderasde
| Hawthorne said in a long review In The
| New York Times: There is al extra
ordinary amount of solid and valuable
| information in the book But never
was information more delightfully."- cons
veyed. 1t is human. living information
The book, take it all in ALL is the
most engaging, the most American, the
most amusing and satisfactory and in
teresting record of a joyous pilgrimage
imaginable"
The same artist and author following
the same method, working in the ses
| ton of this country richest in interest
ing material, have produced American
| Adventures"
Mr.. Street discusses everything from
Richmond bellies to Mississippi floods,
| from plantation songs to the doings of
the 400 at Palm Beach, from YOU
American Adventures" and there are
hundreds of anecdotes; there are con-
versations and observations and an equal
amount of serious comment and hui
morous drollery. The south looks for
trouble when Yankee goes there and
most accounts of the south written by
northerners are very unsympathetic.
| Mr.. Street and Mr. Morgan were in
search Of the significant south and they
appreciated 1t when they found it,
) Among the special scenes described and
Saemes discussed are TIE society Of
old Charleston, the negro problem, pic
turesque New Orleans, progressive At
lanta, riding and racing and hunting In
the south, ancestral mansions, Georgia
journalism, etc OF Abroad at Home"
Hildegarde Hawthorne wrote: There is
an extraordinary amount of solid and
valuable information in the book But
never was information more delightfully."-
conveyed. 1t is living, human informa-
| ton. The book, take 1t all in ALL
is the most engaging, the most Ameri-
can. the most amusing and satisfactory
and interesting record of joyous pill
grimage imaginable
THE NOTEBOOK OF AN INTEL
LIGENCE OFFICER"
BY Maj. Eric Fisher Wood. The Gen.
fury company, publishers, New York.
Major Woods new book is the OUT
growth of his recent experiences as an
intelligence officer with the British army
THE Notebook of an Attache." it will
be remembered, was the work of
young American Student of architecture
who broke off his studies at the Beaux
Arts in Paris to serve the American EN-
bassy during the first months Of the war
Since that time the author has developed
both as a writer, a keen observed and
n soldier. M io1x In
the thick of great movements. Leaving
the United States last autumn, after he
had waged whirlwind campaign for
preparedness, he offered his services to
England to fight Germany. They were
accepted. Advised by Lord Northcliffe,
Lloyd George and other powerful fg-
ures, he was first commissioned in the
British royal naval division. He then
went to the army in France, took part
in charge from the trenches. was
wounded and sent back to an English
hospital. VWhen the United States de-
clared war he returned to this country
and was commissioned major here.
Major Wood, with his American birth
and connections, and his experience In
the British army is able to give Ameri-
cans an impression of what constitutes
war on the western front which they
cannot derive from other sources. In
addition to his narrative of the fighting
In which he took part, he gives au-
thoritative information as to how the sol
diers are transported. housed, trained.
etc, a branch of the service in which
he was especially interested. The book
also contains a personal study OF Lord
Northcliffe, based on Major Woods close
personal association with him during a
considerable period, and an account Of
the British censorship which will amaze
many Americans who have believed that
to To- ai+ st,af ~ vt Ar xxa Mt plu
regardful of the interests of Americans.
Eric Fisher Wood was born in New
York city, the son Of the late DR.. Will
liam BENJAMIN Wood. He is q Yale grad