Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-09
Reviews of New Books

| immigration from Frrr< - once NOR.
assuming considerable proportions, the
book viii DC an important addition ~ ihe
study III the problem Of hov ~ a,lpfD
priatcIy and practically instruct tls-F
numerous pew arrivals IN oFfs1 hat tl.ef
may become good add os.fUl Amefssn
citizens ms rapidly - poesibls. fof a b.
conceded that only ~ amAlsgsisps tiiss-a
nc~ elements irto our own cibr"ushil.
inteIligcntIy and cFs'tiyely, cao iAsy e.
made residents ard cifircns xfso~ pr'-
encr viii be II velue 10 the country
This book u the hrsi ~ eleven s'odiss
~ Ameriaanixstson, whifh am a.
establish common yievIsnni s1cial
political. ,ndursrisl. etc. bct~een ~
native and the immigrant popria,sons if
the interest," " national unity. Hem, "
the FIRST time, ~ n survey n The small ~
oornp.shment compared with The pe
triotic fcrvor IN immigrant education
The whole trend Of legislation sircf ~
national awskenipg is critically examined
and suggestions are made - rcorgansrf fhf
work as a whole looally ~ states, snd
nationally.
. Mr. Thompson has gone INTO the riN
leet very thoroughly, and prcacnted uany
interesting facts, comparisons and d.
ductaons, from tbr work IN this Inc thaf
already has boon done, making q showing
that u really surprising The result h
book for everyone interested fn fmri
grants and their education An essential
book Tor TEACHERS and oducafors cvcrt-
whore.
Received q tbe publisher
The Friendly Tersce ousristts" ~
Harriet Dummis Smith. illustrated o.
1.,.txt
Page %. Price. si.G5, net
In this volume of The Friendly Ter
race" series, the -four girls Who frrred ~
Interestingly in previous volurnc~ arn
again presented. This time a r. not Their
school day joyS and troubles hat arr
depicted, but Their adventures alonr
altogether new lines. tho~e n ps'rio'ir
erdeavor - help our government VIZ
the crest war f0r humanity upon whict %
entered with such hirh resolve, and from
Which Il emerged 20 gloriouslv.
| The quartet shared in fh~ ynivr~ral
desire % help. and threc ~ them PervY
Amy and Priscilla finally decided ttai
while they could no, fight fhev eoulA heln
feed those who did And 80 they answered
n call for help on farms, and spent y sun
mcr working. faithfully ard rn0ss indns-
trIouviy ~ the many tasks essential in
planting. growing and harverfinr ef0fs
Ruth. being ~ s0rncwhaf fragile c1nsfiin.
ton, could not undertake sIch physieri
labor, but she did her part BY TAXING the
place ~ a soldier IN a store. - fhaf D.
might resume 4 On his return
The experiences a the Other threr 9th
lot a other young women on the fartns
was rntSt interesting Perry. espeeanV
was foremost IN the work. and she had
some exciting adventures. including fhe
brave detection - = scoundrei who VS.
robbing people ~ food products ard rrr
serves. under pretenre ~ coumandeering
them for the government And the snfirr
summer was spent uo~f rroftsblv. with
practical results
Peggy's romsnce, Vhich resulted N her
engagement ~ a fine Young soldier fira-
ham Wylie, Rufh's brother fnds urnu1i-
nent piace and Ruth also entered uuon
one which promised % end satisfactorilg
with the young man whose plaoe she fIled
Altogether. the story s fuil ~ interest
throughout, and thoroughly pleasing.
RsceIvcd Of the publishers.