Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-18
"a Wonderland of the East" Compris-


by William Copcman kitchin, Ph. ID
With three maps and "a plates. Boston
Mass: The Page Co, 53 Beacon street
Price, boxed, So. net
This issue of the See America First
Serics is book for those who have an in
tcrcst in the wonderful scenic beauties OF
our country, aud for these who love &c
wander among beautiful lakes and rivers
valleys and ountairs, or IN places made
famous by historic men and events. And
written by orc who saw Europe first, and
sw IT thoroughly. it has an authority
that Is impaired by visual comparison, and
IL rot speculative IN any manner.
Professor kltchin regards the country
covered by his book. which he Travelled
over in successive motor trips, during
which he took careful observation of all
the high spots, MS truly the wonderland OF
tho East 1t embraces all of the State
at Vermont. the eastern part of New York
Il parts Of Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, and Connecticut II has
mur h TO say abOnt the scenery and some
thing about the interesting history of tins
section Of our national domain
The book describes, IN detail, motoring
along the Mohawk. the Oriskany battle
field aud Cherry valley, the lleldcrbergs
and the Schohare valley aud the land of
eathcrstoCkIrg. hero OF the fcnnImore
Cooper novels: tho Catskills, Lake Ash
kohan, ard the SusQuehanna and Della
ware valleys, the great Adrondacks'
Lake Champlain country: views from
bennington and the Saratoga monuments
Lake George, the wonder lake OF 'hc
world" the Finger Lake district Of Con-
tral New York: the White and Green
Mountains the hills nf the Alcrrimac, the
Pcmigew,ssct and Upper Ammoroosuc
aud Saco valleys: the valleys of Vermont,
Camp Cube and Connecticut. the lieauti-
hl BcrkshirCs An Afterwsrd' gives
some restrictive hints TO motor tourists
s4d suggests some interesting tours,
Vuil mastery hand professor kitchin
arscilhrs the eutrarcing beauties of thus
cnuatIN. 40 ahouHdiuG IN the masterpieces
- nature. su that those who have no hope
at travCrsiug hls routes may enjoy them TO
tic cXtcnt TINT Is possible short Of actual
derivation. and those who arc 50 fixed rs
T. hc able 70 ENJOY them NAV know how 70
proceed Also. he includes many incidents
81 authentic history Of some Of these
pieces which were made notable by the
stirrt Z events that marked the eariy
settlement of this section Of the country.
mcltiug saugumarv battles with savage
Indians anl foreign foes
bound and tho illustrations arc of the
finest IN Colot and duogra vure They III
clude some ~ the most striking scenery
With which the country shounds
Received 81 the publishers.
Captain Iucy's Flying Ace" BY AlIne
Havard Illustrated BY Ralph + Cole
man Philadelphia, Pa The Pen
Publishing Go. 925 Fllbert street
prlee. 81 -. net
The third volume Of the series which
i,lls of the interesting war experiences Of
aptain' Lucy Gordon. beginning at
Governor s Island. y s.. at the time of
the graduation Of her brother. Bob, NJ
Nest Point finds her still in France, and
IN the midst Of even more Interesting and
thrilling experiences. Bob IS an ace N the
aviation service. with 2 brilliant record
and all the honorf that can be bestowed
upon a war hero. and his friend larry
latnn-Iucy's friend also. very much so
is a close second to hum IN daring and
successful service
Iucv was engaged IN relief work in
Normandle. helping TO care for refugee
chldrrn. and with the nurse. Miss PearEe,
a~ sent Ia Port-SaInt -AlFau, close To the
var district, for supplies They expected
g. ~ gone only a few @avs, but II was weeks
bt r. they got back, and during that
tue Lucy was in a fair ferment Of activity
So discovered that some dastardly des
frucilon nv dynamite was the work OF a
German SPY among the prisoners there,
and did a goat deal 10 nut the soldiers on
hIS trail Also most exciting Of her ex-
t.criences. she actually took hand. by
>lpping INTO Larry Eatons airplane in
fbr place Of his meChanclan, IN aiding
rothcr Rob n his daring plan 10 release
their c'd friend Sergeant Cameron from
the horrible German prison pen aS En-
mich. which succeeded IN the face Of I'M
minent danger Bob also aptured the
German spy who had ben revealed by
Lucy : keen observation. and he was prop
erlv dealt with.
These exc ting events occurred during
tic closing weeks Of the war, and the story
comes to n most pleasing end with the
signing Of the armlstlce
Received Of tie publishers
Don Hale With the ianks. BY "
Crispin sheppard Illustrated by
H. 4 Bodre Philadelphia, Pa
The Penn Pubiishir Co, q25 tilbert
street Price 81 %. net.
Here we have more about Don Hale,
the brave young American lad who went
across to fight for the worlds freedom,
and whose exploits have been set forth IN
three previous volumes Of this series.
He was first q member of the famous
LAFAYETTE Squadron, and later became
assoclated with the equally famous Eagle
Squadron. an altogether american or
ganIzation OF aerial fighters
The book ls 81 If action and excite
rent Don ha pient todo, and he does
everything col-, etely He hes hair
breadth escapes ard numerous thrilling
combats, his skill and cooluess saving
him from desperate situations more than
once.
Dons old frlenus, familiar 10 readers
If the previous stories. are reproduced
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