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spins some interesting yarns OF far
away kashmir. q land to which few
white men have found their way.
kashmir is native state under Brit
ish suzerainty in the extreme north
err part of India. It is a beautiful
country, with high, snowy mountain
ranges and valleys full of flowers.
Mr.. Tynedale-Biscoe attempted to
infuse muscular Christianity into a
group of young Brahmins, who were
traditionally inclined, to despise work
and exercise and to cultivate their
minds rather than their bodies or their
morals. His task was made more diff
ficult because of the many cherished
inhibitions Of his charges. Among
other things, they were forbidden to
touch leather, and SO they were able to
offer conscientious objections when
football and boxing were offered as
exercises.
However, by mixture of physical
and moral suasion, the author sue
ceeded in introducing his beloved Eng
lish sports to the young hopefuls of
Kashmir. A specimen of Mr.. Biscoe's
diplomacy in dealing with his pupils is
furnished by the following story:
"A certain blackboard said that he
knew everything. Did he know how to
box? Yes, of course, he did. So l
asked him if he could prevent me hit
ting his nose if wished to do so; he,
of course, said yes, he could. So
said: Prove it, The boxing gloves
were brought out, and 1 was able in
few seconds to demonstrate that for
once he did not know"
The author made journey into the
neighboring mysterious and mountain
Gus land Of Tibet, where holy men, or
lamas, abound in the numerous monas-
teries. He gives an animated descrip-
tion Of the religious ceremonies which
he witnessed in one of these monas-
teries; and the book includes picture
showing the awe inspiring masks which
the lama actors wear in performing
their parts.
Mr.. Biscoe has set down the record
of life devoted to service among an
alien people. One feels at times that
the author is trife dogmatic in his
Occidentalism, that he does not al
ways appreciate the fact that Eastern
habits of thought and life are not
necessarily inferior because they are
different from those which prevail in
Western countries. But the book has
all the charm that is always attached
to an honest account of picturesque
and little known land.
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with over 100 black-and-white line
illustrations, 8 four-color pages and
numerous animated maps and full
page halftones, all done by the author in
the inin1itable style which has made him
famous
The history Of man made graphic and
appealing and instantly understandable.
to the eye and the mind, Of both young
and old, by writer and artist who makes
history simpler than Alice in Wonder
land and more fascinating than the most
thrilling novel
Here is the long awaited outline of
history which the enthusiastic readers of
Van Looms "Ancient Man. have been
clan1oring for. When that memorable
volume appeared, Haywood Broun called
it THE most fascinating book for chill
dren which we have seen in years" and
The New York Times said "This is the
way to tell history to children--and to
the rest of u.s."
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

almost to the point Of war. New
Hampshire abandoned her claims, but
New York for years reckoned Vermont
part Of her territory, and denounced
those who insisted upon the inde-
pendence of Vermont as rebels and
traitors. The story of that controversy,
in the stormy days of George Clinton,
belongs to the histories of both YER
mont and New York, though for OBJ
vious reasons 1t is most dwelt upon in
the former. We should go far to find
it elsewhere SO fully and so interest
ingly told as in Mr.. Crockett's eloquent
pages.
We have referred to the emigration
of Vermonters. to enrich the population
of other states. The process began at
an early date. The first white child
born in Vermont, so far as existing
records show, was Timothy Dwight
clarum ct venerable nomen-son Of
Timothy Dwight, builder and first COM
mander Of Fort Dummcr. He grew to
be stalwart man, six feet four inches
tall, q graduate OF Yale College, a
merchant, judge and legislator of
Massachusetts, and finally resident
of Natchez, Miss. He married
daughter of Jonathan Edwards, and
their eldest son, Timothy Dwight the
Third, became president Of Yale, while
one of their daughters became the
mother Of Theodore Dwight Woolsey,
also president of Yale, and still another
descendant was the fourth Timothy
Dwight, who was president Of Yale in
the closing years of the last century.
In these four handsome volumes
there is what approximates closely to
the standard of an ideal state history.
No phase of the subject is sighted and
none is exploited at the expense of the
rest. 1t is history of war and peace,
of industries and society, of the state
as whole and of it's component muni-
cipalities, of its entire population and
Of its men and women of Individual
distinction. Seldom have we met with
any historical work so replete with
facts and figures, names and dates, and
seldom have we read one in which such
wealth of technical data is so deftly
treated, so as never to seem dry or
statistical, but to be as full of vitality
and interest as the very men, places
and events which are thus recorded. 1t
is capital piece of Workmanship in all
respects, destined for enviable rank
among the comprehensive and authori-
tative histories of the American com
monwealths.
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THE SENATE OF THE UNITEr
suSshsa sg BY cbasE msnEy gabo
C ENATOR LODGE is now more in
~ the public eye than ever before
IN his career. Seated at the right
of Secretary Hughes, with Bal
four at the latter's left, at the Wash
lngton conference, he represents the
American scholar i'll politics, as the
Enghshman does the British type. In
this collection of his writings we have
number Of Lodges most important
papers and public utterances Of the
last few years. The series opens with
mis- we'll known discussion of the re-
lations Of the United States Senate to
the Constitution and general political
fabric. 1t is masterly defense of
the statement that the Constitution is
well-nigh perfect instrument, one
that cannot be altered or amended
save through long and cautious study
of national conditions.
Then follow the Senator's peculiarly
interesting paper on Cuttyhunk, off
the. Massachusetts, coast, as possible
terrain for Shakespeare's "Tempest,"
as Prospero's Isle; his eulogy on
Roosevelt, delivered in the Senate;
his address on the opening of the
Widener Library at Harvard, and
other equally important and informa-
tive writings. We remarked once that
Lodge wore the mantle of John Hay.
No two men in the range of American
letters-John Quincy Adams might be
third-have combined statecraft and
genuine ability in literary effort more
fully than John Hay and the Massa-
chusetts Senator. Here comes an
afterthought, vigorous prod by mem
ory. Kindly complete square with
Alexander Hamilton.
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so her portfolio Of impressions con-
tains many sympathetic sketches of
men and women who are not in any
way connected with radical social and
political movements. Her acquaintance
is wide and catholic. 1t includes Brit
ish diplomatic officials, Soviet commits
sars, princesses and countesses, Social
lists Of many brands, and all sorts of
intermediate people.
Mrs. Snowden spent good deal of
time in Switzerland, where several in
ternational congresses were held in
1919. Here she met Rosika Schwimmer,
the heroine of the Ford peace ship, and
Andreas Latzko, whose "Men in War"
surpasses Barbusse's "Under Fire" as
picture of the horrors Of warfare.
Latzko was described to Mrs. Snowden
as "a pacifst monkey Of Hungarian
birth" She had an experience with
the Hungarian author which gave some
plausibility to the Characterization.
Visiting Latzko upon his invitation, she
found him apparently seriously Ill. Let
Mrs. Snowden tell the rest of the story
herself:
"He thanked us effusively for COM
ing, gasping as he spoke. l thought he
must be dying. He spoke Of his wife
as Of one who would soon be left to
struggle with the wicked world alone.
He showed US her photograph. She
was away in Hungary. He was longing
to see her. Then he came to the real
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
q Study Of Asiatic Trade
And Picture Of Kashmiir
Market Possibilities of China, Japan and India
Analyzed-A Missionary's Experiences
in Northern India

NRADrSu WITH ASIA ny Frank r.,
EIdridge. Published by p. Appleton 8
KAsHMIR IN SUNSHINE AND SHADE
BY G. =. Tynedale- Riscoe. Published by
J. b. Lipp.ncott Co.. PhiladeIphia ard
London Twelve shttlings. six pence.
T( HE marked decline in European
buying power, which has fol-
lowed the war. has. caused
many exporters to turn to
Asia as a potential market for their
goods. The commercial possibilities of
the Orient are carefully analysed in
this authoritative work by Mr.. Ell
bridge, who is chief Of the Far Eastern
division of the United States Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
The author discusses the political
and economic conditions which prevail
in China, japan, India, Maylasia, the
Dutch East Indies and the Philippines
He does not confine himself to a dry
recital of export and import statistics.
On the contrary he devotes some space
to brief sketches of the history Of the
various Eastern countries, emphasize
ing their national traits and the nature
of their previous contacts with West
err traders.
Asia was largely spared the devas-
tating shock of the war; and it's eco
nornic position. as compared with that
of Europe. has consequently improved.
Japan's industries, especially her ship
yards, enjoyed an enormous expansions;
and even such countries as China and
India are making gradual progress
toward industrialization. In the past
Great Britain has been inclined to dis
courage Indian industry, on the ground
shat it might compete with the prod
ucts of her own factories. During the
war. however, fearing that the huge
Indian market might fall into the pos
session Of America or Japan, she in
terposed no objection to the building
OF number Of industrial plants. The
large Increase in the number of Hindu
waee workers has already had inter
esting social and political conse-
cuences.
Mr.. Eidridge points out the best
avenues of approach to the Asiatic
markets. Credit conditions, CONNER
cial legislation, business practices and
similar pertinent subjects are out
lined in detail. His book must be con-
sidered an invaluable manual for the
man who is planning to enter the
Oriental trade field in any capacity
Mr. Tynedale-Biscoe. an English
missionary of manv years service,
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
The Romantic I History Of
The Green Mountain State
From the Explorations of Champlain and the
Raids of Chief Grey Lock to
the Present Time

their own soil, at Bennington, or in
another state, at Crown Point and III
conderoga.
VI the famous engagement at the
last named place Mr.. Crockett gives
an unpretentiously dramatic account;
of the rivalry between Ethan Allen and
Benedict Arnold for the command:
of Aliens address to his little band
telling them that while thew had for
years been scourge and a terror to
arbitrary powers, they must either in
few minutes capture the fortress or
quit their pretensions to valor; and of
the climax of the drama:
ALLEN in stentorian voice threat
ened to sacrifice the whole garrison
unless the captain came forth Instantly.
Ihereupon the surprised commandant
appeared at the head of the stairs
clad IN his shirt, with his breeches in
ono hand. Allen demanded that the
fort be delivered instantly The Brit
lsh captain asked by what authority
the surrender of the fort was de-
manded, and the Green Mountain
leader replied: In the name of the
Great Jehovah and the Continental Con-
gress' Damn it! What-what does
this mean" stammered Delaplace, but
Allen interrupted him, and with
drawn sword held over the head Of the
British officer called for an immediate
surrender of the garrison Thus.
on the very morning that the Con-
tinental Congress was to assemble in
Philadelphia, its authority was in
voked by leader of band Of men,
most of whom acknowledged the juris-
diction Of none Of the thirteen Ameri-
can colonies to take possession Of a |
fortress that bulked large in the minds
of the people of two continents"
This was an achievement worthv
to, rank with Trenton, Kings Noun
tain and Yorktown among the dramatic
and decisive incidents Of the war.
After the war the same refusal to
acknowledge the jurisdiction of any of
the thirteen states was persisted in
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
The Family Income

SPENDING THE FAMILY INCOME BY
s. Agnes Donham. Published by Little,
Brown Co. SITS.
TN THESE days when the family bud
get is a matter Of daily Importance
any book that tells us ways in which
best to allot amounts and spend them
to advantage is an aid greatly to be
desired. Miss Donham's. book fulfills
its promise, limited at on its paper
wrapper. By using colored charts,
supplemented by chapters of minute
detail as to the best methods to use
in expending money for the welfare
OF family and yet leave balance
for "rainy days" the author achieves
a lesson and warning. There are
six principal items into which ex-
penses naturally fall, according to
Miss Donham: savings, food, shelter,
clothing, operating and development,
and each is given ample space in her
Intelligent and shrewd analyses. A
book that should have wide reading.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

10 the rest of us" is right, for we
older folks are much like children in
that we want our history written SO it is
easy to read and understand-andi inter-
est1ng too. Van Loon will make you
drop that newest novel for the greatest
romance that ever happened-the true
history of man on this earth told as only
Van Loon can tell it.
The biggest gift book of the year
literally big book in size and gorgeous
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don't forget to make a present of it to
yourself!
1910 copy (worth tenO-At your
booksellers, and get it now if you don't
want to be kept waiting for your copv.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04


George II. Doran Co. $3.50.
~ INCE the war Americans have
WaA Enthusiastically lost interest in
~ Europe. With callousness that
is perhaps an inevitable result
of the postwar reaction we have been
inclined to turn our backs on an un-
happy continent that seems eternally
plagued with threats of new wars and
revolutions, bankruptcy and chaos.
Mrs. Snowden's book is not primarily
political or economic jeremiad, al
though she is severe in her condemna-
tioa of the working out of the Yer
sailles Treaty in various sections of
Europe. But the chief merit of her
work lies in the fact that it is an inti-
mate, gossipy record of people and
things in Europe, written with sufi-
cient vividness and charm to hold the
attention even of those who are gener-
ally unfamiliar with the scenes and
personalities which she describes.
Inc author, like her husband, is an
active worker in the British Inde-
pendent Labor party, but her socialism
is of the pink rather than the red
variety. She is outspokcn in her de-
nunciations of Bolshevism, which she
witnessed at first hand in Russia. AS
she says, 81 have not the hatred of the
BOURGEOIS because he ia hourooo;s
which animates some Socialists" And
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Trade Routes in Asia Political Rambles in Euro

business Of the occasion. Would 7 cal,
and see his publisher in England and
find out why the royalties were NOT
forthcoming? My companion grinned
again.
why are you laughing?' / asked
rather puzzled, as we descended thu
stairs. i am laughing at an amusing
farce just played he said. AT supper
you sat with your back to the hotel
entry. / saw Latzko enter during the
meal, look in at the glass door fur
lively, recognize US and rush upstairs
to prepare for his part The rest Won
know"
Mrs. Snowden's wanderings took he,
from Ireland to Georgia, at the east
ern end of the Black Sea. She wr;tes
very sympathetically of the Irish peo-
pie and their struggle against British
rule and scathingly criticizes the r.
prisals carried out by the government
troops. She is delighted with the noun
tainous little Caucasian republic Of
Georgia; and her descriptions Of this
country are bright with Oriental
color.
In distinct contrast is her account
Of visit 10 starving Austria. Here
she found misery, privation and
hunger almost universal. She is elo-
quent in her expressions Of pity for thu
ragged and undernourished people of
Vienna, and she bestows hearty praise
upon the relief organizations which
are doing what they can to relieve the
situation.
Many cross-sections Of European life
are reflected in Mrs. Snowden's book.
The misery and disintegration which
prevail in many parts of the Con-
tinent are unsparingly portrayed; but
an abundance of personal anecdotes
saves the book from the charge Of
dreariness and monotony. In fact, il
must be considered one of the most
humanity interesting volumes on pres
ent-day Europe that have yet been
published.
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A Canadian Story
MIRIAM on ourmNs ~ 1u,.. 81.

AiRIAM OF QUEENS. BY Lillian vaux
MacXfnncn. Published by George II.
Dofan Company. t1so.
MERE Is Tranquil charm in this
romance Of a Canadtan girl who
vert apsrs FROM the ways of her mate
rialistic family and found happiness for
herself. The account of her career at
the university is an entertaining and
realistic picture of girl life. The au-
thor is sensitive to the beauties of
nature; and some Of her most effective
scenes are laid in the open fields,
against = background Of singing birds
and Sbioohing flowers.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

four volumes. Illustrated Published by
the Century History Company.
~ TATE, county and city histories
Sss> have so often been commercial
A lied as to have incurred in gen
eral suspicion and reproach. We
have seen them in vast array filled
chiefly with "write-ups" Of persons
and places and industries; paid for, of
course, at so much a page; the actual
history in the true sense being little
more than framework upon which to
hang these profitable decorations. But
there are histories and histories, in
cluding now and then one Of a state
which is, like the present, quite free
from any such reproach, but which
has been written seriously and sim
cerely as history and nothing more
or, rather, nothing less. Some for
mer works from the same publishing
source as the present, notably his
tories of Ohio and California, were
honorable to the stases represented
and creditable to American literature,
and this one seems even to improve
upon their example and to surpass
their standard.
Vermont is one Of the smaller states
OF the Union, in area and population,
but in natural characteristics and in
its annals it is one of the most inter
esting. 1t was the scene Of some of
the labors of one of the greatest Of
all the early explorers of this conti-
nent, and in the era Of discovery and
colonization it was the stage for many
dramatic achievements. IN the Revo-
luton its record was heroic, and in
the Civil War it had the distinction
OF sending to the national army one
half of it's able-bod,ed men and one
tenth of its entire populations 1t has
contributed to the intellectual, bust
ness and public of America an excep-
tionally large number of eminent men.
though many Of them have belonged
by adoption to other states; scarcely
any other state suffering so much from
emigration. 1t is country of sim
gularly attractive scenery, of rich az
rlcultural and pastoral lands, of great
wealth in quarries and of a climate
which though severe in winter is un-
surpassed in salubrity. These. are the
elements of an engaging theme for the
historian.
A peculiar interest invests Vermont
from the circumstances of it's entry
into the Union as the first new state
after the original thirteen. In Colo |
NAL days it had been q bone of con-
tention between Governor Wentworth
in New Hampshire and Governor Tryon
In New York, each claiming the whole
of it for his own province. Had not |
the far greater issues OF the Revolu-
tion arisen, it is not improbable that
1T would have been the cause and
scene of an intercolonial war. In the
Revolution it was for a time aupar-
emily pawn in the game, both the
Colonies and Great Britain seeking to |
win its attachment. One Of the most
chapters in the history of
those times tells of the Establishments
and intrigues of British officers to
secure an alliance" with Vermont.
and the skill with which Ira Allen and
his friends played upon that vain am
oition so as to keep Vermont COM
paratively free from British INVASION
but when it was necessary to strike,
The Green Mountain Boys" were sec.
0nd 70 no other colonials, whether on
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

BEAU RAND. ty CHARLES Alden Selt-
$50. : 4'S 8 @ oo'"pA"s' chicago
TRAILS END. BY George w Ogden
A. c. McClurg & Co., Chicago. $3.50.
k<n ARTNERS OF CHANCE" by
Henry Herbert Knibbs, is a
story Of Arizona, where
Cheyenne and his son, Lit
tie jim, follow the man who eloped with
Mrs. Cheyenne. While Little Jim is
"staked out at relatives, learning
how to shoot with 32 calioer rife,
his father is practicing diligently with
larger weapons. Only, when the de-
nouement comes there is surprise in
it. There is secondary plot running
through the book concerning the love
affair Of a novelist with an Arizona
girl. The story is slighter than
others Mr.. Knibbs has written, but it
will serve as passable entertainment of
its sort.
Charles Alden Seltzer ventures deep
ly into melodrama in "Beau" Rand. AL
SO he introduces much shooting. In
fact, man with the shooting habit SC
firmly fixed as "Beau" Rand's could
never be happy in state where legis-
lation, like the Sullivan law was in
effect. Rand shoots from the hip gen.
orally, and never misses. 1t looks at
the start as If he never will win
Eleanor Sedden, because her father has
poisoned her mind against Rand, and
also it is said to appear that "Beau"
has been the principal in stage rob-
berry. But matters progress satisfac-
torily through a cloud of revolver
smoke, and in the final chapter, when
Beau" handily kills three men, the
heroine capitulates.
Still deeper into melodrama goes
George w. Ogden In Trails End" This
is supposed to be story Of Kansas in
pioneer days, but someone smears up
the pages of Ascalon's Hotel with that
modern confection, bar chocolate. AS
Gallon, as Mr.. Ogden paints it, is town
where murder, arson and lynchings
form the chief occupations Of the popu-
lace. Calvin Morgan, q stranger who
has deiied the wanton killer who has
been appointed marshal, is "run out of
town" by the process Of being tied
with lariat to the rear of an outgoing
freight train. Morgan escapes death
and comes back to Ascalon and shoots
his way to the marshalship. A savage
book, unrelieved by humor and with no
pretcns!ons whatever to reality.
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Which He Did Thrice Refuse

In Washington Ups" {Hough-
ton Mifflin Company Edward G. Lowry
makes public for the first time the ex
change Of letters in which President
Tart offered the late Senator Knox a
place in the Supreme Court. Mr..
Lowry points out that both Of these
men We're offered this supreme judicial
honor three times.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
The U. S. Senate
Essays and Addresses
by Senator Lodge

THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES. By Henry Cabot Lodge
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
People and Things in Europe
AS Seen by Mrs. Philip Snowden
A Volume Of Intimate and Penetrating Com
ment on Continental Politics
and Personalities

A POLITICAL PILGRIM IN EUROPE
BY Mrs. Philip snowden. Published by
George H. Doran Co. $3.50
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Melodrarna
Much Shooting and Love
in Three New Books

PARTNERS OF CHANCE BY Henry Her
bert knibbs Houghton- MiffIin Com
pany. Boston. s1.75.
BEAU" RAND. by Charles Alden Self
ger. A. c. McClurg & Company, Chicago.
$3.50.
TRAILS END. BY George w Ogden
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BY Willis Fletcher Johnson

VERMONT. THE GREEN MOUNTAIN
STATE. Ey Walter Hill Crockett In
four volumes. illustrated. Published by
the Century History Company.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

Nr. Tynedale-B -Biscoe. an English
of manv years service,