Evening star., 1921-05-29

of biography recountS the iiie
of Whitelaw Reid through
the medium of journalism.
war and politics. The second one pro-
jects his later career by way OF ms
DISTINGUISHED diplomatic service to
the United States. Beyond a orlef
sketch Of ancestry and early years
the first one takes account OF MS
service in the civil war as youthful
correspondent in the field. The oulS
of this volume. however. is aesotsu ,'; u
relations to the New York Tribune
and to its remarkable founder. horace
Greeley. In effect. this volume is tne
history Of the Tribune subsequent 10
the war. a history Of its politics ana
its policies. 1t is thrilling story OF
an institutional newspaper acting as
tremendous force in pubic me Many
familiar names besides those or Gree
lev and Whitelaw Reid. come INTO 'ne
open here-the names OF John nay
| Mark Twain, Bret Harte. George W.
SmaIley and others. give rare f1avors
to this story of a great newspaper
The second volume gives IN easy de-
tail and rich incident the NE or MT
Reid as a diplomat who in highlS nlS-
tinguished degree cemented iasains
friendship between the United States
! and England. Throughout these ma
tional and international relations the
figure OF really great American
stands conspicuous. This. in fact;
gives to the record its general ana
permanent value. rms storS VI .is
man himself is one to strengthen ana
| even to renew our generally Eooh
| ordinations Of American character at
| it's best. AS the history OF an lmpor-
tant period in American he ~ Is
| alive, warm and stimulatinS' .hr
INx- 1-iy~fn
| figure. lifts to high plane or cul-
| ture-of a virile and effective culture.
Any American reading this life story
becomes a little prouder OF the type OF
| Americanism which it projects. A
| splendid biography.
! A STAKE IN THE LAND. By Peter
A. Speek. New York: Harper &
| Bros.
| Under the general auspices OF the
Carnegie Foundation and the lmme3i'
ate direction of Allen T. Burns. DR.
Sneek carried out the investigations
which are embodied in this, tne
fourth volume of the Americanizatlor
| series The subject of this study II
the immigrant farmer. Dr.; Speek II
fore. both with the living condition:
and with the forward-looking nope
Of the emigrating European Mor'
than this. he appears to be IN iull pos
session Of both the body and the splrl
| Of that Americanism which must COM
70 he the goal Of the new settler. Th'
Immigrant farmer and the avallapi'
farm lands Of the United States arr
two points OF approach In this inVes
tieation. The book itself is 4 sum
mary Of what has already neen aon'
TO connect up these two allied points
ss IL is also. a survey of what re
mains to be done. The book separates
Into two parts. The first part review:
the processes. by which. at present
the newcomer acquires stake IN tn'
Land. These are faulty processes, pu
thev stand as beginning. The au
thor reviews them for the sake o
showing wherein their greatest de
fects lie. wherein. also. the remeoie'
lie. A lack of understanding oe!weel
the parties Of the first and second par
;s the great defect. increased by
failure in most localities to erect any
thing like a practical and thorough
going organization bent to the serVlc'
of the immigrants. AS examples o
however. the author describes the pol
icies and plans of the states OF can
fornia and Wisconsin. These serve a.
points of departure from Whlcn an!
other state may work out TO helpIu
and intelligent issue. The second par
af the book deals with the various ed
ucational agencies in rural communl
ties that are calculated to serve th'
hest interests of the immigrant iarm
ers in their role of good Americans
These are public and private scnpo.s np1s
churches, community centers. noid
ries from one or another OF Whici
both children and adults may pIoht
This is a very useful and pracelca
discussion on the relative adVantase
and disadvantages of foreign language
linstitutions for the use of these lmml
grants. The whole is direct, practlcal
simple, concrete survey ana pro
gram that may be used to great ao
Vantage to the immigrant
ADVENTURES AND ENTHUSIASTS >
Nv p. v. Lucas. author of Land.
marks" etc New York: George n
Doran Company.
Almost anything is an adventure
Ito F. V. Lucas. and eVefythln6' Ete
And the world profits greatly by tne
jopen spirit of this genial and com
lpanionable adventurer and enthusiast
lHere are something like sixty little
salliss s,;uh Gue ife2a nto ah9 morning cali. an
old inn. the shops and stalls. a cniio
on the street. Kew on an April day.
lanything, nothing: serves as spark
to light this friendly soul into glow
of pleasant thinking and happy say
lings. The best of good company. this
man. with whom one sits around in a
gursle of pure enjoyment. There
|ought to be more of him-more OF the
same kind Of man and writer.
HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA. By Philip Alexander
Bruce. LII. B.. Ii. D., author OF
Rise Of the New South" etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Volumes III and w of the history OF
the famous southern institution are a,
hand. The first of these covers the
period lying in between 1912 and 1861
| The second brings the hundred-year
chronicle up to 1895. The first deals
| matters Of expansion, Of new courses
Of instruction. Of the many educational
! and social interests of the institution.
| These interests, as the record shows,
der the approach Of the civil war with
! which this volume deals. as it does. also:
with the effect Of the general period OF
| reconstruction upon the university it
self. The second Of the two volumes
! in hand continues the critical period OF
| further expansion that the university
takes on under the multitudinous ur-
| gencies of the postwar period The
| full history centers about the hgure
University of Virginia. which reflects
! in high degree his theory of educa-
/ ton. 1t also pays tribute generally to
| his advocacy Of public instruction: The
carefully compiled record OF fact con-
cerning this institution appeals first to
the friends Of the university and. to an
even greater degree. does it belong to
the history Of education in the United
States.
A HISTORY OF THE ART OF WRIT
ING. By William A. Mason. H.
lustrated. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
Mr.. Mason uses many curious and in
teresting illustrations to supplement
the argument brought out by the text