Evening star., 1921-03-06

pertinent. revised plans and conStruc-
ti"nS-cf the astonishing pTeliminarieS
20 actual flight. Commander Read
takes ur Tn. tale when the Hight be
gins. and IN" Nc goes lame" and
limps in fol. treatment hopping off
again at Halifax. followed by another
big hop-from Ne wfoundland to the
Azrres--tr Ponta Dclgada. to Lisbon
to i'ymouth. Commander Richardson
delivers the log OF the Nc :. wherein
previous attempts at Transatlantic
Hight are set down, as well as the log
of the actual flight whose climax
came with tn" very small craft setting
itself up against very large ocean.
Spirited narratorS. these. who have
put into small compass one OF the
great records Of modern invention
applied to ocean flying.
NEW ENGLAND ~ FRANCE: 1917
1919. By Emerson clifford Taylor.
Illustrated boston: Houghton Mif-
!iin Company.
THIS history Of the 18th Division of
the United States Army in France is
written by an acting assistant chief
OF III who is. also. major of in
I3niry in this division. II is the story
OF IT, Yankee in the War--a story
tina. reaches from he organization
"aNS oi the division 10 tire last days
o. ,hv war and "hom"uard Re
the realities Of the Yankee service
rom settling down in France to
the unSett!ing days of fighting AT
I'oi" Iiruic. in the defensive at Cham
pagne-Marno ard III tn" olfensIvcs at
:iSne- -Marne. Meusc-Argonnc and
Saint Mihiel. 1t is an enthusia site
story of Yankee pluck anI ingenuity
and Eal'antry. 1t is a grim stcrv OF
cndura1c" and hanging on. and Eo-
tns at II aSain--a story OF which all
! 1anEre- l;df,.t, land is bound 20 b. p.odi
fcuSiE and rightly proId. The writ %
=: easy with his pen. so the tale steps
ont to the time of grand adventure
aS We'll ~ to the sober pace of au-
thentica ted fact. An admirable ac-
count OF extra ordinary service.
WAR RECORD. Pub
ilSh"d by the war records commit
'e" OF tine Alumni Association of
me Massachusetts institute Of
Technology.
This sumptuous volume ,: in an
o"aIahce, quit in Eeenns with tn,
memorial intent Of its substance
ihe book is designed TO nut into mar
'nah"nt form the war record of the
Massachusetts institute. Of TcchnoI-
ogy. the extent of its service by way
u tn" war work Of its staff. its for
,ner students aud its undergraduates.
y very splendid record Of personal
i"rvice. this. for over 20 per cent of
its eight thousand students went +,
thh ;Gd of their country in its war
emergency Engineers. chemists
builders of military camps soldiers
at the front swarmed out from this
institution. Every branch OF the
civilian Scrvice-rlanufac Of ma
"hinery AID Instruments, shipbuiId-
ing, mining and other industries
finds in ii teachers or pupils or grad
yates from the Nas'sachusetts InSti-
tute OF Technology. The book con
tainS the roll OF honor Ii has, be
sides. the list of decorations and ctta-
fions. a great number of iliustra-
tons add to the other prime values
Of this memorial book of war service
A priceless volume for the teacher
and alumni Of this institution. Al
invaluable contribution to the future
history of America in the great war
sIMSADTS: LONDON. Bv John anc-
don Leighton. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
This title. with its Latin cast Of
feature. needs word of explanation
This. it turns out, vas merely the
cable address of the American Navy
in Europe. ''Simsadus" picked apart
means "Sims-admiral- s." And
the story is that Of the American
ships in European waters, during the
war. Ensign Leighton. as a member
Of the Intelligence section Of Admiral
Sims staff in London. found himself
eventually. in possession of so many
Facts concerning the operations of our
naval forces in foreign waters--facts
not easily obtaina ble-that he decided
to tell the story in print for the use
Of the general reader. He describes
the various naval bases. the sub
marines in Hanty bay. the Army GOAL
trade. the naval gun batteries. naval