Evening star., 1921-07-03
Reviews of New Books

wild behaviors of the west that the
novelist still clings TO. this old man
is constant joy He falls INTO the
hands of a designing woman-or she
thinks he does. He listens with po-
lite attention TO every impossible tale
that the wild fellows invent for his
entertainment. He grows young and
hilarious like the rest of the boys.
Then. at the last. he does prove that
his learning turns the trick of sue
cess. after all. A delightful character
of whom the author must be genuine
ly fond and proud. The professors
daughter supplies material for one
romance of excellent quality. stirring
up the necessary amount OF riNairE
to give excitement TO the woolng: A
very spirited picture of the growth,
overnight of a mining town is one
of the high lights in this robust ad-
vanture of the west.
THE FUR TRADE OF AMERICA. By
Agnes Laut. author of "Pathtind-
ers Of the West etc. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
\ few years ago any estimate. at
this season of a book bearing upon
the fur industry would have been
smother of poor taste. Now. how
ever no midsummer topic il more
timely than that of furs. Miss Laut
has here produced q book that ap-
peals to the hunter. the dealer and
the lady to whose identification
large share of the fur trade is de-
voted Things Every Woman Who
Buys Furs Should Know" forms a
section of this discussion. Prior to
this the author. discusses as in large
measure groundleSs. the ScrupleS OF
certain people againt the hunting OF
animals for their fur. At this point
she falls in with the law of wild
life on the one hand and. on the
other. refutes the charges of sofuelty
that are brought against hunters
and trapperS. The present extent OF
! the fur trade in the United States
and Canada is given. with descrip-
tion of the different kinds of fur.
their treatment, their relative market
value An appendix gives the laws
of this region for the various kinds
of fur. the game preserve laws. the
extent and management of fur farms
the licenses and royalties to game
i wardens. A map of America indi-
Gates the habitat of each of its fur
, bearing animals. The book is wofked
out in the freedom and movement of
a story. as are all of this writer's
books on western life. 1t reads with
the charm of the story, though. as
a matter of fact. it is a book of solid
! information.
i A CASE IN CAMERA BY Oliver
Onions. author of The Compleat
Bachelor etc. New York: The
| Macmillan Company.
Well toward the end of this mys-
! terry tale one character says to an
other one. Monty. if you don't come
along the author says of his own
treatment of the case. This record
| has already taken so many turns
and windngs. anticipations and
; doublings back upon itself. that l
cannot see why one more excursion
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two fragments characterize the
whole matter exactly. Shiftings,
evasions, inconsequences. an irritat-
! ing way of lodging any point what
i ever mark the course of: this effort
to find out why one man shot his
roof of house; from their flying
machine The mystery here is most
| elaborately a mystery. Any number
of people are continually going about.
a-tip-toe. fingeE.on-iip, all together
concealment An accidental and for
! tuitous> bit of photography registers
| the crime in the celler of the house
whose owner chances to be the friend
| of the young criminal landed upon
itself to the prime motive of ferret
| ing out the cause and of finally dis
| closing the snapshot of the deed at
self. A good short story might
! have issued from this situation. A
book-length, however. makes too thin
| a snread. taxing even the easy writ
ing hand of Mr.. Onions himself to
cover the surface laid out by him.
| WHY MEN STRIKE. Ey Samuel
Crowther, author of Common
Sense and Labor" New York:
Doubleday, Page & Co.
Instead of destroying Capital why
! not destroy Poverty? And why not
start now?" In this way Mr.. Crow
ther closes the study of thrift, which
is, in effect, the substance of this
little book The, behaviors Of la bor
| watched through successive periods
of activity. indicate that higher
wages. shorter hours and other cur
; rent advantages are but the super
fetal causes for the strike. The deep
seated intent is to destroy capital.
Here, the author takes his stand in a
definition of capital and the capital
ist, showing that the laborer is him.
self a. capitalist whenever he saves a