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their privately printed volumes are
a great Joy and eagerly to be de-
sired in every way"
Favors Change i'm
Legal Proc edure
THE Law AND ITS SORROWS.
BY J. Hannibal Clancy. De-
troit: The Bentham Institute.
$50.
THE miscarriage Of justice,
, mostly through technicalities
Of the statutes. Is the basis of J.
Hannibal Clancey's latest book.
issued with the avowed purpose Of
creating sentiment toward chang.
ing the mode Of procedure in the
courts Of the United States 30
that justice from the standpoint
of humanity and not from the
technical wording Of the laws will
result.
The public judges the law by
its results. the result il a pro.
found distrust of the law. and q
tense disbelief in lawyers, he says.
The treatise is In no sense an
adventure against the law, the
author insists. but only a move
to correct it's vices and strengthen
its virtues. The law is many
times construed in favor Of the
wealthy. he says. and this does
not increase respect for the law.
Changing the power of the
court to declare legislative stat.
utes unconstitutional is one Of the
many remedies he suggests.
A NGELo PATRI's new book.
Child Training" AppletonD. a
we note. is listed as a best-selling
book at the National Conference
of Social Work and at a dozen
State and regional conferences
throughout the East and Middle
West. There has been so much
talk of the remarkable work Of
this school principal In his school
in the Bronx. New York City,
that the publication Of his meth
DDS Of training children is at
tracing the widest notice.
Roy SCOUTS in particular will
learn with Joy that their great
chief. Sir Robert Badin-Powell, has
written a captivating book. IAN
Old VOLTS Favorites" u. B. Lip
pincott Company. wherein he
relates many OF his adventures
with animals in various parts Of
the world.
Sir Robert Is an artist also. He
has illustrated his anecdotes
with original pen-and-ink sketches.
Many Of them are really humorous
and they aid tho stories greatly.
There are tales Of moose hunt
ing. bear hunting. adventures with
various wild animals, stories Of
elephants and jackals. The story
of Catching q Jackal' is one Of
the best In the collection. II re-
lates how the Jogis, a wild tribe
in India, trap this willy animal by
initiating Its yapping.
This book will prove instructive
as well as interesting to children
Of all ages.
GERALD BEAUMONT. author
of that new book of racetrack
stories. "Riders Upw (Appleton),
says that the finest idea he ever
had was scared out Of him the first
time he went up in an airplane.
A mile over the waters Of San
Francisco Bay, he noticed that
the little fuel dial just in front
Of his nose registered empty. He
took out paper and pencil.
wrote his opinion Of the situation,
and passed the note back to the
pilot. The latter shut off the
engine Immediately. and this con.
firmed Mr.. Beaumont's hunch that
his last hour was imminent! But
the pilot merely wanted TO make
himself heard. "The gauge
doesn't work." said the aviator,
Il think we've got enough gas"
They landed safely. but the author
of "Riders Gp" insists that he
had a wonderful idea for a story
when he left the ground. and he
hasn't been able - think Of Il
sincA