Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-03-17
BOOK CHAT
How do you do

,.,,or and hope | shall find you are
also. or at least that you will be-
oome one in the course of our week
" book chats.
what books or writer's are you,
nersonally, most interested in? Is
.bere a new book you have heard of,
ohout which you are curious? And
40 Won want to know, through this
book chat, whether the author of
npigs Is Pigs is married; if the
pome where Harold Bell Wright was
horn is in Italy or New York state;
and what else the author of "Rebec-
90 of Sunnybrook Farm" has written?
want to make this column enter
tanning and interesting, as we'll as
70 give you information about the
new books you have not yet had a
chance to read, and authors you have
not been introduced to before.
So if you have questions to ask,
lust send me card or note, in
care of the editor of the paper. He
will see that / get it, and as soon as
I can will answer in the column.
Sometimes there may be delay, for
maybe you will ask me something
do not know, and l will have to find
out. That may take quite a little
time-long enough, perhaps, for me
to write a letter and wait for an
answer. But eventually you will hear
from me.
] wonder how early other people
have begun to collect a library of
books of their own which they espe-
cially like. I began when l was six.
with the first book | can remember
anyone giving me, and for. six years
that book was my special delight. I
read it 10 times straight through be-
fore was that many years old. Then
the old house caught fire one night
when father was sound asleep and
no one else at home. My precious
book was burned, and | mourned for
It until finally my mother bought me
another copy for birthday gift I
browsed in it happily from time to
time, until one day. during the war,
I saw in the papers an appeal for
books for the hospital ships. Those
were the days when people who could
not be soldiers hunted out their most
to the camps, hospitals and trenches.
So | sent my dear book. Now / am
watching the publishers announce
ments to see when new edition ap-
pears, perhaps with the wonderful
MaXfield Parrish pictures to Illus
trate it. For I shall not be really
satisfied with my library of thou
sand books until that particular one
is in it. Can you guess what book it
is? TIL give you this hint: it is
boys book of adventure! When I
get new copy I'll tell you.
During the war many of us We're
too busy to read deeply on the ques-
tons of the day Many, also, were
where authoritative information
could not be secured. AS a result
there is still a wide public which is
quite uniformed as to just why we
went to war with Germany. Some
say, Because the sinking of the
Lusitaia made us mad!" Others
think, Because the Huns were such
beasts to the Belgians"; and still 9TH
ers, Because Germany plotted with
Mexico to join Japan in war against
u.s. However true these things, they
were not the reasons for the break
IN diplomatic relations. The various
points of international law on which
Americas Case Against Germany
rests are clearly and cleverly pre-
sented in book under that title by
Lindsay Rogers, professor of politi-
cal science in the University of Vir-
ginla. The destruction of neutral
shipping; callous disregard of the
nature of their nationality, passen
gers, and cargo; destruction of YES
sells carrying women and children
with the loss of many lives; and the
maj announcement of an unrestrict-
ed campaign of frightfulness: these
tnlngs are all covered by information
al laws which were first covertly,
then openly flouted. Some of you
may say: But the war is over now;
why read about it any longer? Let's
forget it," Because that is what
Germany most desires the world to
peiieVe, and because of her entirely
uhrepentant attitude, expressed in
the sermons of her ministers, lectures
Vi her Professors, and literary publ
cations for home consumption (see
hurrah and Hallelujah" by DR.. j.
q Bangs) there will be from time