The Washington times., 1922-07-16
BOOKS I'm BRIEF REVIEW
NEW TEXT BOOKS
| FOR THE RADIO
ENTHUSIAST =
Radio Phone Receiving" and
radio Telephony for Every
one" Handbooks Of Valuable
information by Experts.
ONE Of the most startling scien.
tific developments OF recent

nNE OF the most starving sclen-
tific developments OF recent
years is radio. Still in its In.
fancy, 1t is topic Of universal
discussion, and many thousands
of receiving sets are in use
throughout the country.
No doubt the time is not far
off when every household will be
equipped withra radio outfit. Like
wise II is not beyond reason to
suppose automobiles and pleasure
craft OF all sizes will be outfitted.
And the literature of radio Is
growing along with the increase
in its application to everyday life.'
Radio Phone Receiving" pub
lished by d. Van Nostrand Com.
pany, is written by nine special.
lists, some of whom have had great
part In the development Of radio
telephony, and are fully capable Of
explaining 1t to students and non
technical audiences.
The book presents the fascinat-
ing story of radio Interestingly, in
manner easily understood by the
beginner, and vet accurately
enough for the trained expert.
The questions frequently asked by
the radio operator are fully an
swered. and explanations of diff
culties encountered by the enthu.
siast are clear and comprehensive.
Radio Telephony for Every
one," by Laurence NJ. Cockaday
(Stokes), Is a clear nontechnical
explanation OF the working theory
OF radio in general. and the re-
ceiver and transmitter in partic-
ular, so that the boy of sixteen
and the man of sixty will read 1t
with equal interest and satisfac-
ton.
Mr.. Cockaday. technical editor
Of Popular Radio and The Modu-
lator. has studied and worked in
radio telephony for fifteen years.
He built one Of the first broadcast
ing stations In the United States.
During the war he served as
radio instructor in the navy, ana
while there invented a radio trans.
/mitter extensively used during the
war. His position as technical
editor on radio publications keeps
him In touch with the latest devel-
opments In the field, so that read
ers of his book are certain to find
definite. up-to-date information
upon which to work.
A smashing story-that is really
the only adjective which ade-
quately suggests the unusual quail
ity Of Valentine Goldie's The Case
OF Sir Edward Talbot" which>the
buttons have just published. 1t
deals with the doings of a secret
cult in London and, starting with
the ordinary refinements and con-
ventionalities Of London society, IL
gradually absorbs the reader in a
tale that first dips into the occult
beliefs Of the present day, then
harks back to the medieval times
and then emerges into the present
again.
And all the time the reader Is
deep in mysteries, spell-bound by
the atmosphere OF menacing trage.
dies, fascinated by the threatened
horror Of what may happen to the
heroine, who Is much too nice and
wholesome a girl to be drawn into
the power Of such an unholy creed
as gets its tentacles upon her.
Sir Edward Talbot tells her a
marvellous tale about himself,
fascinating tale wherein the reader
makes acquaintance with the once
famous John Dee, the mathema-
tician and occultist Of the sixteenth
century and the efficient emissary,
upon occasion, Of Queen Elizabeth,
although that phase Of his labors
has no part Of this tale. "The
Case of Sir Edward Talbot" is the
kind Of story that no reader willing.
ly lays down after he has got. we'll
started in It until he knows how
all it's mysteries and complications,
its suspense and looming terrors,
come out.
WERE HUTCHINSON, sister of
A. s. M. Hutchinson, has writ
ten a book which the Century
Company announces for publica.
ton next month. 1t is the first
novel she has written.
PRICES Of all books Of Every.
mans Library have been re-
duced 20 per cent according to an
announcement by e. p. Dutton
& Co.
EDITH WHARTON, having
completed the reading Of the
proofs Of her new novel, The