Evening star., 1923-10-14

EUROPE SINCE 1918. BY Herbert
Adams Gibbons, author of THE
New Map of Europe" etc. New
York: The Century Company.
Y way OF his new map" studies
OF Europe, Asia and Africa,
4 iand by way of other books
on political history and out
look, Herbert Adams Gibbons has
opened UP and co-ordinated an i'm
nense amount of fresh knowledge
concerning the political conditions OF
these continental regions. He has
doHe more. than that. He has estab-
1ished that complete confidence in his
work that its high authority and
splendid general qualities inspire.
Not only writer that is sound in
Information and shrewd in deduction,
but most readable writer as well,
who gives spirit and adventure to
studies of political content. A Glib
bons STUDENT host OF them there
isis always on the outlook for
another Gibbons book. The one in
hand covers survey OF Europe since
the war. Into this survey the author
mas gathered not only the political
xacts and prospects of the continent
ror the period designated, but he has
informed this political present with
these political facts and signifcances,
which for fifteen years and more he
mas been gathering out of Europe In
poth It's continental and extra-conti-
hentai ambitions and policies. The
study includes the armiStics, and the
peace conference, and the treaties that
tailed. and the settlements that did
not settle. 1t deals with the Ottoman
empire and with Russia under the
~3oviets 1t defines the new Baltic
republic. 1t traces the evolution OF
Serbia and the creation of Czecho-
slovakia. All the vital European
movements and situations have place
here. All the greatly significant
characters; too. A comprehensive and
Why American politicians and states
men ran TO Europe to snatch here and
there at beclouded portions of fact
and hopelessly darkened Implications
when these could have stayed quietly
At home studying. in ease and en-
ughtenment, what this genuine stu
dent and wayside observer and highly
entertaining man had to say about
Europe since the war.
FOUND MONEY. BY George A. Bir-
minghain. author of Spanish
Gold" etc. Indianapolis: The
Robbs-Merrill Company.
a clear setback ito US, as it had
treasure, hers provided ii were found,
should have been buried in Ireland.
twenty thousand golden sovereigns,
worth goodness knows how much at
this postwar date. deserved for it's
discovery the time e-honored place for
such treasure--the Virgin island cor
ner of the Caribbean, the shades of
Kidd and Blackboard and all the
other old pirates assisting. But
County Roscommon, Ireland! That
e. I~,. ~. -
this as that last run of pea time
IS said to be. For uprisings all right,
maybe. but for buried treasure-for
treasure even above Eround-most
unlikely. Still, knockcroghery. the
general hiding place, and certain
'Ogam" stones, whatever these might
be. for specific direction, did carry the
possibility of strange things. But
the deciding factor was neither the
sound of Knockcroghery nor the lure
OF Ogam stone. Rather birmingham
himself. Upon George birmingham
outside of Ireland one is not pre-
pared TO pass Judgment but set the
FELLOW down upon the remotest bog
once a gilt-edge investment. So we
went along. Between the treasure
hunt and the obstructive lighting OF
Sinn Fein and free state and republi-
can armies all over the Knockcro-
ghery landscape: between the ardors
the winning piety Of Canon Sylvestre;
between Genevieve seeking her hid
den fortune, on the one hand, and
clearly bent on the successful wooing
of the innocent young author. on the
other. there is not second to spare
on regrets over a possibly misplaced
cache. The Caribbean becomes a
tranquil spread Of waters in the busi-
ness of hunting treasure beside
Knockeroghery, County Roscommon,
ireland. Find it? To be sure. Two
words of advice here-save your
heartiest laugh for the last one, and
be sure not to let anything take your
chief attention away from the good
Canon Sylvestre.
ON AUTUMN TRAILS. BY Emma
Lindsay Squfer, author of The
Wild Heart" Illustrations by
Paul Branson. New York: Co.'S
nopolitan Book Corporation.
One remembers. like Yesterday. the