Evening star., 1923-02-04


Palace Of Darkened Windows" etc.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
is no good reason why
woman should not, as well
as a man, turn atavistic and
primitive. No reason at all
why, under this stress, she should
not betake herself to some remote
corner OF the world to place herself.
armed and equipped, against the un-
armed beasts Of that region. which, so
to speak, are at home, minding their
own business. To be sure, that Is
another question. The matter in
hand is the book that Mrs. Bradley
has written about such an adventure
and which she has illustrated with
dead lions and elephants and gorillas.
over which triumphant humans, male
and female, are standing in the pride
of achievement. The book is charm
ingiy written. It pictures with sym
pathy and spirit strange places that
are bound to be Of great interest to
readers generally. 1t sketches in
understanding and apparent fidelity
the ways and looks Of native peo-
Piles. 1t gives their customs, their
strange beliefs about the why and
wherefore of themselves. 1t gives
innumerable evidences of the kind
ness and friendliness of this party Of
civilized travellers and of the liking
they were able to arouse in the
strange folks OF interior Africa. 1t
is a delightful book. written in fine
spirit and in an easy and readable
turn OF the hand. A very unusual
book and bound to be an acceptable
one to the lovers of sport"
FROM BERLIN TO BAGDAD AND
BABYLON. By Rev. J. A. Zahm,
c. S. c.. LII. D.. author Of Follow
York: d. Appleton & Co.
This is not a book 1t is a pageant.
Such is its first amazing effect. For
along this line of travel-never In its
long and momentous past more i'm
portant than 1t is today-the author
has, through the richness OF his
knowledge and the power Of a COM
plete artistry. terminated the civiliza-
tions that. one after another, have
risen and 1owered and fallen in this
enormously active center of life. One
Is amazed at the learning poured into
this book. History-ancient ano
modren, religious and secular-litera-
ture, archaeology. philosophy and
science, all contribute here to form
this sumptuous whole. A point of
great interest, at the moment, 10 this
authors estimate of the modern Turk
we have accepted and stored away in
our budgets of facts and prejudices
concerning the Turkish people. How.
ever. this is but a minor pointer
10 t:-in very remarkable portrayal
or the actual content of these three
words, Berlin. Bagdad. Babylon.
THE LETTERS OF HORACE HOW
ARD FCRSESs. Edited by H H.
F: J. Illustrated, Boston: Hough-
ton Mimin Company.
Horace Howard Furness was known.
everywhere. as a great Shakespearean
scholar. These two volumes Of his
letters present him, however-not so
much as the scholar absorbed in the
searchings Of the mind of a supreme
genius-but. rather, as the genial and
companionable man putting himself
in touch with large circle of friends.
Distinguished friends, these, many of
them having achieved honorably in
one or another field of pursuit In
delightful turns of thought and a fine
felicity OF phrase Mr.. F'urness talks
with them in this correspondence on
every possible theme of general inter-
est and concern. Some of the letters
are tinged with formality. The larger
part of them are beautifully intimate.
All OF them are OF rare quality OF
both substance and form.
THROUGH SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
BY Ernest Peixotto, author of by
Italian Seas" etc. Illustrated by
the author New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
Mr.. Peixottos travel books have
been, unfailingly. of the best sort.
This one is no exception to that rule.
book has advantages over travel in
ones own person. Here is a case in
point Mr.. Peixotto was. first and
foremost, an artist. He saw objects
IT, ntnH1 tnl
units of properly related parts. OF
these he was able to make pictures-
word pictures and artist sketches
both of which have the same elusive
and delicate appeal. More than half
hundred beautiful sketches give
glimpses here of the noble architec-
ture OF Spain and Lisbon. cathedrals.
monasteries. palaces, tombs, castles
and so on through the sum of ancient
and modern life in these countries. A
text as clear and delicate as the pic
lures themselves describes the people
and their customs. with a hundred in
cidents of common life to animate the
whole. A beautiful and most valua-
BILE book Of travel In an Interesting
and romantic quarter Of the world
INCA LAND; Explorations in the
Highlands of Peru. By Hiram
Bingham. author of Across South
America" etc. illustrated. Bos-
ton: Houghton Miffiin Company.
Prof. Bingham here tells the story
of explorations in the Peruvian
Andes and of the discovery of the
Inca city of Machu Picchu, buried un-
der the growths of many hundred
years and covered with a tangle of
Andean vegetation. Himself director
of the expedition carried forward un-
der the auspices of Yale University
and the National Geographic Society.
Prof. Bingham gives. in detail. the
events and discoveries OF that vaiua-
able and mementous undertaking. The
story represents four journeys into
the interior of Peru, as 1t represents,
also. the searchings of all known
writings on the subject Of the Inca
people. 1t is record OF adventure
and hardship as we'll as an account of
scientific investigation. 1t is, besides.
a readable story. one that to any
lover of travel will be both useful and
interesting. The book Is abundantly
Illustrated and mapped for the further
instruction and guidance OF the
reader.
THE STORY OF UToPIAs. BY Lewis
Mumford. Introduction by Hen
dirk Willem Van Loon. New YORK:
Boni & Liveright.
Wells and Van Loon having nm
ished their stories Of man. in MS rise
az man and in his achievements IN
material world, along comes MT. NUN IN !.
ford with his story of man as tne
maLsr of ideal worlds. From Plato
down to the present day the story
runs. This Mr.. Mumford calls s the 3
other half Of the story of mankind'
It is the story OF the world within. in
the world of ideas, more potent IN its
shaping influence than the world OF
fact. Decidedly the power of the
story teller is here in fine force. And
this outlook upon the various uto-
MAS that have risen from time to
time in protest against the manifest
the ideal commonwealths of the
world.
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