Evening star., 1923-06-24


deep and unbroken interest that this
unusual romance commands.
BREADS AND BESETTING FEARS;
Including States of Anxiety, Their
Causes and Cures. BY Tom a. Will
lams NJ. r.. c. NJ. Boston: Little.
Brown Il Co.
Dr. Tom Williams breads and Be
setting Fears" stands as an important
number on the relatively new pro-
gram Hf disease prevention which is.
nowadays, SuppiantinG. in so far as
this j. possible. the older plan of
cure. The book is important. in part
by virtue of the expert knowledge
and broad practical experience of its
author. In other part is it impor-
tant by the universal applicability of
Its theme. Everybody is beset by
fears and breads of one sort or an
other. And by the measure of that
besetment the individual on the one
hand falls short of the best use Of
his powers. and on the other hand
opens himself to the inroads of dis
ease and decline. This book is de-
signed for the general reader. To
meet such end the author has. there
fore. reduced technical knowledge to
terms of everyday speech. And he
has. moreover. rendered the practice
Of his profession clear and concrete
by the use of innumerable actual
cases coming within his personal
study and treatment He sets out
here the various kinds of fears and
breads in some of their many mani
feStatiOns. He traces these back to
probab bic origins. He holds them up
TO analysis. showing how they inter-
fere with the competent conduct of
life. Always simple and direct, he
turns these fears inside out for the
discovery of their actual content and
power He shows the rela tion of
these to the entertainment and even
10 the development OF disease. Then,
turning squarely about. he submits
the proof that these fears may be
managed and turned to certain uses
till, finally. through these uses they
are dispelled, or, rather, are they
converted to constructive powers.
The concrete quality of this book
makes il a generally valuable one.
that. and the simplicity which has
turned over expert knowledge and
experience to the hand of any aver
age reader who has the will 10 clear
himself of the most destructive ele-
ment i'll human life.
CONQUISTADOR. BY Katherine Full
lerton Gerould, author of vain
OblationS." etc. New York: Charles
Scribner'S Sons.
The real drama of which this story
Ia but a symbol takes place within
the blood of Paul Cameron, where
huistador fight together. each for the
complete possession of the youth.
This is, indeed, the great human
drama everywhere, this individual
struggle with diverse blood strains
wherein the individual counts for
about as much as a fallen leaf seized
by the whirlwind. But. to the story.
Paul Cameron is a civil engineer, gone
into northern Mexico on a railroad
building enterprise. The project fall
ing through. as projects are so wont
To do in this quarter, young Cameron
is for the time being out of a Job
and in something like danger from
bands Of Mexican raiders. In this
situation he accepts his hearts de-
sire from childhood, to seek out the
hacienda. Eulalia. where his mother
spent her glrlhood, the place that,
from little boy, has fed him with
story. and picture, and all manner of
delights. 1t is at the hacienda that
the story really begins. 1t is, in eff
feet. the drama of young Cameron's
absorption into the dominant strain
of his blood as this is represented by
Don Fernando Gutierrez. the head Of
his mothers house OF the life of
the hacienda and the personality of
Don Fernando, Mrs. Gerould makes
a most dramatic picture, satisfying
in high degree by it's fidelity, its
rounded consistency, its exotic charm
And not less satisfying is the intel
lectual insight and the intuitive GER.
tainty with which this author, ster
by step, follows the youth through
the different mental and spiritual and
physical reactions that lead him final.
~ to the full acceptance of his life
as the true heir of Don Fernando's
blood. legitimate and accepted con.
uuistador.
THE ROMANCE OF HISTORIC
ALEXANDRIA. BY Eugene B
Jackson, d. d. Alexandria: Harry
w. Wade.
In part guide book. In othel
part an appreciation of the histori,
city, whose lure is rather irresiSti
ble one. In it's capacity as guide, tn,
book in hand spreads the town in it.
geographic content of location. exten
and boundaries, in it's streets by nam,
and place. and in those remains ou
Of its historic past that give to tn,
old city on the Potomac its peculia
elamor and charm. The guide be
comes the historian. The old home,
and churches, the old halls and hostel
ries, move him from the first of thes
roles into the second. These oil,
places become the subject of inter
esting descriptions and historical
sketches, out of which emerge, II
lifelike way, this man or that family
certain events, passing episodes o
the day-all an essential part of tn,
fine fabric that in subsequent year
of growth and change expanded t,
the boundaries of our great FIRE,
country. Then the guide--a definite
practical, exact man, equipped will
maps and directions-and the histo
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