Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Reviews of New Books

day. The Chicago Tribune is now
Ave years older than mans biblical
life allotment. The book is q good deal
more than a passing and forgotten
body OF information on the spectacu-
lar performance of putting out a
great daily newspaper. How the
is gathered; how advertisements
are handled; how spruce trees are
converted into news print. What Is a
replate. a "ste-eo," mat? How are
cuts made? How are the multifarious
and unfailingly. a summary of the do
ings Of the whole world? A newSpa-
per in the making is a profound mys-
terry TO the average person. Many
one Is intensely curious to know the
ms and outs OF SO stupendous a busi-
ness. This book makes it plain and
also serves TO increase ones interest
in O. enterprise. The initial chapter
here is sketch OF the history of this
particular paper. sketch that indi-
in education. politics. civic advance.
industry-in the whole sum OF social
existence. The volume is abundantly
illustrated to show both national
its part. and to also show those who
have been instrumental in SHAPING
| the policy and developing the char
acter of the Chicago Tribune-"W.
G. M
THE PLANTERS OF COLONIAL vIR-
GINA. BY Thomas Jefferson Wer:
tenbaker. Princeton: Princeton
University Press.
A unit of historical study drawn
tion. Notes to each OF the eight chap.
tiers. coupled with an appendix COW
ering the complete rent roll OF Vir-
ginia for the year 1904. speak for the
authoritative character OF the study.
The immediate effect Of the book Is
lshed theory. but to overthrow the
theory completely. In Virginia. about
every ninety out OF the hundred. lays
claim to lineage running back to
property holders. lineage that hints
or high sources across the water. This
book demonstrates the impossibility
OF background for such claim. In de-
tail 1t covers the period from the date
Of settlement to the rise and growth
to Virginia. to its settlement and
earlier growth, is tobacco. The de-
mand for labor in the tobacco fields
determined the character. generally
speaking, OF the immigrants and set
tiers. These workers were, in part,
freemen.. in larger part freedmen.
These freedmen were in no sense
slaves. A freedman was originally
an indentured laborer. at liberty
he pleased. to settle where he chose
free man. From this class the
""yeomanry" Of Virginia. the small
farmer class. arose. And this. the
author proves. was. by all odds. the
original planters with extended land
holdings. Not only a deeply interest
| ing study, but one that is significant
Of the time when. under rigid scien-
tine treatment. the history OF this
country will have unloaded its bulk
OF illusion that is based upon a false
or distorted treatment of facts re-
! laying TO the growth and development
of'the United States.
| THE AMAZING STORY OF HENRY
FORD. BY James Martin Miller.
author OF Triumphant Life OF
Theodore Roosevelt" etc. New
York; NJ. A. DoDnohue G. Co.
James Martin Miller is, obviously,
an enthusiast by nature. And. in his
| story OF Henry Ford he appears to
have hit upon a theme after his own
heart, one in which he can, literally,
let himself go. And he does. One ad-
mits Willingly, the story having been
read. that here is a remarkable per-
sonality, here is an amazing example
| OF business success. From farm boy
| to world magnate-it is. step by step.
all set down in passion Of praise
and advocacy. An enthralling story.
! truly, that one reads in an absorption
| Ford's life are very much to the front
| just now. Indeed, at present every
| day appears to be press day for this
phenomenal man. Therefore, II is not
| necessary to go over the facts as Mr..
Miller dwells upon them. The ardent
| spirit OF the biographer Is an out
| standing feature Of the book. This
story finished. one wonders il this Is
not, after all. the perfect man. the
super-man himself. That would be
calamitous for the man, if It were
| true. So. II is rather comfortable to
know that IL cannot possibly be true,
Notwithstanding the conviction OF the
author that 1t was given to him TO
come upon the perfect man at last.
EAST OF THE Sun AND WEST OF
THE MOON, Old Tales from the
North. illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
New York: George II. Doran Com
pany.
"Old-world, old-wives' fables" these,
that nobody has fooled with much in
passing them out OF their own tongue
Into ours. So they still hold certain ma
tive havors that strike us as curious
ones, but that are, nevertheless, pleasant.
most pleasant, because we sense In them
the native depths from which they have
tales" but "romances," instead. so
mances Of the childhood Of nations" the
well from which primeval peoples
drank their FILL" These ''Tales From the
North" are, in the main. world stories,
slightly changed through the inevitable
effect Of their immediate background.
Fantastic, whimsical, sometimes gro
add delightfully."- to the spirit OF the tales
themselves,