Evening star., 1925-11-29

New York: The Ronald Press
Company.
" HAT which the ocean has for
long centuries been to the
mariners, SO now the air itself
i has become to the pilot of the
sky. These together are pro-
viding a medium of intercourse be-
tween otherwise permanently sepa-
rated peoples and places. Many ages
went into the conquest Of the sea. A
few years will suffice for the mastery
of the air. For this is the great
speeding up period. Progress nova
days without intermission or abate-
ment keeps it's foot on the gas.
Science itself is the magician Of the
present, meeting it's marvels of dis
covery with multitude of inventions
and devices for converting these dis
coverieS to the uses of modern me-
And in an increasing purpose OF gen
eraI practical understanding science
in it's various forms is translating IL
self into the currency or common
speech for the use of an exceedingly
alert and receptive public. 80 tooay
the business of Scientlhc discovery Is
eyerybody's business in a world OF ex-
citing change and absorbing. interest,"
K X X X
IS A ERONAUTlCAL MeteorolosS
"A A striking example of the prompt
readiness of science to adapt Itself 10
the practical current problems Oh
modern life. Here the paflle0'ial
nrohlen Is sailing weathers.
tround us the invisible atmosphere
1if,s to its visible limits-the SKY;
rrbis geoeraphical area takes on Nitai
i,nnortance in the new order OF exist
a,na II is with this region tlat the
hook in hand deals in direct peai .,is
rnop the art of aeronantlcs. me-
ga .bat the atmosphere, thousn !h
\ ini,,a has nevertheless. denhlle
,tn,,nt,,re of its oWn-aS botn sea anu
Garth have-a structure susctpt,pie
seizure and analysis and calcuiatloi.
This a world through which aiI .u4
rents run fairly de1lnea hls
81 travel. along which are peihs
ea+ tho eo,1ivalents of our own falnlilaf
danrer" and "slo" warnings. ms:
80 ragion Of clouds, whose content Oh
,rina and storm stands out here III q
nlain reading. no longer the seoi
menace of fierce and unaccouiith ithpIe le
noUers. Brought into the open theS
Familiar sky forces of Illustration pe'
come either agents of cooperation Oh
nhstructionists Of easy aVoldance'
From this study certain pi 80 -
tests emerge-d series VI P''i's -,
a,, Lnowsp" and DO you under'
stanas?" applied to the effects OF vary
Ing weather conditions upon the prac,
| &c az the art of aeronautics, appheu
! 20 foreca stings of the weather, 10
cbaracteristics and uses of the IN
strurnents of meteorological calcula-
! tions and to every other phase OF q
nractical understanding OF TINS SUP
| ject. .,,o-;
| .ative study, designed primarily lor
| tho use of students desiring 10 pecolile
| competent airmen. A doom Miu'e
| quality. however, commences " 'ie
| general reader. .o,o-,,,, &c the
"Aeronautical Meteoroiosy Is - Ia
| f,;+ia3 volume in the new foiiali
aronautic library. Under the editor
| sh;n of c. DEF Chandler, cotonel'
I|nitaa States Air Service Reserve
! otbar volumes by specialists IN tiie
! various fields of aeronauelcs VII, p
| issued. Should these, as RUE MY
| 70 the practical approach ana siiipte
treatment of "Aeronautical Meteoiol-
| oev." the new library Will pe ,e
| source of inestimable Nalue 10 liIe
| tJro1rine army of flyers. to the lncreas-
st,,denr body in aeronautical re
saarch and practice, and, besides, to
Xxx 4 y
MY AFRICAN NEIGHBoRs. Man
| Bird and Beast in Nyasalano. by
| Hans Cosdenhove. Illustrated.
Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
IANS COUDENHOEE is himself a
l. l. story quite apart from the many
| tales that he here tells about MS
African neighbors. A younger son,
| German university trained, laced
| upon a regulation future which GER
| tainly bore not shadow Oh reseili-
! blance TO that which actually came TO
mass in his life. Thirty years ago, at
| the age of 35, Coudenhoye went out TO
| Syasaland, not to stay, but to look
| around for a future. after the taShlon
! Of European younger sons. That was
| a good many years ago, and, save Tor
| one short return to Europe. he has
! been in Africa ever since. Therefore,
| the neighbors of which he here writes
! so knowingly are those of a long ac.
| uuaintance. made in circumstances OF
| special intimacy. 1t is of these that
| he here tells in a straight simplicity
that fits exactly the conditions of that
| remote life. In addition to this, there
| is on the part of Coudenhove a Curl
| Gus tendency to rub out the lines com
| monty separating the different orders
| of life-man, bird and beast.
/ This European, away out OF the
man-croWIed areas, has come to see
much that is human among what are
| commonly called the lower animals,
some of the lower animals among the
| humans. This distinction largely OBJ
| liberated. these stories Of lions and
| monkeys and ants and snakes and
| men are one and all records of an
| a,,y,r out ~, cd 1,$, ont 0r
| every form of life to its means of
! continued existence. A great respect
for this life, however minute in form,
a great respect for these native people
| is an outstanding and most pleasing
J characteristic of Coudenhove'S work.
! The ZeSt and spirit of the man come
out in a letter, where he says: The
| people who are responsible for my
coming to Africa and spending my life
| in the wilds have all died long ago.
| Their names are Fenimore Cooper
| Mayne Reid, Jules Verne and r. L.
Stevenson" Here one gets the lead
of adventure and the influence of read
i ing that so clearly mark these ia sol
! mating and informing stories of life
| as Hans Coudenhove is living it in
the wilds of Africa.
X x
THE MADONNA OF THE BARRI,
| CADES. Being the Memoirs of
| George, Lord Chertsey, 1S47-4s-49.
| BY j. st. Loe Strachey. New
| York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.
THE unrest of Continental Europe
eliminating in the revolutions of
1s4s, becomes the general setting OF
Mr.. Strachey's new novel Centered
upon this background is Italy, strug
| Cling on the one hand against the
| domination of Austria and on the
! other for a united Italian people