Evening star., 1925-02-22

figure in this story of the mountains,
engaging more than half of the space
given to all of the other peaks-Hood.
SHASTA, Glacier Peak, Rainier and
Stuart. Here are many descriptions
of rare and beautiful scenes. Here
are accounts of the actual ascent of
this peak or that one. A pioneer at
this business in our own West, Mr.
Rusk gives not only the practical
method attending the work, but, like
the artist that he is, he unfolds as
Well marvellous panoramas of these
outposts of the western skies. A tonic
book, filled with thrills and clear airs
and broad views and a deal of mus
cle-stretching work
PENNSYLVANIA BEAUTIFUL. BY
wallace Nutting, author of ''rhe
States Beautiful Series etc.
Framingham: Old America Co.
The Eastern counties of Pennsyl-
vania provide the motive for this
book. composed chiefly of most at
tractive pictures of a truly beauti-
full section of the United States. A
slender sketch, descriptive and his
torical, gives adequate support to
material whose prime appeal is to
the eye itself. A moving picture,
this, of distinct charm and interest.
Something like three hundred views
contribute to this general panorama
of Eastern Pennsylvania. Special
stress has been laid here upon IL
lustrations of the older life of this
locality, the life that is rapidly pass
ing into forgetfulness, from which
it must speedily be rescued. This
older life is a legacy, no part of
which should be lost to Americans.
One looks upon this book, with its
companions of the States Beautiful
Series" as one of the highly patriotic
and beneficial publications of the
day. Not only are these books beau
tiful and thereby designed to stimu-
late pride in our own land, but they
are the reservoirs as well of some
of our truly precious possessions
old outlook upon the new life around,
old custom transplanted to fresh SOIL
old daily ways of life and certain
forms crystallized exactly in their
original pattern and content. All of
this. or the most of it, could hardly
come into our hands but for some
such means as has been provided by
way of these highly interesting and
useful and beautiful books.
BEGGARs OF LIFE. By Jim Tully.
New York: Albert and Charles
BOnl.
real hobo, Jim Tully. Not one
of those generally we'll housed
youths of poetic flare who one day
step out into the open to try to
catch the feel of raw life upon their
sheltered souls: To be sure, at the
outset Jim Tully had a job. But
jobs are made for slaves. So Tully
threw his over his shoulder and took
to the highways. And this is the
unem bellished story of some aspects
of that soutfaring. No. not told in
the nature of a complaint against
life, not told to arouse sympathy for
the hard luck fellow. nor told to con-
denim the man of easy circumstances
and reluctant largess. inst told
as it all happened and from the in
eScapable urge to say out what is in
side of his heart and mind as he
goes along trying to wrest out of
bare life the wherewithal to hold
body and soul together. This urge
to express himself in words is as
strong in Jim Tully as is the wan
derlust that drives him about like a
leaf in the wind. A kind of cubist,
this fet1ow, whose figures, so moving
and lffelike at arms length are at