Evening star., 1925-10-04
BY IDA GIIEERT MYERS.
AN INTROpTCTyGN To THE
M0RpHOI .OES !S<D CIASSTFi.
CATION OF THE F0RANtNIF-
Err Inshl,a A f-n .IN,l1an Smith

AN INTROpTCTIHN To THE
MORpHOI.OGy sNp CIASSTFi.
CATION OF THE F0RANINIF-
ERA. Joshua A. Gu shman. smith
sonian Institution.
~ EHIND this somewhat forbid
- dire title stands 3 COMPACT
and orderly body OF scientific
x~ tact designed primarily for
the use Of students. but con
tanning q general interest and prac-
teal economic content as well. For
the studen, the hook provides fie.
scription of this microscopic animal.
follows the different stages OF its de-
velopment sets down its habits and
suggests the most fruitful methods OF
studying il. II then gathers the whole
enormous family up into classiflca-
finn that sets off one bra nch from
another in a scheme conducive TO
ready Identification and placement. 1t
gives ont the various fields for eX
rloration and points TO the facilities
for study offered by the Smithsonfa n
and other museums. Al what must
have been enormous labor has this
help and incentive to stuay bean pro-
duced. empha sizing again the general
fact that the Capital City Is. in effect.
great university. surpaSsfns in re-
sources and unparallplA,! In nppar
tunitN.
1t is matter If interest to the gan
eral reader 10 know thai The Tor. mini
fera Is a microscopic animal living in
salt water and developing either out
Of its own system ar from utSide ma
tertal she'll. as so mPny other .ses
animals develop these outer crnstS.
What is more interesting Is that the
shells OF the countless animals fo&-
sils form limestone thousa nds of feet
thick. That this limestone. these fos-
sill fora minifAra built the Pyramids Of
Egypt. and have built many struc.
Ttlre much nearer to MS than these
Egyptian monuments. 1t ia practically
interesting. TOO, TO know that in the
oil industry these fossil rocks have
been most useful in Identifying oil
bearing strata because these Of all
rock substance retain their original
character through the work of drilling.
since they are so minute r to esra pc
mutila ton OF their form. Recognition
of zones similar 70 these oil-bearine
oneS may he made from the presence
nj these microscopic fossils ani maps
may he made showing promising eco
logic features of the underground
layers. making the placing Of wells
matter of some certainty OF output.
The economic use Of small fossils is
very great in this particular industry.
II is. however. to the student that
this book is OF prime importance,
since il makes ca silly available TO him
an authoritative and gra aphic body of
scientific fact coupled with method
Of study which. together. provid. an
introduction for much further re-
search along the line set down here
MARY OF MAGDALA. By Archi.
Bell. author Of King ut.Ankh-
Amen" etc. F'rontispiece by W.
st. j. Hsrrer Boston: l.. G. Page
& Co
Mr.. Bell is. primarily. the trs veler.
as his writings of China. Egypt,
the Holy Land and Canada disclose.
Absorbed in creating the special lure
OF region it is conceivable that from
his studies Of Egypt and the HOLY
Land there came 10 him really EN-
bodied sense of the two characters
around which his two novels have
grown. King Tut-Ankh. Amen. and
Mary of MaSdala." The latter novel
Is most graphic picture. detailed in
points OF daily custom. particular in
the features Of Roman occupat tion and
Jewish resistance. definite and con
rincins In traits Of Jewish character
and behavior In very clear WAY the
romance projects the personality Of
Christ. makes q living and believahle
man. moving among His fellows in a
benevolent power. One cannot SAY too
much for the authors vital work on q
period that the forma lities Of religion
have served to make abstract q nd out of
reach. Within this complex of circum-
stance is Mary Of NIaedala-a young
,iewess. restless under the restra ints
of her racial uphrinSins eager for
freedom and. like all girls. ardent for
beautiful things for collaboration.
The author makes of this Young Mary
SO convincing seeker of pleasure
willing to make any sacrifice for self
indulgence. that one does not get over
tt-one Is not able to take the
repentant Mary at the value that re-
hEion seems 10 require. 4 rema rka BILE
piece of work. this Mary. STEPPED
In avsrice. so welded to her own ha D.
pness. that even her great beauty and
even her ultimate repentance do not
serve 10 rid one of the effect Of the
earlier impression that her rema rkable
portrayal as Young Jewish girl
makes. Perhaps the greatest value
of the story lies in its vivid revival
nf place and life that have become
dimmed and to degree ineffect,al
Still. no one ran discount the quality
of the central figure IN his story Of
the HOLY Land, in Nav -< Mssdsla
herself
THUS FAR. By ]. ). ..sith. author
Of The Cndefe..s~.' etc New
York: D. Appleton 4 Co.
WHAT will he the end II science
keeps on tinkerins with the
human-re-creatins him. prolonsinS
his life, extending his powers, placing
within his use everincreasins forces
of destruction on the one hand.
Of up-building on the other" Will
there not come time when man
himself will he overborne and de-
stroyed by the civilization that
science is so miraculously setting
up? This is the thought, the susges.
tion, upon which !. &. Snaith has
built the mystery tale Thus Far"
The situation is set here by q great
scientist whose preoccupation is the
secret of life itself. silent. exclu.
sire man, working by himself. search
ing out remote regions where life is
nearest to its source and primal state.
trying and experimenting over and
over again always In secret. The
story itself gets on its way through
the mysterious murder Of this man
by a method terribly brutal much
like the work of a wild beast
Thereafter il is story Of crime detec-
ton. Not greatly different from other
stories of this class. except for two
qualities. Dne Is the sense or an un-
known horror that hangs over the
whole matter. The other Is the power
of the author 10 create that sense and
to hold it--not by melodra ma tic fea.
tures dependent upon supernatural
implications, but rather by q con
sistent and plausible adherence to the
ba sic proposition set by the scientist
who in reality shapes the whole mat
ter. The outcome is both tragic and