Evening star., 1927-10-23
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clopedia of Food and Nutrition.
BY John Harvey Kellogg, M. D.,
IL. D., +. A. c. s. Battle Creek:
Modern Medicine Publishing Co.
rVOOD Is, to be sure, a matter as
l. old as life. Yet within q few
years food and nutrition have
L come to the front--a new busi-
ness of vital concern to every
one. Our farmer grandfathers could,
and did, eat hugely, trusting in Sc
curity thereafter to the open air. the
plow and Providence for the issue.
The grandchildren, however, trans
planted to indoors and a whole new
order Of occupations, have. for the
sake of health and efficiency, been
driven to turn to the new science OF
food, to a better knowledge OF their
own bodies in relation to food and the
digestive processes, and, hardest OF all,
to the making Of new habits In the
selection and treatment OF the daily
diet.
1.-THE New Dietetics'' steps out to
meet this urgent situation. Sourced
in authority and supported by long ex-
perience, the book Is calculated to in.
spire confidence in the reader. 1t is
comprehensive Study, covering the
wide field In all important points.
And 1t Is q well ordered book. There
fore It is designed to meet a general
need and to meet 1t step by step In an
easily comprehended way. Another
point, and this is one Of prime impor-
tance, Is that here is study wherein
practice outwsighs theory--Just what
to do in this matter Of feeding and
nutrition, and why to do this or that
instead Of something else. Yet such
rules Of practice are invariably
founded upon theories that have been
tested by scientific research up to the
present status Of dietetics. BY virtue
Of this plan--knowledg and practice
uppermost, theory properly subordi-
nated--the whole proves to be hand
book Of exceptional value upon a sub.
jects whose Importance Is recognized
every day in every mans life.
Food as fuel and the source Of hu.
man energy is simply presented in the
elements that compose 1t and the prin-
ciples that separate It into classes of
follows a study Of the digestive appa-
ratus and its normal functioning. Be.
yond these points the book is given
over to a thorough consideration Of
foods and food values, of certain func.
tional disorders calling for special
treatment in the choice and use of
foods. Beyond its clear and distin-
guished usefulness 1.-THE New Diete.
tics' is book that is deeply interest
ing to individual readers and students.
Are you for the time being specially
interested in, say, a fruit diet, or raw
foods. or fasting, or any other phase
Of this uppermost matter Of food and
feeding? An excellently arranged
table of contents becomes your imme-
date guide, leading you straight to
the place where your personal con.
Germ centers. So back and forth you
go through this domain OF knowledge
and practice till you have covered the
whole. more than once, along the way
to better health and well being
through q study Of wide and expert
cnced outlook upon the. most vital
THE ROAD TO THE TEMPLE. By
Susan Glaspell, author of ''The
Glory OF Conquered" etc. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany.
R FAD 1t as romantic fiction IL you
= will. Certainly 1t is a theme fit-
ted to such treatment and acceptance.
Here is story Of the misfit between
a youth and the place where life
him out and set him down.
TO get out Of the wrong situation into
the right one Is the instructive i'm
pulse that sets the course of this tale.
Born into the pioneer life of America,
here. Is a boy whose spirit is that of
an Attic shepherd. The predestined
way therefore becomes that of re-
gaining the lost home of this boys
soul. Is not this surprisingly origi.
Yet this is truth, not fiction. This
is geographic record. not ingenious
invention. More than that-much
more than that-it Is a wife's faithful
account Of her husbands material
and spiritual progress from America
back to Greece, where all the time he
had so clearly belonged. Romance,
autobiography stand as
equal partners in this story of the life
of George Cram Cook. What man
to live with this one-third American,
Greek misfit must have
been! But Susan Glaspell Is rich in a
sense of humor-God knows she
needs it. Besides, she has love and
O. wide comprehension and the gift
Of dramatic exposure. With these
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hand with so much Of appreciation
and understanding as to have turned
him into a unique romance that is
truth itself, into q geographic account
that is alive at every point and
strange at every turn Of this amazing
transit across native America to
an even more deeply native shepherd
life around the hills Of Delphi.
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ON LOVE. BY Henri Boyle (Stend.
haD. Translated from the French
by H. B. v. New York: Boni
Liyeright.
WITH the trained hand OF the
w specialist Stendhal. in ION Love"
dissects love, not only laying bare
the anatomy and physiology Of this
universal emotion, but tracing as well
it's intellectual and spiritual effects in
the general life of man. Novelist by
profession. but scientist at heart, this
author works concretely with thou |
sands of cases under all the varying |
aspects and behaviors of the supreme |
Illusion, tracing each manifestation to |
it's particular source, defining each |
according to its special mode OF now-
ering and fruitage. A thousand iilumi. |
mating details 60 into this inclusive |
D nalysis of love. Finally, as In any |
,ther scientific investigation, the whole |
into an organized body OF |
parts whose aim is to |
project into an ineligible bodily form
that which, as matter of fact, cannot
be said to possess any semblance OF
substance whatever. An adventure In
pure psychology. this, drawn from [
human behaviors under mental stimu- ,
lation of a certain origin and order.
The French quality of clear thought
and close analysis marks this work |
to a surprising degree. Out of 1t |
there comes to hand in an admirable |
and examination Of love |
between a man and a woman as two |
human beings. who find the highest |
possible pleasure in living one life
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