Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
THE LIBRARY TABLE
By the BOoki0per.

title with purposes, because he intend
Ell to exercise an arbitrary choice of
which islands should be visited and
described. His choice was a happy
one, or at least he has been skillful
enough to make it seem so by his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pictures Of some
of the beauty spots in the greatest
of inland seas. 1T is said that there
are many more than 500 islands in the
Mediterranea that. indeed. there are
more than 500 in the Aegean Archi-
pelago alone. Few are out of sight
of continental shores. from which
they appear like phantom fleets
turned to stone and anchored for eter-
nifty More caprciously and less ac.
countably few rise out OF the waves,
de,achcd and remote, their rocky
sterility offering no uses by man, de-
inning them generally AS mere night
mares for mariners" Majorca NAL
lorca in SPANISH. in the Balcaric
Islands. a Spanish dependency, was
Mr.. Wilstach's first stopping place.
In a pass in the mountains Of the
north he came upon the old Car
thusian Monastery. near the village
of ValldemOsa. where in his failing
years Chopin came and wrote some
of his compositions. Corsica is. of
course, full of Napoleonic associations.
but is also rich in mountain and coast
scenery. which can best be seen by
motoring. Cheering for motorists is
the authors statement: "Randitrv,
however. is not what it used to be-"
'Elba is not TOO interesting unless
seen as the repository of Napoleonic
memories but of these it has album
dance. The island is also one of Italv's
chief sources of iron. Parched. almost
trceleSS sardinia and Sicily, beloved
OF Winter travellers. were the authors
next islands, and with Malta. low.
lying, thickly populated and his orr
caily famous, he said farewell to the
western Mediterranean.
In the eastern Mediterran mean Mr.
Wilstach visited Corfu, Tinos. Crete.
Rhodes and Cyprus. Corfu is the
beginning of the Nearer East and in
Corfu one is in Greece" One leaves
Brindsi, in the heel of Italy. at night
and is on awaking in the morning
sailing along the coast of Albania.
with the variegated green Island of
Corfu ahead. The contour of Corfu
is broken by highlands and lowlands
valleys and cliffs, peninsulas and bays.
and it's coloring is enriched by the sill
yer green of endless olive orchards,
by the vivid green of terraced vine
yards. by the blacker green of clusters
of cypress and by the binding white
Of sunlit houses and villages" Be-
yond Corfu, before the steamer
reaches the Greek port of Patras.
Ulysses Island of Ithaca appears
among the Ionian group. Tinos, one
of the Cyclades, not quite so large as
Staten Island, is famous because of
its miraculous icon of the Annuncia-
ton. to which about $4,000 people an
nually make pilgrimage. Visiting
Crete temptS one to become an archie
ologist, at least temporarily, for here
are the ruins of the Homeric palace
of Minos at CnosSus, remains of the
earliest known European civilization.
Climbing about through the excavated
remains of the many courts. chambers
and passages of the palace, if one
give imagination only half chance,
the walls may rise, the porticoes and
courts may be repeopled; and If one
listen perhaps one may hear echoing
through the labyrinth the savage be-
lowing of the imprisoned Minotaur.
Rhodes has only one city. "a water
side Carcassonne," created by the
knights of st. John and Jerusalem.
In the renowned ancient city. buried
deem beneath the foundations OF the
uresent one, Cicero studied and Ii
berius made his home in exile. Cy-
prus sits in a lonely detached position
at the northeast corner OF the Meol-
terranean. 1t is the last OF the IS
lands in the old sea from Spain TO the
Holy Land" At Famagusta, one OF
it's four cities, the Tower of Otheilo
miles north of Famagusta is the site
of ancient Salamis. At Limasol Is a
chapel where, according to medleVai
chronicler, Richard Occur de Lion.
putting into the port on his way TO the
Holv Land. was married to Princess
Eerenparia of Navarro. AT the close
Of his book Paul Wilstach prints
table giving the nationality. area
greatest length and width and popu'
Ia ton of all the islands he VISITED ne
also gives in a note valuable lnforma-
ton about routes and means OF trans
portation.
IF r. costs YOU more than s. day
RI live at home. travel in Europe ana
save money. But be sure to take WIN
Won Frank Schoonmaker's DOCK
..rhrough Europe on Two dollars
Dav." or YOU may not be able 10 40
il Naturally, on two dollars a DAY
Won do not stop at the most expensive
hotels nor eat in the most renowned
restaura hts, but, as the publishers say
in their preliminary note: IT Is the
amiable suggestion of the pupllshers
that any one who, having reau
Through Europe on Two Dollars
Day.' exceeds his budget has only
himself to blame" Mr.. Schoonmakef
il a WanderluSter as we'll as Il Duuset
maker, and the first 10 chapters Oh
his book are descriptive of his travels
and experiences in different countries:
ONLY the last three chapters are given
over to railway fares. hotel rates. the
cost of satisfying hunger, ana
budget for each country under con-
sideration. After all, the net conclu-
sion of Mr.. Schoonmaker is that only
in France, Italy and Belgium, Whefe
exchange is low. is it possible, even
with the strictest economy, to live and
do any travelling on 81 day. Ills
French budget. exclusive OF Paris, al
lows averages of 40 cents a day for
room, II cents for breakfast, 80 cents
for lunch, So cents for dinner. II cents
for tips, 20 cents for baths and laun-
dry, Is cents for extras, and 80 cents
for travel. His italian budget IS
slightly less for each item of living
cost, leaving about 10 cents day
more for travel.
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Among the more serious biographies
of 1927 is Memories of a Happy Life,
by William Lawrence, Bishop of
Massachusetts The bishop has lived
almost II years and has found them
very happy years. Years full Of work
they have been, too and of interesting
experiences all along the way. He has
found enjoyment and benefit every
where. Even an attack of typhoid
fever and various surgical crises he
found. if not enjoyable. at least help
full, because they made him more sym
pathetic and understanding toward his