Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

love for beauty in the landscape. IN
childhood. in small animals. in flowers.
Oh. an easement of dear delight. this
day, or hour, with Letters From My
Mill" He bought the old mill, Daudet
did. Listen to him as he takes pos
session: Twas the rabbits who we're
astonished! So long had they seen the
mill door closed the walls and the
platform invaded by verdure. that they
had come to think the race of millerS
was extinct. and finding the place con-
venient. they made it, as it were a cen
ter of strategical operations. The night
of my arrival there we're fully. without
eSaggeration, a score sitting in a circle
on the platform, warming their paws in
the moonshine. One second to open q
window, and, scat! away went thu
bivouac. routed: all the little white be-
binds scurrying away tails up, into the
thicket. 1 hope they will come back
again." Then there was the owl, the
solemn old owl. with the head of 2
thinker''-but you read for yourself
about the owl and about IN. Seguin's
Goat" and about all the rest of thc
wholly fascinating things and happen
ings.
A fine thing to do. Mr.. Little. Brown
&, Co., that OF making The Beacon Lii
brary of Fiction Classics. Thank you
| and good night" as the radio man says
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"OH. RANGRR!" A Book About the
National Parks BY Horace NJ. AL
bright and Frank j. Taylor. Illus-
trated. Stanford University Press.
WITH an automobile painting at prac-
w ticeuy every curbstone, the whole
out-of-doors is within every ones reach
And the growing army of tourists gives
evidence that the face of nature is
indeed. a Turing one. threading upon
the higt,Weys of the land millions OF
spinning wheels
'Oh. Ranger!" is clear response tc
the call of the tourist. In a bulk 80
slight as to fit even the scantiest leisure
for reading. here Is the story of our
National Parks, the prime objective 81
the modern American nonads of the
Summertime. In feeling and move
ment this Is story. not history, not
bare description. 1t has regular
"once upon a time" flavor when 4
group around the campfire. dazed with
the wonders Of the Yellowstone region
which they had been exploring. fell tc
speculsting on what should be done
about this region OF miracle and marvel
It ought to be open to all. so the talk
ran. and no ones private domain
This thought grew and action came tc
its support. Then something like &C
years ago Congress turned its mind ir
this direction, creating our national
park system. The story is all here
with comprehensive body of infcrma.
ton about these parks going alon?
I l. h. ter;,1 - l.
movement. And there Is here. too, the
nearer story. the one about that pic
turesque and potent parsonage, the
ranger, who is the presiding genius Of
these reservations. Counselor to the
wayfarer and guide and friend. he is
the source Of all useful information for
the tourist. OF advice and suggestion
A brave man and an enduring one
An enthusiast ebout his own job as q
rule. He hes knowledge beyond that
Of any one else concerning his field OF
work. He has wisdom and patience
and beautiful sense of humor. The
animals are his intimates, no less than
the man-animal is. "Oh. Ranger, can
/ take your picture with a bear?"
Just a minute. ma am, until I show
this gentleman where to go fishing -
So the story begins and so it runs
along. companionably, until it comes
time to tell ''the story OF the National
Park Service" and to describe "the
National Parks and Monuments" when
1t becomes concise. direct and complete
~ informative. Either touring. in fact
or by the book route. this is the most
useful and, certainly. delightful story.
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HISTORIC RoADsIDES IN NEW JER-
SEY. Society Of Colonial Wars in
the State of Nav Jersey. Plainheld,
N. j.
A good deal Of the Puritan still hangs
on In the most Of U.S. We still hold
secret suspicion against pure pleasure,
tnstinctively seeking to inject some
thing of utility into our playtime pur-
suits. Here is little book that fits
our plight exactly. With it in our
pockets and ourselves settled comfort
ably in an automobile. away we go upon
q thoroughly creditable lesson in his
tory. The State of New Jersey is the
book under our wheels. And a very
good history lesson this is going to be.
as even not overreliable memory re-
minds us. Not only are We moving for
ward from point to point in the Colonial
StOAJ VI obGtC, Ouls NY v Ills
toric Spot-site, old building. monument
whatnot-we are set back into the
spirit and mood of Colonial days. reliev-
ing the interests and activities of
century and a half ago. With this
book as the guide. we are able to wheel
in the sun and air Of all out of doors
through the historic points in this State
of notable contribution to the begin
nin2s of our country. The scenery and
the highways add greatly to the joy of
the adventure as we go learning a new
and beautiful lesson OF the patriotism
and devotion of New Jersey to the
ideals Of independence and political
democracy. Many have joined in the
making of this book, many have be-
lieved in the usefulness OF this service,
And it is greatly beneficial work. to
gather from records of every sort reli-
able information, to coordinate this
material into coherent and compre-
hensive unity, to project it in the attrac-
i've and convenient form that it here
presents. Then one falls TO wondering
why education-I mean the formal
brand of education-does not under
such inspiration as is daily being given
to it-does not un6er such inspiration
as Is daily being given to it, why IL.
too, does not become less formal more
inviting. However. let's step on the
gas and take another spin through the
lovely and historic land before us-the
land Of New Jersey.
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CONDEMNED TO DEVILS ISLAND:
The Biography of an Unknown Con-
vict BY Blair Niles, author of
BLACK Haiti" etc. Illustrated by
Beth Krebs Morris New York:
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
"WHY should I read thisl I'll not
w do it. I'll give it up" But
you don't give it up, not until the last
word of the terrible story has been read.
Nor should you, for this is true story
and some time--in million years Or so,
such work as this will have grown into
an irresistible rebellion against certain
modes Of punishment that prevail in
this twentieth century OF progress. How
ever that Is something else. The thing