Evening star., 1928-04-08


business There is an outlook upon the
whole fishing industry in America and
many. many descriptions Of sea life in
it's industrial aspects upon the common
life of the country. A fascinating book
packed with information that any one
| will gather in in an absorption Of gen.
uine pleasure and profit.
II
THE CHARM OF BIRDS. BY Viscount
Grey of Falloden, author of ''Twen-
ty-Five Years" etc. Woodcuts by
Robert Gibbings New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes Co.
WE remember that Theodore Roose-
w velt included in his love for out
doors wide acquaintance and deep
/ friendship for the birds Of America.
| Indeed. we used to wonder how a man
so busy with great matters Of state
could find time for such delight in the
| things that nature offers to all. No
doubt this man had learned to use
! every leisure moment for such pursuit.
where the most of us remain satisfied
with minds left swept and void. And
| here we are In the company Of another
| important and busy man who has also
! gathered up at odd times a wide friend
ship for the birds of the English coun-
/ tryside. These two, we are told, went
a bird walking together, much TO the
/ pleasure of both of them. In hand Is
/ Viscount Grey's book of birds record
of personal experience covering many
| wears in which he came TO know a
great company of English birds. TO
| know them by name. by appearance, by
/ habit of life-nesting mating. breeding.
+ migrating. indeed. the full sum OF bird
! domestic economy as this was spread
/ out before so friendly and sympathetic
I a friend and observer The Charm OF
Birds" follows the birds month by
/ month throughout the year. From the
early chirpings Of January to the fun
! chorus of mid Summer and early Au-
/ tumn, on 10 the silences OF Winter, the
record is here made. In addition to
/ these comments based upon personal
observation and acquaintance there Is
/ list of the birds met in this volume
with their formal Latin names append
/ ed for those who are interested In these.
This is an age of curiosity" says Grey
( of Falloden. There Is desire to
know about the private life Of people
who are much before the public; ana
birds. as well as men and women, are
! the subject of more curious and par
/ ticular observation than they have ever
{
! Birds" is by its intimacy with bird life
and by way of it's friendliness toward
/ that life calculated to crafty in fine
! measure this wakened curiosity toward
these happy neighbors Of mankind. A
I Stokes Nature Book, this one is par
/ ticularly designed to meet the incon-
/ ing season with helpfulneSs and pleas
ure.
3 4
/ THE HOUSE OF DR.. EDwARDES BY
Francis Beeding, author Of The
I Seven Sleepers." etc. Boston: Lit
tie. Brown & Co.
/ 4 CHATEAU, built on a high cliff at
: the end OF a deep valley Of Savoy.
/ That's the house. DR.. Edwardes' house,
whose occupants are the mentally
broken and their attendants. Business
calls the doctor away. To take his
place for the time being he summons
from London young physician whom
he knows, asking him TO take charge
of a new patient assigned to the in
stitution from London. A young
woman. doctor and nurse, Is also OF
this new group coming TO the chateau
on the cliffs. There is the foundation
of a fresh hraad of mystery story.
The groundwork of the development
is clear dementia OF the subtle rather
than of the outbreaking type. Mat
ters get start on the road to Savoy,
where an accident--or something LOOK
ing exactly like an accident-peTmitS
a lunatic. clearly one possessed OF the
devil himself. to run the adventure up
to the last dangerous moment Of dis
aster. And where is the new doctor
all this time9 No. that would be tell
ing altogether too much. II would
spoil your own experience with the in
genious yarn that Francis Deeping has
/ invented with so much OF plauSiollity
for your entertainment AS stories
have to in this world of exacttng read
erS, this one smoothS out at the last,
but not till one has grown rather
breathless over the uncertain behaviors
Of minds that have lost their moorings
to the Safeties of everyday happenings
and expected actions. Ingenious IN
invention, decidedly unusual in person.
mel and exceedingly well sustained
throughout Is this new offering TO the
lovers Of this kind of story.
NAPOLEON AND HIS WOMEN
FRIENDS. BY Gertrude AretG
Translated from the German by
Eden and Cedar Paul. Illustrated.
Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Co.
4 BIG BOOK bearing the stamp of
= full and we'll founded research.
And. in orderly array. we find here the
Early Love Affairs" Of Napoleon. then
his marriage with Josephine. Beyond
this point there are records OF other
alliances. usually fieeting in character,
and, finally. there Is a picture OF the
great man with court ladies for friends
= k,~s~ h.
assumption that hunger and love are
the primal instincts of man. indeed that
love IL a hunger. this author has delVed
deep and searched far for true In
sight into the fundamental character Of
Napoleon Bonaparte Ambition. mill
tary and political ambition, Is the SUI
preTne preoccupation OF the man. Then
what part does love play In the absorb
ing plan Of conquest and power? These
pages are calculated to answer the cueS-
ton in great detail of circumstance in
the swift passing Of the hero from enc
love to another. The book answers no
basic question III respect TO Napoleon
himself 1t Is worth reading BY vtr~
tue of the fact that ii has been produced
out of serious and exhaustive study
This is. however. il seems to me, not n
problem of social relations. but rather
one of hiologic implications III respect
to the development Of the human. male
and female, Therefore. the study be-
longs with the pictures Of a famous man
In his relations with womankind More
superficial view of one side of the
career Of Napoleon than key 10 the
character OF this man, who was more
absorbed IN political power than IN
any but a passing easement Of moments
Of WEAKNESS IN the company Of a lovely
woman. any woman. A social study Is
here applied to q biological theme, with
something OF loss 20 each,
y
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE,
By Louis Tracy, author Of The
Law Of the Talon" etc, New Work
Edward J. CloCe