Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

THE CONQUEST or HAPPINESS. BY Ber-
trand Russell New York: The Book
League of America
-N very short preface Bertrand Russell
makes fair promise to his readers. He
win not impose upon them any pro-
found philosophy, any obscure depth
Of learning. He win not talk to high
brows nor IN the lingo OF these He keeps the
promise. And 50, since happiness is the goal
Of everybody, and since almost nobody knows
the road to It. this book Is bound to become
the preoccupation of many who believe In
happiness and hope that it is attainable.
What makes people unhappy? This the first
question, naturally. The answer Is drawn from
looking around upon you and me Tor the plain
causes of our bitterness against life. Gathering
these causes into two dominant ones, it looks
If fear and idleneSS turn the trick Tor the
miserable folks of the world. An idle body
and mind are enough to drive angels Of light
into demons of darkness. Probably these do
not have bodies and minds, only spirits. but
If they did this IS what idleness would do to
them. And fear-fear Of ones self, Of public
opinion, of the hereafter even-this has been
@ potent evil influence since the world began.
You can see that keeping to his promise, Mr..
Russell Is talking on our own ground. dealing
with our own common sources of unhappineSS
Then, much more hopefully ne turns to the
does not put this first. But never mind. 1t
belongs first. And with the work must be nur-
tured zest for IT. q glow at this new turn 20
the business in hand, to its Improvement, to its
expansion. Test. joy IN effort, an essence to be
cherished and passed ON to every form Of In
tercourse-at home, IN the family, with the
neighbors, with an Outreaching even wider un-
til some. hing pretty much like love itself takes
possession Of the one seeking happiness. There
is no other road to that end save through an
honest energetic determination to grow within
ones self an understanding Of all the others.
and will to meet this big and abounding life
heartily and In q friendship that in itself
Is the source Of the deepest sense of welIbeing.
And this is happiness. Finely straight, beau
tifully simple, immediate to every one in its
outlook and suggestion. Our part is not only
TO read. but to get busy as well
AIR CONQUEST. BY w. Jefferson Davis,
author Of The Worlds Wings" etc. Los
Angeles: Parker, stone 81 Baird Co.
NOT completely assured. air conquest. But
50 far along the way to that end as to
make frequent accountings Of progress serve
the useful purpose of important current events
on the one hand and foundation for subsequent
history on the other.
Since 1925 w. Jefferson Davis has written
half dozen books on air transportation and
transmission. More than book a year, indi-
eating individual power Of mental grasp COM
mensurate to q degree with the rapid advance
of science itself applied to air travel and air
traffic.
The book in hand is Of somewhat different
mood from the others. They were OF explaha-
tory nature, calculated to open up the great
new areas of the air as these were being seized
upon by science There were descriptions Of
ships Of different orders, Of their separate
qualities and uses and management. There
were alliances set between the air and the land.
with laws and management and rights and hmi-
tations set. But Air Conquest" beyond a brief
sketch of this new and amazing era Of the air,
moves promptly and definitely into travel book
by way of the upper regions. DELIGHTFULLY."-
spirited account vivid and varied as the au-
thor's personal experience warranted its being
Busy. at home engaged otherwise, one fails to
realize the extent Of air sailing, Of air traffic
The book in hand corrects this shut-in vision
"Air-traveled Germany" Is O revelation The
reasons for 1t being such are logic itself logic
and good sense. The novelty and value of
seeing wide reaches Of land from an airship be-
comes apparent. OF seeing Q great city London
or Paris or New York, from such height becomes
strictly new view and txuer view "Japan's
Urge to Air Supremacy" Is as interesting in dis
closure as 1t Is significant. The entire book
Is an excitement Of new events, new views new
plans. Vigorously projected IN a spirit OF high
enthusiasm and based upon sound knowledge
"Air Conquest" received the 81 900 award of the
Aero Educational Research Organization for the
most timely contribution to aeronautical Iitera-
ture. Reads like romance-yet it is the romance
OF truth in these modern days
THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN By
Grace Earring Stone, author of "The Heaven
and Earth Of DOna Elena" Illustrated by
Barbara Macfarlane. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Co.
THE distinction of this novel, a qui.e positive
distinction, derives primarily, it seems to
me, from the courage and discretion of its
author. From this groundwork rises a good
art Of coyrpce..ion a fine seemliness Of nroiec-