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LARSON, DUKE OF MONGOLIA BY Frans
August Larson Illustrated. Boston: Little
Brown & Co.
ARE, indeed, that the story of mans life
comedies with the full account of a coun-
try not his own. Yet, such coincidence is the
mark of this record Before he was 90 Frans
Larson Swedish boy, went to Mongolia as
missionary. There ne lived for more than 40
years, becoming so identified with the people as
to be considered one of themselves by the Mon
golian mobiles. BY them he was formally Gre
ated Larson, Duke of Mongolia" This big
book is the story of Mongolia from the intimate
standpoint of long association and deep interest
in every phase of life in this distant and little
known region The stamp of the record-that
works the authors deep affection for the
people of Mongolia, is his profound concern in
their general well being, is his painStaking care
that their story shall be full and true that it
shall present the country in way calculated to
waken interest in this remote region. The
ways of the MongolianS in their daily life be-
come properly, the first concern of the writer.
Here Is the people whose riches are in f1ocks
not in lands as Is more commonly the case in
agricultural quarters Customs, strange {,
Western peoples, have grown up around such
movable holdings. These affect every aspect
of Monaghan Iife-Social domestic property
rights and modes of inheritance. Spiritual and
religious concepts are, too, in great measure
shaped by age-old existence free from the
peculiar bonds that landholdings as the center
of economic life impose upon any people,
kindly people, by and large Such Is the de-
clSion OF one living among them for long years,
Of one who looks upon them as If they were of
his own blood Lamaism-that mystification Of
the Occident-iS set out here. Political history
and its institutions are defined i'll detail The
Christian missions. In their general purpose
and In the most salient of their efforts are de-
4NNC in lie
gives moment of pause to the rest of the
world. The story ends with a study of the
Climate OF this region and its geography Such
the outline. Hardly does this give however,
the utter simplicity of the story, the complete
absorption of the author in his theme. book
OF nigh value as source Of authentic and
comprehensive fact concerning a land of
promise and therefore one of substantial i'm
portance to the rest of the world
THE BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS No
81, Service Monographs of the United
States Government. BY Paul " Betters
Washington: The Brookings Institution.
A COMPACT and useful booklet The history
the activities and organization of the
Bureau of Home Economics In a brief out
line is given the history of the home economics
It's Official origin, its working basis and some of
the results of this enterprise.
Perhaps in no other department of common
life is there more of ignorance than in the
basic needs of the household Food and cloth
ing are the essentials. Yet these two are but
little known to the business heads of the house
father and mother. This is the reason that
good old Uncle Sam interviewed as he does In
SO many cases of error, to show food values the
comparative nutritional content of classes of
food, the proper preparation of these for the
maintainence of those values at the same time
making clear the best working relation between
them and mans digestive apparatus. The
sources OF food, the most obvious of the
economies of buying it, of preserving it, of Civ
ing it variety and tang. Not an essential thing
on this subject from the standpoint of the prac-
teal householder is omitted from this scientific
summary of the case. AS with foods. SO with
textiles-the what to wear and the where
withal of the house furnishings. An economic
study on standards of living and the cost there
Of on food consumption summaries and other
allied points are included in this invaluable
booklet. There is provided also an outlook upon
the organization of the Bureau of Home Eco
nomicS and a survey of the entire system of
service monographs of the United States Gov
eminent AStonishing-and indeed thrilling
to learn more and more every day of the init
mate engagements of this great Government to
supply bodies of practical information to John
and Mary Brown, to Dan and Susan Smith, all
over the land for their intelligent use of the
materials al hand-the food and clothing that
are their concern and that OF everybody else.
Scientific research, expert laboratory work, au-
thentic and valuable deductions are by these
authorized monographs made immediately
ready for the use of the country at large.
Great work. call it-and so do you
STREETS OF SHADOW. BY Leslie McFarlane.
New York; e p Dutton g. Co.
THE clearly unusual quality of this crime
story derives from two sources. Rests.
it seems TO me. upon two aspects of the
thors good sense and good art First. there
Is the setting OF the tale. Next. the young
LAWYER. its foremost figure. Here is the IN