Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Following the Lindbergh Trail.

EO1loW1ng the LlnQDergn Ira1l.
In connection with the LindberEh
flight to Japan by way Of Canada,
Alaska and Siberia, the Public Library
calls attention to the following books:
Above North America.
MAINE BEAUTIFUL. BY wallace
Nutting. 1924. G841 NOT.
For a bird s-eye view Of the Maine
countryside no volume could be more
satisfactory than this collection Of over
800 illustrations, with desultory text.
GO NORTH, YOUNG MAN. BY Court
ney Ryley Cooper. 1929. G822.C7S.
History is being made in Northwest
ern Ontario, and Go North, Young
Mani is q vivid recital of some Of the
picturesque and thrilling details"
DOWN THE MACKENZIE THROUGH
THE GREAT LONE LAND. BY
Fullerton Waldo. 1923. G822.W143.
Like Stefanson, the author finds his
Arctic friendly He writes with en-
thusiasm of his experiences and the
people he met along the way, Of the
devoted work of the missionaries and
the Gray nuns and the exploits Of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, whose
name is a terror to evildoers.'
THE HUDSON BAY ROAD. O498-
1879 BY A. H. De Tremaudan.
1916. G8255 .D48.
A summary Of the history Of diScov-
cry in the Northwest and a description
of the country along the Hudson Bay
Railway, "of Hudson Bay. the Mediter-
ranean Sea Of North America, and the
resources to be found in Manitoba's
new territory, including the great in
land sea on which it borders"
ALASKA. THE GREAT BEARS CUB.
BY Mary Lee Davis. 1880. G945.
D2ea.
Contains a great deal Of informa-
ton, historical and descriptive, about
that Northwestern territory. which
should be of interest to Americans
everywhere" w. r. Brooks
ALASKA. THE GREAT COUNTRY. BY
Ella Higginson. 1919. GAS H535.
"A picturesque and unconventional
description of the country and the life
of its people, neither guide book nor
a history. and yet suitable for the
traveller to read and carry with him on
his trip"
WILDERNESS, a Journal Of Quiet Ad.
venture In Alaska. BY Rockwell
Kent. 1920. G945.K418.
A record Of an Autumn and Winter
spent on Fox Island in Resurrection
Bay, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
The Fringes of Asia.
CRUISES IN THE BERING SEA. BY
Paul Niedieck. 1909. G946.N55.
His account Of the Siberian coast
is particularly welcome, the valuable
literature on that subject being very
meager"
INCREDIBLE SIBERIA. By Junius B.
Wood. 1928. Cos .W853i.
when the pages of book constantly
yield touches of information and char
acterization like this-chanced on
wholly at random-the reader is sure
not only Of being entertained. but OF
being provided with first-hand matter
from which to Judge accurately for
himself what is what with relation to
the subject"
THROUGH SIBERIA, THE LAND OF
THE FUTURE. BY Fridtjof Nansen
1914. G65.N156t.
THE book leaves an impression Of
the vaStnesS and wonder Of the country
it describes. Some of the photographs
are beautiful and many Of them. show
ing native life. are Of great value"
IN FORBIDDEN SEAS. RECOLLEC-
TIONS OF SEA-OTTER HUNTING
IN THE KURILS. BY H. j. Snow
1910. G67K Sn6.
Although dealing at length with the
hunting exploits Of the author, the
book has valuable chapters on the re-
sources and nature of these little known
islands. and their primitive Inhabitants
the Kurilsky Ainu, the Giving an
cestors" of the japanese.
THE LAND OF GODS AND EARTH
QUAKES. BY Douglas Gilbert Har-
ing. 1929. G67H2
''Mr. Haring was undoubtedly at
home in Japan. If he lived as easily and
as charmingly as he writes, and dealt
with his neighbors as justly and SYM
pathetically as he tells of them now, his
stay was one more excellent reason why
the Japanese md it hard permanently
TO dislike the Americans" Gardner
Harding.