Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07

edly. very touching Then come days Of school
in Japan. Changes to Korea by the warliks
obtrusicn Of Japan to that secluded country.
Then the great change Of western life for this
boy, growing to be . man. Now q scholar
making researches into the ancientry Of his
country and other lands Of the Orient
teacher in an American university. Through
out q close observer. an intuitive diviner,
painstaking student always, and always poet.
as this deeply touching and beautiful book
about himself and his native land so clearly
makes plain to every sympathetic reader.
SAIL HoI windjammer Sketches Allow and
Aloft. BY Gordon Grant. New York: Will
liam Farquhar PaySon.
A SAILOR at 6 by his own avowaL An ar
tist in ships right now by the evidence
of Sail Hol" Here. page by page. Is spread
the life Of windjammer, in its intimate daily
commerce with the sea from the opening Of Q
voyage TO its end-and then over and over
again. Incidentally, this book is also pictorial
account Of an occupation. OF race OF men,
now passed on by both time and progress in
sea industry.
The pictures are thrilling because they are
alive and vibrant with the activities OF sailors.
with the sentiment human movements Of the
ship itself Drawings in ink, 60 and more OF
these. Each set on its own softly toning sepia
page. And on the opposite page the legend in
print that over across. is told in picture.
roomy spread to the whole. Big. like the ship
and the sea. These drawings. taken As whole,
set out the work and play OF the sailors, allow
and aloft"
Here Is an old page Of sea history, Of men
and their ships. Here Is . beautifully graphic
series Of pictures that make an old ship come
alive And everybody thrills to ship. either
in fact or in the artists sketch. wonder why
this Is So Why tbs veriest OF inlanders one
xuI, ho fAolS-ever he feels
a trembling anticipatory Joy Of kinship for
these amazing masters of the great waters.
Prideful ownership waits upon these who
appreciate and take over this "San Ho! Allow
and Aloft"
WARRIOR WHO FOUGHT CUSTER. In
terpreted by Thomas B. Marquis. Illustrated
Minneapolis: The Midwest Co.
THE Custer massacre Of IS years ago On the
] Little Big Horn in Montana Is still matter
OF controversy. Annihilation OF the 1000
soldiers by nine times as many Sioux warriors
has rendered facts unavailable Therefore hear
say, rumor invention and legend have grown
up around the disaster with no fair likelihood
of these being replaced by the truth itself
The book in hand does not aid in the matter.
This Is q body of Renaissance and remembering
on the part of old wooden Leg" Cheyenne who,
partaking as young man IN the battle, now sets
it out with many of its facts gone aStray or tax
Ing on new 1oFnlS ana ValueS, as 1actS have
tendency to do when left to themselves, UNI
caught and unrecorded. Nevertheless. this Is an
interesting looking backward which Mr.. Marquis
puts into shape for its understanding and re-
ception by general readers. The really use
full, and enjoyable, part Of the story is that
wherein the Indian goes hack to his childhood
and his onconing into manhood With all
Of us memories are clearer and keener upon
the early years. And 50 1t appears to be with
Wooden leg. mo, he didn't have wooden
leg. That was his name for another reason)
All the ways of little Indian children come
into this old picture. Tribal customs in re-
spect to them and many other features Of the
common existence are given here in the sober
and picturesque manner Of the race. The tests
and trials and ceremonies that passed the boy