Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

brother one takes it. of the AldouS Huxley who
writes satirfcal novels drawn OF from last
night and this morning. Grandson of the great
Thomas Huxley besides. So, while the learn
ing and general competency of the man are in
dubttably his work his clear gift with the
parts Of speech is an inheritance of the blood.
A travel book Of larger pattern than the most,
u more permanent usefulness, of more definite
and more assured knowledge and information.
DARK TRAILS: Adventures of Naturalist
BY George K. Cherrie. Illustrated. New
York: G. p Putnams Sons.
COUTH AMERICA has for 40 years been
- the wandering ground of George Cherrie,
Naturalist, guide, explorer, he travelled with
Theodore Roosevelt along the River Of Doubt.
After that he left this continent to go with the
Roosevelt boys to Tibet on their quest for fresh
experiences, and, incidentally on their pursuit
Of some animal that almost no one else had
ever seen. However Mr.. Cherries real stamp
ing ground is South America, where he has
found wild peoples, strange lesser creatures,
a-foot and awning, dense tropical growths OF
curious habit and appearance. The actual OBJ
ject, however, it seems to me, of this particular
naturalist Of this special explorer. is that OF
finding himself. Scotch American blend, this
Midwestern Iowan has more than a little OF the
mystic about him. clear sense OF that some
thing, just out of reach and sight, that II
as positive as they, but not nearly so clear.
himself, down into the tip of our hemisphere
through every manner Of experience and adj
venture. Across into the Far East, chiefly to
keep the Roosevelt boys company, keen also
to the wild life there, keeneSt of all in that
amending search for some next manifest step
just beyond our own visible boundaries. Event,
happening, incident, all set out in story.
anecdote half-sketch, broken monologue or
other whatnot of communication-theSe crowd
this volume with constant and exciting run
Of keen interest on the readers part.
THE HALFWAY SUN: Life Among the Head
hunters of the Philippines. BY n. r. Bare
ton. New York: Brewer & Warren, Inc.
MY RECALLING is that Mr.. Barton went
80. to the Philippines to be school teacher.
I may be- wrong about that If he did, how
ever, he did not continue in this noble calling.
for the country caught him. THE most beau"
tiful spot on earth" or words to that effect, 10
the decision OF this young man. &c. out into
1t he went. And to get all there was In it, at
least for him. he so identified himself with the
native people that, upon OCCASION they accepted
him as priest or whatever it is that functi0n9
when extremity opens before the wild man. A
volume OF observations, close and sympathetic
and understanding. of every aspect OF life
among the natives, headhunters among them, Is
our reward for the years passed In our distant
possessions by Mr.. Barton. Among the great
variety of impre SsionS gathered by him ana
given over to us, ore impression is strikingly
clear. Native people, wild people, sayageS.
whatever they are called, are so much like the
rest Of us at bottom, that we are growing In
knowledge of them, chiefly by way Of ourselves.
Food, shelter, fear. Precipitation Of the feared
object retaliation toward foes Of our own stripe
and weight-theFe We all are. That is, there
We ell are when stripped alike, they and us:
to the true necessities of existence. This is .
very fun book, a very clear and informal pro-
lection Of the authors experiences, of what they
unbalanced people. most interesting and
picturesque story, from which one draws on
his own account the true and basic likeness Of
all humans to one another.