Evening star., 1932-02-07
% IDA GILBERT MYERL
Three Books BY q Colombian Statesman
Columbus Come Too Late-A Var1ety of
Noveb From WeU Kn0zUn WrIters.
Maga2iue Notes.
Magazine Notes.

some old story said to be held by some ancient
days away-these are the things that Rogers
tells. And other things, too. About schooling
and college and teaching. Then about these off
times of securing the country for some Of
the good stuff that made the body Of "Coro-
nados Children"
At the University of Texas not so long ago
Mr.. Dobie gave a course, the first of its kind,
on Life and Literature OF the Southwest.
A simple and informal class room course. But
50 interesting in its range and quality as to
suggest extending it beyond the immediate
purpose of its origin. And here it is the
complete and useful photography Of literature
in this locality. History showing the Spanish
and French influence. The influence Of the
Indian on record and story. Memoirs and
journals, fiction making good use of the Texas
Rangers, OF ranch and cowboy life Here are
cowboy and Negro songs, stories of bad men
and so on. All by title and authors name,
publishers and date Of issue. A complete and
valuable study. Better than that 1t is inter-
esting. Think Of photography having inter
est! A little volume, this one limited first
edition. only 800 copies-and l have one OF
them-my name all written out under that
announcement. Lucky? Well, yes!
UP-sHIP! By Lieut.. Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl.
ItCTAND BY! Up ship!" And there rose
> quietly and without effort from the
sandy field at Lakehurst one serene
September afternoon in 1928 the latest addi-
tion to our Navy's aerial armada, the zR-1,
Fleet Airship No /"
So begins Capt Rosendahls story of the
lighter-than air ship. The record runs from
those early uncertain days to the present stage
of speed and practical efficiency for this kind
Of craft record of human hazard besides,
of escape of tragedy. A recital of unquench-
able courage and Of starting all over again
An account of such success to promise revo-
luton in methods Of transportation, OF busi-
ness outreach of tourist travel.
A straight story that any one can read since
1t is free from technical terms and the language
of specialized processes. Once the reading is
commenced there is no place to stop till the
end is reached. For here Is an absorption
OF activity so strenuous, SO thrilling SO momen-
tous as to cast hctional adventure overheard
for good and all or so it seems under the
urgency of this literal personal experience.
No more thrilling tale could be found than
the Loss of the Shenandoah" Capt Rosen-
dahl himself one of the handful of survivors
from that calamitous fight, gives a frst-hand
report of its every new aspect in an tmperSonal
particularly of this mans prompt attention
and service Of that ones coolneSS and cour-
age, of the other ones practical ZeSt in meeting
each new moment of peril. Not the least in
value here is exactly that unity of action
that tribute to the competency and the cool
hardihood of all concerned In saving the ship
and then in saving one another. A great story
that one chapter. 1t should be taken out and
given special place in the annals of the man,
heroic.
The entire story is an engrossing record of
fact concerning mans latest defiance of the
time-old limitations set upon the nature and
extent Of his achievements
A book for the student of air transportation.
A book for the reader as well. Therefore, here
is a text book, if you will. Here also is a
tale calculated to make the Munchausens and
VerneS admit the validity of that worn old
saw, Truth is stranger than fiction"
SUMMERS NIGHT BY Sylvia Thompson,
author of Hounds Of Spring" etc. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
ONE of the verities, unchanging, unchange-
~ able, lies deep at the bottom of Sylvia
Thompsons new novel The disparity
between dream and reality. Old John Dome,
keen to life embodies both theme and title
of Summers Night:
so lovers dream a rich and long delight
But get Winter seeming Summers night"
So much for the foundation of the romance.
The familiar of every love adventure, world
over time through. But novel, like a
house, must carry superstructure as well as
cellar wall
In Summers Night" such work above ground
has to do with an essential of English life
since the World War Rich prof1teer on
the one hand. Devouring land taxes and an
impoverished nobility on the other Compro-
mise and accommodation the paramount i'm
perative Such adjustments have been Of q
frequency to create panic throughout the old
order and lust of arstocratic seeming in the