Evening star., 1932-04-03


rial however as the substantial guide which
the book lis designed to be, there are conapre-
hensive groupings and an orderly arrangement,
calculated to deliver the great city TO the tfap-
eler in a unity of beauty and IN convenience
and economy Of personal effort toward sucn
aim and end.
Here are grouped Public Buildings Gal
leries and Museums" Churches 'Monu-
ments and Memorials" Parks and Vistas"
and so on TO a complete inclusion of the essen
tials and outstanding features OF Washington,
"a monumental and ornamental creation, sur
passing the dreams OF its founders and chai-
lenging the admiration of the world
Compact and orderly and quite remarkably
Illustrated the book finds room, besides, for
pages of description that combine accuracy of
historic sketch with a hundred glowing colors
in tribute 10 something that Is a blend of old
story passing view and sentiments of-well,
maybe patriotism, maybe a home love. don't
know what it is. But like it. "A Homelike
Palace" points upon one of these scenes. -Four
Million Books" upon another. Where Our
Money Is Made" ITO the Victor at Appomat-
tox" Where Tragedy Staiked" An Antique
Among Churches "Bivouac of the Dead" and
Overlooking Them AH"-such some of the
poetic fceiing that tends 10 make this useful
book into q very beautiful and desirable one as
well.
KABLuK OF THE ESKIMO BY Lowell
Thomas author OF with Lawrence IN
Arabia" ETC. Boston: Little, Brown q %.
IFS name was mot KabIuk, nor was he sn
] Eskimo. Louis Romanet, FTenchman, IN
stead, vino. adventaring into the far North as
fur trader and factor, found himself, In tine
long run, an Eskimo In effect "Kabluk." Trav-
cling into the up-country with dog slcgis and
drivers, Romanet came to an tglco where the
Eskimo chief, Akpek. vas in deep alarm over
his sick child The Erenchman, woxld-wdse 10
IL A-~-l-
little girl IN hand to her speedy reaaef. Magic
and all the other wonders known to Eskimo
tradition. The incident serves the good pur-
pose of renewing that immortal theme set to
lie by David and Jonathan, by Damon and
Pythias The two men became friends, then
brothers In heart. In q series Of adventures
and experiences that draw into unity of effect
the great drama OF the Arctic The month
long nights and days, frozen seas. climbing
ice mountains drifting bergs, snow and storm
The modes Of hfe-shelter, food, work and its
enforced easements. The ways Of thought
toward existence, its source, its end. Kabluk
came almost to think like an Eskimo, certainly
to talk like one and to take on the habits OF
the tribe. But, the adventure came TO an end,
as It was bound 10 do, despite the grief OF the
northern people over the end OF KAblaks life
as one of them.
adventure covering, In sum, every quarter of
the earth, Lowell Thomas was counted upon TO
make an essentially true, and certainly O
thrilling, tale Of "Kabluk of the Eskimo" And
that lis what he has done.
THE GREAT DAY. BY Georgette Carneal.
Iiveright Inc, New York.
THIS lis another novel Of the tabloifis, but II
] follows rather closely, without mentioning
names, the career Of one man and his en-
ployes. The story itsen-of the rise to pupu-
larfty of q class OF magazines and dailies, pur-
chased by pe0ple VINO read with their mouths"
is hIled with action, largely Of a morbid ma
ture, but readable on account Of the fact that
it marks stage in American Ife habits and
morals. The here of the tale Is q sad charac-
ter, frequenter of New Yorlxs speakeasies
when not seated at his desk and the one idea
OF the employees of the publisher is to make
money while the time is ripe; then retire and
reform" The author seeks TO give the inapres-
sion that all workers In such environment are
simply holding jobs" with little thought of
loyalty and no idea of careers. As one charac-
ter of the novel remarks: I'm young. I can
squeeze this dirty thing dry, and then make my
getaway" The bank Is well written; 1t has
certain power and 1t may do much good by
disclosing the real characters of the men and
women who produce this freakish type of read
ing material for the people who read with
their mouths c. E. NJ
HE UPSET THE WORLD. BY Bruce Barton
author of The Man Nobody Knows" etc.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrin Co.
DRUCE BARTON puts In part-time on releas-
- ing certain people, men and women, out of
Sunday into Monday and other week days
Into opening Bible-doors for the emergence
of these upon the modern scene
Following the ways OF human nature and
the basic run of common circumstance neither
Of which has materially changed within the
count Of time, Mr.. Barton walks into the cur
rent day. Beside him. Jesus or John, Mary
or Martha. Mark. Luke or another.