Evening star., 1933-02-26

women it is in other respects also fairly rounded
personal biography. OF critical estimate Of his
work as . composer, 1t offers little.
SPOKEN IN TIBET. BY Henrietta Sands
Merrick. New York: g. p Putnams Sons.
THE author Of In the Worlds Attic" is an
] experienced Tnmaiayan traveller. While
her first book was still in process Of publication,
she was OF again for the snowy plateaus and
passes Of the Hmalayan range, on her way
to Tibet. Mrs. Merrick flew from England
to Delhi. weeks journey, then went to Dar-
jeeling, then through jungles, and by wearisome
marches up and up into the heights until she
was within four marches of Lhasa. The first part
of the book describes the Journey; the latter
part her stay in Tibet. But she did not reach
Lhasa. She explains her desertion of the COM
forts Of her New York apartment for the
difficulties of travel in desolate land by the
desire which some women share with some
men for adventure, geographical thrills and
mystery.
According to the terms of her permit for
the Journey, her manuscript had to be sub
mitted to authorities Of the government Of
India, and by them certain comments con-
sidered likely to offend the government Of Tibet
were deleted. We should like to see those
comments At Gyantse, where most of her
Tibetan experiences took place. she visited the
representative of the Dalai Lama, drank in
Vulnerable cups Of tea with him and was po-
litely told that his people wished no contact
with foreigners. Her luncheon with two
Tbetan mobiles was such an honor that she
forced herself to endure the food, partaking
only so much as was necessary of shredded
slugs seaveed, lining Of fish's stomach, all
eaten with chopsticks Spoken in Tibet is
q readable book on . subject which no longer
has entire novelty, written with enthusiasm
which partly compensates for not very ample
material.
THE REGENT AND HIS DAUGHTER. BY
Dormer Creston. Boston: Little, Brown g.
Co.
uDOOR CHARLOTTE, a kings daughter, q
! princess of England. married to a prince
and almost the mother of a King-how tragic.
after such beginnings to be remembered only
for an empty cradle and an empty throne. For
that is all that recall of Charlotte; her
child died, and she never reigned." This is
taken from Philip Guedallas foreword to THE
Regent and His Daughter" Yet this English
princess whose life was so futile when judged
by what expected Of her, was an inter-
esting figure in an interesting period. She
was the daughter of George Nv of England
and Caroline of Brunswick. In 1911, be-
cause of the recurrent and more and more seri-
GUS insanity Of George III, Parliament passed a
regency BILL by which the Prince of Wales be-
came virtual King Of England before his fathers
death. The Princess Charlotte was at the time
Is years old and in the direct line of succession
to the throne The regents love affairs were
notorious and he scheming to divorce Queen
Caroline. Charlotte was inevitably a subject
of contention. Twenty-three privy councillors
sat in conclave to decide whether the Queen
was fit guardian for her daughter. The prime
minister and the cabinet once spent night
searching for the runaway princess who was
heir to the throne. Charlotte could hardly be
a dociie conventional young lady with George
and Caroline for parents.
"The Regent and His Daughter is more than
the joint biography of father and daughter. It
is sketch history Of the social life of the
period especially within the court circle Nat
urally gossip and scandal are both background
and foreground. One of the anecdotes concerns
the friendship between the regent and the
famous fashion dictator, Beau Brummell and
its rupture. On account of some grievance the
regent one occasion cold-shouldered the
Beau. The spoiled favorite of the fashionable
world would not tolerate this even from royalty.
At a ball, the regent spoke moment to Lord
Alvanley. Erummell, who stood near by, as the
regent passed on, asked in q loud voice: al
vanley, who Is your fat friend?" The words
were seized upon by all London and "of all the
stlettos stuck into the prince during his life by
people he had annoyed, it is doubtful If any
tormented him as did this one" The tutor Of
George Nv had said of him: He will be the
most polished gentleman. or the most accom-
plished blackguard in Europe-possibly both"
The prophecy was fulfilled. In 1916 Princess
Charlotte was married to Prince Leopold of
SAKE -Coburg g-Saalfeld. In 1917 her son was
born dead. the child that would have been
q King of England and Charlotte herself
died within few days. Though making use
of authentic historical material, this biography.
by its portrayal of personalities and use of
intimate detail, reads like a novel,
SOCIAL PATHOLOGY By John Lewis Gil
lin, Phi D. New York The Century Co.
uDATHOLOGY" suggests morbid conditions