Evening star., 1933-12-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

aquarists call "old water" or aquarium
water in which fishes have lived for
some time.
"The Cult Of the Goldfish" is an Aus
tralian publication which Is handled In
this country by w. T. Innes of Phila-
delphia, the man who helped put the
goldfish on the home map. While this
import Is devoted to the goldfish. there
Is much information In it, especially q
lengthy discussion Of the common mall
ady ichthyoptherius, which Is of in
terest to tropical fish fans" as well.
The Way Of the Bee" is by Ger.
man writer who straddles the dificult
fence between poetry and prose. There
have been many books about bees, but
surely none exactly like this one. It's
semi-poetic diction would become tire
some in less capable hands. AS 1t Is,
this small work will end up by being
classified among the bee masterpieces.
When one gets done reading it the
chances are ten to one that he will be
thinking of human beings, as well as
bees. and saying to himself, why. this
Is the way some nations want all men
to hve-as bees, the hive, the mass, be-
fore everything!" But who would want
to be bee?
Templeton Jones Is one man who Is
not ashamed to admit that he has
never read word of John Galsworthy,
therefore he was extremely grateful to
the kind friend who remembered him
with the great three-part sto.J which
the real critics agree should be part
Of every mans education.
A former resident Of Georgetown,
Jones was delighted with Mrs. Ecker's
book. To know that N street was called
Gay street on the old maps, and prob
ably was named after the poet who
wrote The Beggars Opera" is to add
something delicious to the plain pud-
ding Of everyday life. (Mr. Jones has
to laugh up his sleeve, though, when he
thinks of some Of the very staid per-
sons he knows now living on old Cay
street,
Paul Kearney's Photographic studies
of fishes, made at the old Battery
Aquarium in New York, where Prof
Coates functions, is book dedicated to
children, but will be preferred by these
curious older persons who love aquarium
fishes.
ALBERT Goes Through" is as neat q
pot-boiler as any man ever wrote. Some
of the critics call it slight, others call
it finely conceived and written. and
Templeton Jones is inclined to agree
with the latter, but he Is biased In
this matter, because he Is a sworn
Priestleyite.
"Whiffy McMann" is a very famous
kitten by this time. OStensibly a chill
dren's book. just as "Babar." the ele-
phant story, is a juvenile, it appeals to
persons of all ages.
How Plants Get Their Names" Is a
discussion by the dean of American
horticultural writer's. Prof. Liberty H.
Bailey. The New Illustrated Garden
ing Encyclopedia is an American edl-
ton of an English work. and The
Modern Encyclopedia" is an experiment
in reducing a big encyclopedia to one
volume. Whether it can be done sue
cessfully only the test Of use will tell.
No doubt there are many excess WORDS
in the regulation tones, but Jones
questions the ability of any one to con-
dense them to such an extent. Is this
really anything. after all. but fancy
dictionary? Time will tell.
And "All Men Are Brothers! Tenn
pleton Jones let us in on secret IN
regard to this beautiful work. He re-
ceived it several months ago. and has
read it through with immense delight:
He included it in his Christmas shelf
of books because by all rights 1t be-
longs there. as no doubt II adorns hun
dreds of other shelves today through
out the world.