Evening star., 1934-11-10
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN.

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DOCTOR CoPELAND's HOME
MEDICAL BOOK. BY Royal 8.
Copeland, NJ d. Philadelphia:
The John G. Winston Co.
DIR. Copeland. formerly professor in
the Michigan Medical School, then
dean of Flower Hospital Medical Col
lege, then commissioner of health Of
New York City, now United States
known not only for his work In the
Senate, but also through his syndi-
| Gated health articles. In this compre-
hensive health reference book for the
home he tells how to keep well, how
to relieve pain, how to cure some un-
| complicated ailments, how to meet
| emergencies. Part lists alphabeti-
! cally emergencies liable to be met in
| the realm of health, from symptoms
| Of appendicitis, common and serious,
! to vertigo and what 1t may signify.
Part II discusses ordinary ailments,
and their number Is legion, from ade-
noids to whOoping cough. Part III
| gives general advice and Part Nv ia
bito hbid AAuoIi oLiOtlS. hI tliaI -
man hath will he give for his life"
yet lives are lost every day through
| ignorance, carelessneSs, or panic. The
book does not take the place OF doc
| tor, but sometimes period must
elapSe before doctor arrives and that
| period is often the critical one. What
should Immediately be done In case
OF a bite by an animal, electrical
| shock, hemorrhage, Group, angina
| pectoris, burns. foreign body In the
| eye. choking, poisoning with various
| poisons, shock, cuts and bruises,
| chills? The arrangement OF the book
Is exceptionally good and an excellent
| index enables one to flnd the advice
needed in q moments time.
DR.. BUNDEsEN's DIET BOOK.
| The Safe Way to Reduce. By Her
man N. Bundesen M. D. Chicago:
Reilly q Lee Co.
The president Of the Chicago Board
OF Health has written this book for
those who wish to conduct for them
selves q diet derby" similar to that
| of Dr. Bundesen which was given So
| much publicity both in this country
and In Europe. Slimness Is not only
beauty. it Is also health. Yet 1t is
not always safe to acquire slimness
by any and every means. Limiting
| food intake Is OF course the logical
way, but even that must be carried
out intelligently. At the end Of each
| chapter Is maxim in black print;
| taken together these maxins make a
| good tabloid guide for the reducer.
The first Is Close your own personal
restaurant for the day at least two
hours before going to bed; those ad-
| dicted to late buffet suppers take no.
! tice. The components of well-bal-
anced diet are discussed concrstely,
not Just in terms Of calories and vita
Minis. Stress is laid on the minerals
required in a diet for health-lime,
phosphorus, iron, copper, iodine-and
the articles Of food which contain
them. There is chapter on the
modified banana and skinned milk
diet and several pages of interesting,
If not seductive. menus are given.
THE ROOSEVELT OMNIBUS Edited
and Annotated by Don Wharton.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Scholars in writing the biography
OF Franklin D. Roosevelt, some years
hence, may refer to The Roosevelt
Omnibus" says Mr.. Wharton in his
preface, but it is not prepared with
them in mind. 1t iS for the people
of today who would like to know q
little more about MI Roosevelt" espe-
cially for those people, we might add,
who are Unsuitable for personal de-
tails. We doubt if many scholars will
ever consult 1t. The articles, on
Roosevelt as man, as enigma, as Sena-
tor, as Governor, rs President; on
Mrs. Roosevelt, the Roosevelt fortune
and the brain trust, originally ap-
peared in various magazines. They
hardly constitute the source material
of the historian. The pictures, in
cluding photographs. cartoons and
earicatures, show the President from
1882, In 9 white baby dress, to 1884;
show him eating, smoking, speaking,
laughing, motoring, sailing. swimming.
on formal occasions and "off-guard."
The cartoons are from both American
and foreign periodicals. Nearly all
belong TO the last four years. Both
photographs and cartoons, especially
the former. are unsatisfactory because
| Of their huddled arrangement on the
/ pages and their far from clear cap
tions. The last section of the book
Is q miscellany" including such
diverse items as Q Roosevelt genealogi-
cal table, reproductions Of newspaper
articles about Roosevelt, copies OF
\ al iafa ratItrna nd VT or al
ebrated attacks on Roosevelt, by AL
fred Z. Smith, Walter Lippmann and
others.
THE HOUSE AND THE SEA. BY
Johan Bojer. New York: D. Ap-
pleton- Century Co.
When he chooses Q city setting, in
stead OF the mountains, fiords and
high pastures of rural Norway, Johan
| Bojer loses at the start much Of the
effectiveness present in his earlier
novels, such as The Last Of the Vik-
ings" and "The Everlasting Struggle"
His city Of "Grensen" in THE House
and the Sea" might almost as well be
an English or an American city and
the problems Of Paul Nygsard and
lvsr Pram and their families are the
problems Of people Of the World War
period everywhere. The friendship Of
the two men, which continues through
the years, begins In their common
loneliness, ss students with no friends
in the city and no money for any Of
the amenities. They would not other
wise have attracted each other. Paul,
= peasant, Is awkward, sin:le minded,
plodder, willing to work hard for
modest success. Ivar, of better birth,
Is more prepossessing. energetic, less
scrupulous. anxious to speculate with
life. He marries into better circle
than his own, after preliminary dis
couragements make q precarious for
tune. and finally Is involved in q de-
struction more disheartening because
he alone Is responsible for 1t. In his
| downfall his fraii but brave wife and
his steady friend Nygaard stand by
him and offer his only hope for his
future. Incidental satire on the
'radical-socialistic- -communistic up
per class" Is provided by Ivar himself
| nd his tuf hrof n Il -lauf = 1fhu