Evening star., 1934-02-03
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN.

BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN.
ADVANCING THE FRONTIER. $780,
1860. BY Grant Foreman. Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press.
This is the fourth volume In the
Civilization Of the American Indian
Series" published by the University
of Oklahoma Press, and the second
written by Mr.. Foreman. His first
was Indian Removal" He is also
the author of Indians and Pioneers"
and pioneer Days in the Early
Southwest" The sources of this book
are mainly hitherto unpublished docu-
ments in various Government archives
in Washington. The period Of history
covered begins with the Indian re-
moval bill of 1880, passed with the
cooperation Of President Andrew
Jackson. The bill provided for the
removal Of the Indians living east OF
the Mississippi River, and steps were
Immediately taken for carrying 1t into
effect. The tribes of the Southern
States were to be sent to join the
Cherokees, Choctaws and Greeks west
of the Mississippi. As Is so common
in connection with almost any piece
of economic or social legislation. un-
foreseen complications promptly arose,
chief among which was the hostility
Of the native tribes of the West toward
the immigrants. Mr.. Foreman de-
scribes the working out Of this migra-
ton, the establishment Of frontier
forts and garrisons, treaties, peace
councils, missionary activities, ever
renewed hostilities and attempts at
conciliation. There is an interesting
chapter on Indian customs. A num-
Der of illustrations and maps and
plans elucidate the text.
A. B. FROST: THE AMERICAN
SPORTSMAN'S ARTIST. BY
Henry Wysham Lanier. New York:
The Derrydale Press.
Many handsome plates and beau-
tiful printing on fine paper combine
with Mr. Lanier's sympathetic treat
ment of Frost as sportsman and artist
to make this book worthy of .
collectors library. Frost had twin
strong instincts toward ed-blooded
outdoor sport. and toward making pic
lures" He began his artistic career
as an apprentice to wood engraver
in Philadelphia. his native city. but
was found deficient in the qualities
which make q good craftsman and
was not more highly esteemed as
delivery boy. So he lost this job, but
q arnthor nd haitian hfc
way. He turned to lithography and
at 81 secured the illustrating of Max
Adeler's out of the Hurry Burly."
which sold SO well that other work
came Frost's way. In 1875 he was
in a position on the Daily Graphic.
where, Mr. Lanier says. he was the
originator of the Democratic donkey.
usually credited to Mast. When he
arrived at the pinnacle of a place
with Harper's Weekly. his fortune was
secure and there he won fame as
the designer of comic serials His
sporting pictures. the subject Of this
volume are however. probably his
most important work They are
notable for their well-balanced COM
position. specific backgrounds and
spirited action. Mr.. Lanier has added
to the interest of his biography by
giving in some detail the history of
sportsnlanship in Frost's time Among
the illustrations in the book are re-
productions of portraits of Frost by
his wife and Thomas Eakins.
RAINBOW'S END. BY Ona NJ
Rounds Illustrated with Pen and
Ink Symbols and Photographs. Los
Angeles: Overland-Outwest Pub
lications.
A San Jose High School English
teacher, whose leaves of absence have
been spent in exploring the world
Europe, including Russia and Greece.
Turkey. Egypt, the Holy Land. India.
the Philippines-and who saw service
in France with the San Francisco unit
Of the Women's Overseas Service
League. has written a World War
story of the personal experiences of a
group of college boys who went over
seas. The story is based on facts but
the names of persons are. of course.
fictitious and the names of places and
the time element are left in the
shadow. The four boys. Bob. Phil.
Dick and Jack. though instinctively
shrinking from var, and disapproving
OF 1t as method of attempted settle
ment of international difficulties,
nevertheless are swept along on the
current of public opinion and enlist
together in the Rainbow Division.
"Rainbow's End" follows their ex-
ov ~,
crossing the Atlantic with the A. E.
F. while submarines lurked beneath
their path during their tedious train
ing in France. and finally in the
trenches. The narrative is both OBJ
jective and subjective. The picture
OF actual conflict, of the terrors of
No Mans Land. of trench life. of
hospital scenes. OF slaughter and suf-
fering is most realistic; but the au-
thor evidently intends to stress even
more the response of the four boys to
the new conditions into which they
are thrust-the alterations of elation
and depression. the thrills of victori-
GUS endeavor and the sadness of de-
feat and loss of comrades. the con-
tinuous shocks. Though not deliber-
ate propaganda for peace. the story is
inevitably strong arraignment of
war. Without the art of some of the
more intense ano naturalistic of the
war novelists, such as Barbusse, Hem
ingwsy. Remarque and Arnold Zweig.
Miss Rounds has yet done a sincere
and moving piece of work.
X \ X X
FIRST LOVE AND LAST. BY How
ard Coke New York: Harcourt,
Brace g. Co.
Miss Sara Clouds life is followed
backward by her chronicler from the
moment when. at 81. she is told by
old DR.. Forest that she ought to have
come to him sooner to the Autumn of
1894. when she goes to the railway
station to see her betrothed. Lucius
Kent, off for Washington. He is to
return for Christmas to the little town
of Sparta. which he Is very pleased
to be leaving, in spite of the presence
there of his Sally: but when Christ
mas comes Sally Cloud announces to