Evening star., 1934-02-18
I SARAH q. BOWERENAN
Germany and the I1>orld-H Historical. .E7,olutiou.
!" Ulysses' Reaehes the Bookshelues
Margot OxfordS Nesy BoOk.

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torate. He cared little for popularity or de-
mocrscy, was easily bored, distrusted all emo
ton, possessed an altogether aloof and subtle
personality Lady oxford's book Is sketchy
and divertfng. but repeats some OF the material
which appeared In her earlier book.
AFTER THE GREAT COMPANIONS. A Free
Fantasia on . Lifetime OF Reading BY
Charles =. Finger. New York: = r. Dutton
\AfHEN he was . boy, Mr.. Finger regretted
W that he had been born In such an unin-
teresting place and age-London in the middle
place, time, and atmosphere. through books.
He has never needed to escape from . dun
life to the varied adventure Of books, because
his life itself has been sufficiently exciting with
travel in Africa and South America, living with
Pataeonian Indians after shipwreck. friend
ships with South American pirates. founding
4 school Of nne arts in Texas, the manasership
Of an Ohio railroad. Now he lives ON sheep
ranch In the Arkansas Ozarks. Books have
always been his favorite companions and in
his later life he has found pleasure IN himself
producing books--"Courageous Companions"
"Highwaymen," Romantic Rascals," Seven
Horizons (the story OF his own wandernes).
and Tales from Silver Lands" which won the
Newbery Medal awarded for the best children's
book Of 1924
After the Great Companions" is stimulat-
ing because Mr. Fingers literary judgments are
never conventional. He does not hesitate TO
make companions Of authors scorned or derided
by other critics. nor to avoid those whose COM
pany others seek. He finds all literary ages
one that In which he and all Of US hye-the
Age Of Literary Appreciation His interest in
literature began with weekly history Of Dick
Turpin, which ran for number Of years.
Other highwaymen and pirates came into the
long story and he found them invigorating
after ''the unwholesome prigs and sentimen-
talists Of the moral books" which had previ-
ously been offered him. His chapter titles
indicate his Independence Of book choice, his
departure from well-trodden paths: The Dull
ness Of Respectability, !" 1--WE Discover Trails to
Our Liking" 1--WE Mingle with All Sorts" I'VE
Meet Glorious Company" I'VE Look to Far
Horizons "We Win to the Richest Lands"
and I'VE Assemble the Great Companions" In
the final chapter. he speaks Of the nine sep
arate collections Of books In his home, repre-
senting the tastes Of different individuals.
The first Is made up Of the books which all
his children enjoyed up to the age Of 8;
the other includes books for the adolescent
age, for reading aloud. sentimental books,
humorous books, those popular with @spirited
youth Of both sexes" The books which have
been favorites IN his family, where much read
ing aloud and discussion have taken place, are,
I suppose, the dearest Of the great COM
panions" It would be well worth while to list
them, II space permitted.
THE NEW PIONEERS. BY James Remington
Mccarthy. Indianapolis: The Bobhs-Mer-
riu Co.
THE new pioneers Of Nr. Mccarthy are mot
. blazing trails to an unsettled land. nor
clearing primeval forests, nor fighting Indians.
but they are none the less trau hsasen and
fighters. They are the pioneers of the new
deal with Is years Of experience IN jour.
nalism, no claim to . literary style, and NO
theory to prove, M. MccAfthy spent several
months during the past Summer and Autumn
IN expiorine the minds Of people Al over The
United States On the subject Of the new dea1-
He found, Of coarpe, contradiction, scgne-
times such confused medley Of opinion that
he hardly knew what to ret down. In Dtxie
he saw mules being trained 70 tFampde straight
over cotton plants In. accord with the Govern
ment device ~pl0w under" and the farmers
who bad been erased BY the land boom and
bad collapsed with It chuckling that they Get