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economic, political, national and in
ternational phases of the New Deal
and looks ahead to the time when
many of the emergency changes are
likely to be made permanent. He be-
lieves that up to the present time the
people of the country have been
trusting a leader" rather than ap-
proving principles, but "the system
we set up now will have its influence
upon us long after the smile of a
Roosevelt shall have vanished from
the scene"
Specifically. Mr.. Lawrence vigor-
ously attacks the "spoils system and
speaks in this connection OF ''leecheS
that suck the life5lood" ard the
cancers of American politics; pre-
diets that ultimately the world must
rely on gold as a monetary standard,
probably in modified form; con-
siders that Individual initiative and
the motive of profit will produce more
general welfare (and more taXes)
than complete Government control
or ownership; urges that as soon as
possible public spending III excess OF
receipts should cease; insists that
the world must be treated as an eco
nomic unit, and Realistically and op-
timistically believes in new nation
alism an enlightened ma
tionalism, an intelligent nationaliSm,
a helpful, kindly and brotherly ma
tionalism which alone can mitigate
and relieve the universal suffering Of
mankind" 1t is somewhat surpris-
ing to find Mr.. Lawrence advocating
popular referendum on specific
legislative measures, with the result
ing vote binding on Representatives
in Congress, and the recall of Sena-
tors and Representatives by their
constituents and of the cabinet by
Congress Like numerous other
writer's today. Mr.. Lawrence believes
that soon the Supreme Court will
have to pass on many Of the New
Deal laws. In his chapter, THE
Joker in the New Deal" he sagely,
or cynically, remarks: twenty-five
years of experience in the National
Capital, observing Republican and
Democratic administrations, have
never made this writer particularly
ernment any more responsibilities in
the future than it has had in the past.
Y Il
ESKIMO YEAR. A Naturalist's Ad-
ventures in the Far North. BY
George Miksch Sutton. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
A CROSS the mouth of Hudson Bay
sprawls heap of rock OF $4,000
square miles in area, called South
ampton Island on the charts, but by
the Eskimos who live there named
Shugliak. There the author of this
book lived for year and found it not
at all desolate, but the home of in
teresting and friendly human beings
whom he hopes to see again. For
four seasons of an Eskimo year he lived
among them, learning their folkwayS
and coming to understand their char
acter His objective was biological
survey of the island, and in carrying
1t out he collected all sorts of natural
history specimens, took photographs,
made maps and kept full records.
His headquarters and work room were
at the house Of Sam Ford, chief trader
at the Hudson Bay Co. post, but his
wanderings took him over nearly
every accessible part of the island.
DR.. Sutton'S records of observation
and discovery and of Eskimo friend
ships make an entertaining book. He
arrived in late August and so began
his stay with the Autumn, in time to
hunt seal. WalruS, white porpoiseS and
polar bear, and to collect specimens of
the long-tailed jaeger, whistling swan,
brant goose, red-throated loon, Hud-
onisan godwit, blue goose, lesser snow
goose and ptarmigan. Feasts of
swans livers and gizzards, polar bear
steak and fried salmon trout (the
Eskimo ichalook) prevented regrets
for metropolitan restaurants. With
September snow began to fly and be-
fore Winter set in trip was made to
Native Point, site of the stone ruins
of the extinct Shugliamiut. In Octo-
Der aurora borealis displays became
more frequent and brilliant. Winter
comes early and remains late in that
Hudson Bay region, the time when
''you ought to be lonely on Shugliak.
Occasionally you are or think you are.
u.
Your friends won't let you get that
way. When billiards shut you in
there are games and wrestling matches,
salted specimens to be worked over,
drawing and writing work to be done.
At the post there is candy making or
pie baking, and the radio, and the
organ at the Mission. And there are
those 10 books you somehow hope to
read" beginning with the dictionary.
Doc" went on a caribou hunt in
November with two Eskimos, learned
how to handle dog team, trapped
Jennings under the snow. and was
fairly successful in acquiring the Es-
kimo philosophy of mot thinking"
With March came the first sign of
Spring. Easter was celebrated with
services at the Mission and races and
feasting participated in by all the
Eskimos of the island who could get to
the post. The birds began to return
and wild life appeared at the edge of
the foe. Then Summer was there
again with flowers, butterflies of bril-
liant colorS, and mosquitoes Of in
credible size. Finally, with the arrival
of the Hudson Bay Co.'S steamer, the
Eskimo year was over and DR.. Sut-
ton returned to his routine (and surely
far less Interestingly duties as cura-
tor of birds at Cornell University
AS he describes his four seasons of
adventure and science far up on the
northern frontier, his experience seems
an enviable one-at least for man of
his knowledge. resources and adapta-
bility to surroundings. He writes in a
way to thrill almost any reader and
has himself drawn the delightful head
pieces and other illustrations for the
book.
X y y
ONE OF US. BY Ernest Poole. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
THIS is net the first novel of Ernest
u Poole in which a human being
Of his creation has lifted up his eyes
unto the hills and there found
strength. In The Avalanche" a city