Evening star., 1935-05-04

cident Of Tuesday which re-
suited in her death Wednesday
evening.
LAST OF THE WIND SHIPS. BY
Alan J. Villiers. New York: Will
liam Morrow b Co.
Now that sailing vessels have almost
disappeared from the high seas, one
of the most thrilling chapters Of world
history is coming to an end. The
author Of this book has made many
a voyage on sailing vessels, knows
their ways, their routes and their
crews, and has photographed them
and their rigging in all weathers. He
loves them. II thought 1t was strange,
in q speed-mad world, that the un-
hurried lovely sailing ship should still
survive. 1t was strange, with all other
forms Of transport mechanized and
speeded up, the deep-water square
rigged ship should still wander along
her lonely sea ways carrying cargoes,
wrestling her progress with Gods wind
from His ocean, unaided by the me-
chanical genius of man. Yet the
number Of the surviving sailing ships
now is few, and rapidly growing fewer"
The more than 200 full page photo
graphs In this book were made on two
voyages in the four-masted barque
Parma, of Finland, from Australia to
the English Channel, the first in 1882
and the second in 1888. These voy-
ages are described in the text, with
accompanying chart. Last Of the
Wind Ships" Is one Of the most at
tractive of the special picture books
illustrating social history which have
become SO popular in recent years.
THOMAS MORE. BY Christopher
Hollis. Milwaukee: The Bruce Pub
fishing Co.
Christopher Hollis, British scholar
and historian, has already contributed
an understanding and urbane biog-
raphy of Erasmus to the Science and
Culture Series, of which Joseph Hus-
slein, S. j., Phi. D., is general editor.
This biography of Thomas More. an
other of the great figures Of the
Reformation period, is its fit compan-
ion. Though his viewpoint is Roman
Catholic, Christopher Hollis does not
write controversially Of the issues
which aroused such bitter feeling in
the time when Luther promulgated
his religious revolution in Germany,
which was felt throughout Europe, and
Henry VIII wrenched England from
its allegiance to the Roman Church
He has produced an appreciative study
Of one of the foremost Of the human
lists, man of such high integrity
that he died on the block rather than
approve the acts of Henry VIII by
which he made himself head of the
church In England, merry man and
a saint" The contributions of Sir
Thomas More to statecraft, theology,
art and letters are all narrated-his
chancellorship. succeeding Wolsey; his
doctrinal controversy with Tyndale,
his authorship Of The Utopia"-but
the value Of Mr.. Hollis book is chiefly
as a character study, acute and well
proportioned. of the man who in his
combination of intellect and honesty
had few, II any, equals in the sixteenth
century.
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS. By Earl
Willis Crecraft, Phi. D. New York:
D. Appleton Century Co.
The doctrine of freedom of the seas
for neutrals in time of war proved
rather hard to enforce during the
World War. In its defense the United
States has fought two wars. In this
volume the professor Of political
science of the University of Akron
tells something of the origin and his
tory Of the doctrine, of the attacks on
1t at the present time and the dan
gers which will result if it is aban-
doned. Attack comes from two sources
those powers which wish no limita-
ton on their own freedom Of action
in case they are involved in war, and
the advocates Of boycotts and collec-
tive action against the aggressor In
any war. The author Is opposed to
any pacts which will be likely to
draw our country into another Euro
pean war. THE reluctance of our
former allies to pay their war debts
has greatly increased opposition in
America to any political program
which would draw them (Americans)
into another European war, only to
have shifted to them again q large
part of the cost, and to witness again
the direct fruits of the victory, won
by their aid, 60 to those who were
directly responsible for the outbreak
of the war itself" Edwin M. Borchard
professor of law in Yale University
writes the introduction to Freedom
Of the Seas"
SEASON TICKET. BY Margaret
lies. New York: Harper &
Brothers.
II you ride to town day after day
on the suburban train with the same
people, you either become interested
in them or you detest them. You
may determine to be as oblivious of
their existence as you try to be of
the advertisements lining the upper
reaches of the street car. but you dc
not succeed. Margaret lies has made
this fact the point Of departure for
her first novel, the story Of a group
of everyday people. not remarkable
in any way but prizing themselves
and their lives exactly as much as If
they were. From the occupants OF
the crowded train which runs from q
provincial suburb to London six days
week she has chosen six who fire.
quent the same compartment and
has claimed the authors privilege OF
looking into their personal lives,
which are not revealed to their fellow
passengers.
Mr.. Prettyman comes first, essen
tally commonplace, selfish and q
bore, rather attracted by Janet Wood
RUIZ but not sufficiently so to cause
the least objection on the part Of hi:
wife, comfortable in his feeling oi
superiority to all those within hi.
small orbit. Eric Wilson has an in
valid wife, looks old at 43. is imposed
upon by the servant and every one
else, has a drab life but manages II
with courage and certain belief ir
the eternal rightness Of things. S. j
Berry is young and romantic and viii
never be effective at anything except
love-making. Janet Woodruff, try;us