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Elizabeth and Leicester
By Frederick Chamberlain. Ne
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BY FTeder1cE Chamberlain. Ne1C
York: Dodd Mead & Co.
This book is less a study OF the
relations, political and otherwise,
between Queen Elizabeth and Rob-
ert Dudley, Earl of Leycester, than
it is an elaborate vidicatlon OF Ley
cester's character. Indeed, the au-
thor announces the book as such,
its title Notwithstanding. In his
opinion, Leycester has been one of
the most maligned of men. AS he
points out. the earls reputation in
cluded poisoning, political double
dealing and private debauchery Of
fabulous extent, but the truth, he
says, is quite otherwise. He has
set out to make this truth plain
and his work is certainly a monu-
ment of research on the subject.
His claims are all documented and
much of the book consists of ex-
cerpts from contemporary records.
Leycester, beyond question. emerges
from it many shades whittier than
previous legend has painted him.
The book follows the earl through
the Elizabethan reign, using in the
main a chronological method. It
makes clear that at hardly any time
of his life was he free of slander
of some sort. It was said that he
murdered his wife, or caused her
to be murdered, that he sought to
gain undue influence over Elizabeth,
that he was coward and favor
seeker, and even, If possible, worse.
One by one Mr.. Chamberlain takes
up these ugly charges and explodes,
or at any rate, explains them. AS
said, his method is to use docu-
ments of this period, and, in many
cases, these seem to be conclusive.
When they are not so, Mr.. Cham
berlain scruples not to interpret
them He is frankly passionate in
his defense of his hero, and, what
ever other scholars may decide con-
corning his claims, he has assured
ly provided some lively reading.
The book cannot but remind its
readers of another recent work of
the kind, vindication of Boutwell,
by Gore Browne. Both works begin
with q character covered with old
disrepute, both proceed to clear the
legend away and reveal a brave
gentleman who served his Queen
with all his loyalty. The earlier
one shows Boutwell, as Mary's one
true knight, the present one gives
us Leycester as Elizabeth's most de-
pendable adviser. It was the en-
vious, in both cases the authors say,
who created the ISLANDERS which for
centuries have obscured the truth.
Well, 1t is good hearing to find that
the world contained two more hon.
est men than had been previously
counted. Let works Of this sort con-
tinue, by all means.
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moner acceptance in the pre-war
days than they are at present.
For the rest, Mr.. Hapgood's book
takes us the round of the brave
young revolutionaries who flourished
in that Eden before the = serpent,
which was the world before the
war-the Stein salon, the Dodge
salon, Lincoln Steffens, John Reed,
Provincetown, Greenwich Village,
Stieglitz, Emma Goldman, Eugene
ONeill, Susan Glaspell-the rest of
them. He writes tenderly of them
all. The grim (though she did not
know 1t was GRIM picture which
Mabel Dodge gave of puerilities,
pickering and self advertisement
when she wrote of much the same
people, is quite absent from his in
depreciation. It will be for the his
torian-or the cynic-to put the two
views together.
As said, the volume is personal
above all other things. And on that
score one would criticize 1t most.
For, In addition to its large and
impressive characterizations, it con-
tains much matter which is of un-
questionable interest from the gen.
eral readers standpoint, much small
detail of living, much intimate but
insignificant relation. Beyond that,
1t usefully goes into the shelf of his
tories of its period, for, though it
comes down to the present day, its
vitality is drawn from the pre-war
era. It should be of great value
to those who are trying to find out
how things came to their present
pass-how they happened as they
did.
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bia Code. To the individual tax
payer, also, this service will be USE
full, though its prime intent, as indi-
Gated by the title, is to serve the
corporate taxpayer.
This Corporation Tax Service" is
to be found in the Washingtoniana
division of the Public Library, in the
central library building at Eighth
and K streets NV.
There are in the library other
compilations useful to the person
who wants to know the law on any
given subject, be 1t taxes or some
thing else. First and foremost of
these is The Code of the District of
Columbia to March 4, 1929" and its
supplements. These volumes are to
be found, not only in the Washing
toniana division, but also in the ref
erence and technology divisions of
the central library and in the major
branch libraries.
Following are examples of ques-
tions which may be answered by
consulting the Code: What is the
legal maximum rate of interest in
the District of Columbia? What is
credit union and how may one be
organized? What is lodging house
within the meaning of the law?
District Measures.
Another valuable compilation to be
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Acts of Congress Affecting the Dis
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read the text of laws on specific
subjects, such as adoption, the num-
bers game. or compulsory insurance
for taxicab drivers, to mention only
a few.
Closely connected with this series
of volumes is the collection in the
Washingtoniana division of "Legis-
lation Pertaining to the District of
Columbia"
Evening star., 1939-09-24
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Step by Step" Winston
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Evening star., 1939-09-24
A Victorian in q Modern
World
By Hutchins Hapgood. NeU
York: Harcourt Brace & Co.

YORK: H1rcOnrt Brace q co.
Mr.. Hapgood, as it is needless to
say, was a member of that group
Of pre-war idealists, who, in their
halcyon time, discontented with the
peace and security to which they
were unthinking heirs, dreamed fine
dreams of making a better world
for us all to live and be happy in
In recent years yet other members
Of this group have written their
life stories, even as he writes his
here, and one who has read those
volumes will know pretty we'll what
to expect of his, for the significant
characteristic of the group. as it re-
veals itself in the successive auto
biographies, was its self-contain.
ment. Over and over again tn these
works one comes on the same
names, as member after member of
the old crowd gives his or her i'm
pressions Of the other members. An
intensely personal quality is the re-
suit; one cannot but smile over it,
a trifie ironically For these people
in their day hesitated not to plan
for the making Of a new and better
world. Yet. writing in their old
age, they tell us chiefly about one
another. Only as the Interpretation
is colored by the authors point of
vieW-again personal thing-is
there any essential difference.
In Mr.. Hapgood's case the differ
ence is implied in the title he has
given his story. He thinks of him.
self as Victorian, and it is as a
Victorian that he tries to interpret
his past. He has found spiritual
values implicit in all the acts of
living, he has drawn his philosophy
from belief in a great spiritual
reservoir which lies beneath and
beyond the physical manifestations
OF existence and gives them their
significance. This. in great part, is
his estimate of Victorianism. A
love of order and an inescapable
sentimentality are also parts of his
attitude. To the reviewer it is du-
bious that these attributes of mind
belong exclusively to any period, but
they were unquestionably in COM
Evening star., 1939-09-24
| Brief Reviews
|Of New Books

Travel.
A PASSENGER TO ADVENTURE.
BY Marjorie Shuler. New York:
D. Appleton Century Co.
A trip around the world by air.
Routine travel stuff.
History.
PATHWAYS OF OUR PRESI-
DENTS. BY Floyd I. McMurray.
Indianapolis.
Lives of the Presidents told in
terms of the places where they lived
and worked.
The Weeks Success Text.
HOW TO WIN WHAT YOU WANT.
BY. Kenneth Goode. New York:
Prentice Hall.
Rules for getting on. Seems per-
haps a trifle more applicable than
most of its kind. But the reviewer
would hate to have to apply it, just
the same.
THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS.
Written and illustrated by DR..
Suess. New York: Random
House.
Hilarious account Of the origin of
seven proverbs about horses-with
some new light on the history of the
Godiva family. Typical Suess.
Cosmic Recipe.
WHY WORK? BY Roger Payne.
Boston: The Meador Publishing
Co.
Hobo philosopher tells how he
lived and was happy on the fruits Of
one days work each week. Argal:
Why not the rest Of us. Your own
risk.
Religion.
THE CHURCH BEFORE PLATE.
BY Edward Leen, c. S. Sp. Sill
yer Spring: The Preservation
Press.
A statement of the position of the
Roman Catholic Church today be-
fore its enemies, which the author
sees as manifold. An eloquent pres
entation.
Lives.
HIS MAJESTY OF CORSICA. BY
Valerie Pirie. New York: D.
Appleton Century Co.
The story Of Theodore, Baron OF
Neuhot, an 18th century rake who
seemed to live with the notion Of
providing lively material for his
biographers. An interesting thing
Evening star., 1939-09-24


What about inheritance taxes,
what is the tax, how much are ex-
emptions and are they the same for
parents and children as for BROTH
ers and sisters?
Answers to these questions and a
great deal of additional information
Of interest to the taxpayer may be
found in The Corporation Tax
Service published by the Commerce
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Serves Corporations.
This loose-leaf volume, kept up to
date by the publishers, covers all
statutory and official requirements
with respect to all taxes levied on,
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prefaced by brief description of
the arrangement and numbering of
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includes a section on recent tax
legislation by years and pertinent
sections from the District of Colum-
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Mr.. Garner of Texas

By Marquis James, Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Co.
This entirely unexcepona biography Of the Vice President It
and readable; interested
campaign far and
body deaf hearing Presumably then
here the
Evening star., 1939-09-24

view 1t that way it becomes positively quaint
Consideration Of the snoJapanese
american Mercury The article is called
comes from the pen Of Ha Abend New York
respondent According to Mr. Abend
defeat In China and she this will still
victory Tor the reason that China will not be brought
Japan he is bad coon
administration beaten happens
Will be lost for the japanese the territory
ruled by police So this optimistic those
have held quite different
Commentator incidentally presidential
1mpoibities" Candidates Would
House The hrst the list of described
September ISSUE Mr. Ikes the Secretary of the
this
be disputed question morale
to the writer Nicholas Basseches
doubt that the Red Army the satisfied
Soviet Union and ready anxious to fight when the
give the word 1t well and well Its morale
good its efficiency the
alenaed with pleasure and instruction lectures
are held the garsons Everything
leave him alone with his perhaps rebellous thoughts
It would that the distance
these remarks the untruth-VW
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Novels.

Novels.
FOOTLIGHTS ON A HERO. BY
Sydney Thompson. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
A novel of the current American
theatrical world by an author who
seems to have . peculiar fair for
books on that subject.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Tax Information Given
In Volume at Library
Washingtoniana Preserved
In Reference Form
On MANY Subjects

BENJAMIN Franklin has said that I'm this world
put death and 1t might be added that Of the
the individual Since
and there penalties delay
Is there calendar
When the District Of Columbia
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Pages of Factua History of Cape Horn Drip Adventure
American Foreign Policy
Called Dangerous by
DR.. Charles Beard
Magazines Just Published Show
Editors Provision on
Events in Europe


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b To- the Leading % article m
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lose ~ their 1n h article u M Nems
Cousins and includes State
tail working
published statements Mae
Clubs Miss Franklin
Roosevelt Miss Kate Smith president
General Federation
opposed to the discriminatory legislation.
Mr. Cousins that the
certain impetus that
Of the Massachusetts,
both State and Federal constitutions
mstic this
elimination bandwagon legislation a
for but he it. this misleading Actually
1T will solution
1t the first time
dsmissng
curious
alleged
OF general unemployment people job
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personal
everybody endowed ayes
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ments- him his salary He doesn't
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view 1t that way 1t becomes positively quaint.
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comes from the Haet Abend New
respondent According Abend with military
defeat in China and she
victory for the that China
he bad coonzer
administration beaten
will be lost for the japanese territory
cause 1t only fair readers
have held quite different views
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Area Ignored by Writers
In the Past Inspires
Fascinating Book
Daladier's Collected Speeches,
Anti.C .Climactic at This Point.
Defend Munich
By MaryCa carter Roberts.
Cape Horn
By Mary.Carte Roberts.

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In Defense of France
By Edouard Daadier. New York Doubleday Doran & Co.
collection of M Daaders speeches made since he took
those other volumes collected oatorhe addresses OF Mr.
international field
the three works much the ground and is Of course the
interest
old history and in the light which flashes from the batleheds
frai ees do those protesaons Of
Yet would be the most hagran unt to say
the whole world they
instruments
for expressing the wishes Of the people
dramatically orator1cal style
Chamberlan His in transla
climax sound So
the rest however events have
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particular
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-14
Third Division to Gather
At Fort Lewis on April %

Troops Of the widely scattered
Third Rock of the Msrnel division
will be concentrated again this
spring at Fort Lewis. II was an
nounced Friday Tentative dates
are April % to May 81, with 1000
troops taking part.
The Third division. commanded
by MAJ. Gen. Walter c. Sweeney.
includes troops stationed at Fort
Lewis. Fort Lawton. Fort George
Wright. Fort Missoula, Fort
Douglas. Preside Of San Fran
cisco. Preside Of Monterey, and
Chilkoo' Barracks, the latter IN
Alaska.
The entire division, with the ex-
ception Of the % battalion. 1oto
Field Artillery, a horse drawn F
A. unit stationed at Monterey. and
two companies Of the TIN Infantry
a. Chilkoot. Will take part
Troops AZ Vancouver will make
the trip 20 Fort Lewis by march
ing and BY motor. Approximately
400 officers and men Of the Attn
Infantry, stationed al Fort Wright,
Spokane. will make the trip by
train. with the remainder Of the
regiment travelling IN trucks.
AL other organizations, coming
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-14
BANDIT HOLDS
UP BUS DRIVER

Shielding his face with red
handkerchief. a hoft-spoken youth
late Thursday night held up r.
Il. A. =. bus driver 81 hanliog
and robbed him Of sis. police faid
Friday.
c. J. HopNood. 5sis - / 81
the driver. told officers he vas
robbed al u 10 = n st 10 s5ih
and HusDn u N. end Of the
Asnitou linz.
Just after dischsrging his lst,
passenger. Hopwood szs prepsf-
INK 10 make the trip back 70
downtown Tacoma when the ban
dit stepped aboard the his.
Shell out your money. but
don't bother with the nieksls.' the
young man demanded. exhibiting a
revolver. HopWooo snpiied his
money changer ana pockets. hand
ing the robber a total q SO IN
dimes. quarters and nAif-aoliaTs,
In addition 10 IS Ds1s tokens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-14

However. when the roads and
bridges committee of the 26th leg
islature adjourned at $50 p. m,
the way seemed clear. because:
The committee had approved
| an administration supported
bill to make the bridge and It's
approaches a part of the states
primary highway system.
O-Tacoma representatives OF or
L ganized labor had informed
members of the Pierce county dele
CATION that, finally. at 2 p. m.
Wednesday. articles covering hours
and wages had been agreed to by
labor and the Narrows bridge con
tractors.
Save County Money
The first WIS important for two
reasons (a) II viii save Pierce
county many thousands of dollars
In maintenance costs. which the
county had agreed, under pressure.
to assume lbl IT includes a SINH
lar provision for Seattle's Mercer
island bridge. which was in danger
of being blocked because its con-
struction bonds have not been sold
and the prospective buyers were
refusing TO proceed until mainten-
ance had been guaranteed beyond
possibility of successful legal at
tack in King county courts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-14
SOLONS WILL
TAKE HOLIDAY

OLSMrtA--Ths zsth lsElsisfsrs
All louFnsd today until Monday
after ths senate approved BY VI
10 volta . bill 10 place Tbs Lsss
Washington ard Tacoma Nsffoss
Toll bridges an the stale primary
highway system.
Ths bill Nas sent immediately
20 the hDssss where equally svift
aetion IL expected undsr tina
measure the state pili pay tls
siz0.O0J cost Of maintaining tns
two bridges osst II tina motgf ~.
hlels fund
Tns sensss adjourned until .
.. m Monday and the house until
nsDn Monday after short ssssssna
today The egslss approved egfns
niitsss appointed ~ speaker
John n sylvester.
Only 20 hilis hsvr been nitro.
alsesi in hath houses up - and In.
ci,hiing today. . marx far behind
the number filed 10 ira 1887 zee
SION whleh sat an slltlfAs record
tor halls,