Evening star., 1943-05-16
Brief Reviews
COLLECTIONS, ANTHOLOGIES
ETC

COLLECTIONS. ANTHOLOGIEs,
ETC.
Liberty - Equality - Fraternity.
by Nicholas Murray Butler tScrib-
ner rs)-Twenty essays and addresses
by the president of Columbia Uni
versity on the general subject,
Problems of Today and Tomor-
row" An excellent companion to
his The American as He Is, a COL
lection of his lectures at the Uni
versity of Copenhagen, also pub
lished by Scribner's.
Jackpot, by Erskine Caldwell (Sun
Dial Press)-75 of the author S
stories
The Fireside Book of Dog Stories
edited by Jack Goodman tSimon &,
Schuster)-A large volume of dog
stories, all very good, indeed
The Moonlight Traveller, selected
by Philip Van Doren Doubleday
Doran)-A collection of tales of fan
tasy and imagination.
Between the Dark and the Day.
light, by Nancy Hale (Scribners)-
81 stories by the author.
Digests Of Ten Famous French
Novels, prepared under the editor
ship Of Cameron Hyde lHalcyon
House)-Well-known French works
OF fiction, indefensibly streamlined
Great Short Novels, edited by Ed
ward Weeks Garden City)-A very
fine collection of novelties, from
Lawrence Sterne to the present.
HEALTH.
Heart Disease Is Durable, by Peter
j. Steincrohn. NJ. D. Doubleday,
Doran)-Prevention, checking and
cure of heart ailments.
AGRICULTURE.
A Practical Guide to Successful
Farming, edited by Wallace S. More
land tHalcyon House)-Instructio
in modern farming, arranged in
encyclopedia form.
RADIO.
Mikes Don't Bite. by Helen Sious-
sat (Fischer)-A we'll planned guide
to speaking over the radio, by one
of the top woman executives in
broadcasting. Helpful.
SPORTS.
Famous American Athletes Today,
by Harold Kaese q. c. Page)-The
eighth series. Covers contempor-
airy sports scene.
BUSINESS HISTORY.
The House Of Goodyear, by Hugh
Allen-The story of the growth of
the great rubber manufacturers,
with emphasis on the part played
by rubber in war.
BIOGRAPHY.
Living Biographies of Famous
Women, by Henry Thomas and Dana
Lee Thomas Garden City)-Brief
biographies of 20 famous women
from Cleopatra to Nine. Chang
Kai-shek.
Chile
By Benjamin Subercaseaur.
Macmillan)
This colorful, rambling book
conveys the impression that Chile
is strange, and, in laces, delightful
land, but that it would be a much
better place to live if some things
were different. The volume is a
geographical, sociological, political
hodge podge superimposed on
strong personal feelings by a man
described by the publisher as prob
ably the best-known writer of the
younger school in Chile"
Il tell the good and the bad"
he frankly writes, admitting he
does not boost his country, and this
is certainly true of his accounts of
Chilean nationals, as we'll as mi
norities from foreign lands. For
example, he calls the beauty of
Chilean women "a myth" and de-
scribes the well-to-do youth as
hairy, with a weak neck and
bumped shoulders" He doesn't
like the "guaso," the bourgeois of
the Masses" and has absolutely no
use for the "hacendados." of whom
he writes, "his affability is exag-
gerated and is, in reality, so much
bullying"
The reader can't help wondering
at times If there really is anything
at all about Chile that Mr.. Suber-
caseaux likes. But there are GER
tain passages out of which seep-
like the scent of a delicate perfume
"a warmth and depth of feeling
that attests to his sincerity.
Nothing escapes the keen, critical
eye of the author. He touches on
everything from fish to the Beagle
Affair."" the latter more Of a dis
agreement than q dispute over a
boundary. He takes each section
Of the country, each class of peo-
pie, all its natural resources. and
cracks them open like a small boy
operating on a walnut. He does
not exhaust his topics, but sue
ceeds in piquing the readers curl
osity, although his book Is not
likely to make one drop everything
and dash OF on q tour Of Chile.
LEWIS r. ATCHISON. ],