Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-06-12
BOOK REVIEWS

''To add brightness to the sun.
or glory to the name of Wash
ington, is alike impossible. Let
pronounce the, name, and in it's
none attempt it In solemn awe
naked, deathless spledor leave it
shining on"
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JOHNNY GROUNDHoG'S
SHADOW
Story by: Emmy Payne
Pictures by: Thee Pascal
Publisher: Houghton MiffIin Co.
! mpany, ark ST., Boston, Mass.
Price: $500
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
Clean books for children con-
stitute a blessing, a godsend.
Johnny Groundhog's Shadow is
a clean, readable book for youn-
gsters, far away from the multi
tude of criminal producing So
called funny books. 1t is the kind
OF book the most discriminating
would like for their youngsters
to read-and they should be en-
couraged to read it over and
, over again.
"Poor Johnny Grounding!
People expected him to tell them
when spring was coming by
looking at his shadow, but
JohnnN didn't have a shadow
lie othekr groundhogs. His friend
Susie Squirrel thought maybe
they could fin an extra one ly-
ing around the forest, SO they
Started out loo. But all the
shadows were fastened onto
something else, and even wise
Mr.. Owl was no help. Then Su-
sic and Johnny met some child
rem playing a game-ones that
suggested a brilliant solution to
Johnny's problem. .i:fi
Forests are fascinating places
and Miss PascaIs colorfu1 drw-
ings do them full justice. The
beautiful illustrations and the
humor of Jhonny's predicatment
make a book that is just right
for reading aloud to the picture
book age. 1t should be, apopular
, follow-up to the authors success
sful Katy No-Pocket.'
VOTE REPUBLICAN -
CIVILIZATION ONTF;IAL
Author: Arnold J. Toynbee
Publisher: Oxford university
Press, ia Fifth ave-, New York
II, N. Y.
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
Price: $3.50
The very title Of Ibis book Is
classic within itself. Between
it's covers will be found some
eye openers. 1t tells by infer
ence at least some OF the things
which clearly demonstrate that
civilization is on trial.
1.-The British Government in
India were unwilling, until A. D.
1907 tp, ale tie sacrofoce pr re-
vemie tjat wpi; he emtao;e ed ON
British Indian Governments 0p-
ium revenue rose from about H.
OOO, 600 pounds per annum in the
years 1820-43 to over 1000 600
in 1901.
} Gin the period A. D. 1800-1858
during which the importation of
opium into China was illegal,
the lions share Of the smuggl-
ing trade was done by British
ships. .,
1.-THE British Government in
the United Kingdom never made
this smuggling trade Illegal for
! british subjects, and they dis
countenanced compliance with
the Chinese Governments de-
mand that foreign merchants
should sign bonds undertaking
NOT to emuggle opium into China
and accepting a liability to suf-
| fer capital punishment for this
offence at the hands Of the
chinese authorities if the often
ders were caught and cOhVlcteu.
arhe smuggling trade would
not have been (a) lucrative, II
there ahd not been a keen de-
mand for opium namong the
chinese public, or (b) feasible,
If the British and other foreign
Fsmugglers had not had energetic
Chinese confederates.
Most Chinese officials were
,nwise and incompetent, and
some Of them corrupt, in their
handling of the particular pro-
blem OF opium-smuggling and the
general problem of doing bust
ness with Western traders and
with the representatives OF
Western governments"
These excerpts from the con-
duct of one of the most highly
civilized nations in the present
day world tends to show unmis-