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l Series of Panama.Canal Paintings for the Military Academ at West'Point—Local Sculptors in Exhibition. ‘New Head of Print Diyision. BY LEILA MECHLIN. NNOUNCEMENT. has been niade Aduflnlmlutweckolthe gift, by an anonymous donos, of | &' serles of paintings by Jonas Lie of the bullding of ;the Panama Canal to the Military Acad- emy at West Point. -The gift was made memorial to Mzj. Gen. Goethals, builder of the canal and first clvil gov- .ermor of the Panama Canal Zone, and it is especially suitable, as the painfings constitute a record of one of the great- est engineering feats in history. - When the announcement was made, it was » stated that the Military Academy was chosen as the recipient so that the " institution might have record of a great peace-time achievement by an. Army engineer, war-time prowess being alveady % represented. The gift has been aceepted - by the academy, but no date has.been ¢ set for"the presentation. ! -Shortly ‘after these tings were gmde thsy were exhibifed here for a brief ‘period at the: Pan-Ameyican Union. - Later they were siown in ‘sev- eral of the leading art ‘museums,. At that time one of the paintings, “The 'E Mvtgvpcmn.n Ueror.” . was. mnchnsedl hx)‘rd the % Museum of “Art, and “an- * otker, “Culebra Cut,” was secured by the Detroit Museum, The sketch for 7 the painting in the \Metropolitan Mu- t Seum js now owned by Mrs. Goethals, © Mr.. Lie is quoted as having said ¥ that he tried ‘to give,.in paint, some .~ of the grandeur, some of the immensity i of the undertaking, the vast difficulties i encountered in the building of ; this ¢ waterway through the jungle, and to i give some feeling of the tremendous ;7 imagination it Yook fo . congeive ‘the { ‘plan and earry it out. A . ¢ . Jonas Lie, the painter, was born in { Norway in 1880. His uncle, Jonas Lie, 7: after whom he was named, was a well known Norwegian poet and novelist. I His boyhood associations were with - Hterary, artistic and musical people. He 7 came to this country while still a youth 7 and began his art studies by attending +. evening classes at the National Academy i of Design. He studled also-at the Art . Students’ League. When but 20 years of age his first painting was accepted »+and shown in ‘one of the academy ex- - hibitions. In 1925 he was made a na- . tlonal academician. He is Tepresented in the Corcorzn Gallery of Art and the National Gallery:here, and in a ma- Jority of the leading art museums in this country. His “Ice Harvest” is owned by the Luxembourg, Paris.’ One of his paintings .was . recently : pur- :chased by Norweglan-Americans: as a .Wedding gift to Prince OlaZ;-of Nor- way and Princess Martha ‘of Sweden, Who were married, it will be remem- bered, last month at Oslo. * ok ok % THRZE Washington sculptors, Henry K. Bush-Brown, Margaret French %seon and Vicken von Post Totten, be represented in the great exhi< Bition" i San of American sculpture -opening Francisco this month and re maining on view at the California Pal- &cs of the Legion of Honor all Summer. . This is one of the most comprehen. sive and notable exhibitions of Ame €an sculpture that has ever been sembled. It will include over a thou Sand pieces and will represent sculptors in all parts of the United States and abroad. The exhibition.,is under the auspices of the Natlonal ‘Sculpture So- ge‘g! ‘which u‘.:embled it, and it was y a munificent gift of $100,000°from’ Archer M. Huntington, ®ho also, it will be remembered, financed the lmm“(!x.h!bltfin thati was Reld under like suspices six years'igo at the Hispanie Museum, New York. The Cglifornia Palace of the Legion of Honor is & begutiiul building, mag- nifi Jocated on & commanding site overlooking the harbor of San Fran- ‘gisco and the Golden, Gate* The sculp- fure will be shown not only in its gal- _leries but in its beaptiful open court, ‘#nd the city of San Francisco has co- ‘operated in providing superb landscape ting for the purpose, it ids of rhododendrons and pal seujpture the in this eth% Will. be “work | within~the - Iast ‘ decade - and 1L, t] fore, constituté a new cl the history of American - nd bring the record ‘up to-date. * Not only will three of oyr local sculp- Aors be. represented, but quite a number’ of the Works shown will be ef scuipture. b7 ter: for fi placement. Por *instance, iz there will be shown a full-length. statue . of Hmr& Olay, by Charles H. Niehaus, which is : destined for placement in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, represent- ;| Ing Kentucky, Clay's native State. It shows the statesman with the tradi- tional beaver hat of stove-pipe pattern in his right hand, a cane in his left, . While E" his left arm has been flung : ‘his . The expression is extremely vital, the look of the.eye is pepetrating, the pose that of stepping forward, the ‘Weight thrown on the left fogt. A skid- ful arrangement of 3 pile of books and Solcity and piastc strentih 4 s coms y an c strengt] _com-. ition. Niehaus, 4t will bé remem- red, is the sculptor of the John Paul . Jones statue at the foot of Seventeenth’ .‘mtreet, and also of Hahne; #tatue In Scott Circlé. - - Washington, . elther here in Washington or -intended; (wg(’m o ; the ‘country ‘in, the- ! | nstional Gollec t: members of long standing. Our nationzl print collection had its incepticn in an appropriaticn. act . ef- fective July 1, 1897, at which time the Library of ‘Congress took possession of its handsome new building. Its nucleus was the Marsh collection of engravings, purchased many years earlier by t Smithsonian Institution; a coliection of portraits by St. Memin and a vast amount, of material of very questionable vahie derived through operation of the copyright law, but neither assorted nor classified. Within 12 years of its in- ception, during which time and for some years later the late Alfred J. Par- sons 'was chief of the division of prints, this “collection grew to over 300,000 were of real value, n adition to which there had been ‘placed on deposit sev- eral notable . private collections upo: whieh the division could draw for exhi- bition purposes. Prom chacs had come order; from a mass of unavailable ma- terial much that- was of interest had been secured, and from a mere process of acquisition a policy of service had been established—all this and ‘much more to the credit of Mr.-Parsons. In 1808 great impetus was given to the devel nt of this national print collection by the ‘gift of.the Gardiner ‘Greene Hubbard collection of engravings and etcl , @ collection made with Jjudgment and delight by a born print ]collae%."xr“mn collection eomp“rlm n:;-g , nts ‘and is especially gne works of Rembrandt and Durer.. “The next important gift was that of the ldte Crosby S. Noyes, for many years editor of The Evening Star—a yaluable col- lection of original drawings-and illus- trated books by celebrated Japanese exhibition been .of great service to the public as well as to students and cone hoisseurs. A third important gift was the George Lathrop Bradley collection, comprising an_uncommonly fine group of Turners. These gifts attracted at- tention not only in this country but abroad, and led to the presentation of collections by the French government, by the Chaicographie du Louvre, the German government, the Japanese gov- ernment and the Itallan government. The collection has not been exclu- sively built up by gift or chance. Pur- cl have been made from time to time as means permitted, and though these means have been restricted they have not been negligible. Included in the purchases is the Whitaker collection of 1,600 lithographs. No notable pur- chases have been recorded, however, in comparatively recent. years. Meanwhile, our rati~nal print collec- STATUE OF HENRY CLAY BY | LES'H. NIEHAUS WHICH BE PLACED INSTATUARY HALL., THE WORK WILL ALS BE INCLUDED IN THE SCU TURE EXHIBITION OPENING IN N FRAN 0 TH tion has profited exceedingly through temporary loans. For instance, in 1905 the T. Harrison Garrett collection of engravings was lent' and remained on loan for some years. This collection was” drawn on for various' exhibitions. It was particularly rich in Rembrandt Whistler. The Junius Morgan collection was also deposited with the Library of Congress and made available for exhi- bition purposes ‘and for privaté study for some time. R 3 Mr. Parsons, the first chief of the Gelient judg® of prinis bt hed. e abi- cellent judge of abil- securing the development of the tion, the’ bullding up of which was his chief fiterest., On Mr. ried on by the staff, of which Dr. Roberts and Miss Helen 'r.l‘ht are Following by the Pennells and of the Pennell es- ry of Congress, a position which been unoceupied since the death of Prof. Rice some years ago. & RN tate held in trust for Mrs. Pennell dur- ing her lifetime, which' eventually will g0 to the establishment of an Ame: artists which has, it is sald, through fts | him. etchings and the works of Haden and [and rican | of stupendous,value,to the prints and photographs, many of which | the degree practiced architecture as a member of the firm of Howell & Holland and later went to Burope to study medieval archi- tecture, especially stained glass win- dows. Prom 1913 to 1918 he instructor of design at the Architec- tural School of the University of Penn- sylvania. In 1919 Dr. Holland was ap- pointed fellow in architecture in the American chfln‘m»l 3‘(’" Classical wln plen at Athens. years reece | he was engaged in the excavations of the tish Schools authority on the Erechtheum. In jand 1926 he taught at Vassar. Since then hthafl!bemhflulnlhhmkm the Erechtheum to a conclusion. This | months yet, therefore it is announced that he will not assume his post. st the Library of Congress until September. large and interesting work then awal v L N change today. The works by Cora Brooks, Clara R. Saunders and Benson Moore, which have. attracted such fa- vorable attention for the last fornight, were taken down yesterday and replaced by architectural designs for Wayside Stands, assembled by the Art Center, New York, the result of a competition for prizes offered by, Mrs. John D. 1 , Jr.; olls water colors by Margaret M. Law of Baltimore, a nyon-rul&m. thember of the club. . Motoring ., about country, Mrs. Mg:lh: was greatly impressed by the fact hat. wayside stands were causihg disfigurement—blots on landscape, Tt was to stimulate improvement in these that she generously offered, through the instrumentality of the Art Center of New York, a considerable number. of cash . . Whether or not " these prizes have served their purpose, the visitors to the exhibition which now goes on view may judge. Margaret M. Law, who is exhibiting at this time, is a strong painter and has painted, for the most part, Southern scenes. Her work has marked indi- viduality, breadth in execution and largeness of conception which will prove of general interest. " Following the suggestion made at s recent special meeting, the Arts Club has decided to hold two exhibitions of the work of club members this Spring, the first from May 11 to 25, for which works shown will be selected by & jury from thoss submitted. The second will be from May 25 through the Suminer, and for this there will be no jury, and as many paintings hung as wall space provides. . ‘The recent purchase by the club of an adjoining house promises interesting development—more and convenience. An effort is being made to secure contributions from club mem- bers to meet the requisite expenditure, {and generous response has already béen met. p : * ok kX 4 ATER in the month an exhibitiont of N art will be set forth at the National Museum, an architectural gx- hibition will be held at the Corcoran Gallery, while at the Phillips Memorial Gallery this month and next recent works \g Marjorie Phillips will be on view. f the last full notice will be given in these columns next week, * %k ¥ CORI'Y KILVERT 'has just painted, for- the Pine Valley Golf Club, a decorative historical ‘map of the ol course of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland, which shows not only the plan of the course, but records the history of golf from its origin in the old countries and its first mention in Scotland, in 1457, down to Tom Morris and his contemporaries, which record is made through the medi- who have contributed to the history of this game, and also printed records well arranged. ‘This painting was placed on view at Gordon. Dunthorne's April 10 and may be seen there until April 17. It is ex- tremely ingenious and cannot fail to in- terest not only artists, but enthusiastic golfers. Especially clever is the way in which the artist has mingled historical facts and decorative features. The de- vice at the base, showing a Dutchman a Scotchman of 1757 seated on either side of St. Andrew's coat of arms, is interesting. U. S. Trooyé in Panama Talk on Air With Byrd Command- e the frozen hrct’l: m emmied b¥ ‘troops ; jungles o o Bignar Gompany n. the recent 10th S y - in. Tecen annual maneuvers, - With a portable low- powered, short-wave radio designed and built by the signal company, com- munication was carried on for nearly an hour, being heard clearly. During the tests reliable connection was estab- lished ‘with stations in' Central and South America and Europe, messages reaching out over a wadius of 8,000 miles. A small truck flu ‘txllnh en- tire radio equipment, which will prove Army here. Byrd's in will not be accomplished for several | ‘HE exhibitions at the Arts Club | greater | Segu um of little portraits of the famous men | N ONE OF THE SERIES OF PAINTINGS BY JONAS LIE SHOWING THE BUILDING OF THE PANAMA CANAL, PRESENTED TO THE MILITARY ACADEMY AS A MEMORIAL TO GEN. GOETHALS BY AN ANONYMOUS DONOR. Guides America’s Trade (Continued From First Page.) pleasure in his work that his. outside and incidental hobbies are few. some 30 years ago) an etching Whistler. He fell in love with it. became the start of his prin 1 indoo: passion—the ' collection of etchings. He has never cared particularly for fravel, though he made a big exception hree years ago and went to Egypt. There he had the good fortune toy be by I Recent accessions at the Bublic Library and lists of recommended {read- ing will appear in this column’ each Sunday. Biography. / llrgelt!tz. R. A. The Log of BobfBartlett. Buchan, S, C. The Sword fof State. E-W463b. Hill, F. T. Lincoln, Emancipgtor of the Nation. E-L63hia. Leverhulme, W. H. L, 2nd viscount. Viscount Leverhulme. 'le. E-L579 1. Lockwood, F. C. Arzona 'Characters. E-9L819. ¥ Morley, John. Memorandum on Resig- nation. E-M8252a. Raussell, J. A, Joseph 'Warren Fordney. E-P150r. r, P. M. M. H,, is de. Marie Antoinette, 1927. E-] .E. Tyler, Mrs. M. H. P. Grandmother + Tyler's Book. 1925. E-T977. ‘Wilson, Prancis, Jonn»,wum Booth. E-L83wij. Radio. | Burns, E. E. Radio. TGC-B93r, Pitch, C. J, comp. How to Build Modern Loud Speakers. TGC-F55h. National Electrical Manujacturers’ Asso- ciation. Handbook of Radio. Stand- srds. TGC-N21. G. E. Radio: Library. 5 v. Drama. | d Bosl%ras'l‘hnur Guild Plays. 1924. YD- Galsworthy, John. Gar Plays. ' YD-G 137ap. Mrs. L. A i The' Courtship. D- Merivale, 1927, s, Prince, 1927, - YD-W8651. ' Athletics and’ Outdoor.Sports. Griffith; C. R. Psychology and Athietics. VAT-GO74. Kuc‘zt;sr. L. L. Archery Manual. VC- McGovern, Terry, and others. How to Box to Win. 1920. VB-M M G- Martin, H. B. Pictorial' Golf. M364p. ntgomery, K. W. Volley Ball for ‘Women. V-M76v. { National Collegiate Athletic Association. Hoekey Official Iee Rules, VEH-N2). O’Brien, P. J., and Bilik, 8,.E. Boxing. 'VB-ODbe. Wills, Helen. Tennls, VET-West: | Roberts,'E. H. " Orlental’ 1 Waugh, Elizabeth, and - Foley, ‘Edith, Collecting Hooked Rugs. WUV-W35. Wolfe, Mrs. F. A, and A. T. How to Identify Orfental Rugs. WUV-W834h. French Stories. Beraud, Henrl. La Gerbe d'Or. Y39F- B452, Burnet, Etienne. La Porte du Sauveur. 1926. Y39F-B933p. Chamson, Andre. Les Hommes de la Route., 1927. Y39FP-C358h. nne, Jacques. Le Chant du Bienheureux. * 1927. Y39F-C374c. Daudet, L. A. Le Napus. 1927. Y39P- D264n. Duhamel, Georges. La Nuit d'Orage. Luc. Conquetes d de uc., u H . 1927. Y39P-D935c. . ¢ n. ~ Adrienne Mesurat. 1927, 9F-Q798. - % 2 t, Rene. Freres 1927, Y39F- rmand, Suzanne; Cing Pemmes Sur Une Galere, 1937, Y39F-N782c| - ‘the U. 8. RGS3-B43, { cmmf.&:ng Sheffer, L. u: Soms one showed him, (it is nofet Herl 1 t (| ind Riugs, the Wa to Know and Judge Them. wm’z‘ in - | order. the fifst white man to enter a certain | tomk with Dr. George Andrew Reisner, H%v:rd'fi eat Egyptologist. ur this time he had never | Hoover. He had, of course, | rd much about him and admired | him—so much, in fact, that he had | prepared to take his sonout of Prince- ton if it could be arranged for him to work under Hoover in Belgian relief. It could not be arranged, so the boy went over a little later with an ambu- lance section. In 1927 carhe the great Mississippl flood. The United States Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee of men _highly distinguished in engineer- ing, law. and business, residents of New York, St. Louis, Chicago, Washington and cities along the devastated regions. Frederic Delano of Washington was made chairman of that committee, with Mr. Lamont as vice chairman. That committee was to make a business, engineering and financial survey and report for a referendum to the mem- bership, Carried on Delane’s Work. Mr, Delano was called away, so that much of the work was carried on by Mr. Lamont. The report was affirmed on a referendum to the membership by about four or five to one and became a handbook for Congress afterward. It was in the course of this work that Mr: Lamont had his first and only interview with Mr, Hoover. His only interview, that is, until shortly before the inauguration, when he received a telegram and slipped away to Florida 50 'quietly that no one knew about it. A terrible howl went up from Chi- cago—a howl of rage combined with a snort of pride—when it was learned that Lamont was resigning from those directorships. For Chicago had started on fts plans for its next world's fair to be built on yet unmade islands in the lake, to be a show of modern science, to be viewed from a new kind of moving rallway on padded wheels, from a new kind of hanging gardens and to be, in short, a kind of world’s fair never seen before in this history of worlds or fairs. Lamont had had a hand in the en- gineering work of the fair of 1893, and here he was one of Chicago's kingpins in. the engineering-industrial-financial world of the Chicago of today, How were they to get on without him? Chicago Is Not So Far. The answer is, of course, they will not have to do so entirely. Washington looks very far away from Chicago, but Chicago is not nearly so far away from Washington. The Lamonts are leaving their beautiful Lake Forest house quite intact. It is filled with fine antique English furniture picked up by Mrs. Lamont in the course of her various visits abroad, .and that sort of furniture does not love packing and shipping,| The etchings may come to Washington, but the furniture will have to stay in Lake Forest. It may help to make it easier for Mr. Lamont to go home and get consulted now and then. Stepping into a department of the Government so ughly * organized and s0 smoothly as that which Mr, Hoover left behind, he will S0 many directorates in the past. Great experience, high ideals of public service, a Tomplete absence of self-ad- and a knowledge of what can et bly be expected of others will cembine in Mr. Lamont to carry on the work initiated by Herbert Hoover. Nobel Prize to be Used for Poor Children M.’ Sigrid Undset, Norweglan au- she heceived as the Nobel for uunbv;ure.m 1928 . (about - $42,000) for ~_REVIEWS OF SPRING BOOKS Four New Stories From Arthur Machen—Reminiscences of IDA’ GILBERT MYERS. THE HOUSE OF SOULS. By Arthu Unlike as are these, neverthe- less, unite In aid and support of tha which s, clearly, a Machen sion. Along separate converge in essence, U n’.m ::rell:t:l"lm‘rm‘ ith each other, im: 3 e Wi y posing. " searet. - conditions, dcing. luct their ef combination, dange; the contact between the hu. man and the dynamic forces of the ma. terial world. In the main, the world lp busy with a thousand trivial things tHat bear upon eating and drinking, going to bed and getting up again, with no hint of the terrific powers surrounding it. The first story of the book is of this A dull story given over, in the main, to the buying of a kitchen range, with long discussions week in and week out of the particular make to be chosen finally. There are other interests, a few, but all of them trivial and dull— save now and then when, for a flash, the man of the house is transported to some other where, to some wondrous other where, upon which in sensitive ex- pectation he walts—but- the moment flies, as women do, and he returns to the business of choosing a hew stove. At the very last, the door of this story opens, just a little, but it is in indecisive and unrevealing motion. The other three stories are frankly terrible—and all because the human, tormented with | his half-sights and his distorted visions, attempts to force some wild dream of | his own into reality by an audacious | epproach to the monstrous material | world of whose nature, of whose powers, he has no knowledge. Terrible stories, these. Pure inventions that are, nevel theless, based on a concelyable possibil- ity. in the power of strong and independent thought these tales are worked out daringly along lines of - tulated progression that lead nowhere | except to consternation and terror. The first of these tales is as realistic as our | swn humdrum days—save for its flashes, | its few flashes of insight. The other | three are fantastic inventions of an| independent thinker and a writer of | force and communicability. About 400 years ago one Aldus, Vene- | tian, began the business of producing | cheap pocket editions of the classics for | everybody's reading. That pursuit has | been going on ever since, with the usual vicissitudes that beset every great and useful enterprise. But, by and large, publishers ever since the good ! example of ‘Aldus have been trying to | put out cheap and good, editions of the | best in writing. Now “cheap” and “good” do not as a rule show any de- | cided affinity for each other. Here is a case where they clearly do come | gether. “The Borzoi Pocket Book' the book-maker’s job is a fine piece of merchandise. Substantial in its mate- rial and in its putting togeth T | and type excellent, covers m-<gctive and | durable, decorations quite out of the ordinary—the whole is directly calcu- lated to be of educative value in.the matter of a hetter appreciation of books | as both substantial and artistic. Such purpose really rounds out the original | plan of putting out popular editions of | the classics. For here and now thess classics are ‘coming to .be prope: RS“I’," through the art of book-makini elf. hen to stop. ““The Bishop Murder Case” looks like a good -place: for Van Dine, to wind up the series of four Philo Vance tales that have risen steadily to this latest top- notch of mystery invention in partner- ship with the gift of good story-t: Still, there is another “murder case brewing. He must know what he can do and probably we would better mind our own affairs. But, this latest ad- yenture in crime lifts amazingly, even above the other high levels set by Van Dine. .. The matter develops with a group ~ of scientists, mathematicians absorbed in speculations of such scope as to give striking emphasis to the un- imj nce. of human life, to the insig- nificance of the earth itself in relation to the vast spaces of their daily concern. All earthly sense of proportion is lost in the contemplation of infinity.. Con- sistent with psychology, it is certain that prolonged mental strain of this sort ‘reacts in loosening moments of childish recreations on the one hand and, with certain natures in acts of cruelty on the other. Such is the very bare basis of the latest Van Dine murder story. Upon this is erected an orgy of murder, suicide, abduction and terrorizing even to death, such as no book, save this one, could have the face to offer to even the most confirmed addict of the mystery yarn. A little group of scientists and, professors, quiet men of sedate habits, push this grizzly matter forward, to the bewilderment of even Philo Vance, incomparable detec- tive and most engaging man. Pure absolutely fantastic doings throw the screen_of improbable and impossible actions around what actually were true clues. Long chological . discussions come in here .Wne invitation of Vance in his efforts to clear up the monstrous situation. And as the situation narrows it is this practical knowledge of the workings of the mind that leads Philo Vance to -dive down into the simple basic needs of even the most highly developed brain for the motives under- lying_these monstrous crimes. Actual know tion, drama, com- mand of words in both their structural and artistic uses—these all come to- gether to serve this mystery master in: his most ambitious undertaking so far, and in what, I believe, will be counted the best story of crime that has been written by any writer anywhere. A wide assertion—but try it out for * ok kK THE ROMANCE OF THE MERIT SYSTEM: Forty-five Years' Remi- niscences of the Civil Service. By Machen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Borzi Pocket Edition. FOU‘R of the Arthur Machen stories. preposses lines, all of them , upon two worlds, side by side, but over- exacting compliances, now and then pro- rships quite monstrous in ects. . One of these is the com- monplace world that we consciously in- . ‘The other is the unseen world is potently - realized at some flashing instant of human insight. There is danger in the r in lods along, commissioner, of his study contribu- tion to the new plan for Government workers. “The Age of Women” is a chapter that is worth the while, not only of woman readers, but of man readers as well. The story as a whole marches with events, with the World War and its sequences here at home within the Government establishment and at other points allied to that of the workers there. The growth of the merit system is recorded in detail as to its'purpose and its effective practice. The whole is a compact body of history in respect to an important part of the Government business. It is more than likely that no other published account of this matteér is so definitely sourced in the knowledge that grows out of immediate contact and personal ex- perience as is this one. A point not to be neglected is the writing manner of this author. This history reads like a story in its animation, its finely im- aginative quality, its touches of humor, r t M € | the By | face” fantasy flashes in and out here, while | poetic its unvarying stand for the stability and advance of the institution which it is so vallantly supporting. Some one has called this book “The Romance of the Merit System” end that is what it is—romance and fact and gospel, cll interwoven in a vivid story of one phase of the Government business. It applies directly, as a whole, to every Govern- ment worker. It appeals indirectly, but with striking force, to those who live under our particular Government. A splendid piece of work carried out in & clear spirit of patriotic fervor and business ethics. * K k% OUR FACE FROM FISH TO MAN. By William K. Gregory. Foreword by Wiiliam Beebe. Illustrated. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. IN sub-title the author calls this book ‘a portrait gallery of our ancestors and kinsfolk with a concise history of ?ur best features”—that is, the human ace. Willlam K. Gregory is a scientist, professor at Columbia University, mem- ber of this and that learned soclety bent to the search for truth in its scientific connotation: his familiar hunting ground is “anthropology” and “ichthyology” Willlam Beebe sponsors him here by way of foreword turned in advice upon the reader. He needs every bit of this support, and then some, to secure anything like ac- ceptance from the great company of average readers. readers know exactly what they believe upon certain important subjects and they are not going to be disturbed by this learned man, or any other one. At the outset this author invites us back an inconceivably long time. It| takes millions of years to count the point from which we are to start. To the point when “our face” began its career as such. Of course, we re- fuse the invitation. We know exactly how we came by ourselves, face and all. Still curiosity is a tremendous spur to action and so we take a step or two elong the way of William K. Gregory. And then we are lost past recall. Such | an fmazing story was never before | offered to man’s credence. So astound- ing is it that Mr. Beebe thinks merely looking at the pictures is, perhaps. About our size in regard to this recital. Another goad this proves to be, and on we go. “The Beginning of Our 'ace” provides the first shock. “The Shark’s Pace and Ours” hits us again. By that time, however, nothing could | stop us. Then ‘we read of the far time | when our ancestors left the water for the land, and of what we owe to the reptiles—beside original sin. Think of it! ‘We read of the improvement to rour face” when our kinsfolk took to tree-tops and of that exelting | millennfum when “the almost perfect appeared. Then, at last, “the p(';{fid face.” e second part of this astounding book gives a history of our best teltun{ —of the development of the mouth with its equipment of jaw and teeth, of tongue and palate and lastly of the lips. So with the other features—the ;ye;fi“nu:e,d e;rs.! all sourced in T ny for food and so - tinued existence. g the unending advance that could not pause if it would. The entire book is a fascination—a revelation and a terror. Such a jar, you know—repelling, in- viting, but never letting one go. It is a mighty progression, a gradual becom- ing, a stupendous panorams tha pr::omm‘efi a rutthugre‘ as {llimitable as astounding as t ri here has been. R A huge fairy tale—why, to be sure, that we were in the making untcld ages before Adam delved and Eve span. Nonsense, of course. Yet so tremendous is the invention that I am Teading it again, breathless, and shall no douht{ read it some more, still breathless, in & curious sense of awe at the marvel of this long, long creation. * x % x THE LIFE OF CHRIST. B; ce Fleming Young. thlnnox{ s Tin.stbocok fits every season. Yet it is hristmas or at Easter that it will draw out the tenderest t'-éf come. A point to remember. Here in a rhythmic medium the author has re- told the Bibie story of the life of Jesus, hru ;::flld it with fidelity and of P Teverence. with the spiritual effect of m.”-"rl‘,':y one must take account of the study and work in- volved in the production of this story In form. As a poem it possesses clear merit, just as in its story it is cal- culated to meet the need of many. Merely as a book it is admirable in its decorations, in the quality of its paj and t inten tion, FAN AND P. ; Twins. By Valrie trated Barse 'HIS is a true story. The pictures alone prove it, even without the mlfi pr‘:fivd he print. Leafing the book. its pictures present a quick run of incidents that round a very exciting ad- venture to its own surprising climax. Here was the way of it. By way of that base ball incident known as a “Fou-ou-1!" two base balls were landed over in a vacant lot. Like McMahan. Tilus- gyo the author. New York: i g 2000 S Smm' ‘N.w. Exhibition of--, ~ Paintings by NIGHTMARE. the Civil Service—“Our Face From Fish to « Man”—The New Novels: {un origin will find no place in your in- terest. Just a short adventure that wiil almost no time at all for you to ursue but, indeed, so active is it, so resh and ingenious, that coming out from it you will feel as if you had had & week or so of recreation in & new country of strange delights. y An admirable invention of great do- ings calculated to please alf of us who find many inanimate things—so called —as alive as most humans are. BOOKS RECEIVED MY DEAR. By May Edginton. Phila- delphia: The Penn Publishing Co. GOLD BULLETS, By Charles G. Booth, author of “Sinister House.” York: William Morrow & Co. New LIFE'S GLORIES. By James L. Hughes, LL. D. Boston: The Stratford Co. PROCESSION. By Fannie Hurst, au- thor of “A President Is Born,” etc. New York: Harper & Bros. HER SON; A Chronicle of Youth. By Margaret Fuller, author of “Alma.” New York: William Morrow & Co. 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New York: Harper & Bros. Plans Making Tokio Leading Japanese Port Plans to make Tokio & leading port t|of Japan have been drafted by Meyor Otohiko Ichiki, an expert on finance and city government, together with the publication of a flew system of financing the capital. Although located on Tokio bay, the capital has never been in direct contact with shipping because of the shallow water. It has been virtuaily an inland city, depending solely on Yokohama for an outlet for its goods. Byd'.he new scheme ships of 6,000 to this Spring, A channel 25 feet deep, 480 and nearly four miles long would be built between the forts which lie about a mile from shore. This would lead from a quay 1,400 feet long and able to accommodate 12 small ships. while a long pier wouid be built to take care of three large ships at the same time. For huge storage houses and other buildings about 740" acres of land would be reclaimed. 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