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re Gibbs dis- when the last five years-probably plot in his the most eventful in our history-are w »iamond" rewritten, it will be because such lad."papers as the Manchester Guardian,' the Daily Express, the Daily Tele- graph, the Vossische Zeitung, the News Chronicle, and. -50 on, have been consulted. Twelve foreign correspondents whose nameshave become tfaillar, R ' niostly througb radio in this country, tell about what they have seen and experienced before and, during the IEA8T Munleh crisis in this book, and so preenta cmplterecord from ev- ery point of view. China,, Italy, Pales- ibn wi tine, Czechoslovakia. Poland,. Ger- many, India, Spain are a te* o! the O S countries -wbich, have been ecovered, OKS and theaccounts *of their fatesar Gr*. 0227 first band. That journalistic touchi which makes solemn things 'into ev- eryday occurrences prèdominates h-ef, ad ae hsýbo xiîg I M.'u .lively readlng, bringing us right into bas- been actuated by a cesire to getl right over to the spot where things were happening, and by hook or by crook bas gotten into the first row, and seen the whole works. For exam- pIe, Sir Alfred Watson in his chapter called "Terror in Bengal"-"One, evening in September work had left mi lte han uiiuni1 and it was al- Puichot Photo, N.Y. Foilotmng the success of "The Great American Novel" by Clyde Br" Daits, toi eh F;a8rW & Rinehart published last faaU, the same publisher lias issued his latest book, "Nebraska Coast.' A saga of the building of the West, it revolves about the hu- morous pioneer, Jack Macdoug- ail. A great taiker and a hotel keeper, By Cecile HuIzse Matschat. tarrar & Cecile Hulse Matschat married a surveyiflg engineer and followed him, into the heart of South Anerica on his contracts, -living mneanwhile in* the seven grass huts which supply this account of!lier adventui'es with its titie. Weighing less than 100 pounids (1"Damni skinny w ornan"),. ber hus- band's 300-pound gaucho. remarked), she made up in grit and determina- tion what she lacked In avoirdupois, .when roughing ,it in 1 strang9e lands. Inexperienced ènough .to trans-, port, live chickens, heirloom si1ver- *are and elaborate negligees as a bride on her first trip (into, Matto Grosso, "Brazil's Wild West"),, she reformffed by the ti e lher husband was-sent up the Amaâzori, and trav- eled as sensibly as any other person in high boots and trousers. 1Field of Qrchids Here she came across an amazing field of orchids and a half-mad Scotchman married to a native woman. who made a living shipping orchids to large cities. Weird stories, are told o! cànnibal fish which strin the flesh frorn the bones o! a human being ini a few minutes, and rare in- seets fond of burrowing under one's skin. setting up housekeeping and raising a large family. No less taîl were hier tales of what crew, wbo were now standing rip. gave a shout, and the car crashed into mine, and jammed it against angdle i utai fo vr the curb. There was a rapid burst ofage fire, sbattering glass around my Here's a complete history, a con- head. India had at last learned the sideration -o! the present condition technique o! Chicago." of the country, ber position in world * * *affairs, her prospects, and her dan- Australia gers. The information is all bere,1 By Paul MeGuire- Stokes. and engagingly told,, and there arc. Anyone believing that the worlds beside stories o! the great navigators natural resources have been exhaust- and pioneers WhQ have lent s0 mucti ed should read this spirited account romance and adventure to the land. jy against the incessant gales. Nature in the Rau' The difficulties o! home-making beyorid the fringe of civilization, an'd the hardships of travels ordinarily undertaken only by men merge with .descriptions o! gorgeous landscape$. exotiv plants, fruits and flowers,- pictures of natives, and plenty of de,- tails about snakes, animals, and in- sects. or Miss àMeilsu Cook 1017 Gureeieuf Ave.. WIl. 196 the social p e social life muen of. 4i'<410 and a compe nistorian. plays the cleverness of other novels, O"The Yellom and --The Rioad to 'Ba g usure Yen Vu<*fiu GOOD 10