PAGF SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY APRIL 2, 192
-Oc. Vlia, and the King of the House specialist can and will cavil at any-
- ~ of David should have had ther look- thing, excepting sucha book as hie
into_ ih omli tte. writes himself, and it does not require
in to. m[ltt ompainat te s-v-much of a specialist to find faults in
cal small us of Dr. Tlom. on'. this one. But no book, and especially
oceo davy, his So-called 'n1 tral r-! no large book, possibly can be perfect;
igio," ,and .suggest that e ,Should: Dr. Thlomson's "Outline" comes ur-
have confined himselcf to his subject, pi.ingl- close Io the mark, and stands
sciene. In fact, if I set out to ick, 1 :a tar and away the best lstoluariz-
could write acceiew twice as ong as: tin o1 science is pit
SCIENCE IN! as iotogy, characteristics of liing1 this, and much more ctetaining. Bt ; ---- -
SILHOUETTE creaurs and so on. It is hard to I had rather prise sich clalers as':,John Ileywood's bash of Proverbsa
see he dvatag ofsuch a treatment. I etor f ti1eP-oc--" '01dte"o ndEirm sflldwt tag
THE Ot''LI AE OF SCIENCE, edted atrast when one has hees accustomed s auce ofCh'emistry,"ad a such i- rhymes and sitticisms, sudh saate
by3 J. Arthur Thoutson Asmerican to the meticulous ocder of Parker and i trs as those w hicl illustrate the floig
edition In four volumes. G. . P 'it-iHsawell aod of ltetwig. I should like]a rk of glaciers, and tie aspects of floig
titisSt.*.1.to se a mnore compsact lrtageuencisasosal biology. I do not agree with"Lthectwneadlttemns
Reviewsed by Carroll lane Fenton cf tile natural history mateial---in- the London ?Morig ost, wichl ails ' 'en,0russsrats
University of MiLchigan d "eesd, I should like to see it lpt ilao the 'Outline' as a scark "so acsurats; Smale holes etpc small mice fronm
There is mulchs that is desirable in one soluase, withs all the ecessary plc-'tattheexrtcnocai at i,ad1 wily wishyng cats."
thse paliccP of reviewing a iho's'e , svtures and issued separal cly. The old so simple that the general reader1 wo "Bul beng true to gd, qeene, con-
.r a L.:;is atet it is Iuliahed. Ill time natral history, made famouals and has no 155110foe secia study, can sun- tie, and cowne
the first Ilace it gives thie reie "< a also infamosus by the Reverend Wod destand t The latter qualification is' We shall at alt feastes not ang 1t13
chancec to read it-a procedure not t aptpears to Ie thoroughly dead. It has correct but the first one is not. A' but st dowse.
ways necessary, nor always pleasant , isalapeaced ram the book shelves ill5
yet to somos extent at least an ict" 551schols, atsd ram ile counters i ,illftitlittt~llkl~itN111Itflttlt1tiil11Itit1il1t~11
ide to accuracy. Also, it gives hists ~j stres, ansd the pages of the retail-order i
chance Is talk about the oak to0 d ;scatalogue. 't'hre is nating to akej
reviewers. Store amost of those 'or its latce, either in 13pc of tatesrfat r
dovis sock for newvspapers ansd a nl rc.-aeoslrt ssac'c
says need stuff to fill thetage, th Ile Thomsson is sisfactory enough as toE
chances aretat tthey hveevwrites1u1pItypeIut its distribussion tlsrossglsrev--h wok Te lgad hrfreea vlu smksrieatpoib- G ETFyour statement r
taysea sol.thecitcslugadthereoeb rty cl' ssaakste'atIclii
sassyfromaskserigthcisand mistaes ice to lany, sunlestey wish I toy1 T
kee fontasin th sna mitaesit n easy iament sy tens so nsssucl - us e erv n11i tfl. It lie IP s
'himself--or he msay accept their .ts'th'- dos', and mssre every tulme dad sntsa
saett, andslhave the satisfactionsofll ite- seck
ingprclame awise mai, for le- I realize taIbam breaking he tin I _ you keep an accurate ac-
agrees with thse msultitude vrites laws atreviewing, s-lach de-=
P robably the nmost astonishing thing? nid ithat one Shall say nothing ut
about thse 'outline of Science" is tegoafabocot oeta li ~ll fyu ud ee
fact that it was published in America.?-odo okwrl sr lanIi o n f y u u d ee
We have gosussed to seein olrfrterta h ubihrgong admair- ill be lss generous in the fututre"
able books on naturasl science apptaesr-' Neither is it the fsncion of a reviewer-cE
ing in England and later coming to t uns pnaigsin oteB
Ilis country _in small qantities; weanaucial anagers of publishing hours-
are much less used to seeing atsssl 's yet shen one honestly likes a
American editions of these books.The bak, -honestly believes tat anyne,_
Amercan public smothered itself in. between- the fourth grade and Ie_
the honey-sweetness of Burroughs, 'h.D may learn nmany things froma t, .}
and the sentimental incoherencies of hemay be excused for letting is en- T T
Enoa Mills, and it hated to come ack tbeiusiasm run free, I feet just tatocncoses u paetyi
to comncioun esslBtaparnlyi
i-le~ r Va Lo n, a ' ho it e Outline o a cien a
coig0sIepd eht. s'thc Iit is : al-al lchoot, eservin, j
introdsctory bce-aths.of W Is and --l ay sbi r
V an L o o n , , a ,a la re in c e r y i r r , p u l c I =S tX "V I N G S A43I
Theenrstvlm ttk4Lts n" private, that contains books on natural{
Th is otm fts~ aetadhistory, Of course, there are several}y
maost ponderous 'oulleoc'beginssp-', features of it that I do not lke-such}=tt1a a~atti
pi cairt:.Is cce ss'gb h a sumr et of ; tlso beftddled treatmaent at the co-
ihe uci'(:ryein e str-al a i '.ttslacr'gin of, te earth, and the hasty chal-i
vystits5 i tcuils '.The asuthor is ter on psychic "science" by Sr Oliver'2
sntt as al cet. na tsoIhliwat'- sarILodge I opine that Mirs. Mlary Baker1
y =tenta might Itavse dev'eloped; i t e t's'verEddy, Pastor Rltsssell, W ilhsr I
other v'otlumes, I stsplet 11,1 55It' 5"- -
e: Iios' 55 n, 5111"1i1watlie 11v .''-e
troabll;,-lilt--a gire 1t "1111 i ci a l -
Ilen awhoisotughttto Inoas' belttr Iso
clags t6 Ills exploda~ed1sc i 'ertati' tGOV RNO
eartha once sas a balt at hot gas,, de- THE G V R O
eati v fomit- a still gseatetr.' 0'f:1-o
still l'tatctr gas. Evitet 'hrs as
icestlort ahao- that il atts'o ttd
Ioral~l, fcc"_the poptular samid rosis II '-
ises of 'c "loltets globe. It i's t t - There is a small device used onl steam and gasoline engines which
that Prs. Thoass did not read tfoam-
berlin and Moutosn andtheniscsatt -ial ts provides a margin of safety for the engine. This is the governor, an automatic-
tril job. 05Iletcttc 1ts device that will not allow the engine to run beyond a certain speed- When thee
earthathe.I't5dvelopmnttoatlte 'rez engine speed increases beyond this point the governor automatically and
clear sndisn sterestinsg, as msalsa the, efficiently cuts down the fuel the engine receives and so reduces the speed,
sectionl of "Adaptatiolns to Fssesiros -
maca."-"Thle Struggle for is or"en
loo, couses isa for a treatmsent qu te(l=- The bank acts as a safety valve in the economic world much as a governor
proprioate ta the position it holds i does in the realm of mechanics. When the financial machine starts to run too
isa generaljmnterest: Thse chapter teal sityfrisongottebns=cigtruhinraei icutrts
tag with the ascent ofoas is ssless st -sityfrisonga h akacigtruhices n icutrts
isfactary; one gets thse impr aessson 1h5t5 - cut down the speed and save the macline much useles wear and tear.
the writer was none too sumre of hsim-.
self, and was afraid that he might tell,=
too mucs,.Isl. Wels las done muh In some cases this action may work hardship on certain individuals but
better. But the section on the "Fotins-s the greatest good of the greatest number is the ideal for which the modern
dtions o the Universe," which deals baksrvsihsbn a o er floe oiyo okn o h
with everything from theories of ele aksrvs Ti akhsfryarcolwdaplcyocokn o h
trona to wave action, suffers fsromaI- broadest interests of the community. And the community has repaid us by-
neither haziness noar undue abres i'; a vote of confidence expressed in increased deposits.
ion, Perhaps 1 got a specal peasure I
from it because of my general ignor-+=
ance regarding chemsitry ansd physicsI
Buit tIsams sure that my ignorance iv -
not msuchs greater than that of most:=f
fsstks }rhoc will read. thse book, so my i
liking for the thapter is ssatined. I =
The most striking portion of thelse, /jfll b r 3 1VIl :.?B
"e -a 4 sutusot' is the thee chsaters - T
stevoted to natuiral Iistorv idv sr or S v ng ' B n
msanmmasa and insects. 'They are ad- "The IBankl of FriendIty Ser wee~
issratsy vvrittessad 'usose idmostalal !=
illustrated; thsey I'll what is isnos I
ant to ke's". 55 tnt t le tOwR'-Onsr Resources $5,600,000 Two Offeces
secdote that used to clutter the pages
4. .., A,-5 .~si'ies. 4tsner chapters-2
on botany and the lower vertebrates -2 ______________-;_____________________________
are given in the third and fourth vol-2
nines, along with disctissions of mor-e
fundansentat or general topics, s sstc'h HIM~1t"ttltllt4il~flffl 11 t#thil#ll11I loll11ti # ~llittwttttttttE