. Review of reviews and world's work . ty for thestimulation of the pilgrims mind, already wellstored with Biblical lore. Interspersed with chap-ters on (General Allenby, the Mount of Olives,From Jaffa to Jericho, are poems composed byDr. Finley en route, and many photographs takenby him to illustrate the text. Far Away and Long Ago. By W. H. Hud-son. E. P. Dutton. 332 pp. $ In Far Away and Long Ago, Mr. W. writes of the days when the plantationsof the Argentine were small inland empires. Hetells the story of the rich experiences and mar-velous adventures of his early boyhood whi
. Review of reviews and world's work . ty for thestimulation of the pilgrims mind, already wellstored with Biblical lore. Interspersed with chap-ters on (General Allenby, the Mount of Olives,From Jaffa to Jericho, are poems composed byDr. Finley en route, and many photographs takenby him to illustrate the text. Far Away and Long Ago. By W. H. Hud-son. E. P. Dutton. 332 pp. $ In Far Away and Long Ago, Mr. W. writes of the days when the plantationsof the Argentine were small inland empires. Hetells the story of the rich experiences and mar-velous adventures of his early boyhood whichwas spent on the wide pampas. As a memoryfeat alone, the book is astonishing. The man hasseemingly recalled to mind with a wealth ofdetail the most trifling incidents as well as themajor events of the life of the boy. One findsin the pages all the spaciousness of the virginlands of the southern hemisphere seventy-fiveyears ago, and a surpassingly beautiful panoramaof the sights, sounds, and teeming wild life of the THE NEW BOOKS 667. W. H. HUDSON undulating greenplains reaching outand away from theRiver Plata. He haswritten delightfully ofthe memories of hisfamily, of the neigh-bors— each separateda days ride from hisfathers estancia, ofthe romantic person-alities of the region,and of Buenos Airesin the 40s under theDictator Rosas. In thechapter, The Planta-tion, there is a word-painting of a blossom-ing peach - orchardand a description ofthe singing of thethousands of yellowfield finches in the branches when the trees were in full passage must be numbered with the fewdescriptive passages in English that parallel per-fection. In its entirety, this book is one of thechoicest things in modern literature. Mexico To-Day and To-Morrow. By E. The Macmillan Company. 282pp. $2. The latter half of this volume is based chieflyon the authors personal experience and observa-tions in Mexico, the earlier chapters of the bookall classes of Mexican society. In orde
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