. Review of reviews and world's work. cyand f tdlness. The typography is excellent. My Airship (Century Company), by Albertos San-tos-Dumont, is an unusually interesting and simply toldaccount of an earnest, brave mans struggle against in-credulity and obstacles to solve the problem of aerialnavigation. In 1901, Albertos Santos-Dumont, a com-paratively unknownBrazilian, won theDeutsch prize of twen-ty thousand dollars forsuccessful navigationof the air. He will tryagain at the St. LouisExposition, this book is a descrip-tion of his trials, suc-cesses, and failures. Itis evident that

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. Review of reviews and world's work. cyand f tdlness. The typography is excellent. My Airship (Century Company), by Albertos San-tos-Dumont, is an unusually interesting and simply toldaccount of an earnest, brave mans struggle against in-credulity and obstacles to solve the problem of aerialnavigation. In 1901, Albertos Santos-Dumont, a com-paratively unknownBrazilian, won theDeutsch prize of twen-ty thousand dollars forsuccessful navigationof the air. He will tryagain at the St. LouisExposition, this book is a descrip-tion of his trials, suc-cesses, and failures. Itis evident that Mr. San-tos-Dumont takes hissuccesses in the spiritof a true scientist. Hesays it is only the be-ginning of greaterthings. The volume ishelp ful ly illustratedwitli reproductions ofphotographs and dia-grams. Mr. Sa n t usDumont is still a young man, and will certainly makeOther discoveries in aerial navigation; at least, he willhave the satisfaction of reflecting more glory on his na-tive country than perhaps any man of whom the rest.

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