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QUANTA OF EVOLUTION. 



By Henri Hinoko. Henri Hinoko 



50 cents 61 Battery St., Seattle 



5! x 9; z6 

 Opus 3 in a series by Henri Hinoko (ne 

 Henry Allen, Seattle, Washington), of 

 which No. 2. was noticed previously in 

 these columns. The foreword reports 

 progress. Whereas the first work, on 

 gravitational theory, had a perfect no-sale 

 record, of the second, on racial old age, 

 the author gave away 495 copies and sold 

 one. We despair of doing the present 

 book justice in the short space available; 

 every page, nay every paragraph, contains 

 a novel idea of revolutionary import. A 

 small random sample yields : 



Now we are ready for the hook-up of ice-ages with 

 our assumed explanation of gravitation. As the 

 Solar System revolves thru its particular orbit in the 

 Local Star System it suddenly enters into a high pres- 

 sure zone. I say "suddenly" advisedly because the 

 Quantum Theory is assumed to apply to celestial 

 spaces as well as elsewhere and the sudden flashing 

 forth of nova or "new stars" is sufficient evidence at 

 least of its possibility. This high pressure zone 

 causes a certain amount of compression within the 

 Solar System, resulting in an increase of internal heat 

 within its constituent parts. This increased heat, in 

 the case of the Sun, causes a shift in the solar spectrum 

 from the infra-red end to the ultra-violet end of the 

 spectrum. This is in harmony with the unanimous 

 conclusions of the astrophysicists that the bluish suns 

 are the hottest and the reddish suns the coolest. 

 This condition leads to the anomalous result that the 

 hottest suns, giving off the shortest wave lengths, 

 produce at a distance less heat due to the relative less 

 amount of the longer wave lengths. 



It is doubtful whether the very light blondes ever 

 produce first-rate men. 



A new explanation of our beards, and hair on our 

 heads, namely that it affords ingress for atmospheric 

 electricity to the motor centers of the body. 



Alas the book concludes: "I do not 

 take my views of Racial Old Age and of 

 Quanta of Evolution too seriously. 

 What's the use? If I am right then nearly 

 everybody else in America must be wrong. 

 And, if by chance there should be a general 



acceptance in America of most of my 

 views, that would prove I must be mostly 

 wrong." 



Before such invulnerable logic we 

 acquiesce; Henri's noble efforts seem 

 doomed to frustration. 



PRINCIPLES IN BIO-PHYSICS. The 



Underlying Processes Controlling Life Phe- 

 nomena and Inner Evolution. 

 By Conrad Richter. Good Books Corporation 

 $1.00 Harrisburg, Pa. 



5 x 7 1; 86 (paper) 

 Like many paradoxers Mr. Richter loves 

 quasi-mathematical symbolism. Thus 



Cn+ » 1, CA/B, R or RE, KCn + #2, 



as a section heading leaves the reader the 

 least bit in doubt as to the underlying 

 thought, especially when the context 

 shows that KCn is not a misprint for 

 potassium cyanide. But it really is quite 

 simple. What this odd symbolism tells 

 us is this : 



A boy has been angered by a whipping and threat 

 from his Father, (Cn + # 1). To satisfy his desire for 

 relief, he packs a few clothes in a small bag and begs a 

 ride from a motorist going West, from which he 

 derives some satisfaction and thrill, (R and RE). 

 After an hour of the ride, however, his anger appears 

 to be less keen than it had been, (Inharmony of Cn + 



$ 1 has been lowered by CA/B from R and RE). He 

 begins to think how far he is from home and how 

 much his mother may worry, (KCn -f- #2. touched off 

 by both OC and CC). After a time he finds he is 

 tired, that his wanderlust has disappeared and that he 

 is now concerned over getting back home, (KCn -|- 



% 2. has yielded enough energy to relax Cn + # 1). 



The book expounds a theory which is 

 developed about energy in relation to life, 

 mind, and behavior. We greatly fear 

 that, unfortunately, all the other biolo- 

 gists in the world are out of step with Mr. 

 Richter. 



