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selves under a banner inscribed "Welcome to Orland," the good humor of the 

 narrative never flags, nor, in consequence, the zest of the reader. 



But it is not only the ridicule, gentle though it always is, that stays in one's 

 memory. The chance-met inhabitant or passer-by is portrayed with delicate 

 touches that give color and life to the book. The lightness of touch sometimes 

 conceals the real courage and endurance they were called upon to display on 

 several side-trips, where, abandoning the automobile, they took to horses and 

 pack-trains. The trip to the Havasupai Canon (delicious name!) and to the 

 Rainbow Bridge will fill the most hardened easy-chair traveler with a longing 

 to be up and out, facing as cheerfully and merrily roughness and danger for 

 the sake of the beauties alluringly set forth. Laura Jackson 



Down the Lewis R. Freeman has traveled extensively upon all of the more 

 Columbia* important rivers of the world, and in his Down the Columbia, he 

 gives a most entertaining and fascinating account of what, to him 

 at least, is the "Achilles of rivers." In more ways than one, there is not a "dry" 

 spot in the entire book, and to the lover of rough rivers and rugged mountains 

 the book should make a strong appeal. 



Mr. Freeman and several companions start at the very source of the Colum- 

 bia, at the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers, lying between the Canadian Rockies 

 and the Selkirks in British Columbia. They thence make their way down the 

 river, passing through many of the most beautiful spots of southwestern Canada 

 and northwestern United States. Thus far Mr. Freeman is the only one to com- 

 plete the journey to the mouth of the river, his companions upon the trip in 

 question having dropped off at various places along the route, and, so far as it 

 is known, he is the first man to run the Columbia from source to mouth. 



One of the important members of the expedition was a motion-picture pho- 

 tographer sent by Mr. C. L. Chester; the settings for scenario work at various 

 points greatly enrich the narrative. It is surprising how a short description of 

 a "movie set-up" helps to bring out the details of the changing landscape. 



The book is profusely illustrated with some unusual pictures which give a 

 touch here and there hardly obtainable in any other way. E. V. Tenney 



The Conservation of In the northern part of our continent lies the only 

 Wild Life in Canada t considerable sanctuary for wild life that exists in 

 North America today. The retarded settlement of the 

 Canadian wilderness has preserved its abundant animal and bird life in a 

 period when we face almost complete extinction of many species in the United 

 States, It is- the firm conviction of Dr. Hewitt that the younger country may 

 profit by the mistakes of the elder; that it is not yet too late to educate the 

 public to the sentiment that "civilization in its true sense signifies the elimina- 



*Down the Columbia. By Lewis R. Freeman. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Illus- 

 trated. Pages, 383. Price, $3.50. 



tr/ie Conservation of Wild Life in Canada. By O. Gordon Hewitt, D. Sc. Charles 

 Scribner's Sons, New York. 1921. Pages, 344. Price, $2.50. 



