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Verdicts by Adventute as to the authoritativeness, reliability and authen- ticity of fact-material, local color and general soundness of current non-fiction BOOKS you Given by Experts having first-hand Tas department offers a unique service. Dealing with only non-fiction books, it passes solely on the reliability of the fact- material contained therein, answering the question “Is this book authoritative, trust- worthy and of importance?” Brief judg- ment is passed by our staff of over one hundred specialists, each an expert in his particular field. Only books dealing with the field of outdoor activities are considered, on THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO, Patterson, Macmillan.—A sound story of life in ‘the pioneer days of British East Africa (now Kenya Colony) told with unpretentious simplicity. Excellent photos =a interesting details of native customs.—CHARLES EADLE. MY AFRICAN NEIGHBOURS, Hans Couden- hove, Little Brown.—A profound book on Africa by a man who abandoned civilization at thirty- five to spend thirty-eight years with his friends, the animals of the wild among whom he died. His sympathetic studies of mongooses, lions, ants, kites, ravens, snakes, etc., place him as a mental brother of Burroughs, Hudson. A book to reread and study. Has excellent photo studies CHARLES BEADLE. TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN MANY LANDS, by Cecil Gosling, E. P. Dutton and Co., Camp-Fire Buttons—To be worn on —~\ lapel of coat by members of Camp-Fire—any tua) one belongs who wishes to. Enameled in dark 2/ colors representing earth, sea and sky, and bears the numeral 71—the sum of the letters of the word Camp-Fire valued according to posi- tion in the alphabet. Very small and inconspicuous. 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Can 6Believe Knowledge of the Material involved but that field ranges all the way from fishing to entomology, from travel to anthropology. While reviewing new books as issued, the department will also take up older books that are worth while. (Note that most of r “Ask Adventure” experts have com- piled careful bibliographies on their re- spective fields, sent free to readers if stamped and addressed return envelope is enclosed.) New York, 1926.—Unreliable for the most part so far as Latin-American details are concerned. I can’t swallow that one where the snake milked the woman and then put its tail in the child’s mouth to deceive it. Many of the others strain credulity as much as this one. I am surprized that E. P. Dutton has printed this book.—Epcar Younc. THE VENTURE BOOK, by Elinor Mordaunt, The Century Co., New York and London.—Mrs. Mordaunt has written a travelog of the South Sea Islands in the right manner. She wrote, as she did her drawing, on the spot. Therefore, the reader gets exactness and accuracy such as never come when the narratives are ‘written up” at the journey’s end. That is the special feature of the book. A very sane, solid and satisfying impression of just a little bit of the vaSt South Sea Islands area, gathered within three months.—Tom L. MILLs. Old Songs That Men Have Sung—This de- partment appears in alternate issues of the magazine. Identification Cards—Free to any reader. Just send us (1) your name and address, (2) name and address of party to be notified, (3) a stamped and self-addressed return. envelope. 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