Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-25 | Page 4 | Favorite in Modern Library

I III II r Favorite in Modem Library I T To Horace Liveright belongs the honor of or discovering Willem Van Yan Loon A half hate a dozen other publishers had turned Van Loon down By Dy the en enof end of the year Liveright expects to have sold copies of or The Story Ston of ot Mankind Now van Tan ran Loon has written written written writ writ- ten another book s galled j Ancient Man It Is Issued in the Modern Library series the neat little leather classics which compose one of oC the best cheap editions In existence Van Loon writes with such good nature and charm that he transposes the du dull science of ot history history history his his- tory Into live material The book is liberally Illustrated with quaint and wise drawings by the au au au- thor In 9 pages man emerges S from nothing 1 climbs through o rt the brute stages and becomes Egypt Israel Is Ismel Is- Is rael mel Persia Greece and Rome One of the most Interesting chapters of ot this little book Is devoted to the evolution of oC writing from the Egy Egyptian pictures and the nail writIng writing writ writ- Ing to our present alphabet The Ideas are set forth In such a clear and simple style that one can absorb more ancient e history IS l In Dreading I this work r go f than with lt hours s t of more r detailed de ta tailed t textbooks Van Loons Loon's account of the dl die discovery overy ov- ov ov- ov ery cry of ot the Rosetta stone and the de decipherIng deciphering do- do ciphering of the Greek key to the ancient ancient ann ans an an- n l language U of the pyramid builders build build- ers ars is s also rs excellently o n r s done The book Is dedicated to his two boys Hansje and who are 12 and 8 years ears old Van Loon says I Iam Iam Iam am not going to present you ou with a 0 textbook Neither will It be a volI volume volume vol vol- ume of pictures It will wilt not even be bea a 0 regular history history in the accepted sense of the word I sha shall take both of oC you I by the hand and together we shall wander forth to explore the Intricate wll wilderness of the bygone ages Donl Boni Liveright New York