CONNECTICUT RIVER

by MargueriteAllis. G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 310. $3.00.

Soon after Life Along the ConnecticutRiver was received there appeared on the reviewer's desk a copy of ConnecticutRiver by Marguerite Allis. Although this magazine reviews books of only Dartmouth interest usually by Dartmouth alumni and faculty this book deserves a brief note. It is in no way a rival or competitor of LifeAlong the Connecticut River, in the main a beautiful picture book—but it might be used as a complement or supplement to it. The book contains 39 illustrations, one of which is o£ the Baker Library listed as the "Baker Memorial housing many of the college functions including a very fine library." The writer in speaking of the Orozco frescoes says that "nothing could be more foreign to the atmosphere of Dartmouth, or our whole New England tradition." Instead of following the course of the river and treating each town as it appears in the map the writer gives the history of the river by periods: canoe days; sailboat days; canal days: steamboat days; railroad days; and motor days. Under these various headings are treated in an interesting manner the various Indian raids at old Number 4 (Charlestown), Walpole, Hinsdale, Deerfield, the many attempts at navigation of the river, the account of the steamboat of Samuel Morey of Orford, and many other interesting events.