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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, August 31, 1961 21 "Letters Of Napoleon" Richly Rewarding Book Ji Eldred Howard has|Frenchmen complain that for- sn a valuable contribution to|eigners are only interested in Napoleonic history in his new|the military aspects of "LETTERS AND DOCU.|Napoleon's career and forget the MENTS OF NAPOLEON" (Am-|{work of civil construction he bassador Books Ltd.). carried out in France. His ¢ arte," wrote Bourienne|domestic achievements were "like Xenophon and Ceasar ex-|less well known abroad and it celled in art of expressing certainly was as great as and t " The judgment was certainly far more lasting and fair, for Napoleon, indeed, was|valuable than all of his military a master of words and the vast|victories. The Empire he found- corps of his words is rich in ed collapsed during his lifetime historical and human interest. |and most of the battles he Yet even among those who|fought were ultimately meaning- read French, only an expert|less; the administrative, legal with unlimited time can find his|and educational systems, _the way through the 32 large vol- roads, canals, buildings and in- umes of the Corespondance da|dustries he created have sur- Napoleon I, published by order|vived until the present day and of Napoleon III, and the many|together form an unequalled later books which fill in the wide| contribution to the well-being of and significant gaps in the great|his countrymen:: if they are compilation. For those who dojmore aware of it than are for- not, the field is meagre. Though|eigners that 1s not surprising, several small translations have|for they are more closely touch- interesting as Napoleon the sol- dier and statesman, and in one respect, his success in this less spectacular activity was a great- er personal achievement. In war or policy or diplomacy his prob- lems were external and he could apply his talents to them without the hindrance of any inadequacy in his personal equipment. Viewed as a whole his papers do much more than show his capacity for influencing people; they show day by day the course of what was in both its achieve- ments and its failures an epic career, and they afford an in- comparable inside the mind of a man of genius. Such men usual- ly leave finished masterpieces for us to admire, with perhaps a few tantalizing of the process- es behind them. Many thousands of Napoleon's original papers are still in exis- tence. Some of them have had been made, most are now diffi- ed by it, whereas the ancestors cult to obtain and few are well|of the foreigners had to do wit [largest groups are now in the strange histories, but by far the loo gi chosen or adequately translated. Napoleon almost exclusively on|sychives Nationales and the the battlefield Biblioreque Nationale in Paris. IN SEVERAL VOLUMES q This new selection is to be INTERESTING MAN l, This is a book that will be completed in several volumes,| This book shows Fat Rapoleon ifepsured WY. istorians ang Dy ich i i | i is, in fact, quite as| y the first of which is this one.ithe writer is q i oY ee) ne . duction that is written in a hd hd ? scholarly and interesting way| Fishin T am that makes it most readable and| ® |informative. Howard brings his work care-| ful scholarship and an extensive More | | | or an |knowledge of French history {and language that were appar- lent in his authoritative "Parlia- By BEN WARD He urges a crash Program o ment and Foreign Policy in| research and planning with all France'. + Canadian Press Staff writer the forest interests taking part. | OTTAWA (CP)--If a power A national policy should be . . dam on a Canadian river threat-| 01.04 t4 control the future de- Firefi hters ened the destruction of SPOTiS| ojnment of the wilderness. | g fishing should the dam or the fish be ruled expendable? MUST BE SHARED | F If expansion of a prairie It is no longer enough, he Ie rogmen farming area requires the says, to administer a certain i drainage of wetlands vital to/land tract for lumber opera-| BRANDON, Man. (CP)--"We nesting waterfowl do the farm-|tions: or another for a game just felt helpless," said the fire- ers or the birds get priority? |preserve. Hunters and anglers man. "At every drowning about What if aerial spraying to bat- | should be entitled to harvest the|all we could do was stand by tle timber-killing insects has a wildlife surplus in the | with the n ator." This has serious effect on fish and wild-|area and the cutters allowed to, changed. Six members of the life? Or a new mining opera-|take the forest harvest in the Brandon Fire Department have tion threatens to pollute a holi-| preserve. day lake with wastes? | A study paper on Atlantic sal- These problems are posed in| mon management by C. J. Kers- a series of papers prepared for | will of the fisheries station at study at the "Resources for To-|St. Andrews, N.B., points up the morrow" conference in Mont. disastrous results of unplanned real Oct. 23-28. [Industrial setiviy in ihe Jorest. The conference of provincial|, Aerial spraying of timber and federal officials will seek|1ands with DDT, started in 1542 the answers in a plan for future|}9 !8 h a Killed. millions mn management of Canadian re-|°H8AL Jas ig oI nell sources. [rong sal non in New 5 Experts who have prepared anc Yuehee : the conference's study papers USED LESS DDT stress that multiple-use Sorest Mr. Kerswill reports that the management can solve most o kill of young salmon had the difficulties. {reached a severe stage before "EXP » {it was discove that a lower XPLODING DEMAND | concentration of DDT in the Bl. leMp Mean PlY| spray would do the same worm- tat management of wilderness) y;jjing job and spare most of single-interest basis but for the 13 fish. it | mitual benefit of all groups in |salmon rivers has "curbed _| spawning, he adds, and there is ber ote Foor" Ranks an added danger in mining. A Conservation Board, writes: | corency copper and zinc mine " > * ,_|last year spilled wastes into the _ "The exploding demand for|Northwest Miramichi River ecreational areas, the rapidly| which chased out all the salmon Srowing. norests Qoposits for miles until action was taken nomenal rate of recruitment wo Pp I he Polistion. co-oper- the army of hunters and ang-|ation would have solved these lers, and, in some areas, the problems before they occurred. | critical need for watershed pro- * Several papers deal 'with the tection, all make it abundantly problem of comparing values in clear that the forest industries|gych controversies as dams are going to have to share their versus fish, All stress that the wilderness areas on a scale un-| commercial value of fisheries is| dreamed of a generation ago."|only a small fraction of the Power development on some| qualified as a trained and fully- | equipped frogman squad. | Starting last fall, and spending |their own money for essential equipment, Ed Polnick, Doug Old, John Patterson, Bon Hen- son, Gord White and Jim Milne have spent 16 weeks of tough work at the YMCA getting ready for the day when they would be called to probe the Assiniboine River. Now they're ready to spend their off - duty hours without charge searching for bodies of! persons who have drowned or for equipment and valuables accidentally dropped into the water. "If a city taxpayer loses any- thing in the river," said Ed Polnick, "we'll dive to recover |it free of charge. We get our pay from the city and this is just a new part of our duties." The frogmen are also making {a complete survey of the river | bottom, checking obstructions, | current and the condition of the |river bed. | 'The six men started with $225| {of their own money, The YMCA | offered its pool and instructors | for training, then the men were | instructed by members of the {Brandon Frogmen's Club, all without charge. | The city put up some money for elementary equipment but] the firemen are using borrowed air tanks and a compressor and | they now hope to acquire their {own equipment as well as a vehicle to move them to the scene of operations. value to sports, recreation and New Student the tourist industry. Se TORONTO (CP)--An attempt| to bring order to the university scholarship situation in Canada| will be made by a new service| See your Family in MOVIES being launched in September. . The National f under the Industrial Foundation | > eo Ko on Education, will furnish uni-| f versities, high schools and other] interested groups with a record| of all Canadian scholarship and bursary awards. | In announcing the new ser: | vice, a statement said the na- tional picture of student aid now| is so confused that a few un-| scrupulous students exploit! small well-meaning groups who| are anxious to help needy stu-| dents. F. C. Passy, assistant regis.| trar and director of student| financial aid at the University of Toronto, said there are some students who shop and collect awards from a variety of groups. | "We know of several who| have collected as much as $4,000 this way." The idea is eventually to set up a central registry for all scholarships and bursaries so that prospective donors will know when an applicant has already received aid elsewhere. 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