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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1931 lO a Edited by Sidney Williams WHAT'S WHAT IN BOOKLAND BBaBaBSaBaBaBaaBBaaaBBaaM 'yf. rl Negro Poets, a Robinson Collection and Verse by Max Eastman and Wolj Reviewed by Bernlce Kenyon Gllkyson "Business Adrift" Dean Don ham Prescribes for Our Economic Ills Reviewed by Dr. Theodora 3. Grayson, Professor of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "I "Pnems" of Edwin Arlington Bob? "Bustnrss by Wallace "Father Malachy's Miracle" and Eliot Bliss's Saraband" "Father Malachy's by Bruce Marshall. Doubleday, Doran Sc Co.

byEUot Bliss. William Morrow Sc Co. Mental distinction and a slightly malicious wit mark Bruce Marshall's story of "Father Malachy's Miracle" (Doubleday, Doran), which Is one of the precious arrivals of this waning season. While It may ruffle the temper of some literal minded and very pious, it holds no offence for the liberally Inclined. Priest and laity, the Mother of Christian Religion and those of Protestant hue, are alike pinked by, Mr.

Marshall's trott Donham, Dean of the Grad uate School of Business Admlntstra tion at Harvard University. Whit tlesey House. It takes courage and Independent thinking to write such a book as 1 2 Business For this Its author desrrves much credit. How ever. If one has the courage to at tempt such a novel excursion Into the realm of economic prognostlra- tion.

one must expect to have tne rapier. In his lightly ironic way he result closely scrutinized by all who are Interested It. A drawing by Anntnhov ot Max Eastman, whota "Kmdt of Lava" fChartet Seribnar't Sont it bit hrtt valuma ol varea tinea IBIS, sets out to show how the world today might take a miracle. Father Malachy is a simple old monk sent by the abbot of the Bene-dictene monastery at Fort William to instruct the priests and people It may be profitable, therefore, to Summarize Dean Donham's Interesting thesis, and his methods of approach. The book opens with a srholarlv essay on the subject of A recant photograph of Elizabeth, tvhoto naval "Father" it publithed in thit country by Doubleday, Doran A Co.

of the Church of Saint Margaret, by Dr. Alfred N. White it, and next come those lyrics which in their own way remind one of "A shronS The poems on cla.4 so typical of almost even early writing, are good to sometimes strained. a Poetry has never had a bntr more intelligent champion than found in Max Eastman, whose joyment of Poetry" is and will 1 be a classic. Mr.

Eastman's chit ship never deadened his entliis, and his fine appreciation- aim has always written about with understanding, and withr able restraint. One has come to! pect from his pen interesting id clothed in lively clear words finds them In his work as critic a appreclator, as writer in forms; but regrettably one does i find them In his work as poet "Kinds of his latest we see another side of the wherein his enthusiasm hat wild, his words grown up like wee and his thoughts become woefu submerged under all this exotic ta age. Perhaps Mr. Eastman beliei that metrical form is enough in way of restraint. At any rate he 1 poured out into the form, which handles well, a substance not nea fitting.

He allows beauty ol jou to run completely away with ben of sense, and sensory imagea a lush worda to run away with i possible strength and Importance ideas. "Kinds of Love" contains bo early and late work, and it i probably be very popular. Those i could never bother to read "The Joyment of Poetry" will in all in llhood care for this volume; those who have read the prose a reread it are bound to be diss pointed. head, one of Dr. Donham's col Edinburgh, in the use or the Gregorian chant.

Having lived for fifty leagues in the faculty at Harvard University. This essay Is stimulat years away from the world, he knows nothing, in the words of our author, of modern theo-geology, contraception, book-keeping by double Inson. Macmillan. "The Book of American Negro new revised edition, by James Weldon Johnson. Harcourt, Brace Sc Co.

"Early by Humbert Wolfe, Alfred A. Knopf. "Kinds of by Max Eastman. Charles Scrlbner's Sons. In this day of short cuts to knowledge it is Inevitable that people should want easy access to extensive literary work by well-known authors.

There are still plenty of readers of poetry in Its briefer forms who would shrink from reading through all the many volumes of Edwin Arlington Robinson's writings, and it is to these people that Professor Bliss Perry's selections from Robinson must make the strongest appeal. Professor Perry has done a good Job with his volume, and has put into his anthology not only such obvious choices as "Miniver Chee-vy" and the like, but a goodly array of the best and clearest of the sonnets and some fine passages from "Tristram" and several other" volumes. Lack of space has forced him to leave out all of "Cavender's House" and "The Glory of the because, as the Professor explains, one cannot Judge of the significance of either of these works by reading excerpts from them. As an Introduction to Robinson, this book will serve very well; and I doubt if anyone will quarrel with Professor Perry's excellent choice of material, or with the readable format of the book. But the present reviewer feels that it is still somewhat questionable to quote long and Important sections of a narrative poem and cause them to stand alone when they were never meant to, wrenched from their place in a long firm story that ought to be read as a whole, even by those who are short ing, and on the whole quite accurate.

In somewhat technical language it emphasizes the basic Importance of prophetic thought In connection with business enterprise, and "The Shiny a Poetic First Novel, and Three Others Reviewed by Howard Rockey "The Shiny by Beatrice Tunstall. Doubleday, Doran Sc Co. "Fay's by Katharine Susannah Pritchard. W. W.

Norton Co. "Strange by Netta Sy-rett. Dodd, Mead Sc Co. "The Gay Bandit of the by Tom Gill, Cosmopolitan Book Corp. Seldom does a first novel rank its author so importantly as does Beatrice Tunstall's "The Shiny Night" (Doubleday, Doran).

Its poetic quality makes It as fascinating as does the strength of Its narration. The sixty-year span of the story traces the fortunes of Beth Shone and the woman he loves, and the curse which the young English poacher puts upon images ot his enemies that he crudely hacks from stone. Escaping the gallows, Seth is shipped, only to return with the avowed purpose of exacting Justice from those who have wronged him. How each one finally pays in turn is the burden of a novel which fairly breathes the atmosphere of Western Mercia. Born on the ground where her scene is laid, and imbued with the spirit of Its legends, Miss Tunstall has written convincingly and with vivid richness.

Much of this has been captured and reproduced by Freda Bone, whose delightful woodcuts not only add to Miss Tunstall's text but enhance the charm of a beautifully presented book. Enthusiastically hailed by London critics when first published there, Katharine Susannah Prltchard's "Fay's Circus" (Norton) breathes the very spirit of the sawdust ring and its people. Her novel tells the story of an Australian family show, travelling from town to town with the firm determination that come what may, "the show must go Its heroine Is the clever and resourceful daughter of the veteran showman. Dan Fay. One becomes deeply attached to these picturesque actors, and in order to portray their lives realistically, the author travelled across the country with a famous Australian troupe.

Here is all the glamor and fascination of the big top, plus an Intimate glimpse of a simple but hardworking group of men and women whose reactions and impulses are distinctly worth while. "Fay's Circus" is a novel which holds one's Interest unflaggingly through each dramatic incident. Top Notch Murder Tales Along Rum Row and Elsewhere "The Rum Row by Charles Reed Jonesa Macaulay Co. "Murder Off by Monte Barrett. Botbs-Merrill Co.

"The Murder of Lalla by entry, broadcasting, "taking the creed with a pinch of salt, chorus deans, stresses the difficulty of long-run chorus girls, talkies, areonautlcs and all the other wlthout-whlch-nots prediction. Starting with this essay, the author ventures over the top, sumption to a surprising extent In order to meet the productive genius of its people halfway. This the author believes Is the great problem of the next ten yeurs In the United States; but on the other hand, it will not be solved by the quick-fire methods of the Immediate past. Lurid advertising. Installment buying and nipid-flre style changes have all been employed to a ridiculous extent In an effort to accelerate the tempo of consumption development.

Methods more sane and sure must be employed, and a longer time taken to bring about tne desired result. On the other hand, It must be clear to every thinking man that reasonable development of foreign trade is a fundamental activity of any progressive nation. Europe needs American products today, and will need them for centuries to come; but the thing to do is to co-operate with foreign business leaders and adopt trade policies of world-wide application, which will give each nation a definite part to play In the field of foreign trade, and will not be unduly restrictive of the natural activities of any particular State in this great field. It may be permissible to call Dean Don-hams attention at this point to the splendid start which our European friends have already made along this line. We are today in an era of trade conversations and agreements, evidenced by the cartels and the Institutes which have been recent developments of business diplomacy.

This Is a line it is believed should be followed by the United States as well as by all other nations; and if It Is worked out in such a way we will not drastically restrict our trade as Dean Donham suggests, but we will rearrange It and adjust it. The second error is easier to deal with, though again much of what Dean Donham says about the Government's role with relation to unemployment is true. The difficulty of his suggested remedy, however, is that it Is too paternalistic in theory and Impractical In application. We may ask ourselves pretty frankly If it is the function of government to enter the field of business on a huge scale whenever the tempo of trade Is drastically slowed down? Personally, I believe that this is but an opening wedge towards state capitalism, the disease from which the which are the pride of our glorious contemporary For and in the balance of the book endeavors to apply the theory of foresight developed philosophically Father Malachy, poor little man, fully believes Christ meant what he Helen Burnham. Robert McBride Sc Co.

said, and that his gospel Is literally by his eminent colleague to the concrete business situation now ex and wholly true. 'The Murder of a by Mar isting In the United States, Somewhat put upon his mettle, he undertakes a miracle. Nothing less tin Joseph Freeman. E. P.

Dutton Co. The author apparently feels that the greatest danger existing today than transportation of a dance hall Boston Is the scene of The Rum known as the Garden of Eden to Bass Rock, which lies in the Firth of Forth some twenty miles away. Row Murders" (Macaulay) by Charles Reed Jones. There's plenty doing after a Congressman is found stabbed in his hotel room, and one In connection with our capitalistic state Is the lack of security on (he part of the Individual citizen, meaning by security not the kind of security covered by the Fourteenth Amendment, but rather security of employment, so that an adequate At the appointed moment It Is whis Small Guide-Books for Tourists About to Invade Europe "Czecho-Slovakla: The Land and Its by Clive Holland. Dodd, Mead Sc Co.

"A Short Guide to the Art of by Martha Howey. Houghton Mifflin Co. "French a la by E. E. Pat-tou.

Houghton Mifflin Co. "Pigs In by Frances Noyes Hart. Doubleday, Doran Sc Co. "The Family Sees by Eustace L. Adams.

Brewer Sc Warren, The practiced hand of Clive Holland Is again evident in a compact guide-book on "Czecho-Slovakla: The Land and Its People" (Dodd, Mead Sc This little republic born of the World Wan is composed of territories picturesque both to the eye and in their history. Prague is its capital. Mr. Holland's pleasantly Informing notes on castles and spas, the frontier towns and peasant provinces of Moravia, Slovakia and Ruthenta will be useful to tourists. The book Is liberally illustrated with photographs.

Martha Howey's "Short Guide to the Art of Europe" (Houghton Mifflin Co.) Is not intended for home reading, and offers no exposition of aesthetic values. The major portion Is devoted to painting, with concise notes on the lives and professional attributes of artists. With sculpture ked through the air, lull as it is or smells danger When a policeman music and revelry, to the designated spot. Now Father Malachy Is more standard or living may be main astonished at the effect or his mir takes a Job on a rum boat, plying Its trade off the New England coast. Along come some hi-jackers and battle ensues "by the red of the tained by each one of us without acle than the world Is in Its performance.

With a good deal about WHY THiY CAU IT Undue pain and suffering. Starting from this point, and using natural laws, auto-suggestion, mass in which Conway proves hlmseii a hero and manages to gain all of his hypnotism, and plain fraud, it is lacx 01 security as an admitted condition of danger which must be cured generally agreed there is no miracle objectives except the rescue of his at all. The owner of the dance hall If capitalism Is to survive in the United States, Dr. Donham proposes 1 1 1 15 young assistant, who pays tne price of Investigation with his life. or time or mental energy.

a a threatens to see Father Malachy. Even the ever-practical authorities to obtain sucn security by the follow lng means, viz: of Rome are inclined to ask more The Rum Row Murders' Is no tale for the squeamish, and it is astonishing how much nearer It seems to truth than to fiction, and wonder proof before affixing the stamp of I. Careful economle planning Wherein Government and business approval. In this vexatious position, Another book which suffers from not being sufficiently inclusive Is the new edition of "The Book of American Negro edited by.James Weldon Johnson. But if Mr.

John fully portrayed truth at that. tormented by publicity, Father Malachy Invokes God's aid in a second miracle. The Garden of Eden Is "THE BOOK OF THE YEAJT 2 "A prodigy of book gorgeous drama, wealth of character portraits, pageant smelts and colors and action." idwtl Janet. V. American BY JULIAN DUGUID GREEN HELL National Bait-Seller KM THE CENTURY CO, Another actress Is murdered! son has left out some work that you moved back to Edinburgh again.

Now 'wish he had put in (such as the almost everybody believes it was Russian Soviet Republic is now suf never taken away. finer poems of William Stanley Braithwalte, Claude McKay, and Strangled! Monte Barrett in "Murder Off Stage" (Bobbs-Merrill) knows how to tell a story, to line up his dramatis personae, to time a murder, and to evolve authentic cli fering. I believe that a wise develop Mr. Marshall seems to know tne ment of unemployment Insurance is Church, and unquestionably he particularly of Countee Cullen), he has none the less done a very valuable thing in setting down a record knows the world. far better answer to the general maxes.

Like most other mystery a and architecture the underlying Idea story writers he has a pet sleuth: problem than that suggested by Dr. Donham, who Is probably opposed to unemployment insurance through "There is a clarity, a roundness, a Peter Cardigan, writer of mysteries In spite of an almost Incredible premise, Netta Syrett has executed a humanly interesting pair of character portraits in "Strange Mar is briefly stated. Pointers of the sort given are a fillip to appreciation. luminosity about early as and Johnny-on-the-spot when a nice, Juicy murder looms. Eliot Bliss observes in ner novel or what poetry the Negro has contributed to American letters and bringing it up to date.

Forty people, an astonishingly large number, are represented in the volume. Some of them are very young and barely at More formidable works than this one are provided for observers of "Saraband" (Wm. Morrow Sc Co.) cardigan happens to be a mend fear that in time It will develop into a system similar to the British "dole." The answer Is that it does not have to, and that if properly riage" (Dodd, Mead). Perhaps, as 'that later on, tlnetured and muddled by a growing experience, one does not But Louie Burnett, whose mental adventures largely make this co-operate. 2.

Development of the home market and restriction of foreign trade as much as possible. 3. Maintenance of the existing wage scale and an increase In wages If, as and when the same becomes justifiable. 4. Participating Insurance against Unemployment.

6. Continued technical development which should result In raising the wage scale. 6. Obtaining of Job security through co-operation by the Government through the Initiation or public Improvements during times of depression at a wage scale below the average. 7.

Assistance In the establishment Of sound trade conditions abroad bv means of tariff adjustments and by restriction of foreign trade on the part of this country. The net result of all the foregoing methods, In the opinion of Dean Donham, will be such a stabilisation of employment conditions in the United States that high wages may be maintained for the majority of workers without undue strain, with the resultant beneficial conditions of leisure, security and self-respect. Having stated the general plan of the book as fairly as possible, the reviewer may be permitted to ex planned and carried out by means of co-operation between the great corporations of the country and the individual workers, it ought to be successfully accomplished. In addition, luminous story, is acutely, aware of tne autnor oi portrait or a Rebel points out, so peculiar an alliance could only have taken place in that fin de side age which recalls Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, and the "movements" and "reforms" that shocked their period. In fact, one finds it difficult to accept the Idea her reactions to life, and more so as the years roll on.

The vividness of her experience in the Inner world compensate for the comparative oi an aestnetic, out otherwise normal however, to Its theoretical 'weakness and Its negation of the principle of lalssez falre and free business competition upon which our polity has aridity oi pnysicai existence. or gentle oirtn and ourident. Louie tne orinK or tneir careers; others are already deservedly famous. To the original edition of 1922 have been added a new preface and more material, and the volume as a whole shows great variety and interest Oddly enough the poetry which we regard as peculiarly of the Negro type, the "blues" and chanted song3, here makes less impression than does the more formal poetry; and one sees how much the "blues" need their excellent music to round out their effectiveness, nearly all of which is lost if one does not hear or imagine the accompanying music, a a a The "Early Poems" of Humbert Wolfe, now gathered from various as a child lacks tne stimulation or man of thirty-five, who is so bound by convention and so afraid life that his marriage to a lovely girl of hall his age remains unconsummated always been based, the entrance of suitable companionship. About her are only aging women and lacka the government into the business field In times of depression would be extremely difficult to initiate and as a result or the husband's diffi daisical men.

Convent training and dence. The subject, however, is the supposedly practical course or a control. for your studious bent. As a rule a phrase-book does not help the traveler much. E.

E. Pat-tou's "French a la Mode" (Houghton Mifflin Co.) is a comparatively ambitious effort. Through an American couple known as Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waddlngton conversation accompanying usual activities, and a little more, Is given in both fluent French and English.

A proper accent, of course, cannot be furnished. With some knowledge of French, M. Pattou's book may be turned to good use. Copious notes, contain much Information a foreigner In France needs to know. Few motor tourists In France will ever undertake the miracle of a fish souffle they call croustade de barbue.

But they may enjoy Frances Noyes Hart's description of It In her viva-clous travel book called "Pigs In Clover" (Doubleday, Doran Sc Other experiences of her motor trip from Havre to Paris, down through Southern France and back again, any one with the price and some proficiency at the wheel can undertake. An excellent writing woman, When all is said and done, how business college leave her tender with a few of her sex that have given ever, no one ought to miss reading of Kilday, sergeant of detectives In the homicide bureau of New York. Later he assists the great detective Carter Benton. Together, with the police piping up Just for accompaniment, they solve the murder of Lila Vale. A fine mystery.

Delightful Mr. Wimble (who ought to belong to Dickens), criminologist, plays a leading part in "The Murder of Lalla Lee" (McBride). There was to be tea with a pretty lady, mentioned byj the District Attorney. But while her guests awaited the lady she lay in her over-decked Vamp Room, her head bashed in. She was a chorus girl, wife of a multi-millionaire chain-store owner.

Wimble, aided by his young assistant, proceeds to unravel a problem that would have phased a less presistently keen investigator. High drama, a nice course of reasoning and plenty of action characterize this top-notcher. Who ever heard of a circus midget being murdered and then tucked Into a child's baby carriage for a wideawake newspaper woman to find? Martin Joseph Freeman in his "Murder of a Midget" (Dutton) Is nothing If not original. But somehow the plot is far-fetched. Even the scatter-brained newspaper love, but ignorant or men save only Tim.

This cousin so delicately hum nanaiea witn deep reeling and consummate skill. Consequently, a theme which might easily have seemed absurd, is treated with a finished artistry that gives this book real appeal. And few books are more delightfully written. orous and sympathetic seems almost tnis book, it is a very creditable performance from the standpoint of Its quality, thought stimulation and the courage which the author has displayed In bringing It out. It takes sources and published by the paternal.

He steadies her in the psychic storm or the story's climax, Knopfs, make delightful reading for everyone who has enjoyed the later and far more ironic work of this when a friends desperate need is no little of the latter to take so four espoused with combative vigor Louie British author. Mr. Wolfe has writ Once more, in "The Gay Bandit or the Border" (Cosmopolitan). Tnm little knew she possessed. ten a graceful preface for his vol In material adventure Louie's life Is poor.

With her, and through her, entertainment SOLANGE STORIES By F. TENNYSON JESSE Author of The Lacquer Solaoge Fontaine, woman de tire of extraordinary five mysterious crimes in lb book. You will find the revelations coming with enriona tvnit that rastains upene to the end, whether yon are reading Pacqnin, the Killer, or the nr tery of the man with the rti mustache, atarasfll AM we are concerned with the Inner drama; and it is richly colored. Vis Gill unfolds an exciting adventure-romance, replete with thrills. Familiar to an army of readers through his stirring stories in popular magazines, Gill writes against the background of personal experience In Mexico and the West.

From this wealth of material he has conceived ions evoked by little matters of every. ume, a sort of apology to explain why he should ever resurrect and republish his early work at a time when most authors are seeking to bury their Juvenilia as deeply as possible. His publishers persuaded him to make up the collection, and he tells how he too feels it to be of value as the expression of his early self, a being now passed over in day existence are kaleidoscopic. Louie's character is built up and her me Drought forward in such pas Mrs. Hart Invests fact with some of the lure of fiction.

For arm-chair sages. travelers than "Pigs In Clover" there square a stand on such a host of controversial subjects as has Dean Donham, and to plead so eloquently for an Inevitable and painful solution which the business world for the most part seems to be seriously trying to avoid. For this Dr. Donham deserves considerable credit, no matter how much one may disagree with specific observations and proposed remedies. It is to be regretted that Dean Donham, once a successful banker, has fallen so completely under the spell of academic terminology.

As a matter of fact, if Dr. Donham tried to express his conclusions in simple English and did not so much resemble an economic Browning, it would be better for his readers. Forceful Fiction writer is unreal, as is the grand To one keen for the strong meat of existence "Saraband" offers little. But for those alert to spiritual drama mother who uses a gat very well, a corking story of the border-country, a red-blooded, swift-moving struggle In which a Yale half-back and a Mexican bandit leader match strength and wits for the sake of a lovely girl. There is action and kick is no better recent book.

Statistics Eustace Adams tosses in it noids much. Nature lovers, too. time, but still honestly represented by these writings. It is aspiring, thoughtful and subtle work. The London Sonnets are the best part ol amine somewhat more critically the way In which Dean Donham develops not merely his philosophic conception of the problems Involved, but the methods which he advocates for their eventual solution.

In the first place, it would seem that Dr. Donham is somewhat confused at the outset of his factual Investigation by the rapid change which is taking place In the business world. This Is not to be wondered at, but the result seems to be that the authur at times confuses what actually may be surface manifestations with fundamental trends. It Is to be doubted that the business tempo, swift though It is, Is one which concerns fundamental change to the extent which the author apparently believes it does. Bather it would seem to have that appearance, because our country today is coming to the end of a great production era and la entering upon what might well be termed "an era of extended consumption." At such a time there is a situation in the business world which resembles a tide-rip, for two great currents are meeting, and there Is much foaming of the waters.

It would also seem that the author Is unduly obsessed by the Russian Here is, at any rate, an interesting phase of Texas and the oil regions, somthlng about abandoned ships, a mysterious house and a fine old man will have pleasure in word paintings of the country of the upper to type while "The Family Sees i names, miss illoi nrst novel dis on every page, and the book contains a wealth of color which makes Gill's France'' (Brewer Sc Warren) are seasoned with shrewd and amiable com closes an artist. S. W. sion, and a sprinkling of local poli taie au me more picturesque. ment.

So while absorbing this trior tics and corruption. That little drug- oughly practical account of Euro using midget was about to confide to Professor Rogers of Tech 'Platitudinizes' pean travel with three small children we are entertained. If one is going to France, with or without a a newspaper reporter something of vast importance. On this little idea In a midget's brain is hung the frail family, this is a very good book to story. E.

W. P. 'Leaf Is Oreen' a Frank Story of Post-War License Written la the Hemlncwav man take along. on Things Cultural Professor Robert E. Rogers, of the for Boy Athletes Spring annually brings It crop of boys' books about young baseball heroes.

Ralph Henry Barbour's latest Is called "Squeeze Play" (D. ADDleton A IB Massachusetts Institute of Technol Elizabeth Jordan Emerges From the Field of Crime ogy In Boston more properly Cambridgepractices what he preaches in a handy volume called "How to "A Philadelphia Institution Jacobs 1726 Chestnut St. BY EMILY CLARK Sc Why does Larry Blake, a star at baseball, strum the guitar ner, John V. Craven's "The Leaf Is Green" (Knopf) is a first novel of unusual merit. Out of the maze of reiterations in dialogue, senseless drinking parties, aimless wasting of time and casual immorality which fill the book, there emerges a frank.

I be interesting" tL. C. Page Sc Com pany). This somewhat Jazzy title might "The by Elizabeth give tne impression that the book Jordan, century Co. true picture of many of the young belongs to some get-culture-quick wnen ne is needed by the Cheltenham School nine? What seems like gross disloyalty Is finally explained to his schoolmates' satisfaction.

As Larry wins the year's all-important game with a sensational slide to the home plate a story containing the essence of robust youth reaches to end. series. Nothing is farther from the Elizabeth Jordan's name is well known to devotees of detective fact. Beneath the whlpped-cream TUG AMERICAN pcuiiic ui wjuay. iney nave no moral or ethical scruples, yet are not entirely superficial and have still the knowledge of what real love can situation, and perhaps looks on that country with an admiration hardly Justified.

Unquestionably Russia is planning for the future more effectively arid Intelligently than any other nation, but it should not be forgotten that her planning Is a much easier task than with us, because it Is largely imitative in character, due to the fact that In spite of the ability of her present leaders and the sacrificial willingness of her masses, Russia today is far behind us, and treading paths over which we have passed. It is planning now surface of Prof. Rogers' sentences is a vinegar sauce of criticism along stories, as most of her published work In recent years has been of the mystery type. But In "The Four-Flusher" (Century Company) she with considerable solid food for mean, even though their code permits of many wanderings from the Track, football and bascbell, major side of the beloved. thought, if not for action.

The subtitle Is: "A little book of platitudes for folks in general, including educators and The educators To most of us it mav seem like sporis oi tne American scnool, all figure In Earl Reed Silvers' story, "The Glory of Glenwood" (D. Ap-pleton The young hero is liberty gone made. Perhaps it is. and students will first get the taste of the vinegar. Maybe it can be called post-war license.

Some may place part of the blame on Prohibition. Craven By Herbert Q. Yordley for a period of Industrial production which we have already experienced and which, In having been over-em Prof. Rogers observes that the greater part of student bodies in our Rocky Hill, who figured in Mr. Silvers' earlier tale, "Team Muscle and manliness make Rocky a pleasant character and a good example.

phasized, today becomes one of our great problems. Our planning must doesn't concern himself with reasons. He is a reporter. He puts down the conversations and bare acts of his characters students at Princeton attempts the straight novel. In many places this book shows that the author Is still Influenced by her work In the criminal field.

The manner In which she preserves an atmosphere of mystery, her method of working up to a climax, and the sudden and theatrical denouncement of her story, are all suggestive of Crime Club literature. "The Four-Flusher" Is the story of a woman whose life is devoted to the furtherance of her own Interests and the maintenance of her social position In the community. Unscrupulous, selfish and entirely lacking In moral sense, she dominates by per- colleges have the speech of muckers and the manners bf hoydens faults that should have been corrected long before college years. But and their friends. He understands neo-barbarlsm has set the pace of the people about whom he is writing.

and to his credit can it be said that he makes them live for us. How the American govern ment decoded the secret communications of its enemies and friends. Has suspense, all the excitement of the chase, climax and denouement. Yardley Is a rtwuviM. Horry in N.

r. World Ulaarom an easy, active, unimaginative and these students are "the walking product of a false philosophy or education and of life which is keeping our country by and large a playground or mental jelly-1 Or INNOCENCE ABROAD STRUTHERS BURT yi in Thm Philadelphia Inquirer: "A charming and fascinating book, filled with curiotity and gusto Here is an especial and individual talent." ELLEN GLASGOW aays to The "New York Herald Tribune: "She has wit, charm, discrimination and that rare endowment, quality INNOCENCE ABROAD is a gay and fascinating chronicle of a successful failure." HARRY HANSEN aays: "It is told in such a pleasing ner, runt along in such rippling proae and tells just enough without telling too much that we must thank Miss Clark for having added a moat delightful book to our JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER says: "Mia. Clark does auch things with a beautiful ability and must be regarded with a serious attention." THE SATURDAY REVIEW Ot LITERATURE saya: "INNOCENCE ABROAD is as gay and clever and slyly malicious and entertaining a volume as anyone might wan to read a book that no one capable of enjoying really nrat-rate talk about writers and their work should overlook. ISABEL PATERSON say fa The New York Herald TVifKww nrV a ft neraonal- ities There hat been nothing of its kind in American literature, so personal, to fresh, so smilingly sophisticated. HARPERS MAGAZINE says: "Her writing is friendly but her gase is penetrating; she sees her subjects a they are ana interprets them.

ThU book should prove delightful reading-DUBOSE HEYWARD saya: "An extraordinary thingto literary criticism From her pungent and entertaining proae these personalities emerge with depth as well as surface. ISA GLENN aays: "Emily Clark has used her lovely praje to half conceal and half reveal those things that everyon wants to know about the people everyone wishes they knew. THE NEW YORK SUN says: "Her pages are crowded with amusing anecdotes, with informal glimpses of uthorVth parade, with revealing fragments of unpublished letterswi flaahea of character analysis which are at times quite ahrewo. ERNEST BOYD aays in The New Freeman: "Misa Clark has many interesting and amusing things to say about many important topics and personalities in American literature Particularly in her portraits of men, there is always an apw-able streak of feminine malice, a penetrating glance wnicn things which easily escape the observation of the mere male. With 13 Portraits in Aquatone sutw rn HIT S3.50 Bobbs-Merrill uau aooru ina "Democratic lowest common denominator" and the premise that "the average man is the noblest work of He does not believe in college degrees for boys and girls who have little aptitude for study.

In short, the road to culture lies not essentially in financial, but in moral wealth, and Prof. Rogers thinks we have been and sUll are traveling In the wrong direction. Shades of Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Fenlmore Cooper. obviously be more original In character, and we must develop an even greater Initiative and foresight than Russia. We cannot benefit by the experience of other nations, for we are charting a new course to cover an era of Intensive consumption I think this fundamental fact which Dean Donham fails to appre-nin for ioiuc of the errors into which he falls.

The two most dangerous suggestions contained In the book seem to the reviewer to be the drastic restriction of American foreign trade and the role laid out for the national Government in connection with the maintenance of public works, as the chief factor in maintaining general employment during the periods of depression. Subordinate to these two principal fallacies Is the apparent dislike which Dr. Donham has for unemployment insurance and his over-emphasis of technical development and management as curative agents for the unemployed. The attitude of the author towards the expansion of our foreign trade Is difficult to criticise, because It Is true in part, and a half truth is more difficult to combat than an Incorrect statement. Unquestionably, our first obligation Is to develop home markets; and while Henry Ford Is wrong when he states that there Is no such thing as overpro-duetion, nevertheless it is entirely possible by the use of intelligent methods to build tip a nation's con- those who come under her influence, including the members of her own family, are used without compunction in her pursuit of power, and the value ot human life means nothing to her.

In spite of the author's insistence upon the personal charm of her chief character, it is difficult for the reader to feel any pleasure In her company or the slightest pity for so cold-blooded a person. Fortunately there are other characters who exhibit more pleasing traits, and we welcome with relief the appearances of the Irresponsible son of the house, his extremely modern cousin, the level-headed social secretary who tells the story, and even the very pathetic husband. The plot is highly dramatic, especially in the events of the last part of the book, and deals in strange situations during the course of its development The book is very readable, thanks to the author's easy and agreeable style, and provides plenty of thrills and considerable entertainment. But on the whole it offers little of lasting value for the serious reader. A.

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