Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE AMEHICANIZATION OF THE WORLD; Or.
The Trend Of the Twentieth Century. BY VIII
lam 7. Stead. New York: Horace Marley.

William 7. Stead Is today one of the fore
most journalists alive. His position as an
author and editor is SO widely recognized
that most of his writings appear in news
columns, digested or epitomized, before
they reach the book-buying public What
ever he has to say is thus heard by an ex-
traordinariy wide circle, and much Of what
he has had to say before the issuance of
this work has been Of sensational interest.
But nothing he has ever written, proba-
bly, nothing which has been published in
England from the pen of an Englishman
since the letters Of Junius, has impressed
itself so deeply on the minds Of English
speaking people as this plea for an Anglo
American union. His conclusions are SEN
sific 1t would be difficult even to glance
through the pages and not be astounded
Premises, argument and conclusion are
alike amazing 1.-The Amertcantzat1on OF
| tie World is and must long continue to be
pronounced sensation.
1t is only fair, however, that the author
should speak for himself. After arguing
from various census returns the supremacy
Of America and Great Britain, II uniteu,
above all the world beside, Mr.. STEAD
writes
Between the two sections of the Eng
disappearing race there has been one war
a century so far. There is too much reason
to fear that the average will be Kept up
unless in some way or other the mischievous
work Of George III can be undone. IL l.
is, of course, manifestly Impossible: even u
it were desirable, for the Americans 10
come back within the pale of the BRITISH
empire But If that is Impossible, tnere
remains the other alternative. why
should not we of the Older stock propose
to make amends for the folly OF our aIce -
tors by recognizing that the hegemony OF
the race has passed from Westminster 10
Washington. and proposing to federate the
empire and the republic on whatever terms
off bow II
possible basis for the reunion OF our race
The suggestion will be derided as cream
But, to quote the familiar SAVING oI . rsns
sell Lowell, 1T is none the worse 1or tna.'
most of the best things we now possess De
gan by being dreams
A contrast between British governments.
institutions and the American scheme ol
government is drawn in the chapter Wiz. i
follows this quotation. The writer theh
explains his phrase, "a possible oasis TOT
the 1eunion of our race" in the following
terms: .,,,
only. 1t is we who are going to be amer
canized: the advance Will have TO DC maue
on our side: It is idle to hope, ana IL is not
at all desired, that the Americans VIII az
tempt to meet us half way by sada!lhs
themselves with institutions of which many
of us are longing earnestly to get rid rms
Is emphasized a little further on o! the
following: when you have two parties III III
counsel one of whom is heartily asnanisu
convinced that his system is so pertect that
its ultimate universal adoption is only
matter Of time, it needs no prophet 10 lore-
see which system will be adopted as the re-
suit of their consultations.
It Is unnecessary to quote furtaer. lnese
extracts outline Mr.. Stead's argument: a
close union of English-speaking peoples Is
demanded by the interests OF Christian CIV
ilization; Great Britain and America are
the English-speaking nations; they must
therefore, unite: and, as it would be l!npos-
sible for America to go to Great Br!taln,
Great Britain must come TO America oii
the latter's own terms
DR.. Andrew d. White, the American am
bassador to Germany, commented on TINS
book as IAN array of facts which l
confess astonishes me- This indicates
another phase of the work which is entitled
to mention: it is a compendium OF Vaiuab!e
statistics relating to the world peoples. II
is interesting to read, for example, that
the United States and Great Britain nave
despoiled the Portuguese. the french ana
the Dutch. and have left to the German
| and the Italian nothing but the scraps and
knucklebones of a colonial dominion and
| to study tables offered to prove this con-
| clusion 1t is interesting to read. as a
statement of fact, story that Cecil Rhodes
| was the protagonfst of the Jameson farce
| and that the revolution against the Boer
government was founded in fear of new
| America in South Africa. dozen other
instances might be cited readily. But the
greatest interest in the work must always
rest on the remarkable contention or an
| influential and powerful Englishman-that
| Great Britain Is destined to become second
| rate among the powers of the world, I'm
| less support from the United States shall
| save her.
| THE MILLIONAIRESS: Novel BY Julian RaiIh.
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company.
Julian Ralph IS best known to the r. ad-
ing world as press correspondent and as
such enjoys an extraordinarily VIDE repu-
tation For several years Mr.. Ralph was a
familiar figure here, having been at the
head of a well-known news bureau in this
city. He has frequently claimed the atten-
ton Of magazine readers on many subjects.
but this latest work is an excursion into
more serious fiction than he has attempted
heretofore, and is likely to be longer re-
| membered.
The book would be most appropriately
classed as a problem novel. 1t deals with
the attempt of young woman to gain en-
trance into the world of fashionable people
who make society their principal occupa-
| ton. By presenting extreme incidents and
characters in the fashionable whirl the
author teaches negatively the real value of
| high society when those composing 1t a. e
actuated by noble purposes.
The heroine, Laura Lamont, is obviously
beautiful and immensely wealthy, but Ter
principal charm lies In hef purity ana no
bleness. She engages in charitable work
| among the poor in her neighborhood,
not as fad. but to do good for
| its own sake. In this WORK she is as
| sisted by a highminded but sufficiently
practical young minister. The love interest
| of the story begins with meeting of re-
| fined Bohemians, when Laura m e Court
| land Beekman, a member of the Four Hun
| bred, a worldwide traveller, and the pos
SCISSOR of brilliant intellect.
| There are several Interesting characters
| in addition to the principals. With the
| idea of exposing the foibles of high soc ETY.
| in an affirmative manner the author intro
| duces Bryan Cross, a very consc entious
| reformer, who endeaVorS to revolutioniZe
| the social system by preaching morality.
| Through him the author inveighs again t
| the abuse of money power and other social
| evils and -characterizes the spirit of the
| age as the idolatry of money. AS an orator
| he has unvarying success but he is led into
accepting the passionate of church, and
| when called upon to preach salvation in
| stead of morality he fails. He becomes a
| mental wreck and dies in a dramatic man.
ner.
| The story holds the readers attention
| throughout. Mr.. Ralph occasionally adopts
| showroom situations. but he makes his
| characters say bright things naturally. The
| book will doubtless be widely read. 1t is an
| interesting story, cleverly told.
| puyNEs AND ROJJNDEI AVS. from .1ire >.