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the inside it is a highly dramatic and
| deeply significant picture OF the great
national, predaceOus game OF greed. cap
/ tanned by individual brutality and selnsn-
! ness. The plot, too free and open OF
| movement to come readily under TINS
term of implied involution and complex
| ity, circles about the enormous inequaii-
| ties of condition and opportunity, the
apotheosis Of self-seeking materialism
| that gives to American life today its SUI
i preme stamp. The characters. moving so
| freely, so naturally and simply, are IN
reality highly developed types, produced.
however, with so fine an art that the
common type exaggeration does not ap-
| pear. 1t is a great study, great DOCK
ravening. glooay. epic
THE INFLUENCE OF DARWIN on
PHILOSOPHY. And Other Essays In
Contemporary Thought. BY John
Dewey, Professor OF Philosophy In
Columbia University. New York:
Henry Holt and Company.
dozen reprints come together in this
volume as a contribution to the revision
of classic philosophy in the light of mod
ern intellectualism. Cardinal matters OF
common philosophic speculation and
theory, among them. for example. The
Intellectual Criterion for TRUTH Beliefs
and Existences." 1.-The Significance OF the
Problem of knowledge" are here re-ex-
amined in the new intellectual temper
wrought by the methods and facts of
science and scientific research. Society
and life measured by the notion OF evolu-
tion religion and morals, as well as IN
situations, subjected to the historic meth
od Law off some of the distances to De
crossed by classic philosophy in order to
regain prestige and usefulness The whole
matter Of this volume gains specific point
by its frontage toward the general SUB
ject of education. The modern attitude
of this author, the clear thinking, the
energetic manner, the educative influence
of his personality, establish the immediate
professional mission of this contribution
toward a revised philosophy.
OUR SLAVIC FELLOW CITIZENS. BY
Emily Greene Balch. Associate Pro-
lessor OF Economics. Wellesley Col
lege. New York: Charities Publica-
ton Committee.
The first-hand character Of this study,
the trained powers of investigation and
deduction possessed by the author, the
scientific rootage of the present and flu
ture in ancestral potencies and direction,
give an authoritative standing to this
work, calcolated to make it of special
service not only to the social worker and
student but also to the general reader on
the subject of our foreign population
Part 1 embodies the results of personal
Investigation of the Slavic nationalities
in Europe. A deeply interesting study Is
made here of the racial. geographical.
economic. political and social influences
that enter into the constitution or the
Slav and account for the character CT the
emierations. Part II deals with the Saav
i'm the United States. The history Oh
his immigration is here divided into
two parts, one reaching up to 1850. the
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She stood there on the foe confronting
him. not ten feet away. and at sight OF
her Philip Cayley's eyes widened. What
in the world he gasped. Then stared
at her speechless.
She was clad. down to the knees. I'm
seaskin, and below it's edge he could see
the tops of her small fur-trimmed boots.
Upon her head she wore a little turban-
like cap of seal. The smartly tailored
lines Of the coat emphasized her young
slenderness. Her bootmaker must have
had a reputation upon some metropolitan
boulevard. and her headgear came clearly
under the category Of what Is known as
modes. Her eyes were very blue and
her hair was golden. warmed. he Thought.
as she stood there in the orange twilight.
with a CLINT of red.
Cayley gasped again. as he took in the
details of this vision Then collected
himself. II beg your pardon, he stam-
mered. Il don't mean to be rudely In
uuisitiye but what in the world is a per-
son like you doing in this part OF 1t
that is If you are real at all? This Ii
latitude seventy-six. and no cartographer
who ever lived has put that coast line
yonder into his maps. Yet here. In this
nameless bay. / find yacht. and on this
ice foe. i'm the twilight. you.
She shook her head little impatiently.
and blinked her eyes. as II to clear them
of a vision. "Of course" she said. Il
dream of mine. but even for dream,
aren't you a little unreasonable? Yachts
are a natural mode Of conveyance across
the ocean. You find them in many bays
sometimes in nameless ones-and they
always have people on them. But you
you come wheeling down. out of night
sky, like some great nocturnal bird. and
alight here on the foe beside me. And
then you change yourself into a man and
look at me in surprise. and ask me. In
English what i'm the world I am doing
here--I and the yacht, and ask me II m
real"
There was a moment Of silence after
that. Unconsciously they drew little
I'm real, at any rate" he said; 'at least
I'm a taxpayer. and j weigh one hun
dred and sixty pounds. and L nave a
name and address. It's Philip Cayiey.
If that will make me seem more natural,
and my headquarters this summer are
over on Point Barrow"
But that's five hundred miles away.
she protested.
rs it?" he said. indifrerenty. I've
been a-wind all day, and ! haven't come
down for an observation once. / don't
know just where I am. I've been feel
ing a little unreal for hours. or rather.
the world has And now. at the end or
it, find IA person like you here In the
twilight-' he finished the broken sem
tence with a gesture.
I'm not dreaming. them" she asked.
obviously.
ing it's not you. May j frrl up my
wings and talk to you for awhile?"
Her eyes were on the broad-spread.
shimmering planes. which lay on the Ice
behind him. She seemed hardly to have
it with an almost voiceless yes" Then
she approached. half fearfully. the thing
he called his wings"
(To be continued tomorrow
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other subsequent to that date. In the
first period the movement is sporadic; in
the second 1t is concerted, regular, per-
sistent. controlled. The first covers the
individual colonist, the patriot. the refu-
gee. the religionist, the adventurer: the
second. the homemakers. aspirants for
citizenship The distribution of the lat
ter class in America is given. with their
occupations. economic condition: orgam-
cations and assimilative qualities. The
volume is generously supplied with pho
tographs. maps. tables and an excellent
photography. The whole constitutes an
informing. authentic. readable study.
A HISTORY OF THE IRISH PARLIA-
MENTARY PARTY. BY F. Hugh
O'Donnell. NJ. A., Q. U. l.. formerly
NJ P. for Galway and Dungarvan
ex-Member Of Council of Home Rule
League OF Ireland, etc. With por-
traits and other illustrations. New
York: Longmans, Green and Com
pany.
With something very like the volumin-
osity of Lord Macaulay in his survey OF
brief period Of English national lie
does this study of the Irish parliamentary
party for a period Of twenty years bulk
in the hands of it's author. The straight
line Of thought, that of home rule in its
origin and principles, in its substitutions,
evasions. distractions and suspensions. Is
relatively simple and clear. Details. all
the ms and outs of its stormy course.
pack the study Of Overgrowth. Historic
reference and current fact leave no single
aspect of the question in the shadow. Ac-
cusation. invective and ironic charge
against the enemies of home rule on both
sides of the water bristle from every
page and thrust at every turn. The Irish
opulence of word and imagery is here.
the strongly personal attitude. the savage
front the facile change as well. 1t is
stirring and fascinating because of these.
rich completeness. substantially invalua-
BILE to the student of Irish national ideals
and aspirations.
AT THE SIGN OF THE BURNING
BUSH: A Novel. BY NJ. Little. New
York: Henry Holt & Co.
An achievement here. The simple
medium for this story of such unusual
strength and charm is the career of
each Of the three Scotch divinity stu
dents with whom the action opens.
Each is a type Of the cleric class. The
pursuit Of their common profession re-
veals. through a minute and ironic real
institution along with some of it's sub
stantialities. The points, however. that
set this book apart are two, one of
these a matter of theme, the other.
that of form. The story carries as a
major strain two examples of what
is known as Illicit love. both of ulti-
mate exalted character. Under the sway
of youth, and a glorious day, and the
flaming of an ardent gorse-bush, that
Is, under the full dominion of nature
itself, one Of these students, the best
of the three, seduces young girl-and
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they moved now with an appearance of
haste. Presently they scrambled over a
precipitous ledge Of ice and, in a mo-
ment >Mere lost to Cayley's view.
The world was suddenly empty again,
as If no living foot had ever trodden it;
and Cayley. lowering there. little above
the level of the ice. rubbed his eyes and
wondered whether the singular, silent
tragedy he had just witnessed were real.
or a trick the mysterious arctic light had
played upon his tired eyes. But there re-
manned upon that vacant scene two ma
terial reminders of the tragedy to which
it had afforded setting. One was
smudge of crimson on the snow: the
other little distance of, just this side
the icy ridge over which the last of the
party had gone scrambling a moment be-
fore was the strengthening blunt stick
which he had seen in the assassins hand.
Cayley flew little lower. his wings
almost skimming the ice. Finally. reach
ing the spot where the thing had fallen.
he alighted and picked it up. Whether
its possessor had valued it. or not. wheth-
err or not he might be expected to return
for it. Cayley did not know. and did not
much care.
He stood for some time turning the
thing over in his hands. puzzling over 1t.
trying to make out how 1t could have
been used as the instrument of propul-
sion to that deadly ivory dart. There
was a groove on one side of it. with a
small ivory plug at the end. The other
end was curiousy shaped, misshapen.
rather. for, though it was obviously the
end one held. Cayley could not make it
fit his hand, whatever position he held 1t
in.
Giving up the problem at last, he tuck
ed the stick into his belt. slipped his arm
through the strap In the framework of
his aeroplane and prepared for. flight. He
had a little difficulty getting up. owing
to the absence of q breeze at this point.
Finally he was obliged to climb, with a
good deal of labor. the ley ridge up which
he had watched the little party Of muir
derers scrambfing.
At the crest he cast glance around,
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BOOK REVIEWS.
THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH. \ View
Of American Democracy. By William
Allen White, author of "A Certain
Rich Man." etc. New York: The

THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH. \ View
Of American Democracy. By William
Allen White, author Of "A Certain
Macmillan Company.
And this book will try to TELL" so says
its author something about the status Of
society in America And again, THE
nineteenth century will be known as the
century made marvellous by the use OF
steam Steam shortened labor hours.
gave leisure, then reflection, then opin-
ions. then revolt against the inequalities
of men. and with that revolt modern
democracy is coming" This exposition
sets out the highway of its approach.
The beginnings OF American democracy
are traced swiftly. and then, more slowly.
its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unreckoned. un-
disturbing chanses-up to the develop
men1 of an absorbing materialfsm In
venting an extra constitutional manage
ment of affairs with business and politics
rs partners here. Out Of the logic OF this
came capitalism and with 1t the present
struggle which this author sees not as
"a struggle between the rich and the poor,
but a struggle in each mans heart be-
tween its unSelfiSh and selfish interests,
a contest between individualism and al
truism. with capitalism, to his mind,
part of the public character and not the
Insignia of a class This instructive
movement toward unselfishness. spiritu-
atty. democracy is marked by certain
mile posts some of them already passed.
Others still in the fore distances. Here
stand the secret ballot. the primary. cam
paign publicity and legal limitation. mi
tiative referendum, recall as waymarks
of this progress. The work of American
cities, compact, complete, concrete in IL
lustra ton. are thrown into this move
inert toward the democratic ideal. The
schools as the handspring Of democracy.
the courts as its check. public sentiment
as the Ieaven of the national lump. each
of these as a central idea is expanded
by illustration out of current and historic
national life, by deduction. by opinion
and by prophecy to perfect this social
view of Ian observer in the midst OF life"
So much for running summary Of content
and drift. The objectivity of this study.
its forward look. its inclusive grasp, it's
fair view call for recognition. So does
the manner of this writing man. The
energy of style, the straight course, the
swift, movement. the sturdy phrase. stand
here as a distinctive part of this inter-
esting and significant discussion.
A LIFE FOR a LIFE. BY Robert Her
rick author of Together" etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
An economic and social document this.
epitomizing these aspects of American
life in the vivid and concrete form OF
novel On the outside this Is a complex
social drama. of balanced parts, co-ordi-
mated movement and clear objective. On
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TEMPERAMENT OUT OF PLACE AT A PRIZE FIGHT

to direct his good stuff more downstairs
as it were. so as to get the Rubin base
ment in a state of disrepair and misery
Now, sitting right next to us In press
seat there happened to be a man who
didn't belong to the press at all. He just
happened to be sitting there because he
was a matey Of a man reporting the
fight. He was large and not particular
ly ornate person with a bristly mustache
and a square jaw.
The undersigned in involuntarily illus
trating unto himself what he thought
Sharkey ought to be doing to render
hors de combat the commissary depart
ment of his antagonist. happened to tat
an elbow right into the delicatessen de
partment of the person with the bristly
mustache sitting right next to him.
All matter of temperament. you un-
derstand, just temperament.
OF course the undersigned was wrong
and he shouldn't have driven his elbow
into anybody's person in any circum-
stances whatever But it happened that
way, and with the most amazing and
who received the elbow became peeved-
In fact, he became awfully peeved He
exuded a bunch of indicate language
out of the southeast corner of his facial
oriice. The undersigned. not being in
quite such a penitent mood as he should
have been in the circumstances. came
right back with the exude thing.
Whereupon there was a mix.
The bristly-mustached person swung
for the bean of the hereof writer, and
the hereof writer calculated that he
would ease the ristly-mustached one a
dump in the dimpie that would make
him feel more kindly and forgiving
toward the rest of the world.
Neither wallop landed.
But the doings that ensued!
The bristly -mustached. one had his par
tisans, sitting directly behind him, and
the hereof author had his little bunch.
too, sitting all around in ringside seats.
All of 'em were a lot wrought up over
the fight in progress. anyhow, and they
dearly relished the chance that was thus
opened for them to dip into little of
the rough stuff themselves
Just eight and one-quarter seconds
after the undersigned had involuntarily
dug his elbow into the ribs of the bristly
mustached one 1t was a case Of the Kill
kenny Fair. plus and then quite a few.
and the main scrap going on on the plat
form was for the ''nonce," whatever that
is. entirely overlooked.
About forty-seven ringside PERSONS In
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own, that the matchless Guinevere might
as well have been Mrs. Smith, and Mes
salina Mrs Brown. Here are letter gos-
sspings about Helen and Paris. about
Guinevere and Lancelot, all quite up to
date. about Cleopatra, Messalna, Lady
Macbeth, and a host Of other decadents
1t Is very amusing, except that when one
has made the habit of shuddering at GER
tain monstrous, or awful, or beautiful
as-a-dream creatures of wickedness, 1t
comes as an affront to be expected to re-
verse his emotions. and laugh. However.
one does retain a single shudder that he
can call fnseparately his own in this pc
rusal. For when Clytemnestra writes
about those kind (of anything what
soever). and when the librarian of En-
peror Claudius himself makes record
and when all Of them, the whole kit and
Doodle, follow mo one" or none" with
a plural subsequent in quasi-agreement
why! then We do shudder,. long and
righteously, over this rude violence to
both mOderns and ancients.
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF EsOTERIsM,
a Text Book for Students of the
First Degree Of the Oriental Esoter-
ic Society in the United States of
America and Elsewhere. By Agnes
e. Marsland. Washington: The
Oriental Esoteric Publishing Com
pany.
For several years the Oriental Esoteric
Society of Washington has been steadily
growing In numbers under the instruction
Of Miss Agnes E. Marsland, its member
ship extending beyond the capital to in
clude many hundreds of students of
oriental philosophy in all parts of the
United States and indeed comprising cor
responding members in other countries.
Miss Marsland has now put forth vol
ume which serves as text book for
students of the first degree of this So
ciety, presenting in orderly sequence the
basic principles upon which the krowl-
edge of occultism rests. In the nine
chapters into which the work is divided
she outlines clearly the general course
of instruction which this organization
has been formed to convey. This in
struction is graduated to meet the needs
of those who have familiarized them
selves with the ordinary oriental teach
ings. Miss Marsland does not attempt
to make it extensive, but seeks rather to
offer it as suggestive influence to
stimulate the ardor and inspire the will
Of the disciple to attempt greater heights
of knowledge. In the first chapter she
treats of the difference between exoterism
and esoterism, briefly tracing the lines
Of philosophical development with rela-
marking the difference between the orien-
tai and occidental points of view. Chap
ter two deals with the relations between
God, man and the universe. The spiritual
constitution Of man is discussed in the
third chapter, which notes the difficulties
Of the western investigator and presents
the three-fold nature of life, body, soul
and spirit. In this chapter it is shown
that despite certain differences there is
a harmony between the teachings of the
oriental and the occidental. Other chap
tiers deal with PLASTIC Mediator and
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Guiding the present typewritist, just
rolled and swayed and fused around.
locked in each others embrace and figur-
ing in the kidneybasting thing to what
is called a fare-yeez- well.
There wasn't any particular reason why
80 many of us should have engaged in
these fruitless activities. Really, it was
a matter between the undersigned and
the man with the bristly mustache. But
the love of carnage was strong upon the
partisans of the two of us, and the JOY
of conflict could be seen in their lamps.
1t was lovely stuff while it lasted, and
1t took one of the largest cordons of cops
yet Witnessed by this writer to quell the
same. Three rounds of the Sharkey
Rubin battle were waged while the ring
side scrap was in progress, and when
things finally simmered down again and
we were wondering where we could get
some perfectly good arnica to sort of re-
lieve the swelling tension of our left eye,
like the final straws of year before
lasts birds nest, and We were CORE
spondingly happy. One of the under
signed's less temperamental mateys had
gone right on debating the undersigned s
account of the battle to the waiting news
Taper while the hereof writer was mop
ping and being mopped by the fierce and
hoarSely breathing Swayers who partici-
pated In the impromptu ringside scrap.
The overly temperamental undersigned
figured also In a case Of excessive tenn
permanent at a ball game in Boston a
few years ago. He was travelling at the
time as war correspondent with a western
ball club and the western hall club was
on this day being slaughtered to make a
Bunker Hill festival
The hereof and present person was very
much peeved because the team he was
with wasn't hitting the pill. So, when
one of the main swatters of his club
came IN the undersigned, using his walk
ing stick as a sort Of a wand. wherewith
to illustrate how he thought the big swat
ter ought to lean on the ball. swung the
stick around In such a sad, sad way as
to catch the end Of the crook OF the cane
en- the left ear Of perfectly decent
and self-respecting male person sitting
right back of him. -,
It happened again All, you will In
stantiy perceive, through an excess or
temperament.
Which is why the hereof writer often
thinks, in calm, dispassionate moments,
that he never was intended to witness
anything more exciting in the realm or
sport than the working out OF 1igsaw
puzzle.
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