Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-02

Roosevelt, Dynamic GeograPner.
New York: Oxford University Press.
A-0HE nationalism half-projected
and wholly espoused by Mr..
Roosevelt Is the new politics
advocated here in such bril-
liant insistency by Mr.. Vroo-
man In the exposition OF this new
political theory neither OF the Two GUS
a clean swath Of definition and oesish
Rather do both gather up loosely the
numerous and open signs tnat' III INC
logical sequence OF human progress TIC
individual conscience is making way lol
the rise of the social ethical sense the
conscience of the social whole-aho 'na
government, the great common AGENT A'
slowly adapting itself to this larger con-
cent. This direct facing upon inc ho"
notifies Of national democracy IS the oo.
cIusion of Mr.. yrooman's book AT liiio
eliminating point he. like his eminent
,reaecessor. ia cumulative rather tnan III
structiye. He is an attitude rather oiaA'
O fact Pint IT is a wholesome ana III
snir,no attitude. full of fervor for what,
n him ,s the complete righteousness OIL
,ba nresent Leading up to this point
NJ Vrooman is both historic ana pHiio
sonhic-defnite, exact scholarly. by d In
objective use OF history applied 10 tne
PHILOSOPHY OF politics he traces tne r.se
OF individualism, motiveo IN -rhi. ba
aneled from the self-center ms ne
nicturesouely names the phliosopnJ VI
Isbmael He cites the complete separa-
ton of ethics from politics At t,ie $3.50
of Machiavelli, and its separation Llon,
economies by Adam Smith. from these
49, noints he moves in swift flight over
the rapid advance of individualism up 10 10
IFS nresent full-grown "wolnsh tneoIs VI
society" II one could go Tar away iiu ha
this book to get vista upon ~ nc
might grow critical ABOUT soii'V ,ns,stence
of style-repetition. over lhslstenI e,
nervous and broken speech. ana SO On III
nuristic detail. Instead. he READS on ao
sorbed until the author hlmselI CLOSES
the book Then he goes away, not asls
ing at all points. but unmlstakapiy sur
red by the sincere ardor OF THIS s'uui0
and thoughtful writer.
COMFORT FOUND IN GOOD Old
BOOKS. BY George Hamlin Fltcn.
San Francisco Paul Elder & Co.
The occasion from which this mellow
little volume sprang. together with the
authors sympathetic reaching out TOT
readers in like situation to his own.
makes an open and strong appeal. Be
hind this personal attraction is the fine.
permanent substance Of the dozen or
more essays themselves. THESE snor.
ESSAYS on the best old books in the world
were inspired by the death OF an only
son. without whom / had not thought
life worth living. To tide me over the
first weeks Of bitter grief / plunged into
this work Of reviewing the great books
from the Bible to the works OF the eight
eeuth century" eff these essays induce
any one to cultivate the reading naDit.
which has been so great solace 10 me
in time of trouble. then ! shall feel Iuliy
repaid" Sorrow is SO personal tning.
by instinct so secredve and aloof-that
it's balms and easements remain with
each an individual specific. That any
one brings himself to tell to others now
he lived with grief and what were Its
slow Arrangements Is a humane thing
to do And that is what this author
has done. Among the good old books or
comfort In this time of stress are the
Bible. the dramas Of Shakespeare, Ihe
Divine Comedy" Don Quixote." Ara
miliar list. Mr.. Fitch makes each the
subject Of q short essay, to whose con-
struction he applies a long Journalistic
experience in the special field OF book
svaluations. These are models OF con-
densation, rich and meaty-not bare and
skeletal. as such are likely to be. Keep
ing in mind his purpose in offering these
enduring books, the author holds himself
to their best perennial qualities, to their
spiritual and healing powers. As
see-the volume is a distinct pleasure.
THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION; It's
Basis and Its Scope. BY Henry Ed
ward Champion. Ph.D., professor OF
zoology, Columbia University. New
York: The Columbia University
Press.
DR.. Champion here describes the Doc
trine of evolution in what he calls "a
simple message to the unscientific." In
other words. he explains this doctrine to
the person OF cultivated mind. who has
not, however. in his possession the tech
meal facts of natural history. In very
simple and orderly fashion the author
bases his explanation upon the most
fundamental and at the same time the
most obviously illustrative facts OF nat
ural history. These are so selected as
TO spread out the universal applicability
of the theory Of evolution to them. Def
milton, essential characteristics OF living
things and evidences of organic evolution
constitute the substance of these earlier
essays. The later ones discuss human
evolution. passing from its physical as
poets to it's mental. Much the most in
teresting part of the volume is the dis
cussion of social evolution for the pur-
pose Of showing that the genetic method
10 as efficient in this department as In
those 10 which it is more commonly APP
piled These principles are finally brought
10 D6dl upon !etuicS, IcilSloH idSdAs'
Out Of it's simplicity and scope this vol
ume makes NEST useful study for the
average reade- and student.
KENNEDY eaUARE. BY F. Hopkin-
Ken Kelle s Few york: Charles e Serb ):
ner's Sos Washington: Wood
ward & Iyothrop.
Mr. Hopkinaon Smiths new book is out
and readers hitherto worried with the if.
ritating cut-cEs Of serial publications ma,
now gather - up in its pleasing totally
This is stary Of life among Maryland
gentlefoIks n the early ffties-a time
when the scrh was more Economically
picturesque shan II will be again. 1t i:
this full flavor of that earlier day tina
makes the cfief charm of this suave ant
artistic story. Its local ideas of honor
its notions Of chivalry, its naive belief il
caste-a bei'ef as fundamental as tina
possessed b. any East Indian that evel
iived-the dignity and grace OF its daily
life. its CAIN, self-centered assurance
these in pits lure after picture OF gracious
zine and n4sxting color, sum the fascina
tion OF the Whole. A half-hearted desire
to contrast with this certain more exact
ing notions OF life moves the romance
along through its inherent and inevitable
vicissitudes to happy elimination. A
gooG love sorry, whose best parts lie out
side the stssry itself. in colors and fra
grances and essences
NORMA LISA; or the Guest of the
Woman Soul. Transcribed by
Guglielsio Scala. New York
Thomas Y. Crowell Company