The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
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folds of woods open to the autumn that
make q harp to catch the wtndS'-and
their several philosophies of life that
Mr. Belloc here chronicles. interspersed
with stories Of quaint humor and luaty
verse and tunes, all racy Of the Sussex
soil.
within the four days the conversstion
covers this world and the next, and yet
there 10 much pollity, for the travellers
.'eat hearty and drink Deep" and there
10 each night - noble spell OF sleeping. :"
So they advance under the blue fall skies
toward home. And a. they near that
delectabie place q change comes over
Them, and Myself flnds that he 10 alone.
Though directly . tribute to the authors .
birthplace, the book 10 % written that to
all who cherish the meaning and place
Of home It win endear itself.
THE WONDERFUL Bed, By Gertrude 4 Kns,sI.
Ih,strsted in eolcr. The BobosMe1ili Con-
This holiday treat for children has
Just been published In the form Of .
book by Gertrude Knevels. It 10 called
''The Wonderful Bed" and the story
and adventures 1t contains will attract
the attention and hold the interest OF
every child that loves the fanciful things
Of make-believe. The children Of the
| book are delightful~in themselves. and
| between them and their little brothers
and sisters Of the world there 10 sure
to be a bond of comradeship. while the
doings and sayings Of the strange crea-
lures OF the story will provide no end
of amusement.
The story is based on the visit Of
three city children Of their Aunt Jane
in the country. and at night they ind
themselves creepy and uncomfortable In
! the old-fashioned nursery. partly because
the shadows in the corners OF the ram
bling old room. chiefly on account Of the
great four-poster bed which looks up
darkly In q far corner. The little girl
and her baby brother are to sleep In the
four poster. while the older boy is to
have q cot. but after Betsy has taken
away the light the children decide that
the dangers Of the night must be faced
together. and they all pile into the four
poster. accompanied by Mittens, the cat.
whom the baby boy has taken with him.
So excited are they that they can't. of
course. go to sleep at once, and they de-
eide to make a tent Of the bedQuilt and
the bedposts. So far the story 10 fact.
Beyond this. fancy. in the shape Of the
children's dreams. begins to work. and
a series of adventures fresh and amue-
ing follows.
And 80 they go on in their adventures.
meeting one exciting experience after
another and becoming acquainted with
| such characters as F1dgits. Knightmare.
Bad Dreams. and Sandman. But their
adventures are also flled with fun and
| humor. and the children enjoy every mo-
ment Of them. Finally. Good Dreams
| rescues the children. and they awaken
| laughing.
TIE NEW Realism: COMPARATIVE STUDIES
rsiLMIs4phi MSSlssl,, fitfin aS' and 1 Ea q.
srauidins. The Macmillan Company New Yort.
! In the introduction the new realism il
thus defined: THE new realism, broadly
speaking. is a return to that naive OF
natural realism which was the first OF
our typical theories OF the knowledge
relation. and as such it should be sharp
ly distinguished from the dualistic OF
inferential realism Of the Cartestans'
| But the cause Of the abandonment OF
naive realism in favor Of the dualistiC
or picture theory was the apparently
hopeless disagreement Of the world as
presented in immediate experience with
the true or corrected system Of objects
in whose reality we believe. So the first
and most urgent problem for the new
realism is to amend the realism of COM
mon sense in such wise as to make II
compatible with the facts Of RELATIVELY.
| The problem Of the new realism Is to
| account lot ldClS VI EcldtNIIy SuCn
!! as We have in the phenomena OF illusion
and error without ending in subjectiv.
ism. This Introductory makes plain that
| subjectivism is the enemy which the
new realism is pursuing. and the com.
mon grounds Of attack are stated in It
The six essays which follow are exposi.
tions Of the different elements Of the new
philosophy. The authors have done q
good thing in publishing in the appendix
the programme and first platform of six
realists which first appeared in July
1910.
| This will help the reader to grasp this
new philosophy. And the reader needs
all the help that he can get. for We are
now. in an age Of new PHILOSOPHERS
| great popularity when one of its mos,
brilliant expounders told us that it was
only a step toward radical empiricism
and now we have this vigorous propa
ganda of the new realism. And We are
only mentioning. American philosophers
| no&. Soon Bregson and Eucken viii
visit us. and We shall have two other
| systems presented to US. But 1t will
| help those that are interested in the
French and German philosophers to read
this volume. for in II are some very goot
criticisms of Bergson and Eucken.
OLD TINE AND xorNG T2M; BY Ros., J
apoiis. Price. SIS
The admirers of Robert J. Burdett,
| will rejoice that new book from hi.
pen has just been issued. He has en-
deared himself to the American public
through his long career on the lectur,
platform. and every one must feel q
certain tenderness toward anything h,
| says or writes.
In his new book Mr.. Burdette offer,
fifteen of his famous sketches. Thi,
means a very individual humor. somt
tender pathos, and a peculiarly human
quality. Mr.. Burdette has only on,
theme whenever he speaks-the theme Of
life itself. Sometimes he treats II as
whole. as in the first and second sketche.
of "Old Time and Young Tom which
are entitled The Rise and Fall of tn,
Mustache'' and My Kindergarten o.
Fifty Years. and again he seizes som,
special aspect. as in Taking Account o
Stock" THE Average Man." or Vast
ing Other Peoples Time"
Mr. Burdette has studied life and III
problems in all Its various aspects. bu
the clouds of pessimiem have never
crossed his horizon.
| To read "Old Time and Young Tom
| is to come in close contact with tht
magnetic personality Of the author. Al
| though Mr.. Burdette prefers to treat hi.
subjects with a hghtness Of touch thai
| makes easy and entertaining reading
there is nothing superficial about wha
/ he says, and he unfolds many soli6
truths which are well worthy of seriou,