The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-22

\ MAN , WORLD: by Albert Edwards. The Mao
MILAN Co. New York. Pnce, SIS net
The author who has become well known
and liked through his excellent descrip-
tions OF Panama this last and profusely
illustrated book shows himself to the
reading public in quite a new light with
a novel. wherein he unfolds the highly
interesting drama of an active life.
This is the story. From the catalog-
uing of old manuscripts, Arnold Whit
man suddenly is thrust into the suffer-
ing and ignorance of the New York East
Side. Here. among the poor and GRIM
inal, he finds his real work and devotes
his life, both as senttlement worker
and later as a probation officer in the
'Tombs," to the Detterment OF the social
conditions. Into the crowded activity of
his life comes the woman he loves. Here,
Mr.. Edwards draws a new type of won-
an that is purely the product of our
times and gives us in keen analysis the
working of Whitman's love in her life.
No less fascinating is the character of
Benson, Whitman's friend: a man of
wealth and family. who devotes his
money and time to the lower classes of
the slums
He is a tireless worker. but quite eccen-
trio. a dreamer despite the grind of his
practical life. 1t is he also who elevates
Nina, a girl of the streets, TO noble
womanhood as he leads her by his I'M
selfish love.
The author is frank. He is realistic.
and so means to be. He has produced
book that holds the reader as much by
the sincerity of its spirit as by the
graphic portrayal of life in a world that
few know or understand. 1t Is bound TO
make a hit.
THE NEXT RELIGION: By Israel Zanewin. an
thor a the War God &c. The Macmillan
Company. New York. Price, SIS net.
Religion as a living thing-"the religion
all honest men are coming 20, the rel-
gion the world is thirsting for. the reli-
gion which accepts the revelation of sci
ence"-with this as his theme Mr. Fang
will has written what is perhaps his
most convincing play. While its arraign-
ment of certain modern conditions was
such as to force the censor OF England
to forbid its production on the stage
there. the absolute truth of its under
lying idea and Mr.. Zangwill's undoubted
sincerity in his treatment are acknowl-
edged even by the most skeptical of his
readers.
THOUGHT BUILDING IN COMPOSITION: By
Robert w Neal. associate professor Of English IN
Massachusetts, Agricultural College. New York
The Macmillan Company.
This book provides interesting drill and
training in technique for freshman stu
plicit in method and lays down basic
principles in a compact, but simple set
of directions. designed especially for
laboratory and practical use. 1t supplies
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upper classes 1t contains an abundance |
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the course of classroom work. Among |
these is a large number planned imme- |
diately for the student who lives in the |
village or on the farm This abundance |
OF practice material pertaining directly |
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thought makes the book especially adapt |
ed for. use in the agricultural colleges |
THE CONTROL OF TRUSTS; Revised and In
larged Edition: By John Bates Clark and John /
Maurice Clark. The Macmillan Company. New
York. Price. SIS net
This work presents an outlook for the
future of industry under a policy that |
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more encouraging than any which has
been afforded recently by the actual state
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Many people believe that this country |
Is confronted with the alternative of I'M
competition or regulated mo-
nopoly. Prof Clark has dedicated his
book. however. to a third possibility. reg
ulated competition. While much of the
of the first edition has been re-
tanned and also its constructive purpose,
the work has been thoroughly revised
TO meet newer conditions and needs that
have recently revealed themselves and
has been supplemented with considerable
additional material. The policy which the