Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-18

the United States that make for disin-
tegration and revolution through their
incapacity to adapt themselves to the
spirit of the time. to take advantage of
the direction and force Of events. One
of these agencies is the courts, conSe-
Grated. on the one hand, to procedures
of tradition. to decisions Of precedent,
and on the other seduced, easily seduced,
to legislative functions. The other of
these great disorganizing influences is
what Mr.. Adams calls "capitalistic gov
eminent" Assuming that capital Is the
dominant force in the present. he pre-
troll through the overspecialization of a
single faculty, the possession of a single
weapon-money-the inability ito COM
prehend a social relation. Mr.. Adams
says many things about the capitalist,
about his assumptions. his motives, his
operations, his limitations. He says
them, too, most interestingly and out of
serious and competent thought One
feels however. that he says them at
a long range from the capitalist himself.
and that he really has one-sided and
somewhat academic view of this modern
type. Nevertheless. the study Is, in the
main, fair-minded. 1t is certainly scho ar
ly, thoughtful and suggestive. profit
social progress
THE MESSAGE OF GREEK ART. BY
H. H. Powers. Phi D.. president of
author of Mornings With Masters
of Art" New York: The Macmillan
Company.
One not trained in the special language
of art hesitates to undertake any book
bearing upon this subject. so likely Is he
to miss the forest for the trees. Happily,
Mr.. Powers Message of Greek Art" is
| written in plain words. Plain words. but
not for 20
poetic and feeling survey Of the splendid
civilizations of Greece through the me-
dunn of it's Incompatible art. Period by
period, beginning with the Aegean civil
lization, perhaps three thousand Years
before our own reckoning, Mr.. Powers In
a measure reconstructs the full life of
each through the available fragments OF
its art. He describes the historic move
ments ard the various other influences
religion, government. philosophy, science,
the common daily life, the lovely out of
doors-that passed into these forms for a
re-reading thousands of years away. The
book is bountifully pictured. Altogether.
it Is an absorbing study, a comprehensive
and useful book for both students and
general readers of Greek civilization and
art.
Haven Schauffler, author Of "Ro-
mantle Germany" etc. illustrated.
New York: The Century Company.
No better stimulus to the movement
to "see America first" could be pro-
vided than this work on Romantic
America" from the pen of an expert
enced traveller who has a delightful
style Of narration and has brought to
his assistance illustrations from some
of the best known pens and brushes
Mr.. Schauffier takes his reader through
the Cape Cod region and from there
to old Virginia. He devotes a chapter
to the "city of beautiful smoke" max
ing Pittsburgh's chief Disagreement
significant of its wealth of industry
and productiveness. An especially in
teresting chapter on the Mammoth cave
brings to mind "a foreign wonder OF
the world with numerous iliustra-
curiosity shop" is next visited, and
from there the step is short to the old
,, California missions and the Yosemite
valley and the Grand Canyon. New
Orleans follows, and then comes long
jump back to New England to traverse
1.-The open road in Maine and the
Journey ends in Mount Desert. An al
together delightful and inspiring book
for Americans.
THE WONDROUS WIFE. By Charles
Marriott, author of THE Catfish
etc. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill
Company.
Margaret Isle left her husband be-
cause he was no longer considerate or
discreet in his amours. and SO she took
refuge with her brother in an English
country town. There she met, in a