The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

cause for excitement. II purports to be
| both a story and a document in ethics.
Divided in-C two parts successfully called
| Ascent and Descent II pictures thS
life and thoughts of a young Partisan
who, after allying himself with q young
married woman, wearies Of her love. re-
nounces her and marries another woman.
IN the one case with no legal shackles
TO bind him. he feels himself in a prison;
in the other case, with a woman as his
lawful wife, he obeys the commands Of
society.
Practically there Is nothing more than
this to THE Yoke of Pity considered as
story. The rest Is given to the expo
sition OF Felix's tortured soul He Is an
egotist. The passion OF the moment ab-
serbs him, and even in his final sue
cumbing to the demands OF wife, child
and home, he is doing nothing but for
his own pleasure. He has no com
Functions at becoming Madeleine's lover,
and he has no real conjunction at desert
ing her, although for a time he struggles
to keep his indifference from her.
Here and there are passages that e1-
asperate. For instance, this is the au-
thors statement of Felix's thoughts after
he has grown to hate, through no fault
Of her own, the woman he only recently
loved. AT last he came to detest the
woman with ncT
ish desires, her childish eyes, her childish
features and her way Of dragging a man
into her childish tricks and forcing him
to see the greatest things in a sensual.
tender, pretty aspect; her brutaliZation Of
man in base intercourse in exclusive pre-
occupation with the things next to hand,
things Immediate, things directly felt"
This is by no means all: As Felix went
on. We are told that he came to detest
women "for tie lewdness of their hearts,
and that he was overcome by horror of
the tenderness and Of the presence OF
this particular woman. He would walk
on, seeking any and every promise Of
way out, but finding every issue closed.
Every now and then in flashes he would
realize that he was wishing for her
death" Yet all that he had to do at any
moment was to leave her, and when at
last he did so. for long time he re-
manned IN silent prayer"
Nonsense. 1t ought to take something
more than this to excite the Paris puo-
lie or to make sense Of the philosophy
Of NJ. Julien Benda.
PROBLEMS IN MODERN EDUCATION: BY
William Seneca Sutton. Dean Of the Department
Of Education in the University Of Texas. sher-
man, French & Co., Boston.
Prof. Sutton realizes that OF the max
ing of educational treaties there seems
to be no end; and he makes apology for
his addition of the present volume OF
addresses and essays on problems In
modern education. To the extent that
his deductions are the result OF the prin-
ciple of concrete idealism,S which In
simple terms means the effective re-
sponse Of human effort in education to
growing needs of an enlarging, evolving
Sutton has added something
to the sum Of human knowledge In this
field. -.
Two essays are noted of the twelve
included in the volume. That on the
school and its. curriculum is
clear-cut discussion of much-mooted
questionable larger adaptation Of the
studies in public high schools to the in
iividual students requirements. The
author insists that, whatever the degree
of freedom allowed in the selection Of
secondary school courses. some form OF
slection. by the student, by his parents. |
by his teachers. or by them all acting !
conformity, Is indispensable of the stu |
tents own capacities and special talents |
sre to be considered and developed"
rhe author insists. however. that mod
I'm civilization makes some basic