The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
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personalities. So vital and human ar,
they that beside them the usual move
hero and heroine become little more
than shadows. The author has treated
seriously, yet skiifuliy, the cause OF
the Industrial worker.
The Ambition OF Mark Truitt" is like
true story-it seems all too dramatic
too vital, to be fiction. As we behold
the unfolding of the characters OF
Truitt and Kaxie we are overcome by
the same human interest that holds &c
the stirring events Of actual life.
THE BOOK OF JOB: By Prof. Or. Homer B.
sprarne. Boston-Sherman. French q CO. Prce
SIS.
After twenty years of study the editor
gives us a new version. a more faithful
translation. aiming to show parallelisms
of thought and expression, yet to pre-
serve the poetical beauty OF the epic
avoiding the bondage Of the rhyme. he
adopts the stately iambic metre, with
rare deviations to make sound reproduce
sense. AS far as possible a concise lit
eral translation Is given; but half dozen
euphemisms replace expressions that Of
fend delicacy.
An Introductory essay advances the
theories that the Book Of Job Is an al
legory Of mans past. present, and future,
and that the main object of the discus
sion between Job and his three friends
was the REPUTATION Of the too prevalent
hard-and-fast doctrine of the Old Tes-
lament that worldly prosperity measures
merit. II further proposes a more hope
full solution of the mystery of unde-
served suffering in the light of the doc
trine Of evolution, a solution first sug-
the founder of Christianity to the as
tonished ruler OF the Pharisees, who
came to consult him. and further ex-
banded by Saint Paul, so as to include
all created things in the throes of evo-
luton. 1t accounts for Jobs inconsist-
encies by the fact, often overlooked, that
at times his unparalleled sufferings at
fected his reason. paroxysms Of the Wild
est frenzy alternating with lucid inter
walls Of sweetness and light.
The explanatory notes are numerous.
with conciseness upon every disputed
point.
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM: BY Frederick
Chamberlin. Boston-Little, Brown 4 Co. Price.
N.A
Mr.. Chamberlin has supplied the most
interesting pro-American story of the
occupation of the Philippines yet issued.
There il no other-book that covers ex-
actly the same ground. Having investi-
gated conditions in the far East and
awaited himself of the very latest in
formation, he has been able to provide
a concise. comprehensive work that
promises to be widely read and dis
cussed. 1t furnishes in one volume all
that the students of the Philippine Ques-
ton need to know for reasonable mas
terry of the subject
The first chapter contains just as much
OF the history and geography of the Is
lands as is necessary for this purpose,
together with a succinct account Of the
task as II first presented itself to the
American people. Mr.. Chamberlin con-
siders the problem Of 1885, when the
American occupation began. He tells of
our work of education, the problem of
dealing with the Friar lands, the vari-
Gus improvements that have been
wrought, the American personnel in the
islands. the gerat growth OF business.
Beginning with the second chapter the
volume becomes an account of what we
have tried to accomplish and have at
tanned. The author points out the cost
Of maintaining the Philippines and he
takes up the problem OF the future, con-
sidering the proposition OF independence
and continued occupation. High tribute
is paid to Gov. Forbes administration.
The book is enriched with many Illus
trations showing conditions before and
after the American control.
wAYsIDE IDYLS: By Henry c. Grares Boston
Sherman, French & Go. Price, ST.
In this attractive little volume OF verse
the author sings many things of life
and death, of joy and sorrow. But
though his range is wide. there is no
discord, or lack of harmony, to be dis
cerned in his melody.
DR.. Graves has run the gamut OF
human experience, and his songs ring
true. for they are the simple direct ut