The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

humor pathos and gentle satire which
are irresistible, which intensifes the re-
gret that the Miss Daisy Milton" cpl
sode should have been allowed to mar its
perfection.
The study of life in provincial Eng
lish town is delicious; the Russels,
mother and daughters. self satisfied, mar
row minded; Beatrice, an older JanE
woven of fire and of tears" Martin, the
mouthpiece of his ''estimable" wife''
views; the Happy Hunter" eager for
the splendors of the chase; Mamie, the
imaginative; Miss ThornIeigh. that pa
tient spinster forever young, because Ol
''the possession of a dream that would
never grpw Old Stephen Croft, James
funny man. who paid the price with
usury: and little Jane herself, who
wished from her childish heart that every
one in all the world could be happy, and
who cheerfully made believe when life
proved ungenerous-all are bits of life IL
self.
THE MASKED WAR: By William J. Burns
New iork-GeOrge II. Dorsn Company.
Detective stories, the most, popular OF
all fiction. are not less exciting II they
happen to be true. and this story by the
man who, with his assistants, succeeded
in rounding up a desperate and mysteri.
Gus gang of criminals will stand as one
Of the best detective tales. There are oc.
casional pages that are a bit dull be.
cause they are merely repo<s from as.
sistants in the work in running down the
McNamaras; but they bear importan,
parts of the work, since they give details
of the procedure of the dynamiters. The
story will probably not be so widely read
as 1t deserve. because, much OF the story
of the crimes and pursuit of the Grim.
inals already has been printed in the
newspapers, but II is worth reading and
keeping as a record of one of the most
difficult tasks ever undertaken by detec-
tives.
Perhaps one may imagine that the au-
thor gives himself too much praise, but
his story is obviously authentic, and has
been verified from other sources. The
career of the McNamaras in all details
is set forth, and much of 1t requires deli
cate handling. This applies especially &c
John B.. who is punished for a life OF
crime with only fifteen years in prison
Many interesting accounts of adventures
with anarchists occur in the story. The
war with dynamite was a war with an
archy against the established form OF
government OF this country" writes Mr.
Burns. 1T was masked under the cause
of labor" and he asserts that the re-
ports of his investigation will show it
This. however. did not appear in the
evidence at the trial of the McNamaraS
because they pleaded guilty. II is inter
esting TO note that Mr.. Burns has as
aids 1900 men of all professions and al
conditions of life.
THE LARGER ASPECTS OF SOCIALISM: By
William English wallng. New YOrk-The Mac
milan Cumpany
According to Mr.. Walling. the only
method of approaching intellectual and
practical problems at once. CompT chen
sible and sound, is the ''pragmatiC" n eth
cd. He is right in assuming that Social
ism can find its best critical defense and
philosophic justification in that method;
for Socialism. according to good prag-
matism, would not have TO furnish any
critical defense or philosOphiC justifica-
ton. 1t would need only to submit to
a practical test. the successful issue of
which would he sufficient demonstration
of its truth" So long as ii worked, II
would need no further defense.
According to the authors exposition.
rragmatism becomes more a name, TO