Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-26

By Price Collier. author OF me
West in the East. etc. New ,orN
Charles Scribners Sons. WasiihS
ton: Woodward & Lothrop
n BOOK of splendid personality
"a vivid. positive. convincing ana
very readable. An intimate hrst-
hand knowledge of Germany, as
well as a full measure of such
knowledge as comes through the more III
direct channel OF books lies at the Dot
tom of this study. Ability to see Things
pretty much as they are. sood hoiu oi-
the ways of human nature. pracuce IN the
art of drawing reasonable deduetioiis
from bodies OF substantial tact, ana o
genuine passion for plain speaking com
bine here to round this knowledge INTO
clear. authoritative and timely discussion
Of Germany and the German people.
The first hundred pages OF the book
spread out the historical sources OF the
modern German state The remaining
i've hundred make accounting of the large
features of this state. Under the equivo-
cal title 1.-THE Indiscreet'' Is mastery
analysis Of the chief figure OF interest III
the world today. the German emperor.
To most intents and purposes. as truly as
in the seventeenth century LOUIS XIV
summed the French state in his own per-
son, so does the German emperor donti-
nate the politics the army. the lndustr!
of Germany Mr.. Golfers chapter on
Berlin is a pointed lesson in municipal
administration. The Distaff Side deals
in q broad and interesting fashion with
the place of woman in the economy OF
German life. The author quotes an Eng
lishman. The Land of Damned Profess
sors'' as title to "a chapter on the quality
OF German philosophy. the bent Of Ger
man education. The present problems OF
this state, economic and industrial at Dot
TOM are tersely put and surveyed. As
whole this is a notably concrete and dra-
ma tic survey Of the Germans, a thought
full. Informed. and consistent appraisal
ii. H. Bashford. author of The Pill
grims March,, etc. New York:
Henry Holt q Co.
The average novel reader and the
purely technical critic. though an ill-as-
sorted pair may easily be found hob
.nobbing together here in condemnation
Of ''Pity the Poor Blind The one,
happy SO long as more or less heroic
enterprises are afoot sees nothing at all
in this meandering tale. The other. ner-
yously anxious about constituencies and
proportions, about the rules of realistic
invention and the laws of impression
out to-do as sheer literary lawbreaker.
But the others. the many others, who
must have life itself caught and held
quiet now and then for them to eX-
anime its seeming puzzle. for them to
question its inscr,itable r.ddle-these 9TH
ers will find the book pure joy. A lit
tlo corner OF England is hedged off in it.
Here the usual complement of English
folk is set-the sources family, the doc
tors, the vicar, the young curate and
the lesser Ipona the COUNTRYSIDE,
Among these. d genial, human hearted,
comprehending soul, the author. wanders
M and down. in and out, gathering
eyerybody's story out of this sequestered
nook There is the universal adventure
OF walking at the very side of hap
plness. but unaware. eyes holden to the
lovely face of IT. ears sealed to the en-
trancing voice-the adventure of seek
ing God in some far place while Hs
stands at one right hand. unspoken. Tt
all these this leisurely story about the
real affairs of real folks in this quie
spot Will have an intimate persona
charm. ia addition to its more eXterna
appeal as a fresh and delightful manner
or literature.
THE LARGER ASPECTS OF SOCIAL.
ISM. BY William English Wal1ing
anthor OF Socialism As II Is" New
York: Tie Macmillan Company.
AR. Wallirg's earlier book. Socialism
As Tt Is takes the view that socialism
Is 4 movement whose direct aim is moth
ing less than to build a new civilization
From this standpoint he discusses the
chief instruments OF this purpose, eco
nomics and politics. The volume in hand
setting out from the opposite extreme. as
sumes that socialism is this new civiliza
ton. gradually defining and emoodyin:
itself through a sum of social movements
In this the author gathers up the large
aspects of this civilization and examine
them in the light of socialist theory
These larger aspects cover the intellec
tual and spiritual phases OF the present
science. religion. education, ethics. his
tory. social relations. At the outset Mr.
WalliRg lays claim to the new prag
matte philosophy-by preference Prof
John Dewey's Interpretation of it-aS
philosophy that is purely socialistic Il
its bearings and entirely so In its prac
teal applications. With this as a basil
assumption the author turns the light o
this pragmatic philosophy of socialism
upon each Of these larger aspects Of on
ciyiliza tion-upon ethics. religion. educa
ton ard On--fcr new interpretatici
OF the nature. the bearings. the direction
and the destination of each. With thi
captured philosophy as the chief agent o
socialism Mr.. Waliing constructs a yer,
plausible sociology of socialism out o
the various views of socialists ard prag
rnatists, whom ne has used with grea
freedom in support OF his argument. !
very thoughtful and scholarly line of eX
position and reasoning addressed to seri
GUS students of the many sided subjec
of socialism.
a PRISONER IN FARMLAND. u,
Algernon Blackwoud. author o
The Education of Uncle Panl" etc
New York: The Macmillan Company
Henry Rogers, man Of affairs and ire
mendously successful as such. is the her
OF this story. But it is az neither bushes
man nor rich man that ne figures here. L
order to qualify for chief place III thi
grand enterprise, 9ir. Henry Rogers ha
10 run away from his directorsn.ps. an
schemes. and none y-makings. back int
the place that the heart OF his boyhoo
knew. This getting out of himself wa
an interesting feat. IL took place-it a
ways does-when he was asleep. The