The Washington herald., 1913-06-01

nate to the rights Of the community
Docks and harbors, railroads and water.
ways, dwellings and factories al are SC
! related to the well-being of the city that
they must be owned or controlled in the
interest of all
But 1t is in their physical aspect
and their relation to life and property
that European cities differ widely
/ from our own. While we have con-
cerned ourselves with political. legal
and excise problems, they worked out
Industrial ami social ones. Here the
city is a political agency Of the state;
in Germany II is business corpora
ton, organized to realize the maxi
mum of returns to the community.
We think Of forms. they of activity.
The manner OF its planning, the serv-
ices IL renders. the protection II Of
fers. the happinesssit should give
these are the aims of the German city.
and the charter Is but the tool, the in
strument, for the realization of these
aims.
The author concludes that in Ameri-
ca the city has grown more rapidly
than our "city sense" Science has
not been applied to social problems.
We have not conferred our attention on
the Dig problems which the birth of
the city has created. The city has
been left to the free exploitation of
individualism. under the philosophy Of
every man for himself and the devil
take the hindermost."
DR.. Howe expresses the hope that
the achievements of European cities
may aid in the solution Of our domes-
tic municipal problems.
HAWAII, PAST AND PRESENT: By william R.
Castle, y. Illustrated and with map New
Yori-Dodd. Mead Co Price. A5.
The author was born and brought
up in Honolulu. and his family has been
living there since 1896. The Sandwich Is
lands are quite the most Interesting lit
may be brief, but II is very interesting.
and their picturesque and beauty appeal
to us all. Having such unquestioned
qualifications for his subject. the author
tells US things Of the garden spot Of
the Pacific that nowhere can be de-
scribed better than in this volume.
But in addition to telling so graphical
ly the entire story Of the Islands. the
book gives in a compact form all that
a tourist and traveller should know with
accuracy, comprehensiveness. and a
style that interests while inparting in
formation. Baedeker has not yet ex-
tenueQ MS ldoors 10 tne racine iSldnos,
and there is no guidebook available for
the traveller. With the aid of Mr.. Cas-
ties book. a trip to Hawaii may be
planned intelligently.
A number of books have been written
about special phases of Hawaii its his
tory. its commerce or its industry, but
none so far has attempted to give con.
cisely a survey of its history. its present
conditions M re NJ hAa,
The book, therefore. is explanatory, as
well as descriptive. The descriptions are
brilliant and for the most part from the
authors personal observations. and I
may say they read as though there IL
no exaggeration. 1t seems to me that its
very comprehensiveness must have made
II difficult to write. 1t would have been
easier to devote all the pages to a dis
cussion of industrial conditions, but the
author speaks of the natives or the
famous volcanoes, the climate, the fer
tility, the enhancing views, fields, and
forests instead of writing an essay or
simple travelogue. The desire of the au-
thor is quite plain. He has written the
book with the aim of trying to interest
others in beautiful Hawaii, to create that
affection for the island group which is
felt by all who have spent their childhood
there. Writing Of his native country his
enthusiasm must be overlooked.
EVER AFTER: By Juliet wiibor Tompkins. New
York-Doubleday. Page & Go. Price, SID
II one can bring himself to read
half of the pages of Ever
After he will find himself rewarded.
Unlike the conventional novel. the story
begins after the ceremony OF marriage,
which is as it should be, for II is then,
as a rule. that the real problems arise.
Lucy Cuyler has fewer failings than
usually fall to the lot of womankind.
She is sympathetic, modest, lovable, but
with one fault that threatens to pull |