The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

sense in this story is eminentiy charac-
teristic of the American Christmas spirit.
"ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP EARTH
"A SURVEY OF WORLD PROBLEMS. -
BY Herbert Quick The Bobbs Merrill
company, publishers. Indianapolis
''On Board the Good Ship Earth, A Sur
vey of World Problems by Herbert
Quick, is a thorough, lucid and interest
ing discussion of the vital question--How
to live.
In happy and impressive fashion the
author compares the Earth to large,
easy going vessel-the inhabitants the
passenger son the decks--on the great trip
through time. He tell sof dangers and
obstacles encountered and overcome along
the route, and gives warning of perils AMI
hazards In the course still TO be covered
His appeal is to all who want to know
the conditions governing the continuance
of the race on this planet. He discusses
vital problems confronting the human
race-usualy left to specialists and scien-
tists-so as to arouse. universal interest
If abstruse, he makes them clear. He
gives a lively interest to his whole work
that siezes the readers attention at the
outset and holds 1t to the end.
THE WRECK
By Henry Clay Hansborough. The Neale
Publishing company publishers, New
York.
THE Wreck" which Henry Clay Hans
borough, the author, designates as IAN
Administration of Theodore Roosevelt and
William Howard Taft comprises
a highly valuable contribution to modern
political literature It goes directly to the
essentials of the administrations of Roose-
and Taft, respectively, and presents a
thorough and convincing analysis of the
motives that actuated them both. Here is
a book of facts.
The author was member of the House
of Representatives in the Fifty-frst Con-
gress and of the United States Senate
from 1891 to 1903. He was a delegate in
the convention that nominated Roosevelt
for the vice presidency in 1900 and his
story Of what happened at that gather
ing-of tho parts that Senators Platt and
Hanna played. for extmple-is told with
startling significance and accuracy.
Thereafter he was sufficiently close to
Roosevelt and to his immediate advisers
| to enable him to Judge Of their acts, and
he has furnished some interesting specif-
cations.
For the first time, in such form as to
reveal the secret workings of the Roose-
velt trust policy, the author presents a
confidential letter of the Roosevelt COM
iiissioucT VI cOIpOT WfuCl SHoWs
how and in what light, the Roosevelt
personal government regarded the laws,
| the American Congress. and even the
supreme court of the United States.
Never before have the motives of Mr..
Roosevelt or his achievements during his
two presidential terms been so crisply
and SO succinctly told.
Part two of "The Wreck is devoted
to an illuminating study of the Taft ad-
ministration and the cause that led finally
to the huniiationg defeat OF the republi
can party.
The volume closes with an interesting
appreciation of President and a brief
apostrophe to the democratic party.
Now that Roosevelt wishes to be taken
over by the depublican party, on certain
conditions. perhaps those republicans who
have not sacrificed their former princi-
pies will ind It profitable to examine the
Roosevelt record before making a bar
gain. or even considering the coloners
proposal.