The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14


 little known in America to attract so widespread an interest in such short period is indeed quite contrary to the natural laws of literary production.
 The story of The Devils Garden" is absolutely original, and yet the theme is as old as the hills.
 It is human to a degree, and shows what tremendous forces can be brought to bear in the life of man and woman either for good or for evil. If Mavis had always been as she Is now" says the hero toward the end of the book, is speaking of his wife, she would have kept me on the high road"
 That in a nutshell is the story; for William Dale's downfall comes through the discovery that his young wife in her early days had accepted the old roue. Barradine, as a lover, and 1t is that that makes him a murderer, un- true to his wife in thought, if not in l deed. when the child, Norah, comes into their lives later on. and upsets the en- tire scheme of the mans decency and religion, for William Dale was relig- | ious.
 William Dale is a big character. l Say what we man, the purification of the man at the last, when he gives up | his life rather than bring little Norah to grief and himself and his family to harm, when he passes through the cru | spectacular event which few men could boast of in their all too human lives. | The story is broad-terribly broad.
 It is not the kind of book for chill dren to read.
 It is essentially study in human emotions and environments. | Realistic?
 | Absolutely
 Told in such a manner that none can be offended-none can take exception. | And yet
 The libraries in London banished it from their shelves.
 Upon being told of this event, MT. | Maxwell. the author merely observed,
 "I think they've made mistake"
 THE CARPENTER AND THE RICH
 MAN"
 By Bouck White. Doubleday, Page
 and Company Publishers, Garden City, New York.
 A remarkable coincidence between literature and life was the appearance
 of Bouck Whites book, The Carpenter and the Rich Man." at the same time that throngs of hungry and jobless men were invading the fashionable churches | of New York. For Bouck Whites new book Ca sequel to "The Call of the Car penter') discusses just such problems as lie behind the I. w. w. agitation
 the poignant problems of poverty and
 wealth that stirred Christs heart so deeply. In coming to the churches for aid the unemployed seems to have
 shown instinctive realization of
 Bouck Whites thesis-that God Is on
 the side of the toiler. Jesus Himself
 was poor, and the friend of the poor. Il When MT. Whites book appeared it Is easily understood how country wide interest was aroused by the statement IL. Al AL. Church of the Social Revolution of New York City), in regard to the fact that the higher criticism of the Bible is in large part the stimulatOr of the labor ferment that is cropping out every where today.
 The Rev. White said, among other [ things:
 "The statement attributed to me il , correct. And in making 1t, 1 am paying a highest compliment to the men who have founded and to those who are now , disseminating the new scientific study ! of the Scriptures. We have got to have , social revolution. No fact Is more in- dubitable. When other people are rich 1t is hell to be poor. In that hell. the } great mass of us now languish. Lfber- ty Is departing. An age of money Is an age when riches become the standard of worth. The poor are outcast. So- : cial inferiority is thing self respect cannot abtde. InerelOre t ls caSt of slavishness or rebellion. Slavishness - is not pleasing to God Most High. That : is the deepest and underlying burder , of the Bible, as it is now coming tc light through the higher criticism
 Biblical scholars are proving that tho
 economic note in the Bible is the basic and authentic note. The submissive i and ritualistic and priestly strain in Il is not the original. but is in great par fictitious interpolation. Chicago University. founded by Johr D. Rockefeller. has become along witt Union Theological Seminary in New York. center of the higher criticism Instantly that acute mind detected tn, | explosiveness of the mine thus laid | Therefore Rockefeller has lost no time J in penalizing the culprit. He has with