The Detroit times., 1915-08-16
....Current Literature Reviewed..


With awe the responsibility Of par.
enthood. half OF the charity with
which We are trying to patch up
their mistakes would be avoided. II
all babies could be born OF parents.
healthy in mind and. body. with .
natural amount OF the Joy OF living.
most Of our hospitals. poor houses.
asylums and prisons would not be
nlled TO overlooking. and the work.
ers Of the world would not have to
bear the added burden.
Pictorial Review. September.
The history OF Aging machines
under the title. "Aeroplanes and
Dirisibles OF War;" IL told by Fred.
erick a. Talbot. The book 10 pro-
fusely illustrated with pictures OF
the different kinds OF planes. and
gives q most interesting account OF
the inventors and the struggles they
encountered before they we're in
any wise successful The persever.
ance OF Count Zeppelin. after re-
psated failure. 10 a story In itself.
Man has become" says the pub
Usher. - bird-not the dove of
peace but the bird Of prey" With
the exception Of the United States
every country was interested In the
aeroplane purely and solely from .
military standpoint. and. during this
war. they have been tried out TO
the extent Of their capacity At the
present time. The old balloon has
not been entirely displaced. being
much more reliable In certain fields
Of work than the new inventions.
The war has stamped the dirtgi.
BILE as a failure. as Il Ii "only upon
the aeroplane that dependence can
be placed" Though not technical
nor strictly scientific. this book IL
full Of diagrams and information
which. with It's narrative side.
makes II most valuable and &C.
ceptable volume.
J. n. Lippincott. publisher, Phila.
delphia, Sl.25.
Now that the wireless In an actu.
aliiy We can no longer treat with
but respectful attention
the various theories along norma,
lines which are becoming
more numerous and pronounced
daily. The theory Of curing disease
by thought, even the extreme asser-
lions made by the Christian Scien-
lists and also by d.. W. starret that
no one need die" we read wheth-
Pr we can agree or not.
We have been taught 80 many
things that we begin TO feel that
we mny be In the same state OF
spiritual ignorance that the people
81 the fifteenth century were In with
regard To material knowledge when
they insisted that the world was
fat.
Mind. soul and spirit Mr.. Starret
identical. and proceeds TO |
proye II by logical reasoning. The
entire book IL on scientific basis
and carries matsrialism into spirit. |
Ism" before we realize IT,
The Last lap" Sherman. French
Co., Boston.
"a sane idealism" sounds good. |
Il II what n. Stanley Redgrove In
ends to give us In THE Magic Of |
II In divided into |
ihree parts, "1dealism," mysticism"
and the nature and criteria OF
ruth"
Z. p. Dutton, New York.
The kaiser's hatred Of the Social |
party, known here ~
he Socialist, 10 told without any
CLOSING over IN The Psychology OF
he Kaiser" by Morton Prince.
from Germany We could get no
uch information. - Wilhelm II long
lso resurrected the medieval Law OF
for the empress pur-
,ose Of stopping the mouths Of this.
o him. offensive party. The opera
ion Of this law has inflicted $4,000
'ears Of imprisonment upon those
whose mouths would not Be stopped.
Under our system Of voting me
social Democratic party would prob.
bly, control the vote, a. II 10 twice
- large a. any single party In Ger.