The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-17
Current Literature Reviewed.. MAJ


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.
ssylums and prisons would not be
llled to oyernowing. and the work
ers OF the world would not have to
bear the added burden.
Pictorial Review. September.
The history OF flying machines
under the title. "Aeroplanes and
Dirigibles OF War;" Is told by Fred
erick A. Talbot. The book u pro-
fussly 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 were In
any wise successful. The persever.
ance OF Count Zeppelin. after re-
peated failure, is a story In itself.
Man has become" says the pub
Usher. "a 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 n
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 dirigi-
BILE as a failure. az II Is only upon
the aeroplane that dependence can
be placed" Though not technical
nor strictly scientific, this book Is
fun Of diagrams and information
which, with It's narrative side.
makes II most valuable and ac-
ceptable volume.
J. b. Lippincott. publisher. Phila-
delphia, t1.c5.
Now that the wireless 10 an actu-
atty We can no longer treat with
anything but respectful attention
the various theories along non-ms-
terialistic lines which are becoming
~A tvn al
daily. The theory Of curing disease
by thought. even the extreme asser-
tons made by the Christian Scien-
lists and also by d.. W. Starret that
mo one need die" we read wheth.
ct We can agree or not
We have been taught 30 many
things that We begin to feel that
we may be In the same state OF
spiritual ignorance that the people
OF the fifteenth century were In with
regard To material knowledge when
/ they insisted that the world was
! fat.
Mind. soul and spirit Mr.. Starret
considers Identical. and proceeds to
prove II by logical reasoning. The
entire book Is on q scientific basis
and carries materialism into spirit
ism" before We realize IL.
The Last lap" Sherman, French
CO., Boston.
"a sane idealism" sounds good.
II IL what II. Stanley Redgrove IN
tends to give us In THE Magic Of
Experience" II IN divided into
three parts. "idealism," mysticism"
and the nature and criteria OF
truth"
f. p. Dutton. New York.
The kaiser's hatred of the Social
Democratic party. known here as
the Socialist, II told without any
CLOSING over In THE Psychology OF
the Kaiser" by Morton Prince.
From Germany we could get no
such information, a. wilhelm II long
ago resurrected the medieval law OF
iese-majeste for the express pur.
pose OF stopping the mouths Of thia.
to him, offensive party. The opera
ton Of this law has inflicted 10000
years Of imprisonment upon those
whose mouths would not BE- stopped.
Under our system of voting the
Social Democratic party would prob
ably control the vote. "a II 10 twice
as large a. any single party In Ger.