The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-13
BOOK NOTES

This week at the library I found
Booth Tarkington's new novel Of the
modern Juggernaut, '"rhe Turmoil
Mr.. Tarkington has felt. keenly. we
should imagine. the tragedy of Amer
lean big buslness-the growth of a
vast machinery that at last cnslaves
the very personalities which have
brought Il forth. and uses them ruth
lossly AZ mere ends TO further It's
growth. He has felt this tragedy and
has caught a vision OF love as a force
that may prevent its utter and com
piete elimination. The story is a
tweutieth-century Interpretation or
the ugly duckling fahie-a picture of
q big Industrial city. 81 the biggest
man In the city. and OF the power
that drives factories and finance.
And Bibbs. the youngest, siCkly son
vi the big man. is brought in as con-
trast 90 ali oncrsy and efncicncy
sheridan. the big man. b. boistcrous
rather than powcrful-hc In hour
gcuis. hlustoring and e~tcrnaliy trying
To- drive somebody He fancies Bibhs
b. no earthly use because BlhhH pre-
fcrs 10 write cssnyh rather than 60
work. and sheridan proudly boasts OF
his other two som who have made
good. Death suddenly takes off one
of the sons and domestic troubles
cause the downfall OF the other one
ana then II h. Co tho utter amuzcmcnt
of the reader that the =ickly Bihbs
who knoWs nothing 81 business,
showed into responsible positions,
makes good" with ulucrty and gets
the finest girl in the book somehow
VI feel Inc success of th, book is due
more to its weak points thuu tu its
strong ones Mr.. Harrington Norha
vigorously ana boidiy-that the puh-
lic likes. He stresses our quilts fear
lessly-nnd We cheer ntm on. y few
readers vii. smile at his attempts Ia
Indicate the poetic temperament aa
shown IN Bibhs. A. long as he has n
model sheridan b. not more Vulgar
ly impossible than many Of his pruio-
types Mr. Harrington rcproduccH
him 90 the life. bat apparently he had
no model Tor Bihhs and va had 60
take Sir Phillip sidncy's advice.
Look In thine heart and write 10
spite ~ all this, the book ls con, clvcd
In such a healthful spirit NJ criticism
lof life ana with such % reverence Tor
personally that 1t deserves itA nopu-
llnrity
one uf the youngest of the modern
writers, Walter Lippmann. mas pro-
duccd an interesting book. written
e-ntortainingly on a subject which
should touch us an Drift aud Mas
terry an attempt 10 diagnose tho
current unrest, The book is III once
comprehensive. shrcwd. vigorous.
searching n interesting with al-
ways the saving humor In the
course of the book the author dis
cusses practically all the more inn
portnnt problems OF our political. su-
cini and economic life and the fac
tors which have brought about that
curious unrest everywhere $50 notice
able. lie shows that we allow meth
ods In business that eve would not
tolerate In politics, he explains with
crystal clcarness what the woman
movement b. an about aud he even
submits Woodrow Wilson To- an anal
ysis that seems to get under the
mans skin. hut he does moro. he
deals with the order which is emery
Ing from this unrest.
once aboard the lugger and the
firi is mime an old English slying.
ssryes A. s. NJ. Hutchinson. author
Of The Happy Warrior" as the title
Tor his new book. "Once Aboard the
Lugger' Il IL not a sea story. ~ the
title would appear Ia Indicate. but "a
delightful comedy written with such
rare humor that IL stands apart from
the great mas of present day fiction.
II IN "a novel 20 cad aud re-ruAd. FOR
through all the laughter and quaint
ness shines the reality of life.
Otlicr New H0Dks.
"Ari Of Writing the Short story
ana Art Of story Writing by Es-
enwoin Of the wrlterS Library. Prao-
IDEAL instruction In Fiction writing
from simplest forms 60 modern short
story. t- 49,
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