Evening star., 1915-04-11

apainsfs a pan-American alliance. an
econonfc solidarity of the western
bemisphere In a foreword the author
states the American problems set p3
this war He then points out tne SIT
nation of the western world IN the sum
Of its powers of exclusion. and the llm-
itations thereto. From this topic ne
masses TO European and Asiatlc poilcles
aud motives wherein expansion anu
appression have open place. This
brings the discussion to the theory OF
nan-Americanism. to the Monroe doc
tr;ne and the power of the United
States to maintain it. to stateneh.
of the argument for armament, 70
reckoning of the price of disarmament
all of these important elements IN uile
"fnevitable clash. Authoritative, ois
cernine. unbiased and sane. this STUDY
10 an Illuminating and brilliant sum-
mary of facts and conditions whose
conclusions are left open. as they must
Nc left omen. An incomparably fine
md useful book, whose highest read
49, -oint is the immediate present
~rpWANY. FRANCE. RUSSIA AND
ISLAM. Bv Heinrich Won Treitschke
With a foreword by George HaHen
p,,tnam. New York: G. P. Putnam
Sons
immediate notice, as the Instructor ana
tnspi-a ton of Bernhard. now suddenly
famous through his Germany ana tne
Next War" He is. also. the bioerapner
OF Bismarck, and the enthusiastic ao
yocate of Bismarck's Prussian pohcv
OF militia rism and expansion. More than
this, he is the interpreter of FREDERICK
the Great in political program tnat Is
said to reach and include the present
war. Living, he was in his own person
and outlook a perfect embodiment VI
che Prussian ideal. a dominating man
a strikinpIv bold and brilliant thinker
An authoritative and captivating writer;
he remains. through his work, Nltal
force in the shaping of German
thought The essays or TINS Voiu'he
came into print during the twentE-nv
wears following 1870. In large parl
they review the Immediate results OF
the Franco-German war. and sketch, iI
outline. the politics and diploinacY o,
the nations named in this title. w na'
W. Demand of France" is the swollen
theme of one of these essays. 1t IS
in sum a review of the history or Al
eace and Lorraine. put forth as support
and justification of the Prussian ciain
rpon this territory. IN Memory oI the
Great War is an outburSt Oh eTeFhidH
self-exaltation, characteristic ana eIo-
Uuent on the outcome of that war
'Gustavus Adolphus and Gefinans
Freedom" is d biographical sketcn OF
the Lion of the North Land whom
,Treitschke appropriates to Germany as
The champion of Protestant Christian 7
inv In Turkey and the Great Ma
tons" written in 1875 at the time OF
the Russo-Turkish war. TreitsGhke !
makes Germany stand like blood
brother 10 the Muscovite in his assault
,pon the Turk. whereas her ATTITUDE
toward the English is as alien ana nos.
tile as it is today. SO obvious Is II
from every side that this historian has
had tremendous influence in shaping
the foreign policy of Germany tnaI nc
student of modern Germany can aHoro
to neglect the study of Heinrich voT
Freitschke's works.
IN THE OREGON COUNTRY. BY
George Palmer Putnam. author OF
The Southland OF North America.
etc Introduction by James W1hs
connbe. Governor of Oregon. Illus
trated. New York: G. p. Putnam
Sons.
This guide through the Oregon coun-
try possesses in full the real out-of-
door spirit Somewhere within MIN
too. there is an inexhaustible spring o.
enthusiasm for the wonderland OF tht
Pacific coast in general. and the sam'
finctured with true love for the ore
gon region in particular. Companion
able as an old and friendly shoe. M
leads his reader over the mountains
and up the rivers. ana throuRh nv
cayerns and across the slopes Of ore
eon, showing him along the way home'
in the making. roads a-building, raIm'
and pastures and orchards spreading
wide In easy dramatic shirts ne slp!
back and forth between pioneer day'
and the present At some spot OF un
usual charm. prideful Snowman tina
he is he crowds a good part OF Europe
into this commonwealth of oregon
pofnting the reader. for example, U
the broad. rich valley OF the Wlilam
ette. whose beauty of hill and dale ant
mountain is from one angle or at on
moment like the Tranquil charm
Suffolk" or the ragged picturesque
ness of Scotland" or the pastoral Wis
tas of Swedish Iowlands." or the sur
passing skylines of Norway" And be
side this charm of scenery and natu
raj beauty Mr.. Putnam has gathere'
for the reader wealth OF lnolal
legend and lore. by which the Riganti
movements of nature here are explain
ed in the death struggles OF Titans 10
the possession Of the earth. The IL
Illustrations are exactly what tne,
ought to be TO match this kind Of guid
book And the whole fs fresh, Dig
picturesque. inviting.
GETTING 4 WRONG START. A Trnfh
full Autobiography. New YORK: In
1t is said of this book that 1t wa
written by we'll known author who
for reasons Of his own, keeps his iden
tity. in this case, to himself. Whethe
or not this be so Is not important
What does matter. however. is that thi
Is a record which in its earlier part
might be paralle1ed in its essential
by thousands Of concrete cases. Prob
ably there is no more common person
al and social malady than the wron
start in life. To be sure. most peopl
have a job, but how many f1nd thei
work? Luckily for this man. he faile
and failed on one Job after anothe
until at thirty-two. and eight year
after he was out Of college. there wa
nothing more to lose. Then, wit
nothing to lose. fear naturally lei
him. And that was the point at whic
he turned to what ne knew what hi
own work. And he goes on to tell jus
what IL meant to stand by IL throug
the ups and downs of it's exactions an
privations. which. hard as they wer
held for him the glorious sense of be
ing one with this thing that he wa
meant to do. II there Is a bigger at
venture than this. one wonders what
can be. II there Is a bigger story I
tell. one wonders what 1t is. AS a ma,
ter Of course one does not know no
many fine books this popular novelist
has written. but it is perfectly safe I