Evening star., 1915-01-16

1nuiSluudiNS VI liio Stoo'
lies in its plan. Its character
Is set by the authors persis-
tent stand before the ulti
mate moral obligations i'm
posed by the consequences and lessons
of the war. In order to give readers
something like an adequate idea OF
how the war looks to the various peo-
plcs entoiIed by'it, MT Baldwin uses a
movable point of view. Setting out,
about the last of July. from Bad
helm. in the P,,lssian province of Hesse-
Nassau and bringing up. the last OF
October. at Queenstown ready to sail
for America. he includes within these
limits the stopping points OF Munich,
The Hague. Flushing, oxford, London
and liverpool. From these points of
proximity, he sketches the situation as
this presents itself separately to Ser
VIA, Austria, Russia, Germany, Bel
..ium. Luxemburg and England.
slightly longer range of sight includes
turkey, and already Turkey is part of
rhe drama. Italy and Roumania also
arc l., the picture. And it looks now
as If both Italy and Roumania are COM
rosinS themselves to become actual
parts of It.
Vt Queenstown, a bit out OF the thick
of things. Mr.. Baldwin corrects. as well
one may, the short perspect1Ne>of
European events. Moreover. lie extends
This to include the United States. Win
The pertinent question, What does the
war mean to uS?" he sizes up our moral
.esponsibilitv in the matter, as this
sets itself off against our merely teen
nical construction of neutrality. AT
this point one gathers the Suggestion
that we may not, as a nation, gov
,.rnrlent, have equaled in high service
,ur gloriouSiy Sympathetlc ana spon-
aneous conduct as public, peorie.
Mr. Baldwin draws lessons from the
v::r The specific one to us is TO pc
me lust nation armed. To the Wofid
is that of International fraternity
Vie book tersely sums the causes or
ra. war and points certain Interesting
conclusions that should result from It.
These are G) national sef-goverh-
lent with the boundaries of a nation
act by race and language; CD better
I.velopmpt of the rights and security
Il neutrality. in order to establish the
.,nbroken and permanent existence of
mall states; 80 the rule of the peo-
'ie through truly sep represenfstine .;nas We
resident: 'D an effective check ON
Iliances whose sole aim is to maintain
. balance of power: go 4 new dlpio-
rac!. more adequate in preparation,
IS secret and tortuoUs in policy ana
rthod: CO. an international parlla-
,rrt and supreme court for the ad-
-dira;ion of international matters.
-. plan OF this book is good for the
.:tscu tha. il makes the situation
ar. It's Information is important and
drawn from una sSa liable sources 1t
;;,!r-ininded, broad-vIs,oned. sug-
,stivc It's manner is attractive. 1t
as a whole a first class book for
= plain reader and the new student
the war in particular. and of the
Irope II situation in general.
E, ,rus -rrrr. ALLIES Rv Richard Jarfl-
ing Davis, author of with Both
Armies in South Africa" etc. New
York: Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: Erentano's.
;ichard Harding Davis. home from
-Irop. where he has been with
allies. comes bacn possessed OF Il
~ n,au-size grievance over the dis
-:r.triis case of the War correspond
{. THIS grievance il. voices vigorous
:,ud i'll the main convinciIISly. The
.in; OF interest to the reader. how
or. is not whether in this particular
. Davis hath. or hath not. his quar-
! just. What concerns him Is that
IS robust writer of war news did
me home. and. coming. that he did
rienccs and convictions gathered at
st-hand out of the midst Of the war
scIf. These he has made haste to
down and hustle of to publisher
the public hot from the smoking
irS of LouvaiH, from the battered
Us. the "harred arches and the de
.lisned windows of Rheims Cathedral,
'c"l-ss aud irrccoverable legacy from
midIic ages to time. swift. poign-
pi,tures crowd these page. Il
;,liably pathetic are ,hc ruined
,cs. the devastated fields and the
ricken women and weeping children
search of refuge and safety. This
-iter has seen a good deal of war. He
As written much about it. But never
fore, according to his word. has he
such sheer and wicked brutality.
Ich deliberate and wanton waste,
.arked the assaults upon Louvain and
helms and the occupation OF Brussels.
r. Davis liGhtens the general gloom
: this pitiful story here and there by
I of-hand cheerful treatment of his
vu difficulties and dangers In the
Irsu; OF his calling as correspondent,
al by the splcudid service of d few
cur representatives abroad. one
kindling thrill 1T The front pie
Irc of this book. the picture OF His
:ijests. tlbert 7. King of Belgium"
ie pitch set by this first appeal Mr.:
avis sustaius by his own in1pa ssioned
-.linSs over the great war and by his
over az writer to communicate
hese feelings.
rHE SECOND BLOOMING. By w. J..
George. author of THE Making of
An Englishman." etc. Boston: Lit
tie, Brown & Co.
Henry James in his critical notes on
the modern novel. has a good deal to
say about the novelist who, AS an es-
4cutial preparation for his work. sat
Trates himself in his theme As cases
~ point here, he names AR. Rennett
soalled and s.ewed and brewed in the
IulJirudinouS aspects Of Five Towns
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