The Washington times., 1915-09-15
Book Reviews

HARDING OF ALLENwoop. ~ Harold
i,,ha,o ih'haoss Frederick % Stokes Stokes 4 Co., pup
From the prolific pen Of this. author
/ has flowed another romance. His new
story is a stirring tale of life on the
big farmlands of Saskatchewan. 1t re-
lates contest between the conservative
aristocratic prejudice, represented by an
exclusive colony of dilittanti gentleman
farming and fox-hunting Englishmen.
and the red-blooded sort Of young man
nood that issues from the Dakotas. the
iatter being no mean representative OF
The characters are viyidly limned, the
fine points of the widely different types
peing brought out with sympathetic
like the foundation color in some beau.
| tiful tapestry. The atmosphere of the
wide. prairie and the primal forest Is
! forcibly felt throughout. The story Is
and holds the interest steadily to its
happy end.
LIVING UP TO BILLY. BY Elizabeth
| erick A. Stokes 4 Co.. New York. Price.
Mrs Cooper presents an unusual
picture Of the professional dancers life
in New York's great White Way. The
story Is unfolded in a series of lettera
from Man." girl who has risen from
the cheaper cabaret at Coney to
contract at Winter Garden. contending
all the while with the reputation Of her
family Her father is a bum" her
sister Kate. to whom the letters are
written. is In prison for thieving. and
her brother I'm law Is q crook. known
from Frisco to New York. The light
/ An Ao n nrl A rV<,vx NJ
ambition. Is her baby nephew. who
causes also the regeneration ,of Kate.
and brings Nan ultimately into her own
beautiful romance. The book does not
philosophy. which is wholesome and at
tractive. There Is no sickly sentimental
ity about II. but strong heart and ro-
bust determination throughout.
HOW TO DEAL WITH HUMAN NATURE
IN BUSINESS. BY sherwin Cody. IL mo-,
cloth. 4ss pages. Published by Funk 4
! by mail. &2.l2.
For the man who wants to keep
abreast Of the progress OF commercial
science this volume Is necessary-it Is
book Of common sense business direc-
ton. suggestion. study. and example.
Mr. Cody has based 1t on the
psychology Of business effort and he
considers at length and with care such
topics as National Characteristics,'
Yourseit." Monopoly n for Every Man"
The Mind and How 1t Works. The
Imaginative Method and Its Uses"
! Principles Of Appeal" Proportion and
5correspondence. Various styles in
Business Letter-writing. System in
Mail Order Correspondence" and col
AS the author points out. success in
the art of salesmanship can be at
tained only through practice. It takes
four hours a day for some years to
make a good pianist. and playing on
human minds is surely no less fine, an
art. Mr.. Cody's book teaches how
that art may be acquired.
1t is a dependable guide book on the
road to success In business.
WAR. SCIENCE. AND CIVILIZATION. BY
WILLIAM E Ritter l2s pp Published by by
ssisn,c ensh idsa,, &C. fsS'os What pTiee tbe M
author himself calls the political phil
orophy he unfolds in this contribu-
ticn to the war literature OF the day
He attempts to show that the ethic al
solution Of the problems Of civiliza-
tion Is also the scientific one. and he
seriously doubts the value OF war.
The thesis he undertakes to maintain
IL that when a nation finds its grow
territorial limits while other nations
own more territory than they need. it.
Is scientifically tusti1able for that ma
tion to wage war for gaining moru
territory II no other means Of reliey-
, ing its needs can be found" He sus-
gcsts negotiation and accommodation
mits that his remedy. an intern ational
remedy whereby 1 nation might give
over to other nations portion Of it's
territory or other economic ad
> vantages peacefully. will appear alb
that IL would be acceptable II politics
rested upon a philosophy which would
CONFORM to the actual facts Of nature
and human nature.
DR.. Ritter finds that the "heights of
civilization toward which all the ma
tions look with longing gaze" has
never been scaled by any Of them. and
cannot discover the cause Of civiliza-
' liarly to either side Of the European
cataclysm. He analyzes this culture
from a biological viewpoint. and he
= says the utilization Of the unbounded
: istence. and that one Of the hardest
{ problems of the civilize man Is the
Development. distribution. and util-
> iZation OF the available forces OF ma
q ture. While war has been commonly
tho means for correcting evils and
B abuses. 1t Is recommended that equity,
h or mutual concessions. would bring
- universal satisfaction.
= DR.. Ritter has not WINGED at the most
difficult political problems, and while his
theory may seem a thing to be desired
e ultimately II the entire world should be-
y come come wholly ,S seientihe; and politics fol D.
s are far from being ripe for It. To
n prove this It Is only necessary to con-
slider his key to the Japanese prob
}, lem. He suggests that the United
n States transfer to Japan the ownership
Of the Hawaiian Islands. For ne says,
: II the United States become rational
: and far-sighted in her self-interest she
will see 1t would be wiser to help
Japan to what she must have than to
try to prevent her from getting 1t. V
% Great Britain also is advised to assist
Russian In securing warm water ports
and France to help Germany. acquire