The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
49,. Current Literature Reviewed..


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.
htalthy In mind and body. with 4
natural amount OF the Joy Of living.
most OF our hospitals. poor houses.
asylums and prisons would not be
TILED to overlooking, and the work.
crs 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;" IL told by Fred
erick A. Talbot. The book 10 pro
fusely illustrated with pictures OF
the different kinds OF planes, and
gives a 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 O
military standpoint. and. during this
war. they have been tried out 10
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 failure. as II Is only upon
the aeroplane that dependence can
be placed" Though not technical
nor strictly scientific. this book Is
full OF diagrams and information
which. with It's narrative side,
makes II most valuable and &C.
ceptahle volume.
J. y. Lippincott, publisher. Phila.
delphia. si.25.
Now that the wireless II an actu
atty We can no longer treat with
anything but respectful attention
the various theories along non-ma'
terialistic lines which are becoming
more numerous and pronounced
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'
er We can agree or not.
We have been taught so 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.. S'arret
considers identical. and proceeds to
prove n by logical reasoning. The
entire book r. on scientific basis
and carries materialisrl into spirit
ism" before we realize II.
The Last Lap" Sherman. French
Co. Boston.
"a sane idealism" sounds good
II IL what IT. 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"
E. p. Dutton. New York.
The kaiser's hatred Of the Social
Democratic party, known hero "A
the Socialist. 10 told without any
Guessing over in The Psychology OF
the Kaiser" by Morton Prince
From Germany we could get nc
such information, as Wilhelm II Ions
ago resurrected the medieval law Of
lese-majeste for the express pur
pose OF stopping the mouths Of this
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 tho vote, as IL II twice
as large as any single party in Ger
many It's growth can DO seen BY