The Detroit times., 1915-07-14


Europe's victor has q sinlstsr sound
ROLAND @. Usher. author OF Pan,
Americanism." says the cause Of this
connict will be South American
trade.
Mr.. Usher's "Pan-Germanism ''
published two years ago. forecast
the European war. This being true,
n by oil the accepted forms Of reason.
ing by analogy We should consider
this book ~ the product Of one who
knows. perhaps. the probable Sc
Quence OF causes and effect.
Century Co.. New York; 81.
Arms and the Race" 10 q discus
zion OF disarmament after the war.
II deals with paciAsm. utopianism.
krupp-ism and all the other isms
which have assailed us since the war
began.
a The author. X. w. Johnston. In a.
sistant professor In Harvard. and
the author OF . number of books on
historical subjects.
Century Co.. New York; 81.
According to Edwin Davies
schoonmaker. the great power In the
Eastern hemisphere 10 to be. not Ger
many. or China or japan. but Russia.
because OF its geographical position
and It's semi-oriental mixture. He 10
another man who "foresaw" things
and predicted Just what would take
place.
"The Worlds Storm and Beyond"
Century Co.. New York: -.
Moving pictures Of the Antarctic
region have been made by Sir Doug.
las Mawson. who has also written .
book. The Home OF the Blissard."
which Ia illustrated by these pic
tuPes. Since the Scott expedition
and the heroic action OF Capt. Oates
and the whole party. We are drawn
20 this book. or any other which de
scribes that part Of the globe with .
heart a. well a. . mind interest
Lippincott, publisher. Phiiadel'
phia.
Here In Q little Of the true and
terrible history OF stuffed plush fur
niture: We were going ~ say rod.
Just because II looms red before our
eyes. II II hard TO believe that peo-
pie were the same old people and OK.
perienced the ecstatic feslinss o!
love or reached the depths OF despair
while sitting on one Of these awful
atrocities OF 20 years ago. How the
human mind could have conceived
anything 90 ugly when there IL 90
much beauty TO chooae from. II one
of those riddles which everyone
gives up'' and for which the pro-
pounder has no answer. But most
of this book In Just about furniture
In general and tells us how to be ar
tistic without belonging to the small
circle OF millionaires who pass their
houses over to experts and take
trip while operations Are underway.
They miss half the FUN. ~ they do
In lots OF other things, which Just
plain. everyday people, who have TO
70 without and scimp awhile. have
when they inaliy acquire beautiful
article and the whole family comes
IN after supper and stands In an ad'
mirinx group to look at II. Mother
heeps a chamois for its special dust
inr and II receives q polish OF love
and devotion mixed With the oil.
"Practical Book OF Period Furni
ture." by Harold Emerlsin and Ao
bot Mcclure. Lippincott. publishers
philadelphia
!, "rhe Diplomacy Of the War OF
1914" by Prof Ellery c. stoweil. -
: sixniacant, comprehensive view OF
the german attitude. told With scho''
ariy calm. II goes back OF the pres
ent conditions to the underlying
causes.
Houshton. Mifnin. publishers. Boz
ton.
Macmillan 10 publishing The
wealth and Income of the People OF
the United States" which answers
the following questions: Are We
coming more and more under the
domination Of private corporations
.Are We tending toward Socialism =
"win the conditions Of the workins
class become batter or worse -
time goes onr All are answered sa'
tisticaliy and theoretically oy VIII.
ford I. King, instructor In politice'
ecooomy and statistics IN the UNI
tersity OF Wisconsin. =.
Another Macmillan publication -
Z Russian play. The Life OF Man.
by Leonid Andreyev. whicn must Gre
ate anticipations Of something worm
while in the lover OF literature.
We are beginning to appreciate
the wonderful and terrible genius OF
me Russian in the world OF Art, De
Il painting. music or literature. he
works in large and telling strokes
and reaches depths Of being which
ara not often stirred. We have not
read the play, and regret that we
cannot give an intelligent criticism
Of II.
Out Of Europe during the last 70
years has come . new literature
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