The Detroit times., 1915-07-27
Plenty of "S0ul Food" In NclU
Book By Henry K. Vanderbilt

A WONDERFUL little book has been
given to VI. II comes In these
troublous times a. q rod and star !:
a. water from the rock in the desert
TO help us back to the path Of light
In the dark and gloomy landscape.
Very simply written. II contains
words OF wisdom and OF hope which
the bruised and broken human may
bind on his heart and feel new cour-
age to march on In the triumphal
procession Of progress. II II Q phil
osophic book. but sympathetic as
well. appealing to the heart a. much
a. to the mind. II tells VI plain
truths shout ourselves and our gods.
which are wen for 10 TO hear. but
IT. dominant key IL major. not minor.
and We realize, when we are through,
that 1t rests with Us whether the
"me" within US u to be majestic.
unconQuerable soul or an abject,
cringing slave at the mercy Of every
buneting wind that blows across its
path.
Unlike Insersoll and Paine, the au-
thor does not seek merely 10 de-
stroy. He knows the need OF the
soul on its various planes of prog.
ress and condemns nothing. He
tries to point out how many may
reach higher peak where they may
view the whole panorama and "un-
derstand" a. much as we. in the
twentieth century. are capable OF
understanding.
Challenging a God" by Henry
Rosch Vanderbilt.
Sherman. French & Co.. publish
ers; Boston.
Theophilus B. Stork displays his
wares, or samples of them, In his
preface, which he calls THE Shop
Window Word" and gives us very
good idea of what we will find IN
side.
He says that Germany in the pres
ent war is the exponent of Schopen
hauer and Nietzsche's philosophy
which make the world as will" and
the "superman" Cor the will of the
superior individually, as the supreme
end and aim Of existence.
While Nietxsche tried to over
throw the ideals of Christianity
which he called slave morality
his idea of the superman does not
seem to US exactly what Mr.. Storh
interprets 1t to be.
This book. THE Will in Ethics,
emphasizes the fact that happiness
can only be attained through the will
OF the individual being in harmony
with the universal will. but whether
this universal will Is an aggregate
of individual Wills or something
superior and distinct Is not quite
clear. Happiness may consist II
harmony, but In the struggle towart
perfection is happiness to be consid
cred? Ultimately 1t must come. bu
what remnants we can catch on ou
toiling way are the bits Of satisfaC
ton we press to our bosoms whel
we have lived up to the highest II
us, whether or not II accords will
the will universal. Perhaps Mr.
Stork would agree with this. His Il
an interesting book. worthy OF care
full reading.
Sherman. French & Co.. publish
ers; Boston.
Civilization and Climate" a bool
with the dignity of the Yale Pres
to back It, Is doomed to create dis
cord among the people of these Unit
ed States. especially those who hal
from California. where climate 1
their chief asset. Although 1t rain
there In floods four months Of tn
year and dries up into an arid deser
another six. the climate, accordin
| to the native, Is ideal"
In Oklahoma. where the mercur
gets stuck at 10 from June to Oct(
Der, you arc told Il IL warm, @
course, but you don't feel t." L
Duluth and st. Paul you hear tina
It II cold but you don't feel It.
Never was anything 90 health givin
40 both these extremes. thougl
babies die on in the former and oil
people in the latter in large mum
bers.
This particular book has to d.
with New England which. It says
has been basely traduced on thi
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