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Awake! U. S. A.. by william Free
man. George H. Doran Coz. New
York.
we null frequently over the proba-
bility of danger from abroad, but in
the majority of cases our conclusions
are based on inadequate sources of in
formation and we can really reach no
satisfactory answer to the question.
Mr.. Freeman in his recent book
smashes home with startling facts the
theory that we are in real danger of
eVentualities at the close of the pres
ent war. He goes into the question
of the resources, population in proper
ton to size, desire for expansion and
other relative phases of the three ma
tions that in his estimation are likely
enemies-to-be of this country, namely
England, Germany and Japan. Then
he asks the question, Are we pre-
pared?" and the echo answers "Now
He concludes with telling just what
each individual citizen can do and
wherein his national obligations con-
sist. Distressing, by the way. into a
splendidly rational plea for universal
military training.
The author then insists on an appro-
priation Of one billion dollars for pre-
paredness. which is equivalent to fifty
two cents per capita for twenty years,
small rate of insurance for national
protection.
Who Wins in November by Donald
r. Richberg. IF. ]. Drake and Co..
Chicago).
This little book on inside politics"
is remarkably clear and forceful ex-
position of the bases on which the
Republican and Democratic candidates
for the Presidency will appeal to the
voters of the country in November.
Many man is for this or that candi-
date, but doesn't exactly know why.
The duty of citizenship demands that
we shall vote intelligently and the only
way to do that is to inform ourselves
impartially of the merits of the two
candidates. Everything from Mexico
and Preparedness to Woman Suffrage
and Efficiency is taken up and thor
oughly discussed. with the result that
the reader has the issues set squarely
before him and is enabled to reach a
logical conclusion as to why in his own
mind the one or the other OF the two
men should be elected.
YOUNG LOVE SATISFIED"
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. whose novel,
Good Old Anna. has been one of the
big successes Of the past month. makes
the following rather surprising state
ment in an article in an English paper:
Most human beings-at any rate, in
this country-believe that they will
find, or have found, their happiness in
what very exquisite poet has charm
ingly visioned as young love salts
fed 1t may be so in many instances,
and yet 1 cannot forget that the hap
piest man I ever knew was unmar-
ried. He was a Wesleyan, a working
tailor by trade, old, when I knew him.
far from strong in health, and never
earning what in these days would be
considered an adequate wage, But he
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improve the lot of, and to make happy
in good way. the boys and youths of
his own class.
LAS to the happiest women I have
known-it is pleasant to be able to
put them in the plural - they have
been nuns leading very busy, and
therefore very cheerful and contented,
lives"
Rather startling from a woman
whose latest book Good Old Anna) is
said to include one of the most mov-
ing and beautiful love passages in re-
cent action.
Mary r. S. Andrews, the author of
THE Perfect Tribute" and famous as a
writer of short stories, contributes her
first poem to the October Scribner. 1t
is fine picture and impression of the
sensations of Might on the Mountains"
Another book by Professor DR.. Freud
translated by DR.. A. A. Brill is an
nounced by Moffat Yard and Company.
Leonardo da Vinci" is a psychoanalytic
character study of the great Italian
painter. 1t will be of deep interest not
only to the followers of the Freudian
theories. but also to the world of art
and literature at large because of the
subject selected by Freud in proof of
his theories. There is a new and in
teresting Interpretation of the Mona
Lisa smile in this monograph.
a WONDERFUL CLOCK