Evening star., 1916-06-25
the author backs by the findings of
many other scientific medical men.
ALCOHOL AND SOCIETY. BY John
Koren. New York: Henry Holt &

Koren New York: Henry Holt &
Co
Taking neither the extreme attitude
of the liquor organizations on the one
hand, nor that of the temperance re-
formers on the other. this writer pre-
sents here a reasonable. fair-minded
discussion of the subject of alcohol in
its bearing upon society Reviewing
the social aspects of drink and It's bear
ings upon economic distress. upon
disease in its various manifestations
of crime. insanity and degeneracy. the
writer gives a brief history of the drink
reform in the United States from its
beginnings up to our present expert
ments in prohibition and the efforts
that are being pressed toward ma
tional prohibition. He also gives a
sketch of the reforms set up in the diff
ferent countries of Europe and in
Australia. Following this general sur
vey he submits for consideration con-
structive program of temperance re-
form that is based upon a reasonable
basis of fact. 1t is the general reason
ableness of this study that commends
it so highly. Discarding the impos
sible as useless in this consideration.
the writer gives attention to those
facts and conditions which alone war
rant a hearing by reason of their rele
vancy to the subject. The radical re-
former will resent the logic of this
Those. however. who are omen to reason
this important subject will set
high value upon Mr.. korep's plain and
convincing report of his search after
the truth about the matter of alcohol
in its relation to society in general
A HISTORY OF SCULPTURE. BY Har-
old North Fowler, Phi. d.. professor
in Western Reserve University. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
The value of any single volume
whose purpose is to give the general
reader a comprehensive fvew of some
one department of knowledge depends,
in large part, on what the author leaves
out of that volume. 1t depends, in
other words, upon his selection. And
after selection, upon the proper en-
phasis Of the selected parts. In this
history of the art of sculpture the writ
er has, happily, omitted the large body
of non essentials. the multitudinous de-
tails that calculated to conc cal the
essentials from the general reader. He
has. moreover, discarded all technical
ordngs What remains. therefore. is
the solid body of the subject. This.
Tr. Fowler has treated with free
hand. moving forward from period to
period In clear and interesting ad-
vance, with pauses here and there to
stress some significant phase of the
art, some decisive influence in it's outer
trend or in its inherent quality AS
the writer progresses in this survey,
coming nearer and nearer to the pres
ent period of the art of sculpture these
pauSeS become more frequent and long
er the study takes more of crcum-
stance and a more direct bearing upon
the modern aspect and implications of
the subject. as these characteristics OBJ
jectify themselves in the modern
sculpture OF America and the coun-
tries of Europe. Beginning with
Egyptian sculpture. the study takes
up the different periods of the art,
periods which, in a rough cleavage
stand as the classic. the medieval and
the modern eras of this art. In each
period the investigation fans out to