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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
CRIMINALS
An Inside View of the Great So
cial Problem.

SEVENTEEN YEARS II TIE UNDERWORLD.
RS Wellington Scott Introduction by Lynn Harold
Hough Emo. -. ll9. The Abingdon Pres
The reformed law-breaker who calls
himself Wellington Scott presents what
may be called the professional view
Of crime He praises the value Of
probation, Of the reclamation of the
first offender, but where the habtual
criminal is concerned he is less SAN
guine. To the professional thief,
he says, "crime Is nothing more or less
than habit. That is why the reforming
Of such is so difficult. The right or
wrong Of an act never enters into the
mind Of a professional criminal. His
senses in this respect have become
atrophied. Each act is a business prop
osition. considered from a business
standpoint. measured only by dollars
and cents and the opportunity for a
clean getaway" He does not believe
that drink is the great cause of crime
which it is reported to be, but holds
that the environment OF the saloon is
a factor in the production Of criminals.
And 20 that extent, he concludes, the
state. which tolerates the saloon, is re
sponsible for a good part of the crimes
that are committed.
Petty thief, the od-time reform
school with its inhuman seventies, a
young criminal hardened In heart as
the product of its discipline, prison
and its contact with older and bigger
crooks, tour of the Continent paid
for by minor lawbreaking, a venture
into the robbery Of freight-trains, a
spell as a yeggman. fifteen years
sentence, two stanch friends and
reformation-this is the record Of the
author of this little book. On the
way he describes the types of crimi-
nails with whom he has associated,
and the abuses Of our old prison sys-
TEN. Of saloon-keeping political war
dens, Of contract prison labor. OF the
cnormities OF but few years ago,
which already look TO US as suryivals
from the Middle Ages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
THE FAMILY.

THE FAMILY. BE- Elinor Mordaunt l2mo. I'D.
527. John Lane Co.
The gradual downfall and disintegra-
ton of county family-this Is the
subject of this exceptionally able novel.
Nothing startling happens; there IS no
sudden catastrophe, for the sale OF the
estate, unexpected as it is by the chill
dren. had become inevitable long ago.
The Hebbertons are thirteen, father,
mother and eleven children-an Eng
lish Victorian family. They live on
income until that proves insufficient;
then on capital, on debts. The squire
hunts. and is in turns tender and I'M
reasonable with his brood; the mother
is old-fashioned motherhood incarnate.
That's why she loves her children best
when they are small. Ii is n homelike,
hearty. intimate drifting down stream,
without heed of the inevitable end.
The eldest son proves a disappointment
it is mostly his parents fault. The
oldest daughter fails in making the
match expected Of her. They go on
drifting in as intimate, truthful pct
ure OF thoughtless, affectionate,
pickering family life as has ever been
penned. Pauline Hebberton is the hero
inc around whom they all are grouped.
Generous. impulsive, with much of the
bow in her and much of the man when
she grows up, she is the most lovable
figure OF them all, wherefore upon her
falls so much Of the burden. IL IS i'm
possible 20 epitomize this brilliant
story in q review. Every line of it is
worth reading, every word adds to the
development of the picture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17

lectuals are divided In their attitude.
DR.. Labberton, a government official. a
lawyer and economist, is wholehearted-
" pro German He considers the ques-
ton of the violation Of Belgum's neu-
trality from the ethical. the diplomatic
and the military point of view and abb
solves the Empire. He makes full use,
of course. of the Brussels documents TO
prove that Belgian neutrality had
ceased to exist in 1906, and reaches the
somewhat startling conclusion that
England's use Of the treaty as pre-
text for war was unethical. An able
plea this, but it attempts, after the
PARTISAN method of the moment, 70
prove too much. DR.. Labberton fer
vently believes in the German Idea
and its practical value to the world,
and proclaims his faith in its tran
scendent ethical quality as well. The
translation is well made.
Hermann Fernau's Because ! Am a
German" is an enthusiastic review OF
the recently published "JAccuse" and
n headlong onslaught on the German
reviewers of that now famous book.
Mr.. Fernau is an internationalist and
a pacifst "My country, right or
wrong" is an abomination TO him. He
SCOTS at the German Socialists, but
why az them alone? lnternationalism
was periodically abandoned with equal
readiness BY the Socialists of France
and England. lie pcurs contempt upon
the head Of Hauptmann, who rallied 70
the support of his country in danger,
although in 1913 his centenary war
play had been condemned by the pow
ers that be. He takes up the charges
made in "J'Accuse" one by one and
Celebrates them. To him this is not a
war sprung from many causes, but the
war of one mantle Kaiser and OF
one faction. the Prussian militarsts.
One Of the German assailants OF the
author of "J'Accuse" has called him "a
/ German Ephialtes"-the traitor who
led the Persians along the mountain
path 10 the rear of the Spartans at
Thermopyla. Mr.. Roleston, in his in
/ PRODUCTION, compares him with Micaish,
the son Of Imla, and with Edmund
Burke. which. TO say the least, Is draw
ing il pretty strong, in view OF the
fact that the man hid behind the mask
Of anonymity and wrote in safety IN
Switzerland. What he says. what Mr.
Fernau repeats and Celebrates, will be
said. much of it at least, with much
more timeliness and greater effect IN
Germany when the war is over. By
saving it now they both are giving
great comfort 20 the enemies OF their
country right or wrong, as witness Mr..
Rolleston's introduction. This brand
of "higher" patriotism is repulsive to
most Of US, whether it come from a
German or an English or French or
Russian source. But Mr.. Fernau Yields
/ a trenchaut pen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
HIS ROBE OF HONOR.
HIS ROBE OF HONOR BY Z. s. and J. =. DO
rance limo. pp 32i Moffat. Yard & Go.

rance I2mo. ID s2i. Morat Yard Co.
From shyster to justice of the Su-
preme Court of the State of New York
this is the career of the hero OF this
story. He is a criminal lawyer in both
senses of the word, as expert In the
manufacture of perjured evidence as
is the eminent counsel of the public
utility corporation against which, with
almost clock-like regularity, he obtains
verdicts for heavy damages for ms
clients. SO the corporation buys HIM
out in the roundabout way customary
in such cases. IL pays him fat re-
tainer as associate counsel, and he Is
TO place his corps of expert witnesses
at its service. Imprudently, he signs
a contract. discreetly worded, but, for
all that, menace TO be held over his
head later on. He next turns his abili-
ties to the defence of a murderer, the
brother of the city's political boss.
Thus do we get an insight of the ways
of Jury fixing and of the underground
relations between politics and justice.
There is the judge transferred from
upstate because "the calendar is crowd
ed" The case is 10 come up before
him. There is the compact between
counsel for the defence and the boss
a judgeship as the reward for acqulttal.
There Is the bosss mental reservation
"a neat bit of planned double-crossing
and there is the nimble lawyer s
counter for this not unexpected treach-
cry. And, last Of all, when the man
has mounted the bench, there is the
public utility corporation generously
pointing out to him the connection be,
tween judicial decisions and Wall
Street.
The story certainly is full Of reyela-
tions. The state of affairs with which
it deals is sufficiently we'll known m a
general way, but the authors fill in the
subterranean details. We are in the
upper reaches of our underworld, its
doors unlocked, the lights turned on.
The hero grows with his opportunities,
however dishonorable the means he
employs to his end. That end itself ne
makes worthy, thanks to the ambition
awakened in him by the love Of a
woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
THE CHILD
A Helpful Book of Common
Sense for Parents.
PERCY J. BREBNER.

SONS AND DAUGHTERS. BY sdonie Mater
Gruenbers l2mo. ID. '. S2S. Henry Holt a Co.
Mrs. Gruenberg's brief, practical
papers on the nature of children in the
light Of modern physiological theories
Of instincts and habits, with their wise
suggestions of treatment and guidance
TO parents. are familiar to readers Of
The Sunday Tribune. They were worth
preserving In book form, and here they
are. the A. B. c. Of wise, considerate,
tactful. understanding parenthood. For,
with all the study and practice upon
which these pages are based, their
greatest merit is their simplicity, their
convincing reasonableness. Here is a
growingly complex study reduced to its
simplest terms without losing any Of
its significance for the happiness Of
both parents and children, the useful
ness and well-being of the next gener-
alton.
And the book is a sort Of true fairy
book. Everyday incidents in every
family form the basis Of its sixty-hve
short talks. The analyses of these sit
uations. written in conversational
tone. reveal all the subtleties of ever
developing child psychology and Of the
physiological states that so often in
fuence it, There is the study Of indi-
viduality, varying so greatly often in
the same brood. There is the logic Of
childhood, as we'll as its fancies, and,
above all, there are its rights, so Sc
riously to be respected II it is to be led
onward successfully. And there is a
sound chapter on the connection be-
tween physical ailments and naughti-
ness, listlessness and backwardness.
Also some hearty words about in
fuences outside the home. beyond the
control Of parents and teachers, such
as the vicious posters on cheap motion
picture theatres. which have taken the
place Of the dime novel of old and are
even more pernicious because they are
free for all TO see. Mrs. Gutenberg
gives a list Of these exhibits:
A man choking a woman, the lat
ter holding dagger.
A woman choking a man, the lat
ter holding revolver.
A lynching party leading man
with a rope around his neck.
A yelled figure pushing a man
from the edge Of precipice.
Masked men saving the timbers
on a railroad bridge.
A woman pouring the contents
Of a suspicious-looking bottle into
a glass Of whiskey.
This book should be of incalculable
aid to parents who would do their full
duty by their children. Moreover, II
turns that duty into an interest of in
finite variety. II appeals to intellectual
curiosity; it turns science into an art
worth practising for its own sake alone
No better measure Of the advance hu-
mainly has made in the last twenty
five years in its knowledge and under
standing of children can be found thar
in a comparison Of this work with the
parents guides Of only a few genera
lions ago. "Sons and Daughters" de
serves reading and constant study il
every home where there are children;
Mrs. Gutenberg has made the study
fascinating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
More Russian Novels-The Amazing Sologub-klinor
Mordaunt's Noteworthy The Famy'-A lae
of Judiciary. Politics and Business

the deep. In his new book Mr. Hallett
takes us into the stokehold OF an ore
boat on the Great Lakes. This, too, IS
good. strong stuff at the core, but the
author takes himself too seriously; ne
seeks too constantly after vast effects !;
he is preoccupied with an ominously
portentous manner that is irritatlngly
hammered. His gestures are too large
and melodramatic He would show US
all the fundamental impulses, the whole
tragedy, of life under the steel decks OF
the "Yuly Yinks." And so parts OF has
book make far deeper impression
than does the whole: the rage 10 &c,
speed out Of the furnaces in an inferno
OF heat, for instance; the professional
pride of the stoker who would kill his
assistant. the responsive zeal OF the
assistant. knowing that he is marked for
killing, yet ready to save his perse-
cutor in the course of duty. The story
the fcton-is of less moment TO us
than are the pictures Of the gruelling
work aboard these boats. And these
have brutal strength.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
PREPAREDNESS AGAINST FIRE.

In "The Avoidance of Fires" ID. c.
Heath & Coz Arland d. Weeks gives
practical suggestions for young and
old, employee and employer, by which
the annual waste and destruction by
fire may be reduced. There are chap
ters devoted TO the dangers Of kerosene,
gasolene, spontaneous combustion, chin
neys and stoves, gas and electricity,
Christmas trees and bonfres, the cele-
bration Of independence Day, forest
and prairie fires, incendiarism. dangers
Of moving picture exhibitions, the ad-
vantages of fire prevention, fire drills
in schools, and a chapter of general
warnings and cautions. There is a
photography, and an index has been
provided.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
THE WAR
Its Origins and Justification
Two Views.

BELGIUM AID GERNANT- A Dutch View. BY
Dr. u Iahhcr0n. Translated hy " =
Leonard emo. pp. l53. Chicago. open Court
Publishing Company.
BECAUSE ! AN A GERMAN By Hermann
Feruau Authorized translation from the Ger
man Editel with On Introduction. hy T. "
Roleston. l2mo pp. lt9 T. p Dutton &
Co.
As with US, as in other neutral
countries, public opinion in Holland is
strongly, intolerantly divided on the
subject of the war. UNIFORMED public
opinion there is. and has always been.
intensely anti-German. As Teutons the
Dutch have their share OF that mex
plcabe mutual dislike which has al
ways distinguished the branches Of the
race Bavarian against Prussian.
Swede against Norwegian, Dane against
both, Anglo-Saxon against German.
Hollander against these two, with at
least an historical reason for enmity in
the case of England. The Dutch intel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
TRIAL BY FIRE.

TRIAL by FIRE Tale Of the Grea, Lakes.
By Richard Matthews Hallett. frontispiece hy o.
r. Cesafe. limo. -. 300. Boston. small. MAY
uard & 90.
Mr.. Hallett's first story, "The Lady
Aft" made its mark. Comparisons with
Joseph Conrads sea tales were not
lacking in the reviews OF the book; and
making allowance for such fattering
comparisons. the fact remains that
"The Lady Aft" was and is an excel
lent, full blooded story of adventure on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17

others. the Ode TO "Goethals oil =.
ANA" THE Corridors Of Congress- 70
lines on Shakespeare written BY Ia
tation of the British committee on ~
tercentenary celebration. snd nine
poems.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Henderson's Germany"
More Best Book q.

John Cowper Powys has compiled a
list of Zone Hundred Best Sellers"
with commentary on each one of them
and an Introductory essay on books
and reading. This list, which is pub
lished to-day by G. Arnold Shaw, diff
fers from all others in that il is es-
sentially one for lovers Of the best
fiction. One-third of the books listed
are by living authors. Mr.. Powys is at
work on his second novel, "Rodmoor,"
which is 10 be ready in September
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
TOBACCO HABIT
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17

whole bank surplus and saw that
money no more forever Then came
steam pulley, a small affair, but pow
erful enough to relieve him Of 800,
600 in brief time. A new method
Of marine telegraphy, a promising con-
trivance, failed to return the S25,,OOO
invested in it by the humorist; and so
on and so on. The story Of these
reckless adventures is told afresh III
the July instalment of Albert Bigelow
Paine's Boys Life of Mark Twain
which is running serially in "St Nicho-
las" Every scheme was plausible
enough to catch Mark Twain. according
10 Mr.. Paine, except the one that would
have made his fortune. A certain Alex
ander Graham Bell appeared one day
Offering stock in an invention for car
rying the human voice on an electric
wire. But Mark had grown wise. He
refused 10 invest even $500. Instead,
he lent $4,000 to a friend, who went
bankrupt three days later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
PUBLISHERS NEWS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alfred Russell Wallace's Letters
and Neutrality-suspicious. Books.

alfred Russell Wallace: Letters and
"reminiscences" q new book by James
Marchant. is published this week by
the Harpers The family of the great
English scientist put at Mr. Marchant's
disposal mass OF correspondence, from
which he has chosen the most impor-
tant to illustrate the life, work and
aims Of the famous explorer and work
ing scientist. In his book for the first
time the interesting and historic cor
respondence between Wallace and Oar
win relating to their simultaneous dis
covery of the theory of natural selec-
ton Is published in full. The chap
tiers on VILLAGES home life make the
man human and companionable.
Henderson's Germany"
A new edition Of Ernest F. Hender-
sons admirable "Short History of Ger
many" is announced by the Macmillan
Company. The author has added sew
eral new chapters, bringing his stand
dard work down to the double murder
at Saraievo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Medical Lessons of the War.

In their preface TO the third edi-
ton, just enlarged and revised. Of
their standard work on "Serums, Vac
cines and Toxins" Funk e. Wagnalls
Company, Drs. william c. Bosanquet
and J. W. II. Eyre have this to say
about a vitality important subject:
Experience gained during the. present
European war has vindicated IN a most
convincing manner the value of pro-
phylactic vaccination against typhoid
fever-a procedure which appears 70
afford a protective immunity against
this disease second only in efficiency
10 that given by Jennerian vaccination
against smallpox" Other lessons
taught by the war have afforded much
new material for this new edition Of a
volume giving modern methods Of
treatment that have resulted from a
period fruitful In research.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Work and Play Books.

The work and Play Books" pub
ushed by Doubleday, Page q Co. last
week. form a series of eleven volumes
each sold separately, planned and writ
ten TO meet the widespread demand for
vocational training in home and school.
Their aim is to suggest fascinating
things for growing boys and girls to do
and to make that are at the same tins
useful and instructive. The titles OF
the volumes are Carpentry" Flee
tricity," Gardening" Home Decora'
ton" Housekeeping" Mechanics,
"Needlecraft," Outdoor Sports" out
door Work" Working in Metal,
Guide and Index"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Fourth of July.

The approach of our greatest ma
tional holiday makes timely a refer
ence TO Robert Haven Schauffler's I'm
dependence Day" (Moffa5. Yard e. co..,
compilation of prose and verse, pre-
senting the celebration, spirit and sig
found Of practical value in its detailed
plans for patriotic exercises for
churches and schools and social or
carnations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
MIR. Johnson's Verse.

The Bobbs Merrill Company pub
fishes a new volume OF Robert Under
wood Johnson's collected verse. Poems
Of War and Peace" 1t contains, among
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Maurice Hewlett.

From the Messrs. Putnam comes the
announcement of new book of verse
by Maurice Hewlett, "Gai Saber." It
will contain tales in verse, songs and
war rhymes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17

According to a recent statemel
made by its English publisher, J. J
Dent, 100000 copies of this librai
have been sold thus far.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
"The Rivet in OR

A new edition of James Branch
Cabell's Cervantesque story OF South
ern chivalry is in the press of Mcbride
G. Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
A New Middleton Play.

Henry Holt & Co. have concluded ar
rangements with George Middleton for
the fifth volume of his plays, which
however, will be devoted to but sin
gle play, "The Road Together" four
act drama of American life. Its main
theme is the conflict between vagrant
emotions and the bond which is made
in marriage by the habit Of life TO-
gether.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Mark Twain, Financier.

Mark Twain, as most people know
was, during a number of years before
his financial downfall. an exceedingly
prosperous literary man, but unfort-
unately there were moments when he
forgot his lot was satisfactory and
tried 20 improve 1t. His Colonel Sci
lers Imagination, inherited from both
sides OF his family, led him into BUSH
mess adventures that were generally
improbable. When man came along
with a patent steam generator that
would save 90 per cent of the usual
coal supply Mark Twain invested his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17

WRITINGS or JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Edited y, ny
Worfhirefou Ford Vol VI. lslo.lNl'. o' ~
,v,t s's Tie Macmillan Company
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-05
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT THE GEELONG

Editor Daily News:
Dear Sir: Just a word concerning
the steamship Geelong which
learned through the Morning Hotel
News had been sunk. Contrary to
the general belief that she was built
in 1914, she was popular passenger
boat trading between London and Aus
tralia in 1906. Just the date of her
Launching | do not know, though it
was probably about 1904 She sailed
under the house flag of the Blue An
Choir line.
The captain of the Geelong, at that
time, was cousin of mine He was
also commodore of the company s
fleet of trading and passenger vessels.
During the year of 1906 he gave up
his command and took the Inflated
steamer, Waratah, out to Australia.
Before he left. he told me confiden-
tally that it would be his last voy,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-05

age, as he intended retiring from ser
vice at its conclusion.
On the return trip his new and
magnifcently found steamship disap-
peared She simply failed to reach
port. Although the company made
every effort to trace her they could
only learn that one OF their biggest
and best vessels had suddenly dropped
off the surface OF the ocean with 700
souls aboard
The steamer Geelong was not a sis
ter ship of the Persia, but she be
longed to the same concern. The Per
STA was built some little time later
for the Indian trade
Yours faithfully,
r. PURDUE.
(Mr. Purdue is correct in his belief
that the Geelong was launched il
/ 1904-Editor.)