Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-25
WHAT THE WRITER'S
THINK OF MATTERS
LIKE PREPAREDNESS
From Confucius to Professor
Michels Range Comments
on Present Day Political
Affairs
WORTHWHILE VOLUME S

-orf,cius is by no means a dead one 4"
,,,s teachings, like those of every other
srs,t sage, possess in certain instances an
sect uncanny up-to -dateness, a sort of
snn"iaI fitness for modern occasions
lr,erican preparedness seems to have in
.arested the Chinese morallst of 23 CEN
t,rles ago ITO lead an unnstructed peo-
"a to war" he said "is to throw them
ppwavr Even social insurance engaged
his attention.
sontaI readers. in the words of the Chinese
soge and his followers, everything salient
conoerning ethics and statecraft contained
~ The Confucian classics Miles NJ. Daw-
son under the auspices of the American
Institute for Scientific Research, has pro-
dnced a book ("The Ethics Of Confucius,"
q p Putnam's Sons) which will prove
N great interest not only to observers of
socal and political developments in the
Ear East but also to that numerous COM
many designated by the familiar title of
general readers The foreword is by
WV Ting Fang
Az last the mastery work of Professor
Niohels, of Base on Political Parties"
has been made available to English-spealt-
Ing students who cannot read French or
German, Italian or Japanese, Eden and
Cedar Paul as translators and Hearst's
Intentional Library Company as publish.
ers are responsible for this great service
This Is exactly the wrong moment and
place for lamentation over the American
ignorance of foreign languages.
Nor is this the time and place for dis
sectIng the arguments and conclusions of
Professor Michels. 1t is sufficient to re.
mark that here is a book by an original
and vigorous thinker, a book with which
all students of political theory must
reckon a book which stands out among
the few of chief Importance in its own
field In lucidity of exposition and In
stimulation of the mind to action and re-
action II is magnificent. The abundant
referenceF to collateral material, in the
text and footnotes, much enhance the
value of the volume. 1t is to be recom-
mended for reading and study because
Of It's Importance. just as Bluntschli and
Marx and John Stuart Mill may be rec.
ommended Criticism is secondary.
The book Is a sociological study of the
ollgarchcal tendencies of modern democ-
racy II can hardly be said that the
thesis is entirely new. But the develop
ment of the political implications of the
sociological phenomenon of leadership re-
suits in this case in "a highly original and
significant product of 400 octave pages.
The illI,strious physician, A. jacob, NJ.
D. LID. points out the exceeding i'm
portance OF THE Child in Human Prog
ress" &C. P. Putnam's Sons, New York;,
and in an illuminating foreword states
that George Henry Payne has produced
new sort of book and one that is unique
As a specialist in pediatrics, Doctor ia
cobi in 1875 found only a few hundred
pamphlets on the child, whereas now
there are as many thousands on the dis
eases Of infants and children. But these
are purely technical, even in this day of
eugenics and child conservation. Mr..
Payne has produced a book that is not
only instructive. but one which has his
torical perspective and interest. AS
Doctor Jacob says, the history of the
child has been grossly neglected. Mr..
Payne's carefully compiled work atones
for the previous neglect. 1t furnishes So
cial and economic background for the
researches of child conservationists and
eugenists. 1t gives the medical practi-
toner and the pediatrlst foundation for
their specialized monographs, 1t is, in
Doctor Jacobi's analysis, "a special mono
graph of evolution, through thousands Of
years, of slow physical, domestic. eco
nomlc social life of the child"
The book is chronological in treat |
ment of the material and philosophic in
tone 1t is we'll illustrated and contains |
several valuable appendices.
Inspiration and information are COM
bined in THE A C of Vegetable Gar
dening" (Harper & Bros, New York;, in |
which that well-known horticulturist, |
Eben Il. ReXford, sets forth from the large |
store of his experience fundamentals that |
should he known to every lover of flowers |
~ TO Tr
dismisses with logical arguments the va
rous objections registered against anna
teur gardening. He shows that truck |
patch need not necessarily be of large |
extent or require much time for culti- |
waiting to reduce materially the cost of |
living. Fresh vegetables of a flavor not |
10 be found in the market, healthful and |
fascinating outdoor exercise and reduction |
OF living costs-these are the valuable
ieatureL which make home gardening |
worth while. Mr.. Rexford tells how to |
make ii successful in his practical and |
concise manual.
The Viking Rollo, William Longsword.
Richard the Fearless, Robert the Magnif-
cent William the Conqueror. the two Tan
creds-they and their knights and heralds
and men at arms appear in the pages of
Professor Haskins' new book, THE Nor
mans mans In European History (Houghton
alifilln Company, Boston). The Normans
of France, of England. of Sicily and the
south are the subject of volume which
represents large amount of original re-
9eareh' The story is Interestingly told,
ana preserves the style in which it was
presented as a course of lectures at the
Lowell Institute in Boston. Biographical
ana narrative detail has been subordinated
Y the main object of placing the Nor
mans In relation to their time and indi-
satlhg the larger features of their work as
.ouhders and organizers of States and con-
lloutcrs to European culture, The vol
-le breaks ground in a field which, sur
.,islhg ..,Slg though the fact may be, is practi-
'aly new one.
The literature of fishing is delightfully."-
phnosophical The subject calls for the
i1A4ylst, Old Isaak Walton was an essay
~ so was William c. Prime. Nowadays
very hack writer tries his hand on
lshihg essay, But when one finds such
.'Va and pleasant talk as is written down
n ls,s plss Perry's Fishing With Worm"
Company he is heart
,nsu ,us IN his faith that the literature OF
5|nlhs did not end with Walton and
l'Ihe' This essay, a couple dozen pages
nas., oas' is delightfully."- philosophical. and it's
A0S'iy about fishing.
working on the worldwide evidence
~ -. mere is a universal unrest concerning
'g,i,slty s,iiality OF marriage and divorce, Mr..