The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13

FAITH, WAR, AND POLICY"
 Hy Gilbert Murray. HouEhton-M -Mifflin
 Co, publishers. Boston.
 If you are interested in any of .he following subjects, Gilbert Murray's vol tune entitled Faith War and Policy, ? will be read with tremendous fervor: Here arc the subjects contained in the book:
 First thoughts on the war;
 How can war ever be right?
 Herd instinct and the war;
 India and the war:
 The evil and the good of the war;
 Democratic control of foreign policy;
 How we stand now;
 Ireland--The Dublin instruction: the execution of Casemcn; the future of Ire land;
 America and the war;
 America and Engiand:
 The sea policy of Great Britain;
 Oxford and the war;
 The turmoil of war.
 All of these are reviewed tersely and ac- curately, containing valuable information in all points.
 "ANNE's HotsE OF DREAMS" By L. M. Montgomery, with frontis-
 erick A. Stokes company, publishers,
 New York.
 Anne Shirley. Miss Montgomery's lovable heroine, is engaged to pr. Gilbert Blythe. To her many friends of Green Gables and Avonlea, this is big event and their response is both amusing and touching. The blending of romance, pathos and humor. that marks tho opening chapters carries through the entire book.
 Anne finds that tho house Gilbert has AA. s~- A- Y~,. bour Is just what she has always dreamed home should be- Their mar ried life in this "house of dreams'' Is marked by happiness, friendship of in- teresttng neighbors and some exciting and deeply moving events. And what neighbors they have! Miss Cornelia, Whouse tongue Is never 50 sharp as when talking of men and their falts; Captain Jim. the hardy old lighthouse keeper. the beautiful Leslie Moore. are even the arlstocratic. long-haircd Mar shall Elliot. all come under Anne's spell. Anne's romance is not the only one. She and Miss Cornelia help toward the happy outcome of another that brightens, the story.
 Gayety, common sense and happiness pervades the novel. It deals with sim pie life, wholesome and good, about which MISS Montgomery writes with enthusiasm and out of whole heart. THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE
 UNITED STATES
 (ln two volumes.) Edited by Henry Ray
 n1ond Mussey and Stephen Pierce Dug
 gan. The Academy of Political Sci
 ence. Columbia university. publishers.
 New York city.
 Tho Foreign Relations of the United 6tates Gin two volumes), edited by Henry Mussey and Stephen Pierce Duggan, Is remarkable volume of the greatest practical interest to Americans at this critical time in our national history, just published by the Academy of Political Science. Realizing that because Of our comparative isolation the average intelligent American is not accustomed to interest himself in international prop- lems, the academy called a national con- ference. which assembled at Long Beach N. r., in May. to consider our foreign relations. The result Is a volume con- taining frank discussions by statesmen, men of affairs. publicists. and dis tinguished scholars. presenting wealth Of material The reader will find every side of controverted questionsp resented by wall-dualihed experts, while the i've minute discussions give in concentrated form the chief objections to many of the views offered
 The questions of international affairs considered were of two kinds: q) Those problems a knowledge of which is ss- Hential to an understanding of the sit. uation which confrpnts the civilized world today and whicn are the equal concern of all nations: .. g.. the place .f small nations In | world reorssnisation; @ those international problems which are of particular concern to the United States e. g.. the future of the caribbea Among the first class was the question of open diplomacy and the need of deIn- ocralic control of 1t in order to prevent nasty and unjustifiable outbreaks of war. This was argued by Ambassador ca Cana of Brasil and Arthur Bullard of Washington. Censorship and the hinder ing cf communication generally as a scuyco o3 international misunderstapdirg wofo 6locnsood by FFederick Roy Martin. the Aaqlstant manager of the Associated Press. and John Tempe Graves. one cf tho Washington special correspondents. Concessions in backward countries as . cause of international complications was the source of an admirable debate be- tween MT. George Roberts of the Na- tional Crty bank of New York and Dr. Frederic c. Howe, United States com. missioner of immigration. The rights of small nations and nauonalitios. eapecial- ly to fres development Of their own cul- tures, were soly considersd by Fr.n,is ASSSROss VI SAsO ANOWI &sVRoOtAS aAt0 <Ss AAs Radcliffe of the Manchester Guardian. International arbitration as the bent means of recurring proper world re- organization wAs expOunded by John Hassett Moore. formerly first assistant Secretary Of State; tho League to Enforce Peace as another method. by Hamilton Holt of the Independent: the world court as third, by Samuel T.. Dutton, secre- rotary of the World Court league: the of parliaments as still an- other by Felix Adler of Columbia uni- 
 chariss Evans Hughes discusses tho future of international law, and Nich- olas Murray Butler. prsai6ent cf Co. dsvelopins tho "intsrnationai mind" In- tsrnAti0nal pr0blsms of primary con- corn to the United 9tates are pressnted by William R. Shepherd, who advocates tho policy of securing tho French, Eng lish and Dutch West Indies by the Unit Cd States; Philip Marshall Brown of Princeton university favors tho extension of American protectorates among the Caribbean repuhlics. while Oswaid 0ar- rison Willard of the New York Evening Pcct is the bitter opponent ct these in- pAyialiotic vioWa
 CauSes Of friction betwAen tho United States and Latin America are treated in ! moet illuminAtipg mannef by Minis.er caideron of Bolivia. former Miniatas American Association for International and Prof. Leo s. Rowe of the University Of Pcnnsyivania Albert Shaw of tho Review Of Reviews and Prof. 3eoree w. Wilson Of Harvard univer1ity progont entirely new aepects Of the Mcn- Foo 1ou1t1nA Whd4. Ioklo0l IaAAm1no n14| HAns voo Knlteneorn do1Ate our treaty