Evening star., 1917-01-21

methods. The six points OF this sweeping
refutation are:
/ Il is not true that Germany is guilty
of this war.
2. It is not true that Germany criminal
ly violated the neutrality Of Belgium
3. It is not true that our soldiers took
the life and property of a single Belgian
without the utmost provocation.
4. 1t is not true that Louvain was
wantonly destroyed.
5. It is not true that German methods
Of warfare are contrary to international
s. It is not true that the struggle
against our so-called nflitarism Is not
in actuality q war against German cul-
ture.
Against this body OF negation Jorgen-
sen. rawing from the bulk of evidence at
his right. surrounds each Of these denials
with a volume of testimony whose ef-
Civilized World" as an utterly false
and undependable witness, whatever
sincerity Of purpose there may have
been at its base. The method OF this
dramatic effect Its findings are re-
voting in many cases. In tho swift
move Of events Louvain seems years
away. and this volume is like the re
view of some tragic event In distant
age. The place for this study Is with
the materials OF settlement that lie
somewhere In the future. 1t is a
sifted. substantiated, clear view of a
situation that must stand as an I'M
portant factor in later accounting.
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. By Tracy
Hammond Lewis. Illustrated by
Oscar Frederick Howard. New York:
Lewis Publishing Company.
Mr.. Lewis here makes good his
promise to send back something
when he betook himself to the border.
along with the general mobilization OF
the militia to that prolongated region.
From Nogales, Ariz.. down to McAllen.
in Texas, including "all way stations"
lying in between. the writer proceeds
in joyous and buoyant mood, reeling
off personal experiences with the ma
tives on both sides of the line. jotting
down his Impressions of conditions in
general, making sketches of the coun-
try, producing snap shots of life in
both gringo and greaser camps, ac-
quitting himself throughout this varied
performance in a highly entertaining
manner. Amusing incident and serious
fact hobnob together here in a most
companionable manner. One comes out
of this reading, therefore, not only
much better informed about the con-
ditions of the border but a good deal
sxhilarated besides by the vagrant
humors of this optimistic observer.
An APOLOGY FOR OLD MAIDS: And
Other Essays. BY Henry Dwight
Sedgwick. author Of Essays on
Great Writer'S" etc. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
In happily appreciative introduc-
tion, Owen Wister calls this book OF
essays "a quite house Of revery." And
80 it is-a house whose rooms are all
Of ample spread and lifted ceilings.
whose windows are open to fresh and
smiling currents whose lights are
toned and mellow. And in this house
one wanders at will. meeting here and
there various aspects Of life, each
coming out toward ono in a peculiar
suavity of welcome, surrounded by an
atmosphere Of broad experience that
has been converted to the uses of
daily life. The keynote of the whole
is embodied in the three-worded ad-
of Marcus Aurelius. Retire
into thyself" From such seclusion
emerge reflections on religion, belief.
age, health and sickness, on sorrow. on
literature in It's own essence and in
Its bearing upon daily life. The whole
IL animated by a spirit Of clear vision.
:. y sanity OF judgment, by serenity of
thought. by hcpefulness Of attitude. 1t