Evening star., 1917-10-14

INTO an eVeTy-udy, general
circulation a body of pertinent fact
gathered by him at first hand through
four years of official residence in Ger
many. This message Is burdened with
truths that are calculated to dfspel any
illusions that we may possess concern
ing the immediate exhaustion of Ger
many either in men, or ships. or food
stuffs and to dissipate any hopes that
we may cherish of revolt of the Ger
man people against the imperial gov
ernment. If there be any left among
us who are still seeking justification
for the course of the United States in
the present conflict between the forces
of autocracy and democracy Mr. Ger
ards book is calculated to meet ones
utmost demand in this direction. The
volume is crowded with pictures and
incidents. the former portraying the
significant features of political and Of
fetal life in Germany, the latter mark
ing the steps by which the imperial
government approached and precipi-
tated world war. Much in the mon
strouS situation that has hitherto been
wrapped in mystery is here brought to
light. Documents of many secret sig
niticances are here reproduced in fac
simile. A thousand side lights shed by
the ambassadorial privilege of the
writer illuminate many obscure cor
ners of the German plans for world
conquest. The whole is presented with
a big and easy informality that. while
leading to ready reading, does not
in any way take away from the mo-
mentous message of the book itself
THE DWELLING PLACE OF LIGHT.
BY Winston Churchill. author of
The Inside of the Cup" etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Mr.. ChurchilTs new novel-wholly
American in color and texture and so
modern in outlook and attitude that it
drifts out of today into tomorrow for
certain of its prepossessions and prof.
ects. The dwelling place of light" is
that place of happiness toward which
every heart yearns, as plants yearn
toward the sun. The plant will not be
denied the sun, reaching it's light and
warmth by never SO devious ways. Nor
will the human heart. And this is Mr..
Churchilrs story. A New England fac
tory town Is the unlikely place chosen
by this writer in which to set up
quest of happiness. The story centers
IN a young working girl of general
New England fiber. with golden threads
running through this sturdy stuff. Love
OF beauty is here, ambition and curl
Gus eXclusiveness of spirit that revolts
against the TRADITIONAL DOught-and-
pald-for attitude of respectable folks
toward wifehood. Dangerous combina
ton. So 1T proves. All the time the
girl Is doing nothing more than to turn
toward the light of beauty. and love.
ana the joys of knowing more about Il
very beautiful world. That is wrong.
AS 1t turns out, the world is not made
beautiful for girls who work at few
dollars week. Around this truly fine
personality are certain groups common
to current industrial life-the corpora
ton and it's management. the unSatis-
ned workers, the professional agitators.
The story moves in its critical points by
way OF this industrial ferment. On the
outskirts. or rather toward the horizon.
are TWO striking figures of a larger and
newer day than that exemplified by the
main current Of the story itself It is
toward these two. who have in large
measure come out on the far side of
this strife. that the girl takes her way
by reason of her own liberal spirit.
This Is a big story-perhaps the best in
substance and art of Mr.. Churchill's
work one wishes it were not quite so
long IN getting under way-but why
De captlous about a minor point when,
as whole, the novel is SO clearly fine
and bigo
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS
OF JOHN HAY. Introduction by
clarence L. Hay. Boston: Hough-
ton Mimin Company.
One is glad to find the familiar and
beloved pike County Ballads" stand
Ing In the first place in John Hays