Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03


naval service. The first object of the
author Is to lift the essentials OF the
subject from it's relative INCONSISTENCIES,
in order that the former may receive
special consideration. A BRIEF historic
sketch traces the rise and course OF the
United States naval policy, and this' IN
turn, points to the scope and character
of the naval establishment itself at the
present time. From this general sur
yey the writer passes to the BODY OF tne
discussion. which presents the various
units of this establishment IN thelr re-
lations to one another. He projects a
short clear perspective of the navy as
a career, outlining the training in
volved in the achievement OF TINS ca
reer. The evolution OF the navy 10 us
present status through an eXamina-
ton and description of its various
parts is a specially informing feature
of this study. The development OF the
dreadnaught, the cruiser, the armlns OF
ships, naval aeroplanes, the naval mine,
are the topics of this investigation. one
discovers here how a warship is trained
for battle and how fleet is trained for
war. and how, in war. this fleet behaVeS
according to the principles OF naval
strategy. The functions Of the Navy
Department, Of the naval general staff
and Of the Naval War College are set
down in this treatment of naval funda-
mentals. Certain special topics are dis
eussed by experts . along N these lines lines
plane" H. c. Muslin. U. S. n; ELECTRIC
ity in the Navy" by c. s. Mcdowell, U.
S. N. and First Aid and Hygiene. by
Ralph Walker Mcdowell, M. D., passed
assistant surgeon, U. s. N. Maps,
charts, diagrams and a modern bibliog-
raphy of the subject round this man
ual to an authoritative and well ordered
treatment of one of the uppermost sub
jects of present interest and concern.
SIX MAJOR PROPHETS. By Edwin E.
Slosson. NJ. s., Phi. D.. author Of
Major Prophets of Today etc.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
To serve the purpose OF this apprais-
ing study Mr.. Slosson has chosen half
a dozen men whose common preoccu-
patton is either man or mankind, or
both. The whole half dozen are philos-
ophers-a part of them openly and ex-
clusively such. the others using one or
another of the forms of literature as
the medium of their .philosophic find
ings. For each of these Mr.. Slosson
sets up the claim of prophet. by which
he means no more than that each has
achieved a prophetic range and clarity
of vision through an undivertible con-
centration upon the truth about man
manifesting himself in both an indi-
vidual and collective capacity through
the various social agencies of modern
life. Having made his claim, this
writer proceeds to support it. testing
forecast by event on the one hand, and
proving pure philosophy on the other
by it's reach into the actualities of life.
In exposition of his theme he sum-
mariZes the work of each in its general
purpose. character, scope and influence.
The men upon whom this study bears
are Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells. Gilbert
K. Chesterton, F. c. S. Schiller, John
Dewey. Rudolph Eucken. The personal
manner Of this expository treatment is
one to invite and hold attention, for it
formal talk rather than that of
learned disquisition upon literary and
philosophic values. One feels the force
and personality of the men themselves
apprehends their theories and beliefs
THE DERELICT. BY Phyllis Bottome,
author of THE Dark Tower" etc
illustrated. New York: The Cen
fury Company.
Each Of the eight short stories of this
volume is a little square chunk of pure
woman and dressed up in the latest
fashion of thought and attitude. This
quite modern outlook is one Of the clear
sources of appeal here. for reading that
runs along with the present scores
enormously over any record of the past,
however glorious that past may have
been. Not only does this writer use
the daily currents of life as material
tangible drift she. with a keen sense of
values. selects invariably the outstand-
ing and significant points in the social
tide. Or, II a seemingly obscure theme
is chosen. one may be sure that some-
where in the intricacies of human
nature it has a definite place. The
Derelict" presents the familiar social
comedy of the good young girl of leisure