The sun., 1918-10-06

a knowledge of poison by testing it on single
organism and seeing exactly what it does Does it
paralyze the centresi Does it still the hearth
Does it do thisi Does it do thatf
Miss WYLE shows you with the precision, the
delieacy and the detail of laboratory experiment
just what Prussianism is, just how Prussianism
works. 1t exists before birth; it is the hand that
rocks the cradle and that confidently expects there
fore to rule the world In school it finds its fullest
scope, for school is, or can be made an ofcialdom,
and it is never possible satisfactorily to ofcialize
the home. -..-.-
The other war novel, but few weeks old in this
country, which is impressive both in conception and
execution, is The -Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse.
We shall merely say of it now that whoever wants
complete, convincing and unforgettable statement
of German expectations in 1914; whoever wants to
know why Germany made war. what she counted
on, what she after and how she justified herself
need only read one chapter in the Spaniard
IBANEz story, the chapter called The CohsinF From
Berlin. 1t is all there. ..
The Once Over. ....
These are war novels. OF other novels, excellent
novels, there has been no lack this year. Gone to
Earth Euripidean in its quality, belongs to 1917.
But 1918 has given us The Return Of the Soldier
(not war novel), Aliens, The Unwlling Vestal,
Foe Farrell Capital yarn y, Khaki Objected to as
a war novel; objection sustained; no other objec-
tions in order), Nocturne, Daughter Of the Land,
Gold and Iron three novelettes), Our Admirable
Betty, The Rough Road (war story; the other
shelf, Professor Latimer's Progress, The House
Of Conrdd-memory' engine is stalled Research
would disclose others; the research corps will now
advance and entrench itself in the files of Books
and the Book World
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past, however recent. We face fearlessly forward
despite the heavy barrage the publishers have set
up these last four weeks, a Smelling with new
volumes which seems likely to 60 on without much
abatement for weeks to come. COMPTON MACKENZIE,
WILBUR DANIEL STEELE, THEODORE DRESSER, AM
BRosE BrERcE, GEORGE w. CABLE, MARY JOHNSTON,
VILLA SIBERT GATHER, MELVILLE DAWSON Posi-,
MARGARET WIDpEMER, DOROTHY Garfield, CLARA
LOUISE BURNHAM. BOOTH HARRINGTON. KATHLEEN
NORRIS, ROBERT w. CHAMBERS. AMELIA BARR, AR
MOLD BENNETT, RICHARD DEHAN, OWEN JOHNSON,
PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM, JEFFERY FARNoL, WILLIAM
ALLEN WHITE, H. G. WELLS, RUDYARD kPLING and
few others are all hurting books at our heads. 1t
is decidedly no time to go over the top Better to
crawl under the desk and read fast as possible.
But who was that chap who said that whenever
new book came out he read an old one? Where does
he get so many old onesf
Lord Jim, Jr, Fable.
LIS heroic moment had come. The big liner
L had been struck by torpedo without warn
ing and was sinking rapidly. Men and women
were literally falling into lifeboats. The noun
famous seas had already swamped one, turning
women and children into the water like so many
dummies.
His heroic moment had come. He had dreamed
of this all his life He had read JOSEPH CONRAD
through. So he knew that he, too, would have his
heroic moment" like all Of those Conradian char
acters
So he stripped for action. He peeled off his coat.
Some one rammed life belt over him. He hurled
it into the water As he did so he observed another
lifeboat being shelled by submarine.
He bit his lip He ripped off his shirt. "Remem-
Der Lord JIM" he whispered to himself. He was
going to do the heroic thing. He must do it. He
glared around. Everywhere people calling for
help, praying, struggling, fighting, cursing.
He ran straight ahead up the long deck now half