The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02


Notebook OF an Attache" he is the su-
thor of The Writing on the Wall" He
is the youngest major in the United
states army.
WHY ITALY ENTERED INTO THE
GREAT WAR
BY Luigi Carnovale. The Italian Amer
lean Publishing Co. No. 50 North Mich
igan Boulevard, Chicago
why Italy Entered the Great War, =
by Luigi Carnovale, is by intention a
direct answer to the question of it's title
and IT is addressed equally to Americans
(who for the most part do not now know
and often actively misapprehend the
reason for Italy's action and to Italians
in America and elsewhere. The work has
what may perhaps be the distinction of
being the first bi-lingual book of the war;
1t is first given in English and then in
it, liam The author gives his
torical justification for Italy's entry into
the war that is complete and that goes
behind all the usual quibbling as to the
lrredentist regions being really Austrian
territory by right. He gives this not only
as historian but as an Italian; that is
to say he puts over the actual feeling as
we'll as the intellectual position of the
patriotic Italian. And lastly he writes as
philosopher whose vision is not bounded
by the war who does not visualize war
as something good in contradistinction to
something puerile called pacifism, but
who can see pacifism as a good which
is to be won through the present war.
Mr.. Carnovale. who, according to
an announcement will shortly give us
life of the great Italian thinker, Cam
PAMELA. is himself what might be called
tltoptan philosopher He sees this war
as the logical result OF system of life
hat hns hAN ,4ax.
dreaming and he sees the futility of the
age-long efforts to reform 1t - Mr..
Carnovale's pages reveal the typical
Italian as a man with vivid historical
sense as we'll as the artistic sense, with
which alone we credit him. He is emo
tionaf II is true, but when he puts his
emotions into .siost causes" causes which
he knows send their adherents to martyr
dom, people of slower blood must take
or their hats. Even such an
Italian as D'Annunzio, whom we regard
with double prejudice. because he is
Italian and because he is that most
strange of creatures. an artist appears
In these pages as most serious figure
To read these pages is to under
stand very thoroughly and to sympathize
deeply with Italys aims in the war. To
read the concluding chapter is to realize
that after kultur has been put into its
place the Latin spirit may have momen-
tous contributions to make to our re-
volving human life. In the past our edu-
cational orientation toward Germany has
given US very incomplete share in
European culture. France we have
known fairly well, but Of Italian thought
we have known very little. Mr. Carno-
vale may do much to correct our per-
spective.
WITH THE CHILDREN ON SUN
DAYS"
BY Sylvanus Stall, DID. The vir Pub
fishing Co., Publishers, 30 North Fiji
teenth Street, Philadelphia.
The author of the book was lover of
children. and he evidently knew how to
win them. His avowed object is to rem
der Sunday a delightful time without
in any way detracting from the sacred
ness Of the day. Realizing that the nor
NAL child mind is the same ON every day
OF the week, he introduces the idea of
Playing Church." The little ones drive
to church, with chairs for horses They
act as ushers to their parents, their
dollies and imaginary auditors. regu-
lar service is conducted. The children
themselves do some of the preaching. and
at the close of the service a chapter
from with the children on Sundays" is
fedu. questions are asked concerning
the lessons taught. and at the conclusion
the children and their parents take the
imaginary ride back to their home.
In addition to this there are many Old
Testament scenes which are enacted: The
10y behind the sofa is Joseph Iii the Pit;
the boy looking through the stats Of the
chairs which are placed around him, Is
Daniel in the LIONS Den, and so on. The
entire book is new in the direction which
It takes, and there never has been any
book like It. Each OF the 50 object SER
mons has number Of illustrations, and
the full color page pictures and the half
tone Illustrations make the book exceed
ingly attractive. There is nothing con-
troversial on its pages. and all parents
will find It useful, especially the ques-
tons and little items of out Nnf the uau