The Washington herald., 1918-07-21

comprise the larger part Of the pre-
sent collection:
"He woke: the clank and racket oi
the train
Kept time with angry throbbings in
his brain.
At last he lifted his bewiidered eyes
And blinked, and rolled them side
long: hills on skies.
Heavily wooded. hot with August
haze,
And, slipping backward. golden for
his gaze.
Acres Of harvest.
''Feebly now he drags
Exhausted ego back from siooms and
quags
And blasting tumult. terror. hdrtlins
glare.
To calm and brightness. havens Of
sweet cir.
"He sighed confused; then drew a
cautious breath,
This level journeying was no ride
through death.
IL "cIC uCdds AiC biuotNg NhSAS "
be no thinking
Only some plunging underworld of
And hueIess. shifting welter where I'd
drown"
Then he remembered that his name
was Brown.
But was he ba:k in Blighty? Slow
he turned.
Till in his heart Thanksgiving leaped
and burned.
There shone the blue serene, the pros
porous land,
Trees, cows and hedges; skipping
these he scanned
Large, friendly names that change
not with the year.
Lung tonic. mustard, liver pills and
beer"
Peaceful Penetration.
As time goes by. evidences multiply
of the worldwide and thorough Or
ganization with which Germany had
for years before the war been using
her subjects to secure information
valuable for her purposes, whatever
their errand might be and In what
ever part of the world. In a letter &c
the New York Times a few days age
w. ]. Denny. formerly attorney gen.
eral of South Australia, tells how q
famous German scientist attending
the meeting of the British Society for
the Advancement Of Science in Au-
gust. 1914. Held that year in Australia,
to which had come men OF note from
all over the world. deplored in public
the terrible conflict Of physical
against mental and moral force" He
was venerable and kindly looking and
amiable and everybody sympa thized
with him and put entire confidence in
his expressions of grief and regret
But presently suspicious were aroused
the authorities searched his valise and
found concealed in it a complete copy
of the official plans OF the naval de-
fenses OF Melbourne. Mr.. A. d. Nc
Laren, in his book on Peaceful Pen
etration.' which Z. p. Dutton & Co.
published last year. relates with more
detail still other Vaccinations OF the
four famous German scientists who
attended the meeting. All four OF
them remained in Australia for some
time after war was declared, and
went about as they pleased. the
authorities recognizing their claim
that science has no nationality and
that its high moral importance sets il
above international quarrels. When
they wished to leave the Australian
government consented. provided they
would take the oath Of neutrality.
which all four Of them did. 1t was
then that suspicion was aroused. be-
cause of the manner of one of them
and investigation proved that all OF
them were spies and that they had al
been collecting information whose
only Use would be to aid a German
army of invasion. Mr.. McLaren has
made a study of the penetrative meth.
DDS under the disguise of friendly
commerce and other kinds of camou-
flage by which Germany for years
had kept her spies and agents at work
in all parts of the world. and his
small volume is a museum of "kultur'
crookednesS.
Life of Wordsworth.
Although it may seem a bit uneX-
pected. even startling. 10 see a book
of critical literary appreciation come
out of France just now. nevertheless,
THE early life of William Words
WORTH" by Emile Legouis, professor
in the University of Lyons, which Z,
P. Dutton & Co. are publishing, has a
singular appropriateness to the pres
ent time. although 1t was written
some twenty or more years ago. II
covers the first twenty-eight years OF
Wordsworth's life. and devotes special
attention to his life in France during
the Revolution, and his friendship
with some of its important spirits.
A predatory note by Leslie Stephen
discusses briefly the curious contrast
presented by Wordsworth's youth
with its enthusiasm for progress and
liberal ideas. and his later life in
which he became an extreme con-
servative. Mr.. Stephen says that NJ
Legouis' careful study has thrown
new light on this strange develop
ment.
Wordsworth has not been without
prominent critics-Arnold, De quincy.
Pater. Leslie Stephen, and Sir Walter
Raleigh and Elmer More, among others:
this book upon his youth has stood
almost head and shoulders above the
rest. 1t is a perfectly outlined ant
perfectly executed portrait of Words
worth's mind from his earliest child
hood until 179S. A translation Of this
work in English was brought out by
]. W. Mathews soon after it appeared
In French. No American imprint, ap'
parently, was ever made: and Dut'