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New-York tribune., 1918-07-06

the Barbary Coast. Strange, and moro
than passing strange, that while the
most abandoned man resents as an in
tolerable insult reflection in obscene
phrase upon his mother, SO many men
of supposedly decent instincts should
gloat upon the prostitution of woman
hood in either fact or fiction!
But here is a volume of another
kind. Here is book which looks to
the light rather than to the darkness,
and to which virtue is more charming
than vice. 1t finds its themes in the
examples Of noble womanhood, which
have after all, despite the cynic and
the scandalmonger, SO numerously
adorned and blessed the checkered his
tory of our race. These women, too,
have been in varied walks of life.
Some were queens, on earthly thrones;
some have been canonized as saints Of
the Church; some are so little known
to the reader. But all were types Of
that nobility ard purity of character
which even the oissolute and licentious
man esteems and insists upon in the
women of his own household.
So. we could wish-nay, we could
not help wishing-that such volumes
as this might far surpass the other
kind in wide reading and in popular
favor. They deserve to do so, on both
planes. For they are at least as in
teresting as the others; and if some
say that they are exaggerated in their
portrayal CT goodness, we answer that
they, are not as much so as the others
are in their exploitation of vice. And.
on the other hand, there could be moth
ing more promising for the future of
the nation ard of the race. than that
men should learn to prefer the clean
literature OF virtuous womanhood
ABOVE the reeking propaganda of the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
The Eclipse Of Russia
A Noteworthy Work by a Great
Authority

-pr rclIrSH OF RUSSIA Ry NJ p ] Ou-
,ca svo TT viz. ~ The George II. poran
fnmrsiy
We have had several excellent books
about Russia. written by actual OH
servers Of the revolution AMI filed
With graphic narrative, keen ANALYSIS
and discriminating Judgment: of in
tense present interest and much per-
manent value. Without in the least
S.preciating their merits, il must be
recoenized that II has remained for
nr Dillon 10 give us a volume of su-
nreme worth concerning not merely
The revolution itself. but. still more
important. it's antcccdents in an in
formed and judicious perspective. For
70 understand the revolution Alright we
must maintain chronological order.
Given clear understanding of the
score OF years preceding II, we could
construct the revolution ourselves, as
an inevitable logical sequence. Bat
r;ven even the fullest knowledge of
the revolution, we might still be quite
IN the dark as TO the conditions and
processes which led TO it.
II would be superiiuous to dwell up-
On Or. Dillon's precminent fitness for
the task which he has here accom-
pljshed 4 long personal experience
and encyclopedia knowledge of Russia,
uniquely sympathetic insight into the
Russian mind and an exceptionally at
trsctive literary style form an unsur-
rssscd equipment which he has utilized
10 surerb advantage. True, his close
friendship with Sergius Witte in
elines him te estimate that eNtraor-
dinsry man more favorably than, we
think. the world at large has done;
vet we cannot perceive that he has
thus been led TO do others injustice
or 10 take distorted view of affairs.
In fact his general tone is notably
impartial Note. for example, his
treatment Of the outbreak of the Rus
so-Jspsnese War. concerning which the
japanese have often and widely been
charged with dishonorable If rot IL
legal conduct in striking at the Russian
feet before the open proclamation of
war Having studied the matter
closely, DR.. Dillon expresses the con-
y;ction that from beginning to end
in war. as m peace, the Mikado's gov
eminent displayed chivalrous loyalty
and moderation" And then he quotes
the ipsissima verba of a dispatch from
the Car to his viceroy authorizing
and directing the Russian fleet to do
precisely what the Japanese have been
blamed for doing!
Without prarience or sensationalism
Dr.. Dillon categorically pislorles the
unspeakable Rasputn for the prac-
tices Of the Khlysty and all the name
less infamies which have been asso-
ciated with his malign career; and
suggests the disastrous influence which
he had upon the Russian court. An
other intensely interesting chapter
deals with the "Willy-Nicky" CORE
spondence and the secret treaty of
Borke. one of the worst performances
of that secret diplomacy to which Ger
many has prominently been addicted,
and one of the most striking examples
of the characteristic duplicity Of the
Romanoff regime. Finally, coming
down to the revolution itself and the
second revolution. the author gives in
a few pregnant phrases what we be
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The Eastern Question
From the Advent Of the Otto.
mans to the Great War

ittn IN EASTERN EASTERN QUESTION; An Historical Study
and ny svo pp H. 3 M;FFS .ss
Ahe oxford University Press.
This is book Of n kind which we
look for in the lcisurely and reflective
days Of peace rather than amid the
passionate tumult and headlong haste
OF war. 1t Is history, both narrative
and philosophic, of the Balkan penn-
sula and the dealings Of the European
Powers Herewith, from the time of the
Ottoman incursion to the present day.
Its author, we need scarcely remind
our readers, is a man of exceptional
attainments and achievements as a
scholar and educator, a publicist and u
statesman, and is therefore finely
qualified for the preparation of work
which must, to be at all satisfactory,
be equally marked with research in the
remote past and with keen perception
of the purpose Of current events.
The present war had its pretext in
the Balkans. But it was more than a
pretext. The conquest of the Balkans
was one of the most essential parts Of
the kaiser's scheme of world dominion;
absolutely essential, of course, to the
Berlin-B -Bagdad scheme. In the face of
the ruthlessness which invented lies
when excuses were needed, and COM
mitted crimes without any excuses at
all when that was most convenient,
questions of historic right and wrong
were of less moment than the small
dust in the balance. To that consider
able portion of the world which, how
ever, still has regard fo- truth and
equity, a knowledge of the past is
requisite as basis for judgment and
action in the present; and to such this
luminous and comprehensive review of
Balkan history will be most welcome.
The whole range of our literature con-
tains in single volume no more valu-
able treatise than this on what John
Morley once fittingly called "that shift
ing, intractable, and interviewer tangle
of conflicting interests, rival peoples
and antagonistic faiths that is velled
under the easy name of the Eastern
Question"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
The Woe of BELGIUM

FIGHTING STARVATION IN BELGIUM By
Vernon kellogg Illustrated. l2mo DID, 2l9
Doubleday. Page s. Co.
TALES FROM A FAMISHED LAND BY Edward
Eyre Hunt. l2mo PIP. 1913. Doubleday Page
Il Co.
Both these poignant little volumes
may be regarded as in sense official,
the authors having served on the Com
mission for Relief in Belgium. Mr..
kellogg tells with the explicit direct
ness of an official report and yet with
the interest of a romance how millions
of people were saved from starvation,
giving US one of the very best accounts
of that marvellous achievement for
humanity that have ever been put into
print: Mr.. Hunt gives US a number of
sketches which are partly fact and
partly fiction but altogether true, and
which are exceptionally interest-grip
ping from either point Of view. Both
the books deserve high rank in the
current literature of the war.
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doubt if either kind could justly be

doubt if either kind could justly be
considered typical.
for example, we are prepared to ad-
NIT, with humiliation and regret, that
there Is now and then to be found.
even in "our best society,"" girl who
Is the disgusting combination of neu-
rotic .virago and pulling fool that Mr.
Hagedorn has so masterfully portray
ed IN Barbara; an abnormal creature
who from first to last never inspires
us with single atom of sympath, not
up few decent instincts. We must
also acknowledge the existence Of
erotic bounders like Cleve Winsor; one
of the most irredeemable blackguards
that ever befouled society. Happily,
there is also, once in while, young
man as clean, brave and noble spirited
as Tom PARKWAY, though we are not
sure that there ever was finer one;
there are women as brilliantly clever
as Toms mother, and there are other
women as patient and brave as Mrs.
Collingwood.
Yes, there are such people. But they
are very few. And so our criticism Of
Mr.. Hagedorn's fascinating novel is
that it is a gallery of unusual excep-
tions, and not of average types. If the
average young woman was as thorough
ly detestable as Barbara Colingwood
the world would go straight to the
devil, and it would be relief to have
it do so; while if the average young
man were as fine as Tom PARKWAY the
millennium would begin about the day
after Tomorrow STILL that is not a
damning criticism. 1T is interesting to
study exceptional characters now and
then, always provided that it is dis
tinct1V un6erctOOd that thoV orp oy-
ceptional. If this work professed to
be picture of average, everyday men
and women, we should protest against
it vigorously. AS portrayal of actual,
though unusual people, we hail it as
q masterpiece
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Motor Car MANAGEMENT

PUTNAM'S AUTOMOBILE HANDBOOK BY H.
Cinord Brokaw and Charles A Starr. Illus
trated. l2mo. pp. 34S. G. p Putnam's Sons
The great flood of books of a gen
Grafton ago on the care and manage
ment of horses has now given place to
/. similar, though perhaps much greater
flood Of treatises on motor cars The
present work is by two practical in
structors in motor driving, and reads
much as their lectures and advice to
students would sound 1t is as little
technical as possible, and abounds in
suggestions concerning the care and
use of cars, especially designed for the
good of the man who is not an expert
mechanician and who drives and cares
for his own car To such it should
prove of great value.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Timely Books on Russia
Phases Of War and Peace
BY Willis Fletcher Johnson

l'eve TO be an absolutely indisputab,e
estimate of the Bolsheviki at thei,
very best. an the Bolshevik; move.
ment,' he says. "there is not the YES.
''ge of constructive or social idea
II suppresses newspapers. for.
bids liberty Of the press. arrests OF
oanlshcs the elected of the nation anc
connlNes at or encourages crimes OF
diabolical fcrocity.'
1t is not an optimistic view which
nr DILLON takes of Russian affairs
but 1t is view which irresistibl,
commends itself for information. san
NY and justice, and it after all EN-.
braces. conception of Russia's yet
becoming a potent social force capable
of being directed to high ethical pur.
pose. To realize that hope. however the
supreme necessity is the complete re-
demption of Russia from that German
influence which for more than cen
tury has been its evil genius.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
An Ambulance Driver

NO; 6. By C. de Florez With introduction by
Frederic T. Coudert limo. pp. $50 E. p Dut-
ton & Co.
There are few who see more of the
realities of war than ambulance driv-
ers and attendants. who are near
enough to the fighting line to be in
danger and to see the actual conflict,
and who also see all there is to be
seen of the killed and wounded and all
the unspeakable horrors of the dead
and dying and of the hospitals, in
which life and death fight CORY duels
ever hour. Mr.. de Florez had some
thrilling experiences on the Verdun
front, and relates them with graphic
power, making book of genuine in
tereSt.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Japanese Tales

PAUTlOWINA. Translated by Torao Taketomo,
with foreword by John Ers&ine. l2mo, pp.
l65. Dufileld * Co.
Here are seven Japanese short stories
by contemporary Japanese authors, ad-
mirably characteristic of Japanese lit
crary art. They are all instinct with
beauty, whether comedy or tragedy pre-
walls, and they differ radically in con-
struction from the typical American,
English or French short story. Yet
they have strong appeal to human
sympathy and will command the inter-
est of every cultivated reader.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
The Economies Of Slavery
AMERICAN NEGRO SLAVERY. BY Ulrich Be

AMERICAN NEGRO SLAVERY. BY Ulrich Bon
nell Phillips. PHI. d. Svo. pp xi. 529. d.
Appleton & Co.
Books about American negro history
have generally been propagandist,
from "Uncle Toms Cabin" down. But
the time for controversy and passion
is now long past, and we can welcome
q thoughtful and studious work which
discusses what is now ancient history
in detached and impartial manner.
The present book is historical study
rather than history. That is, it does
not present detailed and comprehen-
sive history Of the peculiar institu-
tion,' though it does relate its origin
and development with sufficient full
ness for the purpose, but is chiefly
concerned with the industrial, eco1
nomic and social conditions of plan
tation life. In that respect it is a
work of rare interest and almost
unique value, which must have a per-
manent place in a library of Ameri-
cana,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
The Work of the Bee

THE FLOWER AND T1IE BEE. BY John H.
Lowell. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. xvii. 1885, Charles
Scribner'a Sons
One Of the most wonderful things in
nature, and one Of those which until
recently were least understood, or not
known at all, is the manner in which
plant life is propagated by pollination
through the agency Of bees and other
insects, as also the wind. The pres
ence of the honey which attracts the
bees, the peculiar formation of flowers
and arrangement Of their parts, and
numerous other circumstances disre-
garded by the careless observer, arc
all designed to serve this interesting
process. Mr.. Lowell has written a most
delightful book and has illustrated it
with profusion of the finest flower
photographs that we have seen. The
volume will be of much practical ser
vice to the gardener and foriculturist,
and Of fascinating interest to the gen
eral reader,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
"Vassilii" on Rasputin

RAsPrrrN AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.
S, hy PRINCESS Catherine 81 Radzlwi ceTnt Xss n
Lane Company
The observant, experienced and COM
municative lady who long concealed
her identity under the pen name Of
Count Vassili" confirms in this vi
vacious narrative the worst impress
sions which have hitherto been given
of Rasputin, particularly of his prac-
tice of the nameless debaucheries of
the Khlysty, but she defends from the
imputation of participation therein
many members of the court and of
Russian society upon whom it has been
cast. Moreover, she declines to credit
Rasputin with anything like the politi-
cal influence with has been ascribed to
him. He was a vile creature. but in
political matters he was theFtool, and
generally the unconscious tool, of
others.
Her estimate of the last of the Cars
is that he was an amiable young man
who never in his life had an opinion
Of his own. who was profoundly ig-
norant of Russian affairs, and who was
completely subject TO the will of his
wife. who in turn was badly misled by
her Mistress of the Robes. Alexandra
Feodorovna was, she thinks. another
Marie Antoinette, without any of the
qualities or the courage that had dis
tinguished the latter. If there
has ever existed woman who has
proved fatal to all those with whom
her lot has been thrown it is this
little Hessian princess, for whose tears
no one will find any pity, even when
her sorrows will need it most"
Finally, as for Trotzky, Lenine and
their coparceners, they "have only one
idea in heart and brain. that of en-
riching themselves at the expense of
the country for which they feel neither
affection nor pity" Altogether, we
should reckon, book of pretty SOUND
IN GcrDpntS
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Belgian Child Life

A BOY OF BRuGES BY Emile and Trta Cam
maers. Illustrated by Albert Delstanche. l2mo
pp. l90 E. Z. Dutton g. Co.
The names of the authors Of this ex
quisite little work are an opulent guar
antee of its quality. Belgian children
both Flemish and Walloon, are the
chief characters, and the happy days
preceding the Hunnish invasion ane
rape are the chief time, though the
closing pages tell of the oncoming Of
the war. AS a picture of child life il
Belgium it is a masterpiece, not unwor
thy of a place beside Emile Cam.
maerts's best poems and dramas, anc
assured of permanent esteem in the
literature of our time.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
That Blessed Word"

THE LAND OF THE TWO RIVERS. By dwyn
Grcen & Co
There are probably many whose con-
ception of Mesopotamia is scarcely less
indefinite than that of the good brother
who referred to it as "that blessed
word" There are probably few whose
familiarity with its commanding place
in the worlds history is so complete
rs not to be capable of enhancement.
At any rate this simple, direct, sue
cinct little volume is calculated to
give a vast amount of information Of
current value and to answer a multi
tude of questions which spontaneously
arise in connection with the momen-
tous occurrences of our day in that
historic region. 1t is a book to be
commended most cordially.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Old Barnstable

CAPE COD. NEW AND OLD. BY Agnes Edwards
illustrated. Svo. Up. $50 The Houshton Miihin
Company.
half romance and half guide book and
wholly delightful. Her knowledge of
Cape Cod is comprehensive and accu-
rate, and-which is perhaps best of all
sympathetic. She tells the things
which everybody wants to know about
that quaint and beautiful region, and
vast lot that people would never
think of wanting to know, but which
is nevertheless most interesting and
we'll worth knowing,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
About the Czechs

BOHEMIAN RrBL1oGRApHy BY Thomas C.pek
and Anna vostrovsky Capek. illustrated. 8yo
pp. 236. Tho Fleming II. Revell Company.
Whether or not there shall be con-
siderable movement for learning the
Czech language, there is no question
that the war has greatly increased
interest in that country, and that
interest may we'll be extended to the
literature Of it; both the works which
have been written by Czechs and those
which have been written about them.
photography, which is veritable
masterpiece of painstaking research
and of orderly classification. 1t should
be a standard and invaluable work of
reference.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Love, and the Beast

LIE BLOND BEAST BY Robert Ames Bennett,
limo. pp. 4l6. Reilly ~ Brtton
thrilling tale of brave American
manhood and loyal love amid the hor-
rors Of the Hunnish rape of Belgium.
We should say that it was melodra-
matte and overdawn in parts if it
were possible for any creative imagin-
alton to exaggerate or overdraw the
infamies of the Blond Beast As it
is, we commend it as a spirited and
facinating romance.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Maeterlinck's s Humor

TIE MIRACLE OF ST. ANTHONY. BY Maurice
Maeterllnck. Translated by Alexander Teixeira
de AIattos. l2mo. pp. LA. Dodd. Mead * Co.
Maeterlinck is not comm only thought
of as a humorist, but rather the con-
trary. This one-act play of his, how
from beginning to end. It's theme is
their attitudes toward spiritual things,
and he treats it with brlliancy and
power not surpassed in his more ex-
tended and serious works. This first
authorized publication of it will be
heartily welcomed.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
A Volume Of Good Women
Fiction and Miscellany
The Charm of Virtue
in Historical Char.
acters Worth Studv;no

GREAT WIVES AND MOTHERS. py Huah
rancis rrancis Blunt Svo. pp 424. Tho Dcvln- Adair
If this wcrc volume of social scan
dals and salacity, about "frail" women
and unfaithful wives, it might rank
among the "best sellers" of the week.
Often and often, unto utter weariness
of spirit, have we had volumes forced
upon us whose sole excuse for exist
cnce was the exploitation of the weak
nesses and wickednesses of woman
kind, gilded in "high life" and squalid
IN the slums, from Mcssalina and Lola
Montez and the Pompadour to the un-
named harpies or piteous victims Of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
A Fool and a Beast
Brilliantly Contrasted With Some
Very Charming People

hasedorn. With frontlspiecc by ] PnuI Ver,sss
izno' pp' 27l. The Macmillan Company
Few novelists of our time have writ.
1 Ten with more sheer brilliancy than MI
hagedorn has in this scintillatinp
tour de force. The flashing wit. the
lamnent humor, the deft and keen de.
plctlon of character, are above all
praise: The construction of the blot
and the narration of incidents which
crowd upon each other are likewise
admirable. AS for the characters
some CT them we must sadly confess
"hiie others we can gladly claim to be
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
The Open Doors for Women

The intercollegiate Bureau Of Occu-
patton has published in pamphlet form
singularly complete compendium of
the Opportunities for Women in the
Municipal Civil Service of the City of
New York, which should be of the
greatest practical value to women who
ere seeking employment, especially at
causes the doors to be opened more
widely to women than ever before.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
A Lovable Madcap

TIE HEART OF ARETHusA BY Frances Barton
Fox. With colored frontispece by f. w Read
l2mo. PIP. 1888. Small. Maynard & Co
Miss Fox has vein of the humor
which her brother, Fontaine Fox, dis
plays in his funny cartoons, and she
lnjects enough Of it into this romance
OF grlhood to make the story very di-
verting. The heroine, Arethusa, is a
lovable creature, and her adventures in
country and city are vivacious, enter
tanning and sufficiently naturalistic 1t
will prove to be acceptable for vacation
reading.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Mystery and Tragedy

THE WHITE ROOk. E ]. Is. Harris -Burland.
l2mo. pp. 233 Alfred A. Knopf
Mr.. Harris Burland is we'll known to
the reading public as a prolific writer,
with a shrcwd gift of craftsman ship,
which enables him to construct good
story and to tell it in excellent Eng
!ish. The present effort displays much
ingenuity of plot and contains some eff
fective scenes. 1t involves the passions
Of love, jealousy and revenge, the
strongest three to which men and wom-
en- are subject, the last named culmi-
mating in constructive murder 1t is an
interesting story in spite of its one
glaring fault, which is that not single
character in it, with the possible ex-
ception of the rosebud girl" who Is
not one of the very foremost, wholly
appeals to human sympathy.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06

Alice Johnstone Walkers "Lafayette,
which they expect to issue in Febru-
ary, 1919, will be the first play about
Americas great friend 1t is de-
signed for schools, and shows in three
short acts the Marquis hunted by the
Kings agents in France, rallying his
ragged Continentals and the beau of
a ball in Baltimore, where the ladies
undertake to equip his suffering
soldiers and the Americans pledge
their children's children to aid France,
should she ever need them
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Sketches in Russia

REAL RUSSIANS Ry Soni. f. Howe Illus,
rstcd. LIMO pp $40 Sampson. Low. Marston
4 Co.
The authoe went to Russia to plead
for amnesty for political offenders. and
there came into contact with many in
toresting people and saw many inter
esting phases of Russian life. This
volume is one of the results of that
visit. 1t gives a remarkably vivid in
sight into the very heart of things,
political, social and religious, with the
Impression of truth in every line.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06

be antipodeal in their differences. That
a sclf-professed apostle of righteous
ness, widely accepted and acclaimed
as such, sho Id be capable of identifi-
cation with 5. vulgar fugitive criminal
would, indeed, be an exemplification Of
dual personality" run to seed. 1t is
pamphlet which will be of intense
chology, and may be no less direct and
powerful in it's appeal to some of our
church organizations. philanthropic
propagandists and officers of the law
New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
DIR. Cohn and MIR. Joszovics'

Colonel Alexander S. Bacon, we'll
known member of the New York bar,
kas published under the title of "The
Strange Story of Dr. Cohn and Mr.
Joszovics" with apologies to CDR
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"), review of the
extraordinary parallel which seems to
exist between two careers which should