Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
Reviews of New Books

lectures because he wrote SAINT
Progress" and other courageous ORA
matte interpretations OF lie Having
taken bo.d of this little book, how !
ever. one values it for its own serious |
and solid substance.
TIE GRAND FLEET: I314-1916. BY |
Admiral EiScount Jellcoe. Illus
trated. New York: George H. |
Doran Company.
Two facts made the publication of
this story of the grand fleet possible.
One of these was the signing of the !
armistice. The other was the prac-
teal disappearance of a German fleet
These facts accomplished, the big
story of the British feet comes to
light In this story Admiral Jellicoe
tells, from the standpoint OF ms own
official position and technical knowl
edge, of the creation OF the sIaha
1eet to meet the menace of 1914, or
is rapid development to serve this
supreme purpose. and. finally, of the
work done by it during the war with
,;ermany The study stands, first. as
a body of authoritative historical
knowledge bearing upon one of the
ETHICAL moments in world power ana
sea power In the second place 1t is
IN Illuminating, technical study OF
ga war1are-a book for the military
strategs. and Tor the naval teen
aician. On the other hand, the story
steps away from the professional
soldier and sailor. and. by virtue OF
it's vigorous and brilliant movement
takes its place securely in the an
sorbed attention of the general reader
to whom every aspect OF .he slea'
war has become matter Oh Iho EN-.
When writings are being slIteu ioi
nf
the war it is certain that The Granu
Fleet" by Admiral Jellicoe of Scapa,
will stand as a notable Contributor
to this history.
THE NAPOLEON OF THE PACIFIC;
Kamehameha the Great. BY Her
bert H. Gowen. D. D., r. X. G. S.
author of "rhe Paradise OF the
Pacific" etc New York: Fleming
H. Revell Company.
This year the Hawaiians celebrated
in commemorative festival the life and
work of Kamehameha the Great The
event marked the centenary OF Ha-
waits first king. 1t brought WITHIN
the radius of general interest also
the facts and features of the life OF
the king who, within his time ana
place, earned his title to greatness ).
|
an immediate response to that general
interest Worked out in wealth OIL
historical detail. the narrative never
| falls to the dreary level OF mere
accumulation of facts. On the con-
! trary. it is constantly on the move,
something alive in it's own right,
sweeping forward in swift advance
against the lovely background of its
! own natural setting. The story tells
how Kamehameha. something over
hundred years ago, brought the sepa-
rate and independent islands of the
Sandwich group into single king
dom under his own control. 1t goes on
to show, also, the wise character OF
the reign of this native King or Ha-
wall, the prosperity of the Islands un-
der his administration. the esteem IN
which he was held by his subjects and
1.-The general stability of the claim to
greatness which is held for him. the
Hawaiian archipelago itself is thins
lof fascination. The name alone IS an
lenthrallment. And to the pictures ina,
1.-The place evokes this writer does 1ui
poetic justice, adding still more &c
lone's rich conception of its nature
Nevertheless, the story. in this case, Is
4 the thing. as it should be. One reads
Iabsorbedly, of the prime adventures
that lay along this Sandwich island,
!er's way to general sovereignty %
the eight separate islands of the
proun The authors familiarity witt
the locale of the story and. above thus
Ibis intimacy with the historical facts
of Kamehameha's life and time, 1ai
Into a vivid and -exciting story OF ao'
venture rooted in substantiated TACT.
GERMANY IN THE WAR AND AFT.
Err. By Vernon Kellogg, author OF
"Headuuarters Nights" New York
The Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Kellogg's mind. in this study
of Germany, is forward-looking. Yer,
little does he dwell on the German
atrocities of the war. Rather, does
he examine into the collective m1n'
of this people for the feelings ant
desires and rational outreaching
that will operate long after the wa
has gone the way of its KIND IN M
) relief work under Mr.. Hoover TIM
writer came into contact with man.
Germans. These he studied to hnd GU
the shape of their minds. to discoVe'
the sources of their world-cove tous
? ness. to find out. if might be. thei
| logical reactions under de1eat. n
outcome of Mr.. kellogg's work Is
> on the whole. hopeful one. IT nj
in with the reasonable side OF one
making him agree with the au'ho
that the Germans, like other peoples
t are the product of education ana en-
5 vironment: that they are not me b.,
elusive progeny of the devil. eu
Merely a group of humans belate
1 oiono the same road that all civlllza
8 ton has travelled throughout time.
+ changed political environment ne,
outlook upon national relationship:
5 a fresh start toward more sunstan
|, tial progress-these are the mary
ments of the new Germany; Ana
nc meantime, material shortages ar
+ holding, and, will hold. the still ;, u IN
n reeenerate Germany from expendln
}, ;tssIf in it's old maraudings. A read