Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-19

way. to answer the riddle always at
the door of the mind. to place itself
in the infnity of things-this it is
that strikes the keynote of ones own
being. and makes him follow these
pages like a searcher for the Holy
Gran! And how opportunity shines
here and how the dazzling con-
fusion" exaltS and depresses one
And yet the way stretches onward.
There is 10 be the puzzle called peace,
the great awakening we call after.
There viii be red uuarrels. questions
screamed out of dark places. pros
perity sorgins itself. poverty cursing
the system. festivals of gIorification.
manned men at workhenches. There
will remain hungry children, Devil
dered breaches. all cropping and
listening and wishing. Butt is a
glorious way. nevertheless, and-"He
shall give thee the desires of thine
heart" y great vision. novel of
Inspiration and awakening.
THE REMAkING OF 4 MIND. BY
Henry de Man. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
In the war NJ de Man was first
lieutenant in the Belgian army. In poll
tics he is a prominent leader of the
Relgian labor party. party of social
istic pattern. He is the founder of the
Socialist Young Peoples Federation.
With Liebknecht, Jaures, Haase. Hugs
mans. and Mueller he tried to throw
the weight of international la Dor against
the war. In the war itself he won the
belgian war cross and the British NJ. &.
Wounded, and finally conva descent, he
visited the United States as a member
of one of the foreign commissions 10
this country. This book embOdies the
thOlIphtS
itself. on war in general. and on the
problems of reconstruction which the
great conflict has set These soldiers
thoughts sum, in effect, to a spiritual
autobiography. A socialist and leader
of the labor party these thoughts are
haped and colored. as a matter of
course, by the political theory held by
M. de Man. The point of the develop
ment lies in the changes that come TO
the political thinkings of the author un-
der the Nominations that the war cast
upon his social and political program.
Much, in this light, had to be trevised.
Some things had to he thrown away.
A new brand Of socialism has replaced
in the consciousness of this writer the
old socialism to which he formerly
pinned his faith. 1t is serious study.
Il thoughtful one. and very open and
honest study. Its purely personal quail
ity gives it its great value. This is
considerable man. His knowledge OF
startiaI. His thinking is straight and
clear His conclusions are unbiased by
craftsmanship or early mis-thinkings.
HIS frankness is complete. Therefore.
the study. personal though it be. has
q wide range of application to the sub
ject, and wide application as we'll to
the DETERMINATIONS OF many other
sc rious and seeking students who are
on the trail of social and political
soundness.
THE SOUL OF THE &c. n. B." By
Nine. Saint-Rene Taillandier.
Jones illustrated. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
By way of Nine. Taillandier's vivid
and flexible narrative one gets here
a picture of the Hoover relief work
in Belgium, as this work appeared
from the standpoint of a highly per-
ceptive Frenchwoman. The substan-
tial facts of the great adventure
are embodied in narrative that flows
spontaneously out of the purposes
and accomplishments of the work it
self. Interludes of conversation
break up the run of the story in a
of the grand enterprise. In the cen
ter Of this stands Herbert Hoover
himself. a notable figure of man.
to whom the writer does no more
than justice out of the enthusiasm
of her appraisal and Interpretation.
The book composes and completes a
remarkable picture of what really
took place at the hands of the relief
commission. And. as matter of
course, this picture falls in with ones
vision of the true mission of mank ind
today, infinitely more than do the
awful spectacles that gave rise to
the work of that mission Nine.
readers-interesting both by virtue
of her own powers and gifts, and by
reason also of her literary laws and
in -laws-Taine and uncle; Andre
Chevrillon. the author. brother;
Paul Bourget brother-in-law: NJ
Taillandier, diplomat and academi-
clan.
THE SPELL OF ALsACE. BY An
DIRE Hallays. Translated by F. r.
Fraprie. s. NJ. F. r. p Illustrated.
Boston: The Page Company.
AS subject. certainly Alsace stands
by eminent right among the spell,
books so happily originated and car
ried out by this publishing house. For
centuries a bone Of contention on the
battle ground of Europe. passing
back and forth according to the tide
of battle. Alsace has inherited a rich
ness of historic incident, a ripeness
of historic atmosphere that set if out
in the forefront Of general interest
NJ Hallays. French and with the
French viewpoint of this province.
goes over the land from old camp and
ancient city to the more modern aspetcs
Of hA in int
holding up critical moments. sketch
ing the daily life from period to pc
riod-Summing the whole in a rich
panorama of event, washed with the
changing colors of time and circum-
stance. This is. clearly. one of the
books to f1t into the case of familiar
views and landings that so many
points of Europe at the present mo-
ment deserve for the information and
interest of the general reader. Frank
Roy Fraprie has introduced the work
of NJ HailoyS with an admiral bile his
| toric sketch of Alsace. against which
one is able to fit the high points
brought out by the main body of the
book itself A generous supply of
well chosen pictures supplements the
text and objectifies the modes of life
and the conceptions of art held from
| age to age by the changing popula :
| tons of the Alsatian province.
| SEEING PENNSYLVANIA. Ry John
T. Faris, author of THE Romance
of Old Philadelphia" etc Illustrat-
| ed. Philadelphia: J. L. Lippincott
Company.
| A true lover is al work here. And
few loves. after all. surpass in the
pure gold of real affection that Of one
| for his native state. And In this in
stance, certainly. the subject is worth
all that can be SAID in Its pIorifcstion
80 with supJect fine. and the spirit OF
its painter At, one comes into happ,