New-York tribune., 1919-07-12
Among Those Present

Fiction
CURSED. BY George Allan England.
scott. Published by Small Maynard
Co. 273 pages.
An improbable and sensational tale
OF one Captain Alpheus Briggs, dealer
IN slaves and opium. The story opens
with an account of the captains lust
Tor Malay girl the lurid fight which
resulted therefrom, and the sharks who
trailed the ship across the Atlantic,
supplng from the bodies of black men
and women who died on the voyage
and were cast overheard. The story
ends with the captain a devout Chris
the curse wished on him by the Malay
mother visited upon his grandson Hal.
The fact that the authors favorite
exclamation seems to be "Shes mine,
the girl is! She's plump as young
porpoise, and. by God, I'm going to
have her!" coupled with the jacket of
the book, which carries the title in
lnch-hlgh gold caps and picture of
the Malay cursing the captain, will
doubtless do much to sell the book.
BEHIND RED CURTAINS. BY Mansfield
Scott Published by Small. Maynard &
A we'll told detective story which
introduces Inspector Mansfield Scott
and thrillingly handles the question of
whether man, under the influence of
another's hypnotic power, can commit
crime.
BEYOND THE LAW BY Emmet Dalton.
j. S. Ogilvie. New York
Emmet Dalton is the only survivor Of
the celebrated Dalton gang, and he
presents his version of the gangs es-
capades along with sundry commentary
on criminal Jurisprudence and penal
practice. Mr.. Dalton's observations on
crime and punishment are based on an
extensive experience, and criminolo-
gists and laymen both will appreciate
his volume. The sociologists will revel
in the account of the famous Coffey-
Vile raid and lovers of exciting fiction
will be pleased with the authors in
dictment of our legal system.
War Books
THE RUSSIAN COLLAPSE Bv Roris
Kadomtzeff. Published by the Russian
Mercantile and Industrial Corporation
New York 63 pages
A polltlco-economic essay. the prin-
cipal part of which was written in Nav.
l9lS, and still expresses the authors
opinion of those circumstances to
which Russia owes her collapse.
ITALIAN SEA POWER IN THE GREAT
WAR BY Archibald Hurd. Published
by Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co. l24 pa ges
Beginning with an interesting chap
ter on "Modern Italy and It's Makers" :"
the author traces Italy's sea part in the
war and ends with a summarizing
statement which includes prophecy
of ltaly's future in the Mediterranean.
Poetry
PIERRoT WOUNDED. BY Walter
AdoIphe Roberts. Published by the
A mediocre collection of verse which
seAtihcntalIzes IN rhyme the war, love,
Margaret Sanger and Washington
Square.
THE GATES or JANUS. BY william
carter !, d., Pip. Published by Flem-
ing H. Eevell. 244 pages.
Written by man who we hope is a
better preacher than a poet, this epic
story of the great war is deserving of
merit because it is a conscientious eff
fort to put into verse the history Of the
war, entaiing patience and published
without any attempt to compare it to
the great classic epics.
History
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS. by paul
Goodman. Published by E. p. Du.-on 6.
CO. i6i pages.
Impartially and without irrelevant
detail, DR.. Goodman has told the his
tory of the Jew from his earliest day
as an obscure member of q Syrian tribe
to the present time when he is gather
ing with fellow Jews to fight the forces
of anti-Semitism throughout the world.
Religion
THE ADVENTURE OF LIFE. BY Robert
W.. McKenna. Published by the Mac
milan Company.
DR.. McKenna began his book in a
bell tent in the north Of France, within
sight and sound Of heavy cunning. 1t
was completed in a tent still within
the zone of war AS result, the facts
of war have furnished him with an un-
failing source of illustration for pro-
pounding his belief that "the goal Of
nature is life; the aim of life is devel-
opment of intelligence, and the object
Of intelligence is a knowledge of God"
THE WALK WITH GOD. BY Julia Ward
Howe, being extracts from her private
Journals Edited by her daughter. Laura
E Richards. Published by L. p. DuttoYs
* Co
A book which will interest all ad-
mrers of this remarkable woman. 1t
includes several hitherto unpublished
poems and ends with an essay on
Beyond the Veil"
OUR IMMORTALITY. BY D. P. Rhodes.
Published by the Macmillan Company
Price. So.
Sixty pages of DR.. Rhodes's book
define the meaning of mmortalit,
The remainder of the book is given
over to such subjects as war, murder,
rape, eugenics and government
THE LIVING CHRIST BY Charles Wood
Published by the Fleming H. Revell
Company.
"The Living Christ" constitutes pub
lication of the William Belden Noble
lectures delivered in 1918 at Harvard
University by the Rev. DR.. Charles
Wood, pastor of the Church of the
Covenant, Washington. There are six
Of these lectures, dealing with the