Evening star., 1919-03-16

even tnouSn tney were cOnfuSeu anu
contradictory. 1t is brilliantly put,
this study. The writer has a way of
his own that gives the book personal,
ity and carries it's solid substance i'm
mediately into the acceptance and
consideration of the reader.
OUR NAVY AT WORK. BY Reginald
Wright Kaufman. Illustrated from
photographs. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Accredited correspondent with the
United States Navy. MIR. Kaufman
appears to have had exceptional ad-
vantages for his observations on the
work of our Navy. More than this,
Mr.. Kaufman knows the art Of Sc
lection well-knows what to push to
the front as essential and revealing,
ana what to releSate to the rear as
trivial and therefore negligible. BE-
SIDES this he says what he has to say
With spirit and energy and picture;
BY virtue of these privileges and
gifts, Our Navy at Work is clean
cut and outstanding account that
takes one on board at the opening
sail with the suicide fleet" and. aft
er constant thrill OF war ad-
venture, sets him ashore, reluctant, at
the end of a seafaring that is cal
culated to make eny American proud
to be. This would be a good sea story
provided that it were just a story, an
invention. AS the truth about our sea-
lighters it is a thrillingly great ac-
rount.
THE PROBLEM OF A NATION Al
BUDGET. BY William f. Will
loushby. director Institute for Gov
ernmep Research. author Of THE
Movement for Hudgetary Reform in
the States" etc. New York: d. Ap-
pieton & Co.
public education and specific reform
,tand as the double purpose of this
scientific exposition Of the budgetary
system applied to the financial opera
tons Of governments In its office of
education the book makes clear expla-
ia ton Of the nature and essentials Of
functioning, of its definite relations to
the legislative and executive branches
OF the government. Of its advantages
over the system-or no system-noW IN
use in the United States. This part OF
the exposition is made concrete. and
correspondingly simple and clear, by
sustained and detailed reference to the
budgetaYy systems in operation in Eng
land, France and Canada. In its Office
Of reform the study deals with the un-
-clentluc character OF tne methou now
employed by this country, and with the
raG1ts that logically inhere in the make
shift nature of the present plan, From
This exposure the st'dy passes into an
trgument for the adoption Of the more
comprehensive, more exact, more busi-
nesslike measure involved in the bud
fretary system. The study is one in the
Studies in Administration series
that is being issued by the Institute
for Government Research.
A BULwARK AGAINST GERMANY.
BY Bogumil Vosnjak. Ill. D. New
York: Fleming H. Revell Company.
Bogumil vosnjak is a member of
the Jugoslav committee. This book
is written for the purpose Of ac-
quainting the American people with
the part taken by one branch of the
Jugoslavs in protecting it's fellow
countrymen from German encroach-
ment during many years prior to the
outbreak of 1914 This is the story
of the Slovenes. the western branch
Of the Jugoslavs in their struggle for
a national existence, as it is also their
story as living bulwark between
Germany and the rest of the Jugoslav
peoples. The sketch is in large par
historic, giving the geographical ar6
political situation of the Slovene
for hundreds of years. a period i
which they developed learning anG
literature and political capacity and
a sense of nationality. 1t was
period also in which they stood the
brunt of German aggression, savinr
the Slavic peoples behind them thf
covetous out-reachings of the Ger
mans. The account is a clear and un
pretentious one, while it is at thc
same time. an argument and a plea
for the observation-disclosures. Serbs
Croats-in their common aspiration
for union and nationality.
THE KAIsER's REASONS. BY Eliza
beth Marsh. New York: Duffield &
Co.
Miss Marsh offers here a war drama
in three acts. To the front of the stage
are gathered the German forces oper-
ating in the present war. In the back
ground, making secondary play, as
it were, are the historic characters
and situations that stand as the
natural parents and causes Of the
war proceeding so vigorously and
cruelty at the front. Frederick the
Great, Maria Theresa and Voltaire are
the characters in this shadow play
To the front are William II, Won Tir-
pitz, Won Falkenhayn and the other
bloody vons The romance Of the play
the bitter romance-centers in the
fate of a young Belgian girl and her
lover The whole is a picture draw,
of from the great war, a picture thai
is composed with good sense of