Evening star., 1919-04-06
Reviews Of New Books

future state Of general. affairs that win
accommodate the measure Of Greggs 8
powers. Curfously enough. this senti-
ment toward Gregg is catching, for in
no time at all the reader also joins the
group and begins. on his own account.
to cast the horoscope Of this intrfGu-
ing person. Then the war comes on and
all together--book folks and reader, too
feel that this is Gregg's great chance.
And he does join the ambulance corps
ing reticencies bulge to his friends with
promises OF immediate and glorious
achievement. You viii want to know for
yourselves just what Gregg finally did
mean to this waiting world Of admirers.
and while finding out, at first hand, you
also win be so enlisted on the side of
Gregg that you win follow this undeni-
ably. ,artful invention in alterations Of
confidence and the glimnering of dis
triIsdhappy on the one nand the and atSsr as
Keenly clever work here has produced a
novel of Importance and one Of absorb
ing interest.
ANT. By William Roscoe Thayer.
author of Germany Versus Civili-
zation." etc. New York: Double
day, Page & Co.
This volume embodies a dozen and
more papers contributed to certain
periodicals by Mr.. Thayer during the
war. These papers cover many Of the
outstanding questions and problems
set by this tremendous event. Among
them is a discussion of the claims
and pretensions Of the Hohenzollern
as superman and a survey Of the
world disaster wrought out of this
sustained claim. Mr.. Thayer has
m Gaon nd fh}nOS
besides. about the effect of the ~Prus-
sian and the Prussian doctrine
upon the general interests of
this subject, he gives two admirable
discussions of Italy-one Of them
in the war. and the other making
clear exposition of the subsequent
claims of Italy to the Adriatic,
claims that are at the present mo-
msns the tsse hSpes t1ee Sf sae
all of them familiar to. the average
reader, Mr.. Thayer brings vigor Of
handling, keenness of vision,
common sense attitude of mind
which, added to the thoroughness of
sharp turn. outstanding. before these
pertinent and challenging discussions
OUR COMMON CONSCIENCE. BY Sir
George Adam Smith, D. D.. LII. D.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
This book includes ten addresses de-
livered in America during the war by
the vice chancellor and principal of
the University of Aberdeen. honorary
chaplain. also. Of the territorial force
Of the British army In them the dis
6o
aims Of the allies. drawing from this
examination the oneness Of conscience
that. prevails among them all, point
ing to the foundation OF the conflict
as one Of moral issues alone. He out
lines the part of Britain in the war
and from the standpoint of the, Brit 4
isl1er explains the quality of Britain's
hope and the groundwork upon which
it rests. An interesting chapter de-
scribes what the universities of the
empire have contributed In substance
and spirit toward the great conflict.
and points out some of the religious
effects that the war has produced.
The book-substahtial ana scholarly
lis an eloquent and patriotic effort
to further the acquaintance of Eng
land and America and to cement the
friendship that common high cause
is of itself calculated to seal.
THE STAR WE'LL; Ana Ofl,er Stories.
hy By ROLAND bi Williamson; Iliqstra-
The Knickerbocker Press.
In manner that. in the main, easily
engages the reader. Mr.. Williamson
here develops three short stories that
are related only by the point Of a.
common authorship. 'The Star Well"
fs 4 tragic little tale-wherefh three
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burning oil well whose original
promise to them had been of a more
substantial brightness than fame and
directly, with q yellow fever sc0urge
in the nefghborhood Of New Orleans
The story goes astray, or merges into
kindred recital from an old negro,
turning out. after all, to be an aver
age love story that depends upon the
gerous experiment an author makes
when he moves a narrative out Of his
own hands-makinE 1t a kind of
usin-once-removed, and therefore
more remote in it's appeal. The last of
the three is a good straight story of
one of those cases where the most un-
likely of heroes turns out to be the
real stuff after all.
THE CUhlOUS &UESI. by T.. Pnll-
lips Oppenheim. With a frohtis-
piece by F. Vaux Wilson. Boston:
Little. Brown & CO.
The authors genius for compfica-
tions runs riot in the adventures
which beset his hero from the open
ing chapter to the final page.
An idle young Croesus consults
physician who rebukes him for his
lack OF moral stamina and prescribes
work of some sort for the listless-
ness which is sappinE his body and
brain Contemporary sure that his
rich young patient will scorn his ad-
vice, Sir James refuses his hand at
parting. and the insult so arouses
dormant manhood that the youffgster
blazes out wager that he will make
the physician glad to take his hand
within year or forfeit $4,000 pounds
to charity.
Stepping out of his identity. Ernest
Bliss starts life without a dollar to