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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Short Stories of 1913
Significance of Mr.. O'Brien's
Yearly Anthology

THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1918: AND
THE YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT
STORY Edited by Edward j. OTrien. limo,
PIP xviii, AL Small. Maynard & Co.
Time was when the short story, like
Shakespeare, spelled ruin Perhaps the
stories were capital, in magazines or
newspapers. But volume of them L?
Angels and ministers of grace defend
u.s. 1t simply was unthinkable. Of
course, there was Irving. Was not
"Wolfert's Roost" once best seller
There also was Poe and there was
O'Brien-not Edward j., but Fitzjames
And we have an idea, too, that volumes
of tales by H. C. Bunner and by 80.
Henry" and even by one Rudyard Kip
ling, were not without certain vogue
Yet taken by and large volumes of
short stories were, only a few years
ago, regarded as doomed to failure
To what extent Mr.. 'Brien-not
Fitzjames, but Edward J.-has contrib
uted to this rehabilitation of one of
the very finest forms of literary art we
do not venture to declare, but we
shrewdy surmise that it has been con-
siderable, and for that we are enthusi-
astically grateful. He has made his re-
curing anthologies and analyses works
Of classic value, both as treasures of
tales and as classified and discriminate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
AS Mother. So DAUGHTER

THE FLAPPER'S MOTHER. By Madge Mears.
l2mo. pp. 3lS John Lane Company
AS long as the eternal feminine and
the eternal masculine exist upon this
planet there are bound to be found
just such conditions as are exploited
in this volume. Some are done in such
way as to be offensive to both the
sense Of sight and the sense of smell;
others in such a way that they are
thinly veneered by seeming respecta-
bility and an exaggerated proportion
ate value of the conventions. This is
the story of a young girl who succumbs
to the wilcs of the eternal masculine
and practically follows in her mothers
footsteps. One is guilty of the mis-
step mentally, the other through the
deliberate influence of the senses,
though neither is a naturally wanton
woman. The plot is carefully and
tactfully worked out and the charac-
ters drawn with great skill, so that
the interest in the book never wavers
and, in fact, if it were not for the
character of the subject chosen for
the plot it would be a most pleasing
story. AS it is, there is nothing really
lascivious about it, for, as has been
said before, the conditions of the plot
will remain as long as men and women
inhabt this earth. II. A. H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Sex and the Soul
Time-Old Problem Newly
Vamped and Solved

THE MIRROR AND THE LAMP. By "
maxwell. II mo. pp 4i2 The Bobhs Merrill
A somewhat ascetic clergyman falls
IN love with the ill-used wife Of a
ourly rufian and runs away with her,
at the same time renouncing not only
ms clerical vows but also his faith.
After long and distressing struggle
Tor material life and with spiritual
problems, their union is legitimatized
and he is restored to faith and &c
cleslastical standing. Of course, there
IS a great deal more in the story, but
that IS the crude outline.
1t IS all sufficiently human. There are
just such people in the world. and
they sometimes act in just such WAYS.
we cannot help wondering whether he
TOOK the woman away from her hus-
band chiefly to rescue her from bru-
tallty or TO crafty his own love for
her; with a strong inclination toward
the latter. If Edward Churchill had
possessed 1.-THE Of the robust faith
and practical common sense of Allen
Gates, he and Lillian would have been
saved world of trouble. SO if some
other churchmen had possessed the
heart and brain of the Bishop who is
the hero of the epilogue, we should
not have to blush for them But
there are such people. And their do
lngs make an interesting story.
Mr.. Maxwell is somewhat too prolix.
His romance loses in strength what
it gains in excessive length Yet it
never becomes dull, but is always in
teresting. His analysis of characters
is better than his synthcss of them.
His avoidance of opportunities and
temptations to preach is admirable.
And while the book is obviously writ
ten for the exploitation of an ancient
problem, the exploitation is so excel
lently we'll done and is so free from
mere propaganda. that we must &C
cept it as an authentic and absorbing
work of that fiction which deals with
the great truths Of human existence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
A Washington Ballad Play
Civilization and the Hun
By Willis Fletcher Johnson

young man. Lafayette is drawn with
u delicious delicacy. Young Lafay-
cite is the heart of France-and that
IS incorruptble," says Hamilton of
him.
Washington is first shown us as a
brave young giant of eighteen But it
is not until we find him in the midst
of war that he really wins our hearts.
In each of these latter scenes Mr..
Mac aye shows him cropping in the
darkest hour before the dawn, with
hunger, disloyalty and desertion sur
rounding him. In the midst of this
gloom, and in grand contrast to it, the
figure of Washington stands out, true
and strong guide for the desparing
faithful BY such means the author
justihes the subtitle of his play-"the
man who made u.s."
From dramatic point of view the
play is chiefly noteworthy for its form
1t is rather too involved to be dra-
matically interesting during it's first
act. The exposition of any play is DIFF
ticult, and in this particular instance
the attempt to cover all of Washing
tons manhood-to show the influences
from which he sprang and the early
life which made him what he was
contribute to too long drawn out pre-
amble. From the beginning of the sec
ond act the drama develops rapidly
and with ever-increasing interest. From
literary point Of view. however. this
is not SO much of a defect. But, even
so. it would be better to have con-
densed much of the first act. NJ +.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
The A. F. L. in the War
Some of the Patriotic Addresses
of Samuel Compers

G Gompsrs: sv0. PIP. $77 George t. ' poran
The right of Mr.. Gompers to speak
for American labor As whole has fire.
quently been challenged, and may again
be challenged. He speaks with au-
tnorlty Tor the great organization of
winch he has for many years been the
head. But the American Federation of
Labor does not comprise all the work
ingmen of the United States, nor a
majority of them. This compilation of
his public addresses during the war
might therefore, strictly speaking, have
been called more accurately "The A. f.
l.. and the War"
Such criticisms would. however, be
grudglng and hnical. The truer note
is to acclaim his utterances as the
universal voice of American labor,
which SO far as the war is concerned,
IS exactly at one with the federation.
We are indeed glad to go further than
that, and to accept the salient senti-
ments of these fine addresses as the
voice not merely of American labor but
equally of the American nation-if
there is any valid distinction between
them. 1t would be necessary to 20
far afield to find clearer, more robust
and more convincing expressions of
American feeling toward the war than
are on the pages of this volume. And
the supreme merit of it all is that Mr..
Gompers unfailingly speaks in Ian
guage understanded of the people.
Thus, speaking in Italy, he referred
to those who think they are talking,
but who, like monkeys, are merely lab
bering for peace when they ought to
be fighting for victory" and then
added this eternal truth: "The man
who won't fghs to defend the liberty
of his country is unworthy of the great
privilege OF enjoying freedom in his
country" The value of such utter
ances is great at any time. At a crucial
moment, as a counterweight against
the insidious poison of pacifsm and
bolshevism, it is inestimablc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Misunderstood


GREGG BY Flea Campbell Springer limo DID,.
$40. ilaluer * Bros. "
This, we are told, is the story of a
man who was misunderstood The
statement is unmpeachable. He was
misunderstood for reasons convincing
and lmprognable. He Was, as drawn
by the author. not erstandabe He
was abnormal, non-human. That is
not to say that he was impossible
Such persons exist; and they may be-
as we are quite willing to assume that
Gregg was, eminently admirable at
heart. Perhaps it is the fault or the
misfortune of other people. normal
everyday people, that they do not and
cannot understand them But the fact
remains.
The author has drawn ths enigmatic
character with singular skill and with
all the sympathy possible with so un-
sympathetic person. She has with
equal skill depicted the far more in
terestlng character of Monica, and she
has not sighted single one of the
auxiliars. Rut she has overburdened
psychology which gets no forrardcr."
We have nc doubt that in her own
mind She had a perfectly lucid CON
ception OF the whole scheme and pur-
port Of her romance, bus we must very
gravely doubt whether she has sue
ceedcd in inlparting it to the average
reader. The work is called a psyche
logical mystery story. 1t is But the
trouble is that the mystery is left un-
solved There arc some of us who can
see with the author into the recesses
of Gregg's soul and know him fol
what he really was. But the average
reader cannot, and Will therefore com
plete the reading fascinated, perhaps
but quite unconvnced And works OF
fiction are generally written for the
average reader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

ing photographers, useful alike tc
thoughtful readers and to writer's who
wisely wish to know something of the
world of readers
Critics and readers may differ witt
the judgments expressed, but they must
respect them, and will find it difficult
to combat them. while the array OF
statistical and other facts is, of course
lndlsputable. There may have been ar
ebb in short story writing last year, as
Mr. OBrlen thinks. There is no ebt
IN the value Of this latest member of {
series of particularly interesting anc
valuable compilations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
War and Peace
The Peace Congress and the
League of Nations

LESSONS OF THE WAR AND THE PEACE
CONFERENCE BY Oreste Ferrara. Trans
lated by Leopold Grahame. l2mo. PIP. xii. 1858.
Harper & Bros.
The masterful information and au-
thority of Latin Americans in the do
main of international relations and ins
ternational law are finely manifested in
this work by the Professor of Law in
the University Of Havana. Some time
ago we had great satisfaction in read
ing his keen and convincing analysis
of the Causes and Pretexts of the
World War" and it is gratifying to
find here sequel thereto, dealing in
like fashion with the results and set
Elements of the war.
In undertaking this work Professor
Ferrara has not neglected an adequate
historical perspective, going back in
some cases beyond the Middle Ages 80
as to gain knowledge of the trains of
events and processes which have led
to the present condition of affairs. His
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

point of view is not partisan nor propa-
gandist, though being that of civil
lied and scholarly man it is naturally
not favorable to Germany. He per
ceives the fundamental fact, too much
ignored by others, that in the war Ger
many has not been really conquered,
certainly has not been made to feel and
to acknowledge herself conquered, and
that for that reason the stronger pre-
cautions are now needed against her
renewal of her old designs against the
world
He is neither the champion nor the
opponent of the league of nations, but
discusses the subject impartially, pre-
senting practically every pertinent
argument both pro and contra. His
purpose is to make men think and to
PROVIDE them with material for thought,
and that useful purpose he fulfils far
better than most current writer's on the
same transcendent theme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Some Problems of the Heart---
Literary News and Miscellany

hand belongs nominally to the latter
class. Yet it has really cons derable
element of truth; perhaps even more
than the author intended. Save, per
maps, for the EXTREMIST characteristics
or the ape-men, the account of the lost
city Of Tollan is so far from imposs-
Bile as to be altogether plausible. No
body who has studied the lore of the
meas, the Toltecs and the Mayas will
challenge the practical verisimilitude
of most of the stage setting of the ex-
traordinary drama. The story of the
quest of the lost city and people is
cap!tally told, and is calculated to hold
spellbound both young readers and
old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Washington OH the Stage
Mr.. Mackaye's Interesting His
torical Ballad PLAY

..sp1NCToN: THE MAN WHO MADE Us. A
Fsllsd Play by Percy Mackaye Six scene de-
.igns nv Robert Edmond Jones' Svo. PIP 3l3
Alfred A. hnopf.
Mr.. MacKaye has given us in his
pyesent work a new form for the thea
ire. He calls this the ballad" form.
taking the name from the various and
charming ballads introduced through
out the play. The theme of the play
concerns the life of George Washing
ton from about his eighteenth to his
aftieth year. 1t is therefore of neces-
sty divided. in somewhat the manner
al Shakespeare plays. into many
scenes. These ballads form admirable
transitions between the scenes of the
ulay. the curtain is not lowered. and
so the continuity is maintained and
the link between modelled.
This play opens up fascinating field
10 the most worthy of our future
oramatists. 1t is very hard TO tell
many stories of vivid dramatic inter
est, stories which belong first on our
stage, within the limits of few acts.
Nanv of our plays have suffered from
This hard bound mould If for nothing
else we must be grateful to Mr.. Mac
Kaye for his innovation. 1t must, how
ever. be noted in passing that the pro-
duction of Toistoy's Redemption" in
the fall of 1918 has in q measure paved
the way for this kind of work. AL
though only some of the scenes of that
play are connected by means of ballad
singing, all of them are joined together
by Russian music This is doubtless
a contribution of the producer and not
Of the author.
Beyond and away above the form of
the play in Importance stands the play
itself Here we have something worthy
Of our country. Historically Mr.. Mac
Kaye has allowed himself latitude.
with the result that the finished play
the more accurately reproduces the
actual life of the time. His back
ground is cosmopolitan in its scope. as
becomes the background of our nation.
His application of mis- theme is uni
yersal-as fitting now as it was then.
His philosophy is worthy of the typi-
cal figures whom he presents to US.
The delination of mis- characters is ad-
mirable. OF the minor characters
those of Hamilton and Lafayette are
the most convincing. Alexander Ham
ilton is painted for us as fiery, and
at the same time, strong and sane
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

hitherto unpublished stories. sketches
and anecdotes of Mark Twain.
Charles Scribner's Sons are this
week publishing "Anchors Aweirh." bv
Harriet Welles; "Altruism," by George
Herbert Palmer, and Hawthorne's
Scarlet Letter" in the fine Modern
Students Library"
Another book by W. J. Crawford
the eminent British authority on
psychical science, will be published
IN the spring by z P. Dutton & Co
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
With Pen and Press
Current Activities of Authors
and Publishers

Two timely works from Little, Brown
& Co. will be Nahum Sokolow' s
History of Zionism, 160O-191S," with
an Introduction by Arthur J. Balfour,
and L. Oppenheim's "a League of Ma
tions," comprising three Cambridge
lectures.
Robert Cortes Holiday is prepar-
ing another volume of essays to be
called "Broome Street Straws.' to
be published by the George II. Doran
Company.
One of the notable works on the
post bellum problems of the world will
be j. A. R. Marriott's The European
Commonwealth" from the Oxford Uni
versity Press.
Richmond P Hobson's "Alcohol and
the Human Race" is announced by the
Fleming H. Revell Company.
Mrs. Raymond Brown, author of
your Vote and How to Use IT, Har-
per e. Bros.), has just returned
from six months in the war zone as di-
rector of the Woman's Overseas Hos
pital.
Rose Wilder Lane, whose business
life novel, "Diverging Roads, is pub
lished by The Century Company. was
born in South Dakota and has lived in
Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Califor-
ria and New York, and has been a
clerk, telegrapher stenographer, ad-
vertisement writer, advertisement So
licitor, land agent, reporter and novel
list.
Henry Holt & Co. announce among
forthcoming works "The Day Of
Glory" by Dorothy Garfield; The Old
MNadhouse," a novel, by William De
Morgan; Martin Schuler." novel, by
Romer Wilson; "Out and About Lon
DON" by Thomas Burke; "While
There's Life by Elinor Mordaunt;
The New Era in American Poetry"
by Lonis Untermcyer; "A Guide to
Russian Literature" by Moissaye j.
Olgin; "An Outline of Spanish Liter
aturc,' by J. u. Nj. Ford; Fifty Years
of Europe by Charles Downer Hazen;
and "Thc League of Nations" bv
Matthias Erzbcrger.
Boni & Livcright will publish in
their Penguin Series" The Curious
Republic of Gondour," collection of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
A Toltec Romance

THE LOST NATION. BY Everett Mcneil IL
Illustrated. l2mo;~pp. 1856. 4. T. Dutton Co.
Several of Mr.. McNeil's spirited ro
mances have been of the so-called
historical type, dealing with men who
actually existed and with events which
actually ACQUIRED. Others have been
purely imaginary. The one now in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
Where to Go to Church Tomorrow

But the Bible Was Written Many Centuries
Before America Was Discovered!
That S the Remarkable Thing About It,
And 1t Is Surprisingly Convincing.
Certainly Worth An Hour Of Your lime Not Dull Moment It,
The United States In Prophecy: The Bible Pre-
detion Concerning the Future Of Our Country -
Sun, P M. Good Musical Program. Doors open 75 Free
Prof. G. L. Everson, Nf sstd nS Casino hr B $Gn
Prof speaks a Ave, Tuesday, P NJ
Leslie Hail. Friday Night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, % West s4th St
Rev. ARTHUR II. JUDGE. D. D.. Rector.
Services s. IL and g.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

ST.. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
llth Street, West of It'll Avenue
Rev. JOHN A. WADE, Rector
Rustom Rustomjee will speak at s on Should
vlted. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

CHURCH OF THE TRANSPORTATION,
Services :. s. 9. 1890 A. NJ and 4 and s p NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

ST. STEPHENS esTH ST.. Nn n,wAy
Rev. NATHAN A. sEAGIE. D. D., Rector.
BISHOP GREER breaches at H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL

CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION.
goth Street and Sixth Avenue
Always Open and Free TO ALL
A. NJ. Holy Communion
u A. NJ. Preacher. Rev. Chas. r. Tinker D. d
IL NJ Holy Communion
8 p. NJ! Speaker. Mrs. c. Valentine Schuyler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
PHILOSOPHY
REFORMED
Collegiate Church of New York

THE MIDDLE CHURCH,
I'd Ave. and 9TH St
Rev EDGAR FRANKLIN ROMIG, Minister
VIII preach at II A. NJ and 8 p. NJ.
THE MARBLE CHURCH.
9TH Ave. and Goth St
KEY DAVID JAS. BCRfELL ID D., Minister
ii A. M--Rev. GEORGE CALEB MOOR D. D.
of the baptist Temple. Brooklyn
Subject. The Message of the Cross"
j. M.-Rev. OLIVER PAUL BARNHILI.
Subject, Universal Hegemony Mandatory"
THE CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
9TH Ave. and 4Sth St
MALCOLM J. MacLEOD Minister
Or MaclAEOD breaches at II A. NJ and P NJ
Evening subject "Camoufage"
THE WEST END CHURCH.
West End Ave. and 18th ST.
Rev. HENRY EVERTSON COBB D. D. Minister
Will preach at IL A. NJ. and 80 T. NJ
AT 430 =. NJ. Special Music Cantata
God Thou Art Great" by L. Spohr
THE FORT WASHINGTON CHURCH.
Fort Washington Ave- and lSlst ST
Rev. IRVING H. BERG. D. d. Minister
will preach.
IL M-"Thc World and tho Kingdom"
T. NJ Tho Message Of the Spirit
Sunday School Mt 955 A. NJ
All Seats Free.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22
ST. IAMES'S CHURCH

Madison Avenue and list Street
Rev. FRANK WAKEFIELD CROWDER Rector
a. m: IL a. H. (RECTOR); D. IN (Rey
J. N. NEIFERT)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22

a.sHINGroN: THE MAN WHO MADE Us. A
"Rslsd Play. by Percy Mackaye. Six scene de-
.Sns by Robert Edmond Jones. Svo. PIP 3l3.
Alfred A. knopt.
Evening journal., 1919-10-21
The home brewing industry
viii cut down the attendance
at bowling meets.
W0LLAST0N GIRLS
( EXCEL In PLAYLET

In "A Russian Honeymoon" play OF
russian life. given by the Wollasion
Ilall girls. under direction OF The VII
mingion Community Service last nishi,
at the New Century Club. The young
women took their poris most charm-
ingly. and there was nothing "amaiuer-
lsh" in either the cosiuming, or The
way IN which ahe youthful actors
spoke their lines
The play was for the benefit Of the
y w. g. A. Silver Bay Fund
Tho plot deals with a wealthy Rus
sian nobloman who, 90 test the love Of
his llght OF love, assumes The manner
and garb OF "a peasant shoemaker
Miss Helen Howard. OF The Conn
mun.iy Service. made a stunning Rus
Sian noblewoman Miss Arrle Devinc
as the Count de Wuronsk. made
most 0rislocratlc youth. Miss Florenc,
Wood AS Ivan the shoemaker, was
clever, and one could hardly realize
ihal she was not a rheumatic old man.
Michclnc. The shocmakcr's daughter.
was natural and charming Miss Anna
Smllow. as Demelroylich, Interpreted
her part we'll
Miss Verona ChcrriX makes a grace
fW and hlgh-bred Baroness Nlademir.
Lcn0re Wood as usipa. young pcgs-
ant, Is good Little Margaret Mccoy as
the Russian court dancer. received
much applause Miss Howard was pre-
senled with a bunch OF roses at the
end OF the third act.
Others who took part In the play
were: Guards-Anna Justice, Mwgarei
Justice Myrno Powell El,a Weber,
Hazel Palmer. Notre Graham, Anna Me-
Cabe. Stella Slez. Journeymen-flor-
ence Kent. Nevis Brown, Mildred Rice.
Hilda stevens.