Evening star., 1919-11-16
THE AWAKENING OF ASIA. BY H
NJ. Hyndman. author of The Bank
ruptcy Of India" etc. New York
BOni & LiVeriRht.

NJ. Hyndman. author or The Bank
ruptcy Of India" etc. New York
Boni & Liveright.
N ANY years of mature and
]" singularly open-minded re-
vv search stand behind this
vivid exposition of the orr
entail civilizations of India. China
Japan and Asiatic Russia. The initial
purpose of the study is to reaff1rm
by way of documentary historical
still are great civilizations; that they
have contributed to learning. to art.
to Industrial inventions. much to
whose origins the western world lays
exclusive claim. To emphasize this
vital historical fact through the
power of contrast the writer reviews
European civilization in it's relatively
recent origins. in its character. its
egoism. its materialism. its lack of
sophistication. So far the study is
mere groundwork. Upon this founda-
tion MIR. Hyndman erects the record
of European interference with the
4deals the standards and the achieve
ments of the Asiatic peoples. From
the early encroachments of the Por-
tuguese the narrative moves forward
through the steady growth of Euro
pean interference eastward along
the lines of trade interests. civil re-
forms and religious propaganda. up
10 the present period, when India. at
least. is completely under the domi-
nation and administration of the
west. According to this author such
reforms as have been instituted count
for little when measured by the harm
that has been wrought by this un-
rd ~ 10 ~ -
belonging inherently to the east.
This historical survey is gathered up
TO serve as the medium by which one
may come into comprehension OF
the meaning of Asia's present general
awakening and unrest. as it is used
also to indicate the outcome of this
unrest, and to urge a larger sympa-
thy and a truer co operation on the
part OF Europe in its relations with
the Asiatic peoples. The book is in
valuable for it's substance. Its read
able quality renders that substance
Immediately available.
THE BISHOP. And Other Stories. BY
Anton Chekhov. From the Rus
sian by Constance Garnett. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Mrs Garnett here gives US the En-
glish of half a dozen of the Russian
short stories by Anton Chekhov. To
please the reader never enters into
the purpose of the Russian writer
Chekhov is no exception to this rule.
Rather is II their business-and his
to be terribly and exhaustingly truth
ful. Accepting a theme-as rule
gloomy theme-Chekhov brings to it
every grain Of fact that can serve to
A murder. a nightmare. a weird seiz-
ure of the limitless teppes through
long drawn out journey-these indi-
cate the gray themes over which the
mind of Chekhov pores to wiring from
them their uttermost Of a truth that
is commonly sordid. of an atmosphere
and effect that are invariably de-
pressing. However, one realizes that
this is Russia-that this is the great
and tragic land soaked into the being
amazing realism through these per-
feet vehicles of gloom. Great work.
astonishing workout never hearten-
ing or enjoyable work.
JOY IN THE MORNING. BY Mary
Raymond Shipman Andrews, au-
thor of "Old Glory" etc. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Ten of Mrs. Andrews war stories
come together here. War Incl
dents. episodes bearing upon it. moods
born of it. actions shaped by it-and
these embodied in everyday men and
women whom the great war lifted out
of their everyday-ness into many
kinds of extraordinary f1neness. That
which sets these stories in a class of
their own Is the big and hopeful spirit
in which they are written. Instead
of lingering always in the horrors of
war the writer gathers the spiritual
fruits Of its deep sorrows and moves
out with these into what is to come
after This supreme test Of the human.
These are very simple and unpreten-
tious inventions that run close to av-
erage human behaviors under trial
They are always kindly in contact and
hopeful in outlook. Stories that are
calculated to make one look with q
larger comprehension upon the mean
ings and the possible effects of this
bewildering event.
RUSSIA, Her Economic Past and Fu-
ture. BY DR.. Joseph NJ. Goldstein.
professor of political economy of
the University Of Moscow. New
York: The Russian Information
Bureau.
Maps. charts. diagrams, statistics
and supplementary text produce here
q graphic exposition Of Russia's eco
nomic resources and give. as well.
an outlook upon the possibilities of
Russia's economic future. The au-