Evening star., 1920-01-11
Reviews of New Books

viate physical distress. to revive cour-
age and hope. to provide useful occupa-
ton for the -bewildered women, to turn
all to the succor of little children, was
the whole-hearted preoccupation OF the
head of this house and her assistants.
DR.. Lovejoys record is one Of busy days
of help in every direction OF need IL
is narrative of innumerable incidents
Of vigorous endeavor and of high cour-
age in the midst of every sort of dis
couraging condition. In spite OF the
pity Of It all, it is a story, too. of a
gallant front that disdains fear ana
denies defeat. From both the maternal
and the professional standpoint. this
writer is able to add much to the equal
ly truthful accounts OF less adequately
equipped workers in similar fields. The
book, therefore, Is more than record
OF daily events. 1t Is. as well. a survey
of some of the important social aspects
and implications that lie in this rescue
work Of the children Of France.
ALL. ROADS LEAD TO CALVARY.
By Jerome K. jerome. author Of
The Passing of the Third Floor
Back" etc. New York: Dodd.
The great drama of life is the Sc
cret individual drama of warfare be-
tween that which one desires to be
and that which he is-the struggle
between the flesh and the spirit. All
outward conditions may change. but
no reconciling change comes to these
two implacable foes. This is the idea
that lies at the root of this serious
and appealing romance. A young
woman of beauty and culture dreams
of helping to lift the world to higher
levels through her profession of jour-
naliSm. In company with others who
also possess ideas and ideals the girl
fo1 l. nf- Stn hnr
plans. They all talk. as the essential
reformer is bound to do. But it is
talk of the intelligent and serious or
der, stimulating often, interesting al
ways. True to the thesis of the story,
the girl has her own secret drama
comes on. But even this does not
change the individual fact, but only
the form of it's expression. The story
moves by thoughts rather than by ac
tions. 1t is meant for the leisurely
reflective reader who may here tally up
his own secret drama with the ones set
down in SO rich web of circumstance.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSIC
ARCHITECTURE. By Herbert
Langford Warren, A. NJ. Illustrat-
ed. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
This volume by the late dean of the
faculty of architecture of Harvard
covers a study of the his
tory of classic architecture and de-
fines the principles underlying this
art. Egypt. Mesopotamia, Persia and
Greece are the countries made use of
by the author to demonstrate the con-
structive principles of the subject and
to trace the development Of the art as
a whole in its classic phase. That ar
is a product of it's own
that it is the objectified
essence of it's own climate, soil, land
scape, religion. history, of it's own
aspiration and Ideal, Is the
standpoint from which these studies
are made Upon this foundation the
author builds the technic of the art in
it's application in these different coun-
tries and through the advancing
stages of the classic period. BY rea-
son of the scope and detail Of its tech
nical treatment the book will meet
most fully the need of the student. BY
virtue, however, of its enthusiasm. its
vitality and its broad cultural out
look ii has a place in the hands OF
the genera. reader. who is interested
in the noble art of which 1T treats.
ALONG THE FRIENDLY WAY; REM
iniscences and Impressions. BY
James NJ. Ludlow. New York:
Fleming H. Revell Company.
The touch of nature that makes US
akin is SO ever present In
this book as to convey a curious sense
Of self-revealment, The opening as
am born"-presen the
blind wall of why and wherefore
which most of us have butted our in
telligence against, and as the au-
thor climbs his ladder of life the inn
preston of personality is so insistent
that the reader will find on each rung
some stephold of similarity of emo
ton, no matter how opposite ones
in the way of circum-
stance or association.
In the record of his earliest recol-
student days and man-con-
tact with the world and it's well
known pomps and vanities, the writer
runs the scale Of life with mastery
touch, but it is in the weaving-in of
of love and home
and friendship that the reader loses
all sense of personal resemblance to
pay tribute to the heart. soul and lit
one cannot hope to compete. The
childlike faith of a wise man lis q
splendid thing to pass along to others,
therefore,: In chronicling the passing
out of an old friend with whom he
had been chatting "at the great door
way" the author parallels his faith in
eternity by recalling day in tent
wind lifted the canvas door flap and
let it fall between himself and the
friend with whom he was talking. :I-
was on the inside of the tent with the
narrow vision of cooking utensils and
Arab pistols. He was outside and
had the vision of the hills and sky.
So the death-wind has separated my
little world. He is in Gods great out
of-d oors"