Evening star., 1920-06-27
Reviews of New Books

actually sets out on a tour of inves-
tigation to see if he may not, by good
chance. locate some of the spots so
vividly and spiritedly portrayed here
gathers up great folks and small In
the net of clues and all sorts OF
damning evidence. This is very po-
lite story-finished spies. polished
gentlemen. high-grade professional
men, lovely ladies. A gentlemans
goes along with the villainy in which
1T, at times, seems to be hopelessly
ento1led. Good work, wherein the
substantially of the plot is supple
mented by an attractive delicacy Of
light social to-do.
HIS FRIEND AND HIS WIFE. By
CoSmo Hamilton. author of Scan
dai, etc. Illustrations by Robert
W. Stewart Boston: Little, Brown
The title tells the story. Almost
any daily paper tells it, too. So, if
you chance to be utterly intolerant
toward the desperate efforts of idle
Weii-to-do young lives to entertain
themselves with the aid and allotment
roundabout, you would better not put
tlme on this tale. Read it in the
paper tonight, instead. If. however,
you like the writing flair of this
author of the social comedy-as we
do-take the book in hand. 1t is a
c!exer bit OF social invention. quite
at nome with the gestures and atti-
tudes of smart folks. There is here.
besides, one real man and some
worthwhile young couples around.
There is a devil of woman. too
the one who, as matter of duty,
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friend and his wife" to the man him
self. and to pretty much the rest of
the world. Very skillful and char
acteriStic work out of this waywise
hand.
WOMEN's WILD OATS. By C. Gas
quoine Hartley. author of THE
Truth About Women" etc. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany.
A courageous woman, and a wise
one, wrote this book Women will
do well to stop a while beside this
| writer. She is by no means SO free
as to be outside the pale of consider
alton. Nor is she so unfree as to be
equally disqualified. What she really
wants for woman is all that they
have within themselves which, de-
| tribute to the undeniable good of the
world. The fundamental fact of the
world is children. This is. also, the
| fundamental fact of woman life
Now, no matter how much women. as
individuals or in groups, fly off into
! the realm of freedom-free love, free
| mating. free competition with men in
industry and professions and politics
they are, nevertheless and ire
| mediably, bound, by the bare phys
iological laws of their being, to the
| business of producing the population
| nf ho II M fo1
business of reproduction are involved
all the social by-products of mar.
riage, divorce, illegitimacy and
! legitimacy. too, for that matter. But
coming right down to the center OF
| life, why is not the world organized
pretty nearly solely, for children
for producing the best kind of chill
dren. for shaping much of life to their
development and care? They are the
world, that is to be. Why not throw
away the flummery of the present be-
haviors and attitudes-the wild oats
the only business that commands the
real wisdom of the world-the busi
ness of warranting the future hap
pineSs of the world by proper regard
for the bearing and care of children
This is the book. in substance.
THE INSIDE STORY OF AUSTRO-
GERMAN INTRIGUE. By Joseph
Goricar and Lyman Beecher Stowe.
New York: Doubleday. Page Co.
Fourteen years in the Austrian diplo-
matte service permit DR.. Goricar to
speak with authority on the true in
ner policy of the central powers to-
ward the rest of the world. The book
in hand is in the nature of demon
stration, based upon conclusive evil
dence, of the long and carefully cal
culated preparation on the part of
IL \
war. DR.. Goricar proves that 1908
was the original date set for this
catastrophe event. The occasion was
to be Austrias annexation Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina. This failed. In
1912 atrocities against Serbia were
of offense. This failed. In 1913. upon
the advice of Russia. Serbia again re-
moved herself as possible cause of
war. In 1914. however, by outrageous
exactions from Serbia on the part of
Austria the long-planned atrocity
against the nations of the world be-
came fact. The story demonstrates
that which has already been proved,
over and over again. against middle
Europe. This particular angle of vision,
however, this intimate view of one
versed in the diplomacy of this re-
gion. comes with force and many new
shades Of meaning and fact to the
student of the supercrime Of all his
tory.
MRS. GLADSTONE. BY Her Daugh-
ter. Mary Gladstone Drew Illus
trated. New York: G. P. Putnam's
Sons.
A happy domestic life, a group of
people most beautiful to the eye and
a distinguished circle of friends are
presented to readers here by way of
this story of the wife of William
Gladstone. The point of this story is
that of the home circle and of the
utter devotion of Mrs. Gladstone to
the happiness of her husband. An
outer circle-intimates and relatives
of the Gladstones-embrace hun
dreds Of celebrated people whose
names are familiar to every reader,
and to whom these familiar glimpses
are most pleasing, One gets, as a
whole. the impression of a united
and happy family. engaged in all
sorts of activities of well-doing-a
kind of domestic solar system revolv-
! ing in different orders of satellites
around the great figure of Gladstone
himself The book is rich in pictures
pictures of Mrs. Gladstone, when