Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-25

IIN \ yE need broader, firmer
NM deeper faith in the peo.
" " plea faith that men de-
|. sire to do right. that the
commonwealth is founded upon a
Righteousness which will endure"
DO the days work. If it be to pro-
tect the rights of the weak. whoever
objects. do IT. If 1t be to help a pow
erful corporation better to serve the
people. whatever the opposition. do
that. Expect to be called standpat-
ter. but don't be a standpatter. Expect
to be called demagogue. but don't be
a demaEogue."
Unless good citizens hold office. bad
citizens will
Duty is not collective, 1t is per-
sonal."
Open this book at any page. and you
will fnd this four-square American de-
livering straight-out and without fear
or favor solid blocks of clear Ameri-
canism. The book-and the man-be-
habits. are in the making-that is, with
the young. with the immigrant. with
the beiated and unthinking native.
INTERVENTION IN MEXICO. By
Samuel Guy Inman. New York
| George H Doran Company.
| Intervention in Mexico has come to
be one of the perennial plants of po-
litical agitation in the United States
The idea of intervention has reached
the Importance of providing a plank
i in party platforms And it supplies
| election interludes with an unfailing
| theme of consideration and argument.
| Out of what appears to be thorough
going body of information on the sub
| ject of Mexico. Mr.. Inman. by way of
| theme both from the individual view
point of Mexico itself and from the
general basis of International propri-
| ETY. and right. If Mexico is a nation
| and not a colony or a protectorate-
she has the right to develop her own
politica individuality and to formu-
| late her own constitutional bulwark.
AS a member Of the family of nations
she Is entitled to the respect and def
erence from without which the law of
nations secures to all. This line of
discussion looks upon the claims of
pure business. made by outside in
vestorS in Mexican resources, as neg
| ligible. 1t upkolds the policy of
Venustiano Carranza in his advocacy
of Mexico for, the Mexicans. and ad-
vises a more statesmanly and a less
selfish attitude for the rest of the
world toward this slowly emerging
political personality. With Carranza
gone. and all sorts Of UNREASONABLE
changes pending. the book gives one
a momentary impression of being out
of date. Its substance, however. re-
mains as an intimate. fair minded and
important study of the vital question
of Mexican development
LETTERS OF ANTON CHEKHOv.
slated by Constance Garnett.
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
IT,
up this volume. Mrs. Garrett has add
ed a sketch of the life of Anton Chek-
how. sketch that covers also the
family and friends of the great Rus
sian writer. Into this outline one Ats
the letters. gaining thereby a pretty
complete sense of the personality and
the place Of this modern artist in the
literature of Russia. AS a rule. til csc
letters are gay with a spirit that lifts
and scars away from physical clogs
and from the burdens of poverty. The
man loves simplicity. the common life
of the Russian people. the face of the
country. the festivals. the whole tre-
mendous bulk of the country in its
most open and least involved mani
festations. This is. much Of the time
q sick man-so not always a patient
one. Now and then. under PHYSICAL
atiment. the wit is caustic. the point
Of view. not clear and straight. Or
the whole. though, this Is buoyant
spirit. that writes of many things
and chiefly Of his beloved literature
its purpose. it's place. its form. A
book THAT belongs, clearly. beside the
works Of this writer for the reader.
more intimate and sympathetic seiz-
ure of the personality of this genius
of Russian literature.
UNKNOWN LONDON. By Walter
George Bell. author of Fleet
Street" etc. New York: John Lane
Company.
Many travellers have made it their
business. or their pleasure. to know
old London. But very few Of them. or
of Londoners either. either, for that
matter. know the old. old London.
with which this book SO Interestingly
concerns itself. Here we are told
where to find those fragments of the
wall built by the Romans on the site
Of London, where to find also the
Roman baths, and many another OBJ
jects of antiquity, whose names are
familiar, but whose location and his
tory are quite unknown. The writer
takes one to Smithfield. the very spot
where martyrs were burned. He tells
the old tale of the head of the Duke
that have befallen it since it left the
shoulders Of the famous duke. He de-
scribes the making Of Domesday
Book, defining its purpose and use.
and shows one where to find 1t. He in
PRODUCES one to the ghosts in the
Tower of London. and describes a
London household of six hundred
years ago. These are some of the
interesting discoveries to which this
genial and very human writer leads
one in a search over famous, but for
gotten spots in and around the great
city.
THE BLOOD RED DAWN. By Charles
Caldwell Dobie. New York: Har-
per & Bros.