Evening star., 1920-02-01
THE MESSAGE OF ANNE SIMON.
Boston: Richard G. Badger.

| THE MESSAGE OF ANNE SlMON.
Boston: Richard G.. Badger.
I'm 1916 Anne Simon died. And this.
! through the hand of her husband,
is the message of Anne Simon.
There is only one way to accept
this message. That is, to deny the
, fors and againsts of controversy that
SO promptly spring forward out OF
situation like this, and then to open
the mind wide to the beauty and the
healing of the message itself. The AIR
of the hilltops is in these words: aho
serenity, and courage. and heaveniy
| kindness. The talk is of slmple
things-of the daily life here, or tne
common interests. of the shareu
| thoughts, of the mutual service. me
! writer dwells upon the continuation
Of her own personality as an eXpan-
sion and enrichment of her powers III
the effiuence and radiance OF the en-
comprising love. There are oesGrlp
tions and explanations, not or thinEs
d, but of feelings and aspirations me
great certainty that runs through Ihis me
message is There is no death. Zen
| it to them, tell them that there is no
! death" This. over and over again. is
| the message that is pressed out OF tue
hands of the recipient into the hearts
/ of readers. Since the publication OF
/ this message through the automatic
writing of Prof. Otto Torney simon
others have been received by MN anu
are ready for publication. Prof Sllnoh
| is not a spiritualist nor was ms VIE
Nor has he had recourse to MEDIUMS
tic assistance. In perfect sincerity ne
accepts the writings as that OF ms
wife, passing the thoughts on in the
full belief that he is responsive LOT
their transmission. strong ana
beautifully benign spirit. certainly, Is
behind this manifestation.
/ OUTLAND. BY Mary Austin. New
| York: Boni & Liveri&ht.
| 1t is almost next to never that one
gets into Outland for any sort OF
stay. 1t takes a very special klnd
| of person to achieve this. To be
sure many an average mortal has
skirted the borders of this delectable
land. sensing. dimly, the prodigiousiy
| interesting things going on just over
the fence. but really seeing nothing
more than slender tree stems and
nodding leaves and bobbing branches.
Miss Austin is of the right stripe
| She not only went into Outland, but
she stayed there long enough to get
acquainted with the real people be,
hind those appearances Of dappled
leaf and swaying sapling and whis-
pering breeze. A beautifully poetic
fairy story, set in the forest only a
hands throw from the "House-Fo
whom everybody knows. Adventures
with the kindly and gentle Outilers
spin this gossamer thread OF lnven-
| tion out in a charming pattern tnaI
leads. finally back to "Broken-Tree,
the point from which the trail sets
out to the enchanted land of the
Outliers.
BoLsHEVuK RUSSIA. BY Etienne
Antonelli Translated from the
French by Charles A. Carroll.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Wounded in the war. Etienne An
tonelH thereafter became military
attache to the French embassy In
Russia His sta stay in tn that Ksrsnnky county,
government, the rise Of the Bolshe-
Viks to power. and the crystalliza-
tion of that power to the essentials
of its present form. In addition 10
this advantage of being on the
ground for first-hand observation
is the fact that NJ. Antonelli is tech
nically trained in the science OF
political economy From this stand
point of good equipment he oes-
cribes the rise of Bolshevism, It's
political program. its social appiica-
tion to the industrial system, to IN
dividuaI rights and to the rights In
property. One recognizes the i'm
partial mind working here. gather.
ing and co-ordinating the cardlnal
facts of Bolshevism. tracing these
back to their sources in Russian his
tory and Russian psychology. throw
ing them forward to their probable
effect upon the next stage in the de-
velopment Of Russia. sincerity OF
purpose is the keynote here SIN
certify whose direct object is to help
toward a general comprehension OIL
what this strange Russian demon
stration is and what it may portend
The work is timely ana useiuI
study of Bolshevism. its philosophy
its leaders, and it's achievements.
LABOR AND THE COMMON VEL
FARE. BY Samuel Gompers. Com
piled and edited by Hayes Rob-
bins. New York: Z. P. Dutton h
Co.
This book and its companion. Labor
| ana the Employer" are drawn from
| the writings OF Samuel Gompers. To-
gether, they embody the high points
| in thirty years of thinking by Mr..
Gompers on the subject of labor in It's
| relation to the social problems of the
country. Where the earlier study is
specific in its treatment. the one In
hand stands as a comprehensive sur
vey of labor in it's relation to the COM
munity as whole. The author dis
cusses the place of labor in modern
progress. it's political policy, it's atti-
| tude upon the great public issues of
the present, its patriotism, it's con-
structive outlook and aim. The two
volumes serve to summarize the sa-
lient points in an industrial common
wealth and to emphasize the signifi-
canoe of organized labor as an appre-
ciable element in this achievement.
! Sincere earnest, competent, Mr.. Com
pers presents the full case of labor in
| the social advance like the champion
and the leader that he for so many
arduous and devoted years has proved
| himself to be.
THE NEW SOCIAL ORDER. By Harry
| F. Ward. New York: The Macmil-
| Ian Company.
! The outstanding world fact of the
moment is the unstable condition of
or rganized society. Old forms are fall
ing away. A new social conscious
ness on the part of peoples every
where is manifesting itself in thou
sand experiments in government, in
! dustry. politics. brotherhoods that
defy national boundaries, education,
| religion. 1t is the purpose of this
book to point out the significant evil
dences of a new social order. With
| this evidence in hand the writer ex-
amines into the principles that sup
port it, finding there the age-old
passion of humanity for freedom,
equality, personality, expanded to the
measure of the new day and sup
plemented also by ideals of service
| and solidarity. To this discussion of
principles the author exemplifies the
working program of the new order
| by compact exposition of the
League of nations. the Russian soviet
| republic the English labor party, the
\ churches and certain social move
ments peculiar to the United States.
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