Evening star., 1920-02-15
Reviews of New Books

, things" One is able to read this
straight little book in an hour. Then:
for many hours. he will carry It's Eooa
statements around with him to start
up his own thinkings on this sub
ject Of social justice.
THE FLOW OF VALUE. BY Logan
Grant Mcpherson. author OF How
the World Makes It's Living" etc.
New York: The Century Company.
Patience and command Of con-
crete exposition are, together, the
factors that serve here to deliver .
body Of abstract knowledge over to
the working comprehension OF the
person of general Intelligence. The
subject Is that Of value. mysterious
theme to the average man. one that
has passed out of it's original inno-
cence into an enormously complex
functioning of the entire economic
structure. One who saw this writer
in action with How the World Makes
Its Living" knows what to expect
here. Nor is he disappointed. The
purpose Of the study is practical in
struction. To meet this purpose it is
clear that the author must give a
recognizable body and simple behav-
iors to the abstruse interrelations Of
student may, gradually and through
channels of familiar circumstance,
seize upon the laws that control their
operations. So from a wide field of
concrete example he examines cause
and effect as a sequence, as an in
evitability. as a unit. of applied logic:
With this sequence as medium OF
definite determination he takes, up
the subject of prices. Of wages. Of
profit. Along this road of concrete
exposition he moves slowly out into |
the more intricate and far-reaching
aspects of these economic function |
ings. The laws that control values |
in industry. commerce. finance come, |
finally, through this painstaking treat |
ment within reach of the students
comprehension. That which gives the |
book its surprising value as text
book is the solid character of the
deductions rest.
THE CZECHS (BOHEMIANS) IN
AMERICA. By Thomas Capek. au-
thor of bohemian photography"
etc. illustrated. Boston: Hough- |
ton Mifflin Company.
When, in November, 1918, under the
modern principle of self-determination |
the republic of Czechoslovakia sprang |
into existence there was great re-
joicing in certain parts Of the United |
States. The volume in hand explains
this heartiness of support for the re-
public that had arisen out of the old
territory of Bohemia Mr.. Capek's
book is a roll call and an accounting |
of the Bohemians in America-an ac-
counting whose climax comes with
their patriotic American service dur
ing the war. and with their enthusi- !
astic material assistance to the revolt |
of their mother country against the
alien domination of Austria Hungary.
In an outline of history the author
sets the causes for three successive
centuries of emigration from Bohemia
to this country. Beyond this point OF
departure the book deals with the
story of the sBohemians in the new
world. Their distribution. their occu-
pations, their contribution to both the
industrial and cultural life of America
are set down here in plain state
ment of fact. The leaders among the
Bohemian immigrants are sketched
here. each in his particular quality of
The social life of the Bo-
hemian communities is described: the
lines Of their religious activities, their
relation to the political life of their
adopted country. their general stand
ing as a part of the American COM
monwealth. are set down in good
particularly of detail. Many are the
contributions that these people have
made to the solid substance of the
communities in which they have set
tied. The book is most informing
chapter on one of the important
StTdlHS VI lOI oAoOA sAioS 40 wa
tributing to the sum of our national
life.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INDUS I!
TRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. |
BY Abbott Payson Usher. Phi. d. |
Boston: Houghton Mimin Company. !
This is a college textbook designed |
for the use of beginners in the study OF |
economic history. 1t is example. also. OF |
the outline and method employed by this |
writer and teacher in classroom work. |
For the sake Of simple approach to |!
the history of economics as a whole. the I
prime consideration here is that OF the /
rise and development OF industry. Since |
in England this DEVELOPMENT Is OF
definitely determined boundaries within |
which stand eiear-cut phases of indus |
trial progress, each rooted in its own
set Of causes and influences, 1t is with !
that country that this work has to do. |
The period covered is that which ex- |
tends from the simple type Of house.
hold industry to the rise of the fac
tory system with its subsequent modern !
aspects Of social implication and obliga- |
ton. Maps and charts, together with an !
excellent reference list at the end of |
each chapter, provide already proved |
and tested aids for the use Of the |
student. The book bears the stamp Of |
authoritative and seasoned knowledge. |
1t is q storehouse Of information along
line of history that at the present |
day Is Of outstanding Importance.