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Tragedy Of a Single Mind
Anayed Against Nation
ROLAND, in clerambault Scores War and
Defines the Republic of
the World

bis mood and goes out Of his door to
! have his writings published.
Clerambault's fundamental error wa.
his effort to prove to himself that mil
lions of other minds were in agreement
with his own ROLAND, assuredly a
profound lover of his fellows, has re-
tiected in this generous poet much of
himself Any thoughtful man who can
see beyond the confines of his own linn
tied and provincial country must know
that the contented future Of the world
resides by the hearths of those who,
while passionately true to the ideals
and the legends of their own nations,
are able to find faithful brothers In
homes that are alien. The horrid fu-
Utility of war oppressed Clerambault, as
it worried and angered ROLAND. The
false step, if so it may be termed, was
taken by each when he ventured to
give publicity to his views, believing
that host Of men were in sympathy
with him.
Clerambault goes to number of his
old friends, shows them infiammatory
poems and discusses with them the
meaning of the war and it's effects on
mankind. He gets no comfort from
them, for they are in the tide Of a
frenzied devotion to France. ROLAND
draws circle around his poet and
places, at points on the circumference,
certain former companions and chance
~ met persons, to each of whom
Clerambault goes to seek advice or dis
cover a cause for this mystery of uni
versal absorption in the deluge of
blood. He is compelled to return to
his own center, after each journey, dis
consulate, greved, despairing. Cannot
men see that there is something far
greater, nobler than war, than servile
obedience to a handful of men who
blow the trumpets and summon their
brothers to go forth to die by mil
lions?
In the end comes bullet, and, like
Jaures, whom ROLAND introduces into
the opening pages of his novel, Cleram-
bault dies a victim to the hate of men
who fail to understand him. While this
story of poet who has a Christ-vision
Of the wide Republic of Souls is diff
fuse in certain chapters, it is a tenn
perate. logical apologize for ROLAND s
stand in 1914, and, as such, should be
read thoughtfully and in spirit of
generosity. After all, ROLAND has moth
ing to fear. The world is moving to-
ward his main position.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
A Jack and a Jill
Camels and Love in Story
Of the Desert

DESERT LOVE. BY Joan CONQUEST. prh-
tisheo by the Macauley Co. 81.
Inc reader of Desert Love, by Joan
Conquest, has right to expect some
thlng unusual of the heroine Jill. on
reading the following summing up of
the young lady's accomplishments.
early in Chapter L:
She spoke French, German and Ital-
ian like the natives, which was all 70
the good. She danced like Vernon
Castle, knew almost as much about
fencing as a Savolio, shot like q
George V, and rode like cowboy"
In addition, Jill was beauty Of
the sort that Mr.. ziegfeld would have
had featured in every Sunday graphic
section. When q girl like that is
found stranded in Ismailah, where YOU
change for Port Said, the reader feels
lnstinctively that something is going
to happen.
jill is tremendously bored with civil
lzatlon. She sees a handsome Arab
with that look of tremendous STRENGTH
"ii.1 lipIeSSeS one so In some of the
icng-lmbed, lean, muscular inhabi
tants of the desert" Jill, with her
"entrancing speaking voice." asks the
Arab, who happens to be a "camel
klng," to take her out to the nearest
OASIS, so she could see something of
the desert. She does all this on the
tcss of coin, which the most attrac-
i've Hahmed has observed. But he ia
an honest Arab--as honest as he ;s
wealthy and handsome-and he tells
ner 1t will be long journey. If she
cares to make it she is to be at wonder
PINK house at o'clock in the EVENING
trifiing adventure almost nrevents
jill from keeping the appointment She
wanders into forbidden part Of tho
town, and into the clutches of an Arab
or very different type from tho
courtly Hahmed. But. by shooting off
his turban and giving one or two
other proofs Of her exquisite marks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
Coquette, Swinnerton' New Novel.
A Worthy Successor to Noctume
Story of Sally Mimic, Dressmaker, Is Shreud
Study of Life in the City
of London

TOO strong to be overturned By snv !,
herent weaknesses, and so he Ia oblj,.s
to summon external circumstance. 49,
to stack them against her. Even a.
her defeat remains hardly credibI.
girl as sharp as Sally and as en.r
enced in the ways Of the world .,,,,
have come through all the bs,s.-
Swinnerton rears against her. Iii.
man he takes a mean biological =,
vantage of his heroine and arr.,.
that she shall be expecting" r. !.
satisfied that from such a predicsr..
she cannot escape, nor does she. ssn
even at that he finds it necessa,v -
bring about meiodramatic meas,.
between the husband and the love, :.
seal the doom Of Sally. Hers is Il.
moral victory, for Swinnerton is d,;v..
to fight foul and crowd a murder and +,
fatal accident into his final chapter :,
order to finish off mis- heroine.
An exceedingly logical and we'll a.,
structed story is marred BIZ the y..,
special circumstances which ara ns.s
ed to round it off 1t should b. az,
dent, however, that Coquette has evs,
more and mere logic to recommend !.
The readers partisanship of the cans
Of Sally Mimic in her rise from drnso.
to wife Of the dressmaker's son corls
rot be reused by truthful analvs;.
alone. Swinnerton is much warn.-
than that. Just so long as Salv =.
mains an under dog Swinnerton an.
mates the portrait with sympathy 8,
we'll as with understanding. He Turns
against her only when he fears .h..
she has become too powerful to nse5
or even desire his sympathy. II !,
then that the author begins his "a
venge, though naturally he tries to
palm it off as cold-blooded observation
and analysis of the workings of des.
tiny. He deceives no one. The hear
is quicker than the hand and the read
er who has become enraptured with
the capacity of Sally knows that shs i,
the victim of the novelist, and not Of
fate.
Then" writes swinnerton in the
last sentence of his book, "as she con.
vulsively jerked the window close again
she was overcome with deadly faintness
and herself fell upon the mating.
striking her head as she fell and los
ing consciousness"
Mr.. Swinnerton is wise in his OWL
interests in arranging that the curtain
shall find Sally in faint. After thst
last chapter the author probably real
lied that he could never summon Up
the courage to look her in the eve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

COQUBTTE. BY Frank swlnuerton. Pub
lished by Geo. II. Doran Co. $50.
I'm YEARS gone by we have re-
manned singularly unmoved by the
big third act scene in which the
heroine beats upon the desk and
exclaims, "It's the woman who pays.
and pays! and pays." But any one
who turns his memory back through
plays and through novels must admit that
there is a good deal in what the lady
says. Male authors, in particular, look
sskance at such of their female charac-
ters as attempt to emulate Don Juan
and set aside downfall for them in the
last chapter. There are many novels
in which men sin without punishm ent,
but even in modern fiction woman is
held to the strict accountability Of the
fate which the story teller molds. 1t
always seemed to US that Hardy was
positively vengeful in his pursuit of
Tess, and now in Coquette (Doran)
Frank Swinnerton has entirely aban-
doned neutrality to blast his Sally in a
final chapter.
1t is not quite fair to Sally, but
worse than that it is not fair to the
book. For more than two hundred
pages of Coquette, swinnerton devotes
his high skill TO tracing the develop
ment of young and ruthless little OPP
portunist. All this portion of the book
is devoted to the rise of Sally Mimic
We are told, and more than that, we
are convinced, that Sally is singular
ly shrewd little baggage. Even when
she falls in love we find that she has
the faculty of getting outside her emo
tions and rationalizing them. Through
many extraordinary difficulties she has
not the slightest hesitation in deciding
upon what is best for herself and then
doing it. But by and by there is evil
dence that Swinnerton is setting up
his chief character only to hurl her
down. His inclinations lie toward
tragedy, and he is altogether selfish in
bringing it about. Consciously or sub
consciously, he cannot endure that
Sally Mimic should be allowed to 90 on
to the very end of the novel making
complete fools of two men at the same
time. The old rallying cry, "My sex,
right or wrong!" assails his ears dinlv
from some remote corner of his brain,
and he begins to prepare the downfall
of Sally.
This is not fair, and yet it might
still be art OF the highest order, art as
fine as all the early preparation of Co.
quette, but malice dulls Swinnerton's
fingers little. He has made Sally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
Harding's Speeches

OUR COMMON COUNTRY. by Warren
G. Harding. Edited by Frederick E.
schortemeier. Published by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
DRESIDENT HARDING is undoubt-
eddy the most widely read author
in America at the present time. Every
procurement which he makes upon
questions of public policy reaches an
audience of millions. Mr.. Schorte-
meier has performed valuable public
service in collecting the Presidents
most striking utterances and arranging
them logically in chapters according to
their subjects. Throughout Mr.. Har-
dlng's addresses runs a note Of pas
sionate devotion to America as a class
tess democracy, dedicated to the prin-
ciple OF equal opportunity for all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
Love and Publicity
Dog Soap the Basis Of a
Story Of Business Life

TRYING 1T ON THE DOG. By Maurice
Switzer Bobbs- Merrill Co, Indianapolis
Maurice Switzer's book, Trying it on
the Dog" is dedicated to press agents
in general-or Directors of Publicity
and it is TO be said at the start that
II each one of them buys q copy, the
author is headed for place No. among
the best-selling six.
Mr.. Switzer's story concerns Junius
Peck, who has charge of the advertis-
ing for the Benzoin Soap Company
Peck IS rebuked because sales have
fallen off. When he suggests that his
own advertising copy should have beer
used, instead Of the owners, the head
of the business retorts. "The stuff you
wrote wouldn't sell dog soap"
This gives Peck an idea concerning
the possibilities of dog soap sales. BE
finds out how many dogs there are in
Manhattan-the authors figures are
large, but no figures could seem large
enough to meet the reality-and IN
terests young friend who has money.
They start an advertising campaign
which the author describes in interest
ing detail, and soon they are on their
way to substantial profits Romance
develops as the plot proceeds, for the
daughter of the big boss of the Ben
zoin Company IS personally interested
in the success of the youths at the
head of the dog soap concern.
The story is written straightfor-
wardly and without over elaboration Of
business detail. The author knows pub
licity values, and also he knows now
to tell an interesting business story
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
By Samuel Abbott
EI4LRAMBAULT. BY Roman ROLAND
Published by Henry Holt & Co So

tIERAaiBAULT. BY Roman ROLAND
Published by Henry Holt & Co. So.
~ OMAN ROLAND became q
figure of interest when he
stood against the current of
Freneh patriotism running
powarfully to the support of the war.
&c had won the respect of the world,
even the affection of literary people,
through his Jean Christophe trilogy,
ene OF the supreme romances of the
century. But this ospousal of a re-
distance to the war or, to put it mildly,
lis assuming ground fenced in by
pegations, made him storm center.
lie drew upon himself the hatred of
Frenchmen and the hostile criticism of
tile thinking men Of the Allied nations.
ROLAND has done what he could to
square himself In Clerambault, novel
that is in reality tractate against war
and an appeal for the establishment of
the nation that includes all nations,
the republic Of man. He creates Cler-
ambault, poet living on the fringe
Of Paris at the outbreak Of the war
This simpls soul, kindly, home loving,
has won the esteem Of France through
his poems and has been admitted to
the inner circles of men of letters.
When the Germans break into Belgium
and appear on the frontier near Bel
fcrt, Clerambault's son marches away
with the colors. The poet, fred by zeal
he does not fully comprehend, writes
stirring stanzss, extolling France and
clamoring for victory.
Then come days Of anxiety. No
news from the boy at the front. A
premonition Of the change that is to
be wrought in Clerambault's mental
attitude toward war begins to be whis-
pered in the text Of the novel. Finally
the little family, father, mother and
sister, learns that the boy never will
return. Clerambault is changed. The
drums and the flags Of heroism assume
wierd sounds and shapes of menace.
His philosophy, inquiring into, the
why's of the world, now trends slowly
into a new channel. He begins to
think on war, on the antagonisms of
peoples, on the grip of few men in
each state on the living facts of the
present condition and further hope
OF that state. He becomes a man of
revolt. Urged by the prod of his con-
v;ctions he sets down in verse and in
vivid prose the exact Interpretation of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
Marcus Aurelius
Life of Roman Emperor
and Philosopher

MARCUS AUREL1US. BY Henry Dwight
sedgwick. Published by Yale University
Press. s2.75.
Marcus Aurelius, of ali the moral
philosophers Of the ancients, has held
the summit position in the hearts and
minds of Christians. He has been
studied and recorded in histories. biog-
raphies and in legion of collections
Of quotations. But it was not until
Henry Dwight Sedgwick finished his
Life Of Marcus Aurelius that we could
boast of a completely satisfactory ref
erence work on the great Roman, his
days and his writings. Here at last
is biography "held together as may
be by letters" that gives US an open
door to Marcus Aurelius.
In a chapter on the ethics of the
Stcics Sedgwick has a clear state
ment Of the moral and mental Rome
of the Aurelian century. The spirit of
the old Roman temper had changed.
The moral climate was a matter of new
temperature. "The fulness of the
Roman summer had passed and there
was already a touch of autumn in the
air." Corruption was increasingly evil
dent IN the palace and in the homes
of the rich, but in the hearts of the
people there were a deeper tenderness,
frequent proofs of compassionate
love for fellows and a desire to see
justice rule in the dealings of man
with man. And so Marcus Aurelius
naturally was mot a prodigy among
men, unheralded by what had come
before; on the contrary, he was the
ripe product of the spiritual move
ment that expressed itself in the Stole
philosophy, or rather as it had then
become the Stole religion
AS we read this thoughtfully evolved
biography we realize as we never have
before how inevitable was the En-
perors arrival at his decisions as to
life, its meanings and its vital de-
mands. He had travelled far away
from the early Roman conception of
deities. His references to gods or
God are simply his semi-personifying
OF spiritual aspects of nature, and not
illusions to a definite deity. Nature
came close to him, and we are advised
to respect and worship her soft and
kindly manifestations. His conversion
to his belief lacked the emotional fer
vor Of the Christians adoption of his
religion. What the Christian perceived
as the direct result of God working
powerfully on the mind of man he
regarded as moral change wrought
through an individual sense of truth
perhaps slowly comprehended. Chris
tianity, as we recognize it, was not
known to him. He sought and found
his religion in philosophy.
This is biography that will endure.
One derives from it singularly COM
plete picture of Marcus Aurelius as
orientated against his time. The man
was a portent, a forerunner of the
now long line of seekers for truth |
who abide in the temples Of Christ or
in those Of the solitary lovers Of good. /
For those who wish to enter upon a
sustained and serious study of Marcus
Aurelius and his period this book con-
tains an excellent photography and
list Of authorities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

Longwood on the fifth day Of May.
1921.
Napoleon probably knew little or
nothing Of these plans to rescue him.
During the years that he was at st.
Helena he only received four letters
from Joseph--two in 1917. one in 1918,
and tho last in February, 1920 A fifth
letter, written in May, 1920, did not
arrive until after his death. Although
he sent Joseph several verbal commu
nications by persons who left che
island, he only wrote him once. This
letter, dated March 15. 1918, contains
phrase which seems to urge some
attempt to secure his freedom: "If they
leave the Emperor here, they will have
knowingly killed him"
Very little information regarding
this curious episode Is to be found in
the memoirs or correspondence Of the
time, and the whole affair has re-
NAMED enveioped in cloud of mys-
tery. The few persons who knew the
facts carried the secret with them to
their graves. Rigau died at New Or
leans soma months before the prepare
tions for the expedition were COM
pleted. In 1922 Lefebvre- Desnoettes,
who was pining for his native land.
obtained permission to return home.
but the ship on which he sailed was
wrecked on the coast of Ireland and
all OF the passengers persisted. The
following year Henri Lallemand died
at the home of King Joseph in Bor-
dentown. Frederic Lallemand was for a
number of years at the head of a
school in New York City After the
July Revolution he returned to France
and in 1882 was reinstated by Louis
Philippe in his grade in the army and
as peer of France. He was for time
Governor Of Corsica. Although he
lived until 1899 he left no memoirs,
Napoleon gave him 100000 francs in
his will, and also the same amount to
Rigau, whom he called "Martyr de la
gloire." This would seem to indicate
that he was cognizant of their plans.
1t was probably during his residence
at New York, after the failure of his
plot, that General Lallemand pre-
sented the seal to Mrs. Crary. In his
career he we'll exemplified the motto
he had chosen, "Fais ce que dois, ad-
vienne que pourra."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

CoMMEMORATION AND OF II TX
VERSES. BY Thomas Dwight Gooae'~
Published by the Yale University Press
THE late Professor Goodell was
distinguished Greek scholar, ana
something of the beauty and majesty
of Attic verse is to be found in TINS
slender volume of his poems. William
Lyon Phelps writes an introduction
that is high tribute to Professor
Goodell as a scholar and as d man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24


Napoleon Seal" which has since been
presented by the purchaser to the
metropolitan Museum of Art. This
was brass seal, with an ivory handle.
IN which were hidden two small gilt
statuettes of Napoleon and his son. the
King of Rome. The seal bore the old
French motto, "Fais CO que dois, adj
vienne que pourra.'' (Do your duty.
Gene what may.) This seal was pre-
sented 100 years ago by one of Ma
poleon's officers. General Lallemand. To
Mrs. Cornelia Livingston Crary, a
daughter of Robert Fulton.
"And thereby hangs a tale"
Four days after the Battle of Water
loo, on June %, 1875, Napoleon signed
his final abdication of the throne of
France, in favor of his son as Napoleon
IL. A week later he left Malmaison
Tor Rochefort, where he expected to
find French vessel to TRANSPORT him
t' the United States. But the harbor
was blockaded by an English squadron
and he finally gave up the hope OF
escaping and surrendered to the Brit
ISL government.
While the Emperor was at Rochefort
he was joined by his brother, Joseph
the former King of Spain, who very
generously offered him the cabin he
himself had engaged on an American
vessel sailing from Bordeaux, but Ma
poleon refused to secure his safety at
the expense of his brothers.
After Napoleon was sent to St.
Helena Joseph sailed for America un
der the assumed name of Bouchard. He
arrived safely at New York August %.
1915, and took up his residence in house
IN Park Place kept by a Mrs. Powell.
Here he received the visits of the
Mayor and other persons of dist;nc-
ton, including Commodore Lewis. who
accompanied him when he went TO
Washington to pay his respects to
President Madison. But Madison re-
fused to receive the former King and
Joseph returned to Philadelphia, where
early in January he leased Lansdowne
House, very fine mansion belonginp
to Mr.. Bingham, the grandfather of
the last Lord Ashburton. On Ju1v o of
the same year Joseph bought farm
of 200 acres, known as Point Breeze
situated on the Delaware, a short dis
lance from Bordentown, N. J. This
place, which he gradually increased
until it became fine estate of nearly
1000 acres, was his principal resi-
dence until he returned to Europe, in
1882.
During the five years that Napoleon
lived at ST. Helena numerous plots
were made to rescue him, and the CEN
ter of all these schemes was joseph.
the only one of the brothers of the
Emperor who was in a position to aid
such an attempt. The most serious of
these conspiracles was connected with
the Champ d'Asile," a colony of
French refugees which was founded at
this time in Texas. The leaders in this
enterprise were four former general
officers of the Emperor - Rigau. Le-
febvre-Desnosttes, and the two broth
ers Lallemand. Upon their summons
200 or 300 officers and soldiers of the
Old Guard had crossed the ocean and
gathered at the camp. where they only
awaited the signal to rush to the res
cue of their old commander.
Rigau had served in all the wars Of
the Empire. He particularly djstin.
=
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
Popular ESSAYS

ORIGINALITY AND OTHER ESSAYS By
William II. McMasters. Published BY the
Four Seas Company. Boston. So.
"A VOLUME of shrewd, pungent, popu-
lar essays, dealing with such va
RED subjects as ouija boards, the
gentle art of padding and churchgoing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
By Walter Geer

author of Napoleon the Third, The
Romance of an Emperor, etc.
tReprinted by special arrangement
from Brentano's Book Chat.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24

I THE recent sale in New
York City of the Robert Full
ton collection one of the most
interesting objects was the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
By Haywood Broun

COQUBTTE. BY Frank swlnuerton. Pub
lished by Geo. II. Doran Co. $3.50.
YIN YEARS gone by we have re-
manned singularly unmoved by the
big third act scene in which the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-24
French Essays
Studies of Poets and Sa-
Ions of Paris

FRENCH ESSAYS AND PROFILEs. Bv
Stuart Henry. Published by e. p Dut-
ton & Co. $3.50
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
NEWS OF SEAFORD.

Seaford. Feb Member sand friends
Of Mt. Olyet III p Church, Rev b +
Ruley, pastor. are planning the erection
Of new brick parsonage 10 cost $1,000
on the site OF the present frame parsonage
O u Rhea purchased tins week the
Milford steam laundry. operated 10y EdgA
Sammons. at a price said to b, about
SO, 600 The plant will be operated by
his brother, r. ' Rhea Jr.. Of Roanoke },
Va
More than GO per cent Of the farmers
Joined the Farm Bureau III the member
ship drive which was carried on the past
week In the Seaford Laurel and Deimar
districts, said Robert J Alien. Seaiord.
president OF the Sussex County Farm
Bureau yesterday
NJ. NJ Wiley Seaford printer was
sharpening the blade of his power paper
cutter. Yesterday when he accidently
pushed ms thumb against the sharp
knife. cutting it badly
The remains OF Leonard Davis, aged
about IS years, formerly of Blades, who
died suddenly at the home Of has mother
Mrs Theodore Coddington, IN Whining
ton. TUESDAY were brought here Thurs
day and Inferred IL Blades cemete ry