The Washington herald., 1921-04-02
BOOKNOTES

early fall the memoirs Of DIR. Paul
Reinsch covering the period OF his
six years in China as American Am
bassador to the newest republic.
Arthur Ransome, whose Russia
in 1919" CHuebschD was regarded as
one OF the few authentic books on
Russia, has written another, The
Crisis in Russia" announced for
immediate publication by r.. w.
Huebsch. Mr.. Ransome. who is
correspondent for the Manchester
Guardian and was formerly corre-
spondent for the New York Times.
describes Russian conditions with
that intimacy which characterized
his first book. On the whole his
tone is pessimistiC: The constitu-
tional machinery that was in full
working order in the spring Of
1919" he finds now falling into
rust and disrepair" Among his
chapter headings are The Shortage
of Things" The Shortage Of Men"
''-he Trade Unions" The Com
munist Dictatorship"
Another of V. Blasco Ibanez's
vivid stories Of Spanish life which
f. p. Dutton & Co. are giving Amer
lean readers an opportunity to enjoy
/ will be brought out by that firm
toward the end of March. Its title
'Mayf1ower." is a literal translation
of its Spanish title. Flor de Mayo"
which devotees Of the weed NAV
recognize as the name of a famous
brand Of tobacco.
In less than 100 pages George
Grafton Wilson. professor Of inter
national law. Harvard University.
has concisely and impartiaIIy set
forth the work of the league Of ma
tions during the first year of it's
existence, in "a volume. entitled The
First Year of the League Of Ma
tions. which Little, Brown and Co.
will publish shortly.
In Harper's Magazine for March.
which appeared on the SAND day
that Sir Philip Gibbs delivered his
lecture on the Irish situation. at
Carnegie Hall. New York. is n, ar
tlcle entitled The Anarchy in Ire
'aho' bE the distinguished war
correspondent. II Sir Philip does
not express any great hope for the
the dark outlook as well as for mast
horrors. the reader of this article
will find hope in its very fairness
in the midst Of the biased renorts
winch constitute most of the avail
able news of the unhappy island.
Notes on Irrigation. Roads and
Buildings, and on the Water Sup
ply of Towns" a sturdy volume of
nearly a thousand pages, by Will
liam Lumisden Strange. just pub
lished by E. z. Dutton and Company.
Is a work which civil engineers will
find valuable. The author has had
an experience of over thirty years
in India. Africa and other parts Of
the British Empire. where his var
led work has brought him into con-
tact with many kinds of natural
conditions. The major part Of the
book deals with irrigation works, in
the building of which the author has
had wide and varied experience.
The increasing demand for psy-
chology in the various lines Of hu-
man activity is shown by the invi-
tation extended to Professor Edgar
James Swift. author OF Psychology
and the Days Work" (ScribnersD, TO
lecture at the War College at New
port. r. J., and at the post graduate
school at Annapolis, on psychologI-
cal subjects related to naval affairs.
Messrs. Houghton Mifflin Com
pany published on the eleventh of
March the following new books:
| Beauty and Mary Blair" a spirited
and very modern novel. by Miss
Ethel N. Kelley; a Western novel
by William Macleod Raine, called
"Gunsight Pass" which seems to be
the first novel to deal with the
opening up of the oil country; TN
jun and Whitley Strike Out for
Themselves" a story for boys. by
William S. Hart: Star Points" an
anthology OF modern English verse.
by Mrs. Waldo Richards, the com
piier of High Tide" Paul Elmer
More's "A New England Group and
Others" shelbourne essays.