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early poverty. of tireless energy, of fam
ing zeal. of d forward-movng goal. In
a word, it is one of the stories that will
and should. supplant the old tales of
military heroes. This man. along with
the early American pioneers, with Cecil
Rhodes, with flames J. HILL with the
long list of inventors and explorers, be-
longs to the constructive forces of the
world They should take the place of
the destructive human agencies. A great
story of perfectly unpretentious and sim
pie presentation.
THE ENEMIES OF WOMEN. By
Vicente Blasco ibaneZ. Translated
from the Spanish by Irving Brown.
New York: +. =. Dutton & Co.
The prince was saying. Mans
greatest wisdom consists in getting
Michael Fedor Lubimoff. this, satiated
The story begins with this turning
point in the career of Prince
Michael. the point at which. gather
ing group of disciples about him
self. no organizes them into an order
named according to the title of this
the present, fronting Immediately
upon the close of the great war.
Prince Michael has moved out of
enormous wealth into something like
poverty. This is a moment of light
ening the boat. so to speak--of throw
ing overheard every scrap of needless
cargo. Women loom large in this
easement of the craft. The sumptu-
Gus tale. following the fallen fortunes
OF the Russian prince, is. in effect.
drama of readjustment to the new
world created out of the remains of
war. Some Of the time Senior Ibanez
follows the story of Prince Michael.
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the world aspect of readjustment,
with political and economic discus
sions to illumi nate the process. And
all the time he dwells with passionate
the development of Prince Michaels
future; and this stage is. in the main,
some point on the Mediterranean.
region from which this distinguished
author is not able to separate him
self. Some Of the most remarkable
have come to readers through the
novels of Senior Ibanez. In this pow
erful novel of human motives and
action one still gathers up gorgeous
pictures Of the Mediterranean
THE GOLDEN BARQUE AND THE
WEAvER's GRAVE. By Seumas
O'Kelly. New York: G.. r. Putnam's
Sons.
A remarkable power of delivering
characters into print. still warm and
alive. lies in this authors work as
ers Grave" a story Of old men, is a
triumph in this respect. Mortimer
Hehir. the weaver. had died. So
MeehauI Lynskey, the nailmaker, and
Cahir Bowes. the stonebreaker, had
come in search of the weavers place
Morav, the Meadow of the Dead The
story is taken up entirely with the
dispute OF these ancients over I the
lying-down place of the weaver. The
gift of fn-seeing and picture-words
Of straight attack make an aston
The Golden Barque" is what in
America would be called a canal boat.
Here it threads a bog between two
open bodies Of water. And the au-
thor makes of it a world in itself
Men walk its length with dreams in
their hearts and common days work
in their hands. Romance touches it
and far places are transported by il
through the bog in cargoeS of exotic
fragrances- Just a series of pictures
for one who enjoys a rare and dis
tinguished artistry applied to plain
things along the way
THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION IN
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. By
Henry Osborn Taylor, author Of
the Classical Heritage of the
Middle Ages" etc. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
These two volumes fit the need of
the special student who has already
possessed himself Of the geneal reach
and trend. Of that remarkable period,
the sixteenth century. Upon this
broad foundation the author here OBJ
Jectifies the leading lines of thought
in this period by way of a study of
it's influential writers and thinkers.
1t is An exclusively intellectual sur
vey covering the humanism of italy
from Petrarch and Boccaccio to Mach
iavelli. The investigation covers.
also, the scholarship of Germany at
this time and that Of France as we'll
Luther and Erasmus embody the
German culture of the period. In
France, Rabelais. Montaigne and John
Calvin are leaders The second vol
ume Of this scholarly and interesting
study deals with the English culture
of the time. with the continental in
fuences upon this culture, with the
native growth of letters under the
Reformation and it's effects. under the
growth of philosophy and science
valuable study for a particular con-
sideration of the sixteenth century
POLAND AND THE NINORvTy
RACES. By Arthur L. Goodhart
New York: Brentano.s.
In response to persistent agitation
an the United States. President Will
son. you recall. appointed a commits
sion to investigate the charges of
persecution of the Jews by the Polish
government. The writer Of this book
was the counsel to this American
commission. The book itself is a rec
ord of the nine weeks of personal OBJ
servation made by it's author in this
capacity. 1t is. in effect, a diarv that
gives immediate and intimate pictures
of conditions in Poland during the
period or the commissions investiga-
ton. In addition to its original de-
sign or studying the relations of the
Jews to the new Polish state. the
commission accepted hearings from
the Lithuanians. the Ruthenians and
the White Russians upon this aues-
ton. The book. therefore. presents
within its limited scope a general
survey of the minority races of Po-
land in respect to the government of
Poland itself. AS an appendix. the
author gives an admirably succinct
sketch of the history of Poland, add
ing to this a review of the Jews in
Poland together with a synopsis of
the political parties into which the
Jews of this country are divided. The
book is a concise, authoritative and
readable summary of personal obser-
walton. study and interpretation of
the subject.
MEMMO. BY Joseph Spencer Ken
nard. New York: George II. Do