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Outline of History" etc. New York:
-. The Macmillan Company.
n R. WELLS requires nothing
NH less here than the making
of a new world in order to
save the one we have. This
Is a call to every nan and
woman, to education, to propaganda
forces generally to lend themselves fully
and untiringly to this great creative ef-
fort. AS the world stands today war is
inevitable And war now, after the war
schooling of the past four years. VIII
be of a character to sink our present
civilization speedily toward extinction'
But a new world can be made-muSt oe
made. This new world will take the
form of a world state. Individual rulers
will abdicate. National barriers Will 1ali.
National patriotisms will expand 10
world measure. Peace and the pur-
suits of peace will be the great ob1ec-
tive. Police duties alone will engage
the military The moneys hitherto gone
into armament will go into the oe-
yeloping of industry, into the 1urther
applications of science to productive
life, into a finer program OF hvins' n'o
incomparably grander conceptions oA
art. into a roomy leisure for the. ENJOY :
ment of the new civilization. What Is
greatly to the point is that Mr. Weiis
.roes on to develop in outline the making
of This world state. Moreover, TO make
himself even more clear and opJectlNe,
he yisualizes the life OF some youiis
man. or woman, finding himseh IN tlis
It, lton I u
new complex OF clviilzat.oilyp a ypsiis shows
lust how We, believing as ne d0es, can
give a hand to this progress. mere ne
deals with education-with scnoois anu
books. with papers and common speech
If one can find a sounder and more ~
Eliminating discussion of the subject OF
modern education than the one ne
projects here he will have to go 1ar anu
search with amazing intelligence anu IN
dustry At the opening OF one OF thesS s;
YOU of the idea that now Shapes ana
dominates my public life-the idea OF
world politically united-of world Sc
curely and permanently at peace. inat
is the sincere spirit that goes aions
with the splendid vision which the book
unfolds. A great book-a little book,
FOO that YOU can read at one short
sitting.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HIS
TORY OF JAPAN. By katsuro
Hara. New York: G. ?. Putnam's
Sons.
The Yamato Society is made up OF
Japanese who have gained prominence
{ in one or another of the fields OF Jap
anese life. Its object is to open an
acquaintance between Japan ana the
rest of the world. Its work IS 10 pre-
sent the actual character OF the Jap
/: anese by way of it's achievements IN
, literature, art, industry and nationants.
The book in hand was written at tne
request of this society. In large lines
il is the history of Japan from its re-
corded beginnings up to the present.
, Like all other nations. it shows the rise
from a feudal state to one of central
lied power and the ultimate setting OF
the country into the characteristics OF
q welded nationality. The transition
from medieval to modern Japan is
sketched in with care to bring out the
directions of this modern expansion
into the realms of culture and modern
! social organization. An epilogue sums.
briefly, the achievements of the past
half century Written by Japanese.
the book deals with the native view
point, the only point that could hope
TO be to any degree revealing. 1t takes
its place in the company OF books that'
AT the present time, are devoted to a
better understanding between Japan
and the other countries with which IT
has to deal. 1t Is a clear and simple
story that is calculated to serve its
ayoWed purpose and at the same time
to give the general student an admir-
ably concise view of the Japanese
people.