Evening star., 1921-08-21

A JOURNAL OF THE GREAT WAR.
By Charles G. Dawes, brigadier
general Engineers. illustrated.
Boston: Houghton Mifhin Company.
~ the outside this is journal
Of the great war, dating from
~ the midyear of 1917 and CIV
ing in detail the activities
Of those who carried forward Amer
ica's part in the war by way of the
service of supplies. AS a journal
it is a vigorous and plain statement
of fact, bearing upon the multi
tudinous phases Of the supply de-
partment in its lining up with the
business Of fighting the enemy. This
daily account involves hundreds of
people, soldiers. about whom We are
naturally curious, of whom we are as
naturally proud. These we come upon
in touch-and-go encounter, for this
story Is mostly go. Direct, blunt, the
author moves promptly from point to
point. gathering up the vast business Of
supplying the fighting man. striking off
menting here and there in pertinent
and suggestive fashion. Under this
surface of running account, however,
the book is a study, business study
of the art of Capitalization and of
co-ordination-of bringing the sup
hand and eye, of relating its many
parts into an organism of efficient
business production. Here Is where
Its permanent service lies. To the
energetic story of daily work pro-
vides a very vivid and informing
story Of the enormous business that
went on behind the lines of actual
war.
THE NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE. By
Andrew A. Bruce, A B., LII b..
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
The volume in hand sums to a
thorough study Of the Non-Partisan
League in its origin. its purpose. its
present standing and its future outlook:
The league, one finds out here, was OF
farmer origin, rising out Of the indus
trial discomfort of the farming commu-
mites. Its purpose. to ameilorate i the
advantage, was embodied in the organi-
zation and program Of the league. The
socialists, so numerous in the northwest,
not only capitalized the discomfort of
organization as well, till. today, the
Nom Partisan League is a full-hedged
experiment in socialism. The socialist
leadership OF the league is described.
Its legislative program Is explained in
detail. Its interference in state activi-
ties generally is given in particularly.
Its effect upon the people, upon the
state, upon the nation, is drawn in
thoughtful foresight. and in sound his
toric outlook. The name Of this league
is to the average reader a vague term.
This book furnishes a most competent
way to remove this vagueness, and to
place the activities of this socialist or
ganization properly in the scheme of
American politics. Every intelligent cit,
izen should study this exhaustive and
fair dealing exposition. Its writer is
professor in the University Of Mime
sofa He was formerly justice of the
supreme court of North Dakota and,
dean of the law school of the
know the truth Of this matter. The
volume belongs to the citizens library
on politics and economics, edited by
Richard T. Ely of the University Of Wis
consin.
ORPHAN DINAH. BY Eden Phillpotts.
author of "Old Delabole." etc.
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
One never expects to find Eden
does one wish to find him otherwise.
For. by the way. of this writer's
novels many readers are becoming
happily familiar. not only with the
geography of this beautiful English
corner, but with the kind Of folks
people-slow thinking, steady going.
Yet the problems that assail them
are exactly those with which the rest
of the world has to deal. This fact
sources their general appeal. The
story here is that of young and
and modern outlook. The question
of love involves, in her case, the re-
lection of a suitor wholly pleasing
to her right-thinking family, and the
acceptance of a man who is already
married. This throws the fact of
bigamy into the excited community.
What the Dartmoor folks think OF
again in their slow and persistent
turning of the matter inside out,
morning, noon and night. What
Dinah herself does is the height of
Independent action, based upon think
ing that is as unconventional as 1t
However, Dinah remains, to the read
er. a splendid woman whose courage
commands admiration, even while
one knows that she has chosen the
thorniest possible way toward hap
piness. This author has never Great
ed more attractive nor a stronger
heroine than Is this orphan Dinah.
THE UNLIGHTED HOUSE. BY James
Hay, jr., author of 1.-THE Winning
Clue" etc. New York: Dodd. Mead
& Co.
a part in Mr.. Hays mystery story Is
right over in Georgetown. And we
have a murder mystery Of our own here
in Washington. Moreover. It involves
a senator of the United States, and gov
ernment clerks. and a diplomat or So
lar formula Is put into use here-that
of the discovered dead man and, sub
sequent thereto. a goodly number Of
possible criminals all bent to the de-
struetion Of the one person That
this particular mystery tale is the
character and personality Of the great
detective, an essential in every modern
story of this sort. This great man
turns out to be, In contrast to the
ing character of genuinely human quali-
ties that have been trained to no more
than a believeable degree Of efficiency.
He Is, besides. a charming man-hu-
man, devoted to his craft in sincerity
that is most convincing. He is the high
story in which the senator cuts no
very great figure forms an accompani-
ment to the main action and serves, az
well, to put the readers in touch with a
tOVdDie Anu loyal 1ellOW WHO quite pUtS
it over the statesman in the matter of
plain manhood.
GALUsHA THE MAGNIFICENT. BY
Joseph G. Lincoln, author Of SHAW
ings," etc. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
One Of Joseph Lincoln's down-east
stories wherein q lovable, absent
minded little mana regular babe
in-the-woods-fnall carries or the
honors Of being a hero of truly mag
niflcent proportions. For no hero can