Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-21
Reviews of New Books


~The Next War;" An Appeal to Com
mon Sense. BY WIN Irwin. New York
City: E. z. Dutton Co., 6S1 F1fth
avenue. Price. $3.50. net.
Mr.. Irwin, with a mind fully stored
with first-hand information OF what
war is--he was known during the World
War as "the ace of correspondents,
BY reason of his accuracy and intelligent
comprehension of events--may safety
be accepted as mentor and guide IN
respect of any consideration of the
next war;" And after reading this
book, the average reader will thoroughly
agree with his conclusion that there
should be no next war"
Ii is not so much in the complete
hess of Mr.. Irwin's brief summary OF
he terrible cost of the recent war, in
expenditure, destruction of property,
awful sacrifice of human life and
detrimental effects upon the race Of the
'uture, as in his revealing presentation
sf the far more terrible consequences
II another war, that the reader Will
ind reason for agreement with MS con-
,lusions and not the slightest room Tor
combating them in any manner. And
We are to consider in any manner the
probabilities of another war, it will be
practical, to say nothing more, to give
ample attention to the very important
matter of cost.
Taking the destructive agencies de-
veloped by the World War, Mr.. Irwin
shows how far more frightfully destruc-
tive they would have become had the war
been prolonged. and no wthey are now
available for their dreadful purposes
should future catastrophe call them IN
10 active employment. In the matter Oh
destructive gases alone he shows how
it would be possible to destroy great
cities in a few hours--to kill the in
habitants by deadly gases already in
formula and manufacture. and TO con-
sumo the buildings by fire inextinguish-
able until its hellish work is performed.
And also, the employment of gases
that would virtually kill the land. so
that il would not yield the production
that is essential to human existence for
a period of at least seven years.
In a word, Mr.. Irwin, in THE Next
War" has made a presentation that
is incontrovertible. Nothing but ma
tionaI insanity would permit any na-
ton TO enter upon such suicidal
course.
sSketches of Butte-- (From vigilants
Days to Prohfbition) By George
Wesley Davis. Illustrated. Boston.
Mass: The Cornhill Co., "a Park
street. Price, $3.50. net.
With a thorough acquaintance with
tbs notable city of Montana from its
eau lier days to the present time, Mr..
Davis presents, in this interesting book,
revealing pictures of the unique, at
tractive, although not altogether beau
tiful community. He describes its
origin as a mining camp and its ad-
vance into a mining city, with no regu-
lation as TO the course or character Of
It's progress. with no attention % mupi-
cipal adornment or architectural pro-
priety, and for a long time no regard
whatever for its reputation for morality
or peace and good order.
Many interesting and exciting incl
dents are presented, with stirring epi-
sodes-prevalence of crime, daring out
RACES, the crises that called for the
organization Of the vigilantes. and the
stern administration of summary jus
tice that ever attended this extreme
resort by the law-abiding forces Of the
community. <alScs ci L4t So
cial life Of the city, in its early days
and in its later reform era, with doings
and sayings on the part of society lead
ers of quality that seem strange and
in some respects forbidding to those who
have never found themselves in such
surroundings.
The pictures are carried through TO
the transformation of Butte into its
present commercial and industrial inn
portance. and also to its complete So
cial reformation through prohibition.
Very entertaining. indeed, are these
Sketches of Butte
Received of the publishers.
<Outwitting Our Nerves. By Josephine
A Jackson, NJ. D.. and Helen, NJ. Sails
bury. New York City: The Century
Co.. 353 Fourth avenue. Price, $3.50,
net
II is, the publishers believe, the first
book of psychotherapy in English for |
the general reader based upon the use
of psychoanalysis and written in an
easy, clear. popular style.
It gives good foundation knowledge
of what psychoa nalysis is and what it
has done and is doing in curing peo-
pie of all sorts of apparent diseases and
disabilities which really spring from |
deep hidden mental conflicts.
The book is both International and |
of very practical use to the sufferer |
from nervous troubles, since a large pro- |
portion of nervous disorders arise fpom |
misapprehensions and resistances which !
do not require long adm exhaustive alaly- |
sis but are near enough to the surface |
of consciousness for the application of |
what may be called plain psychic COM |
mon sense. A knowledge of the way /
in which the subconscious mind does |
act in Transforming mental conflicts |
into physical disabilities, and an ap- |
plication. of that knowledge, seems often |
TO be All that is needed for relief or cure. |
Every word is based upon ripe knowl- |
edge and long practice. DR.. Jackson /
had had a wider than average medical |
education and experience before this /
Specia1 work was takeu I'M and she ]