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etc. New York: George II. Doran
Company.
DRoHAcK himself is JOY and
- the comedy is a delight from
beginning to end. This is a
comedy of readjustment. At
the outset MI. Prohack is a Treasury
official of some importance and proud
OF himself for having acquired a rep
utation as "the terror of the depart
ments." Soon after our meeting with
Mr.. Prohack he falls heir to a for
tune. and upon this event the story
i'll hand hinges. The first effect of
the Inheritance is to make the legatee
sick, with the sickness of nothinS-to-
do. Thereafter he is engaged in or
sanizing his life on the plane of Il
q systematic and busy idleneSS. This is
the readjustment that saves the life
of Prohack and fills this story with
laughter and utter enjoyment. No,
You will not read the book at sit
ting. That would spoil it. Rather
take 1t up for a minute now and then
with this surprising and beguiling
man. He is a lovable creature, and
as human as yourself When he goes
to take his first Turkish bath-an i'm
of being idle-by all means, go with
him. Go to the tailor's, too, when he
goes, and to that first night of Smack
Your Face" and Eliza Fiddle. Just
go with him wherever he goes, for
YOU will miss things if you leave
Prohack for minute. Clever hu-
NOR, a genial wit, sound philosophy
and magic art lie In this incompara-
BILE story of Mr.. Prohack.
MAKING WOODROW WILSON PRES
IDENT. By William F. McCombs,
former chairman national demo-
cratic committee. Edited by Louis
Jay Lang. New York: Fairview
Publishing Company.
One judges that he will not soon
again come upon so complete an ac-
counting of the special political busi-
ness of President-making as the one
here rendered by William McCombs.
All the intricate details Of this en-
moment when this young Princeton
man became inspired with the idea
that, for the good of the country,
Woodrow Wilson ought to be the
next President, to that other moment
of Mr.. Wilson's nomination at the
baltimore convention. From this point
Of view the book in hand is a
political document of distinct value.
The book. however. will be read for
another reason than that of contain
lHS an important political lesson. 1t
will be read because of its deep per-
sonal implications. The writer was
a wounded man, stricken with a
sense of the ingratitude and injustice
shown him by the chief whom he had
exalted. SO he tells the full story.
tells 1t, he says-and no doubt be-
lieved-to give warning Of the revo-
lutionary political theory of Mr.. Will
son, a theory that gives a British
construction to our constitutional
provisions. Whatever was the rea-
son for telling this story-whether
political integrity or a broken spirit
1T is a tragic and unhappy account
ing. a poignant and dramatic picture
of the frailties of more than one that
stands conspicuous and influential in
notices the lack of anything like a
vindictive spirit on the part of the
writer-rather is he concerned to tell
the full story. After the death of
MIR. McCombs Louis Jay Lang
princeton SD. edits the remaining
material that completes the work. A
most depressing recital.
MEXICO ON THE VERGE. BY E. j.
Dillon. author of "The Eclipse of
Russia" etc New York: George
II. Doran Company.
This book Is an inclusive study Of
Mexico at the present moment, a mo-
ment of anxiety and possible dilem-
ma for the new president mt. OF ,i the
CO threw it's doors wide to the
foreigner Immigration and exploit
ration followed. Under Carranza Mex
leo slammed and locked her doors.
Hardship and injustice to invested
is an analysis of Gen. Obregon's
plans for his country. and an expla-
nation of his attitude toward alien in
dustrials in Mexico-an analysis and
fh. Of
Mexico on a high plane Of statesman
ship and patriotism. The author is.
clearly, an advocate of the new presi-
dent. He believes in him and runs
oise the United States for it's halting
recognition of the new administration.
However, the author gives a full and
interesting picture of Mexico in its
present situation after ten years of
civil war. This picture is based on
thor is experienced in this sort of
work. He closes this study of the
country. and. the man, by saying of
Gen Obregon, "His is .. perhaps the
by morality irrespective Of political
controversies, party interests and
ephemeral success, and for that rea-
son among others is well worth
and private individuals throughout
the world who are interested in the
spiritual advancement of mankind
His remarkable experiment, whatever
may be the outcome, will leave pro-
found and salutary influence onS the
political and social thought OF his
generation which will make itself
felt far beyond the boundaries of
his native country"
GREATER ROCMANIA. By Charles
Upson Clark. Phi. d. illustrated.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
Rumania. Bulgaria, Serbia - before
the war. these names pointed. vaguely,
In the average readers mind, to the
nest Of troublesome and shifting states
of southeastern Europe. Those easy
and unexacting days are gone. The war
has drawn the world into a neighbor-
hood of common interests, demanding
marked increases in the general stock
Of Information in all directions. In this
particular quarter new states have
emerged. Old ones have changed their
status. In view Of these developments
one looks about for dependable sum-
naries of these immediate effects of the
war The book in hand is such a sum-
mary of the state Of Rumania On the
spot. DR.. Clark gathered up this coun-
try at first hand, seeing in, it bril-
liant future. by virtue Of it's great
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