Evening star., 1922-07-02

humor. These play-now, high now
low. as the moment demands-
Kaiser Built for Us" is chapter
heading to make one smile a little.
Building a Thousand Ships has a
Homeric sound. Comrades Of the
Mist is a poem of mystery. built into
the bare and stupendous sea facts OF
the time. However, in the main. this
Is solid history made for present and
future reading, a history that Is lifted
to dramatic and brilliant level, In
part. by the ready response Of the
author himself to the glory of his
theme.
IN ONE MANS LIFE, Chapters from
the Personal, and Business Career
Of Theodore n. Vail. BY Albert
BigelOw Paine, author Of Mark
Twain; a Biography" etc. New
York: Harper & Bros.
Mr.. Paine knows how to pick his
Geographic subjects. Back Of that, 1t
is obvious, he knows. also, how to
pick his friends. His biographies are.
therefore. big and friendly and id
mate and human. These chapters
from the life of Theodore n. Vail
round out a story of genius that
marches in step with the present mo-
ment. 1ntercommunication ex-
change of ideas throughout the world.
without loss Of time-was the genius
ern man. Mr.. Wallis work in this d.
rection began with the United States
mails. improving distribution, orig
mating mail cars and car post ofices.
securing. finally. fast mail trains:
Then, this organizing power shifted
ness. creating system. achieving
partnership with the telegraph-a
monumental work of incaiculable i'm
portance. Turning the far continents
OF the world into a near neighborhood
through the medium of practically
instantaneous communication is an
unparalleled triumph. The whole
story Is brilliant and fascinating
one. The man himself-rich In his
nature. genuinely kind in his heart
is. quite apart from his Movements.
a man to know. Pioneer. educator.
1philanthropist--without a single slant
against one of these roles-a man
who could, and did. make mistakes.
Mr.. Vail. under the sympathetic
genius Of MIR. Paine. walks straight
ishes its really great folks. Boys
ought to have this rich and human
story-educators should see to it that
they do have it. The war hero has
had more than his share of school at
tention. The great business man de-
serves a turn-and here is king of
business men. king of just men-in
cidentally. turning out to be a war
hero also. when he so whole heart
edly in the great war turned his bust
ness over to the service of his cOun-
try-our country.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. By
Niscount James Bryce. author of
The American Commonwealth"
etc. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
Colleges and universities. so the
n II mo -
than ever toward the subject of in
ternational relations. Even the
schools below these are pointing.
logically and practically, upon the
beginnings of this theme. The book
in hand is shaped as a direct response
to the demand for comprehensive
and simple treatment of the subject.
The author prepared the eight lee
lures of which the book is made to
meet certain fundamental questions
that are coming to the front about
the nature of the future international
relations of the world. The first lee
ture is purely historical. summariz-
ing the relations of early tribes and
states TO one another. Beyond this.
the lectures deal with the immediate
upon the old world-and the logical
promise of the future. The causes
of the war. the international rela-
tions springing directly from it, the
character of the new diplomacy, the
expansion of international law. the
intelligent responsibility in matters
both domestic and foreign-these are
among the themes which the author
discusses as means of averting war
and promoting an economic co-opera-
tiOn throughout the world. No other
of lectures to an American public
with the force and response which
this author could employ and receive.
He knows America. in it's historical
and political aspects, as no other
Englishman knows 1t. He is. or was.
in imm Mediate touch with the politics
of his own country and of all Europe
as well. These facts. coupled with
the substance of the book itself. pro-
duce volume of high promise to
the student of International relations
THE PRIVATE CHARACTER OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH. Bv Fred
erick Chamberlin. Ii. E.. F. +. G.
$. author of THE Philippine Prob
lem" etc. Illustrated. New York ::
Dodd. Mead & Co.
For three hundred years and more
now. common consent has accorded to
Elizabeth Tudor no personal character
whatsoever. The schoolgirls compost
ton on this monarch has. in sum. en-
bodied the average estimate-"Queen
Elizabeth was very improper person:
but. by great tact. she succeeded in be-
ing called Virgin Queen after she was
dead" The writer himself never
doubted that Elizabeth was the mis-
tress of Leicester, of Essex, of Raleigh.
of Hatton," etc, etc. However. as gal
liant queen in remarkable age, as
astute politician, as patriot bent to the
lasting glory Of England, she deserves
according to this author. a better set
ting forth than she has hitherto re-
ceived. So. about eight years ago. Mr..
Chamberlin began to fit himself for
biography of Elizabeth. He soon found
that the accepted historians of the pc
riod-Froude and Lingard-were, in eff
feet. writing of the religious contro-
versy of the time. Froude. Protestant
was bent to the sanctifica ton of Henry
VIII-the daughter Of Anne Boleyn re-
ceived short shrift from him. Lingard,
Catholic, wrote with an eye across the
border. to the Catholic succession of the
crown Of England. This writer was,
therefore, driven to the original manu-
scripts of the period. And this turn
fashioned the book in hand. These
manuscripts form the foundation OF this
remarkable book. They stand as docu-
mentary evidence in refutation of the
great bulk of obloquy that time, in ever
Increasing weight. has piled against the
memory Of the great Tudor queen. At the
early age of thirteen Elizabeth became the
quarry of ambitious factions around the
throne. Even then she showed train
ed mind and a high genius for affairs
of state. One chapter submits. bodily.
the medical record Of Elizabeth, an illu-
mination against calumny. Another
presents the formal charges against the
these charges. and the defense set up.
The study is revelation. an interesting
and valuable contribution to history.
Asa method it is an admirable example