Evening star., 1922-03-26
Reviews of New Books

stantial character of its common people,
the high grade of its leadership and its
| physical position on the highway of
great international communication. The
author approaches THIS concrete study
Of the present of Runania through d
| nne OF history covering the origin OF
| the people, the vicissitous career of the
nation as such. its heroes and leaders.
| the quality and extent of it's achieve
mentS in government, education indus
| try. art, literature. He gives. also {;
brief study OF I,umana in the world
war and at the peace conference. He
| sketches, besides, the relief work carried
out there by Red Cross and American
! relief administration in behalf Of i'm
mediate economic problems. 4 cOmpre-
henSirc study. whose points of emphasis
! on the present and Immediate future Of
Rumalli;L constitute it's practical value.
while the graphic background Of history
| serves. helpful'y. to explain and illu-
| inmate this present and this future. A
! most readible book, as well as highly
] informing one.
| PEkING, a Social Survey. BY Sid
ney d. Gamble. NJ. a.. assisted by
John Stewart Burgess. NJ. A, New
| York: George II. Doran Company.
| This social survey of the capital
! of China was made under the auspices
| of the Princeton University center in
| China and the Peking Young Mems
/ Christian Association The purpose
! of this volume is to give an accurate
| account of the social agencies oper-
! ating in that city and to report the
| achievements of these up to the pres
ent time. The general plan of work
corresponded to the one used for a
similar purpose in the west. It's
Of western studies. The method. nat
urally, varied to meet the new condi-
tions of investigation. These varia
tions of method, rising out of the new
conditions. illuminate the whole subjact
of fundamental difference between the
east and the west. Statistics. tables,
maps. official reports and whatever
else may serve the uses of complete
ness and accuracy are employed here
!; to secure an exact and comprehen-
sive survey. Education. health. recre-
alton, poor relief, prisons, community
service-chese and many more topics
combine to picture the established
life of this great oriental city in full
detail. The book is a StorehouSe of
fact. a standard for the measurement
of social changes from a long and
static past into a relatively fluid
present and future.
WHILE REMEMBER. By Stephen
Mckenna, author of Sonia" etc.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
A book of memoirs by a man, just
turned thirty, calls for explanation.
since this is a clear encroachment
of Youth upon the pre-emption rights
of age. In this particular the book
stands as a new declaration of
rights The author maintains that in
this time of unprecedented fnalities
on the one hand. and of fresh be-
ginnings on the other. it is matter
of prime Importance to know how
this world looks to the eyes of youth.
to know what it's real message is to
the young folks who are now to carry
on. 1t is from this standpoint that
Mr.. McRenna takes up the past
twenty years of English life. review
| ing it's outstanding features. con-
trasting these with what the future
will require in corresponding situa- =
cusses the old order of politics and
politicians. the old order of statesmen
and craftsmanship. Education, social
custom, literary convention-these
and other topics come under the
scrutiny of this old-young observer.
reasons. the chapter that covers
diary fashion-Mr. McKenna's service
in Washington as accredited repre-
resentative of the war trade intelli-
gence department., a role in which
"you are expected to be omniscient
on war and trade and intelligent in
the intervals" In these Intervals"
he proves to be extremely interesting
in his outlook upon the war from the
American angle of the year 1917.
Good substance, keen observation
and a taking turn of speech combine
here to make an Impressive group
of essays on matters of general con-
Germ.
THE ISLE OF VANISHING MEN. BY
w. F. Alder. illustrated from pho
tographs. New York: The Cen
tury Company.
Adventures in canniba1 land pro-
vide the foundation for this unusual
travel book. This land is in the, heart
Of New Guinea, where, with his assist
ant, Mr.. Alder went to hunt cannibal
pictures. The book in hand is a most
, interesting by-product of the main
business of the expedition. 1t de-
scribes the naked savages, pictures
their little villages. whose huts are
decorated with human skulls, and
sketches many a scene characteristic
of the primitive life of these lovers of
"long pig" their designation of the
toothsome delicacy of human f1esh-a
rare delicacy now under the rigid
ew-fangled laws of the ruling white
man.. Mr.. Alder makes a plain and
unpretentious story here, relying on
the strange character of the facts
themselves Tor the constant cage or
excitement and the potential thrill of
the whole situation as it unfolds un-
der his hand. An absorbing adventure
for the lover of strange journeyings.
MARCH ON. By George Madden Mar
tin, author of "Children in tho
Mist" etc. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
The modern cast Of March On" re-
ceives special color and meaning by
virtue of it's southern setting. The
general movement Of the story fol-
lows the social changes that are TAX
ing place in the present in their ef-
feet on the business and political
standing Of women. By way of
group Of admirably portrayed char
acters these changes win out slowly
against the ordered social tradition Of
the south. This part of the work is
done with perfect sympathy and un-'
derstanding. Within this local COM
plex a modern love story makes its
way. Perhaps no more modern than
any love story, since women in every
age have learned to live capably,
helpfully and even happily, though
deprived OF the special joys Of WIFE
hood. The world war, in its supreme
demand. 10 the agency by which this
modern girl becomes an active par
taker in the work and responsibilities