Evening star., 1922-02-12
WOODROW WILSON AS KNOW
HIM. BY Joseph p Tumulty. New
York: Doubleday, Page. & Co.

'' oiN bOuDfeUdyp TdSc' N ".
~ HE public career OF Woodrow
Wilson is an open road. Its
waystations-from his politi-
cal beginnings in New Jersey
to the conclusion of his second presi-
Genital term-are familiar to the world.
Mr.. Tumulty offers no new view OF any
stage of the mcmentous journey. nor
does he claim to do this. 1t is, instead,
by virtue OF his having set out with Mr..
Wilson. by virtue of his going along. OF
standing by at this point or at that.
of hearing him think, SO to speak; of
seeing his instructive and undisguised
reactions to one and another Of the
events along the way-it is by virtue
of this intimacy of contact and free
dom of approach that he discovers
the man whom he presents here in so
fine fervor of appreciation and 10y
atty. The advantage point of his Of
fc,al position gives Mr.. Tumulty an
opportunity that no one else had or
could have had. He has made good
use of this opportunity, furnishing
many authentic points in the charac-
ter and conduct of the man whom
history is to measure by the great
world event in which he took SO dis
tinrtive part. A work that is cred
liable and important both in spirit
and in content. A book that will
have to be taken into account in any
fair appraisal of Woodrow Wilson.
FEDERAL INCOME TAN LAWS, Cor
related and Annotated. BY Walter
r. Barton and Carroll w. Brown
ing. Washington: John Byrnc &
Company.
This book is designed to help the
income tax payer. That he. very gem
orally, needs assistance is certain. To
meet this need these authors have
done an immense amount of research
work and have. besides. sn treated
the results of this work as to pro-
vide practical working scheme for
one interested in this particular form
of taxation. The book is divided into
three parts. The first contains the
federal income acts from 1909 to
1921-siN in all. The second part
contains the acts prior to 1909. these
rising to meet the burdens imposed
by the civil war. The third part CON
sists of certain miscellaneous acts
applicable to federal income taxation.
These laws are annotated by alb
stracts of various federal court de-
cisionS. The annotations stand as
fnotnOtes to the pages containing the
laws under consideration. an arrange
mcnt of distinct convenience. The
more recent of these laws--those con-
tanned in part I-are so correlated
and placed on the page as to give at
glance such similar provisions as
may exist among them. The act of
1921 is used as the basis of this cor
relation. Legal training and eX-
authors form the foundation of this
work. 4 pictorial arrangement. ap-
pealing to the eye, leads to a ready
understanding on the part of the
student. Corroborative court de-
cisions. Immediately at hand. OBJ
an authoritative and practical pre-
sentation that will be of incaIcula-
BILE service to business men and all
others interested in this subject.
A QUAKER SINGERS RECoLLEC-
TJONS. BY David BisDham. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
The preface to this new edition of
David Bispham's recollections is what
the author calls ''heart-to-heart
talk with students of singing-and
their teachers" And that is exactly
what the whole book is-"a heart-to-
heart talk" with readers. 1t is. at
bottom. the warm and magnetic per-
sonality of Mr.. Bispham-generous
sets him in a class by himself. Artists
are. as a rule. not generous toward
competitors and possible rivals. Here,
however, through wide range OF as
sociations there Is only genial fellow
ship. suggestive criticism. a broad and
constructive outlook upon music as
the common property of all. A book
for singers to take delight in. 4 book
for the average reader to enjoy in it's
simplicity of speech and in its Oppor-
tunity for a finely wholesome contact.
FOUR YEARS IN THE UNDER
BRUSH; Adventures as a Working
Woman In New York. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons.
"Polly Preston up against the
world" The theme had stewed in
the mind of this writer of novels
for some time. 1t came to her. ulti-
mately. that to take on in her own
person the situations that would con-
front Polly might be an advantageous
preparation for the work. This book
is a record of the carrying out of
that assumption. For four years this
author earned her living in the jungle
of New York. During that time she
held many positions. doing many
kinds of work of unprofessional sort
saleswoman, packer. waitress,
chambermaid. maid of all work. and
so on. and so on. The conclusion of
the matter. after a deal OF interest,
growing up today 1 would demand of
my parents an equal chance with
my brother. If he was given his
training-for trade or profession-I
would have mine-trade or profess
sion. 1 would insist on my obliga-
tions as a citizen, future voter. to
learn the conditions and the needs
OF NV country. Only motherhood
bearing and caring for a living child
should excuse woman from work
ing for her living" The optimist in
human nature will get a good many
jolts by way Of this record. The ac-
tualist in the same field will marvel
at none of it's revelations and will
wonder, only, at the writer's re-
straint in portraying 1t.
GODS. BY Shaw Desmond. author Of
passion" etc. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
This is the romance of a passionate
nilerimaee. 1t is the quest of Finn
Fontaine for truth. To him-young,
ardent and Irish-the gods OF life
laid claim. Beauty: love; ,,Isj power; re- re-
seemed to envisage, the end and aim
NJ life. And yet not one of them
gave to his life a coherency In itself,
nor the oneness with all otner me
which something deep within him
was the measure IS e1 en adventure aas % that
stays' for the most part. on the noun
tain tons of high thinking. 1t ad-
vances through the byways OF much
discussion and the h,1den in narts patss Sc.
Hons throughout, brilliant in insight,
- is a novel for the discriminating
reader of serious themes.
TILE LOOM OF YOUTH. By Alec
Waugh. New York: George H. Do
ran Company.
,r,., s,orv of the English public
, vas written in two months by
sem ~ seventeen. Alec Waugh pass