Evening star., 1922-11-12

sented. first, by Prof Miliukov as a
series of lectures at the Lowell Institute.
Boston: The author is Russian. dis
unguished in scholarship, trained to
historic research and Interpretation. His
lectures We're given in English. This
combination makes SURPRISING me-
dium for the facts given here. The lee
lures are based upon what to the author
is the fundamental fact of the present
situation in Russia-that this situation
is a stage in the birth of Russian
democracy. Upon this central idea are
based the various discussions making
up the series of lectures, or essays.
From this standpoint Mr.. Miliukov
shows why the Russian revolution could
, not he averted. From this point. also.
he explains why the bolsheviks got the
upper hapd. He describes the bolshe-
vik regime and points to evidences OF
its decline. A forecast OF the future of
Russia is based, certainly. on the au-
tors knowledge of the country in its
, nature and. therefore. in it's possibili-
| ties. An informed. and informing. chap
| ter on Russia in its relation to Siberia,
| and through this section in its relation
! to Japan and Washington is already
! matter of confirmation. In a final out
look the author sums Russia's contribu-
I ton to civilization as whole. The
| study is. out of it's source and its direct
| speech in the English idiom, one of high
value for students of the Russian revo-
Z, luton and its immediate consequences.
| THE MAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE.
BY Hs:rY James Forman. author
! of Fire of Youth" etc. Boston:
F., Little. Brown & Co.
! 'She had so many children she
didn't know what to do" The same
. case here--save for the sex of the
perturbed shoe dweller. 1t is most
upsetting matter to change a man. in
t the twinkling Of an eye. from a re-
, cluse. a student. "a collector of rare
books. to the father of three small
children. And this tale-a warm and
| smiling Story--tellS how Uncle
| Ranny' became a first-class father.
and mother. too. for that matter.
/ where he had hitherto been no more
| than book shut in between covers
and living. in the main. upon library
shelf. beautiful story that opens
i dolph Byrd not only to the role OF
| parent. but to that OF romantic lover
! as well. The charming story is like
! an open house. The reader goes in
thetic perplexities of the bachelor
| father over the children. The old
| housekeeper. Griselda. is a joy and
| a host in herself. Little Alicia, who
was thrown in." bargain fashion, as
companion for the children. is another
joy. 1t is, besides. all quite real, life
like itself.
BROKEN BARRIERS. BY Meredith
Nicholson, author of BEST Laid
Schemes" etc. New York: Charles
| Scribner'S Sons.
| Grace Durland, the heroine of this
| realistic story. is multiplied by
| thousands in American life today.
| This is the intelligent girl. who. out
! of the exciting present. seiZes upon
the idea that it is the individual who
| counts. as against the mass; that it
J is the individual who has right to
! happiness at any cost. And, so. this
: individual girl is out for her right.
! Almost Immediately. of course. she
runs against the equal rights of
! others. But, in her young fe. that
| matters not at all. And In this no.
! tion she is encouraged by men who.
! incidentally. are looking for easement
| neckS so sorely. The story. which
might have been set anywhere in
! America-anywhere in the world, for
| that matter-is. for the authors own
! purpose of atmosphere and literal
| background. set in the weSt-if In
! diana and Indianapolis are the west.
! From start to finish it is absolutely
! almost to finish 1t is realistic in sub
. stance. But not quite. Not once in
! Il thousand times does the girl. bent
! TO her gospel of individual happiness.
come out of the struggle against So
ciety with just the complete set of
SatisfactionS that Grace Durland Sc
cures. AS a story it is fine piece of
work. presenting the common life of
it's locale with fidelity and power AS
a social lesson it lodges the point
entirely. However. since Mr.. Nichol-
son is a novelist and not a reformer