Evening star., 1922-04-30
Reviews " of New Books

rupted 1t. Turning to physiology. one
gathers from him that the church
bis pallid, anaemic, listless. irritable
and fussy; that 1t has sat down upon
itself. 80 to speak: This fact he gath
ers. SO he says. from the failure Of
movements, In its failure to have set
tied. long ago. the question Of world
peace and world happiness. Upon
this basis the author makes study
the church. A. biographic review
places. each OF the dozen under CON
sideration In his own setting Of birth.
education. special aptitude. person
ality and ultimate spiritual influence.
Needless to say that all are found
from this writer's standpoint. with
q frankness that earlier marked the
treatment of Downing street and
Mayfair. And the sum OF this matter
is that. in the long course of 1000
| years. the church has lost Jesus,
| wilderness Of controversy over
| words. Words, rituals. ceremonials
have buried the church In dust ana
debrfs-so tho gentleman says-and
he makes these frank critical studies
/ ties in support Of this thesis, show.
ing where G has taken this path OF
| departure, ard another has taken
that path, they have, finally. all come
together to weaken the power ana
on to form and losing the spirit. By
a failure to recognize the church as q
living thing. and 80 q changing thing.
| they. have reduced it to state OF
| relative impotence-so the author
says.
SHE BLOWS! And sparm at That! BY
William John Hopkins. author OF
THE Clammer." etc. Illustrated
from paintings by Clifford W: Ash.
Company.
Raymond Weaver's life Of Herman
brought Melville's magic sea stories
again to the fore. g. =. MOrrison's 9
Maritime History OF Massachusetts
-as much sea adventure as 1t II sea
history-gave another stir to the
common Interest in New England's
whale fisheries. And now here Is a
regular story on the same fascinating
subject story. too. that is calcu-
lated to fit itself into every corner
These three books have opened up
afresh the sea history Of New Eng
land, a history that 10 as full OF Incl
dent and color and romance as the
land history of that region Is devoid
of these qualities. The book In hand
lands. gathers up curious adventures.
acquaints one with the beauties and
perils Of the sea, associates him with
hardy sailors and lets him into tho
real intimacies Of whale capture and
the business of preparing the catch
for ship transportation. New Bed
ford came to be the greatest whaling
port of the world It 10 today remi-
] niscent OF that peculiar supremacy.
This author Is himself OF New Bed
ford. So he has seen and heard, eaten
and smelled fish all his life. And out
Of all this he has made boy hero
and a whale -fishing adventure that
are as true in essentials as they are
captivating in effect.
FOLKS. BY Victor Murdock. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
This is = book Of photographs pa
longs ,s Nth Hamdin Gs1.anes fav stories ss
Herbert Quick. All Of these are
q perfect realism Of tho locality with
which they deal Hero Mr.. Murdock.
equipped with q literary camera. has
snapped outstanding characters OF
the western town and community.
These are. to be sure, like folks
leverywhere-all to q degree fashioned
out Of the influences Of their imme-
date environment. Here one comes
the lawyer, the doctor. the farmer
just on the edge of town. And here.
drawn off. each into his absorbing
passion. are the crusader and the re-
| former. the optimist. the friend. my
father" my mother" and 80 on and
so on. The book serves to help in res
cuing the west from such monopoly
Of highwaymen. cattle punchers.
broncho busters. and bad men gener-
ally, al the popular romancer 10
prone to establish. A worthy purpose
carried out in an interesting and
vivid set Of portraits that belong
with other authentic records OF the
west.
THE PARTS MEN PIAY. 1y A. pev-
erisy Baxter. author Of '"fhe Blow
er OF Bubbles" etc. New York; d.
Appleton & Co.
"rhs Blower Of Bubblss'' introduced
this author as 2 philosopher and z
all the more convincing because Of
that. But the war caught him, sub
DUNG the play spirit and bringing
out, in its place. seriousness that
the purposes Of novel-even the
novel-with-a-messag The story.
save for q single American. deals with
Ian English family In its fronting upon
tho war. in its reactions toward that
English group. hitherto an easy going
this matter. The American serves,
also. q an element n these strained
and diversified feelings toward a
chaotic world. He serves. bss.deA q
the party Of the second part In such
romance a. the situation 10 made to
yield. Moreover. he, at the end. con.
stitutes the voice Of reproach against
Amsrina that she did not earlier take
up her share in the liberation OF the
world. One has no quarrel with any
Of this. Rather 10 the feeling one OF
hope that now. with this novel OF his
hands, the writer may turn again to
the delightful and alluring path which
. he left-one hopes in the safekeeping
Of "the blowsr Of bubbleS'-for thil
less appealing held. Almost any one
10 able to preach. Few can touch !ife
; with the gay and penetrating spirit
. Of the philosopher.post
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