New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

~ u. exception Of certain books BY
.,,A Tsgore. India will loom large
.,a,e, during the next twenty years.
= -sr. ignorant We remain about the
..,,ured and civilized peoples who
~ ..,.,n empire the less likely are
. .,.,r. upon our rulers change Of
- .-d TO their governments. Mr..
vnford, Of the Oxford Uni
-. is. for this reason do
"a, public service BY the pub
u ii, Eastern Library which
~ ..,,,ed few months back by the
.,nms called "Tsles Of Bengal"
= .. . ard santa chaiterjee
s'a 'n~ -,'rs which will shortly be added
l''s '.,'s.. ,s Is the fret part Of "srikanta'"
as ..,ss,.pAisul 49, novel by saratehandra
8 iu'oo'ss..', 1, described as the most pOpu-
dai'ei's ~ s,,a., in Bengal remember
: friend. Albany c0'@AE D'ns'1s. os Tas.~. ~aO msn
s.'y y - ana a grsAt-nePssv Of IAEore' men
Bsnga" ~ ~ regret that several Of his
nenins - ,.mess works had never yet
pne's -',.s.d hope that in due course
l ~ s1(or5 NAV add them TO his series.
" ..n,st;ve volume Of the political writ
- soeeshes Of the Mahatma Candhi
.vuld be Of immense interest and value.
:. Jshn Drinkwater continues TO waliop
..nie and overworked muse with an
uorthy Of a better cause. Why
- Ne give the poor lady rest Tor
ID. and sick 70 seissors-and-paste drama!
:. l.s,,t sfort, thin volume called "Prel-
- WI not, as the saying is, enhance his
-.,.,.ien. Some Of Us have strong enough
~ 10 like the story Of David ans
,-shsn meat" and not watered down INTO
= .esvy and indigestible verse. But MI.
.-,,,s,er has secured his audience and
n, cont seem to mind what he gives them
! l,sr as it is POmPOus' sauve and very
:. .ericus Humor and passion are both
,,,..tortable qualities. suppose it is the
,..,i absence Of them in Mr.. Drinkwater's
- which has made it the delight Of so
,,,r thousands Of elderly spinsters.
n, lleister Crowley, whose numerous
,,4s have mostly been published by HIM
N and are not easily obtainable. has now
.,.ared in the autumn list Of one Of our
1.,,-known and respected publishing houses
-v,.srs. Collins. The title Of his book is
s1ss Diary Of a Drug Fiend," and in it Mr.
c,orley describes with great minuteness Of
S,.,n he effects Of cocaine, heroin and
norvhia. His hero, Peter Pendragon, IS an
s;rnsn Who finds himself after the war with
lpiehhood and a fortune, but handicapped
by the disease Of thinking" OF this disease
l, determines 20 cure himself, and as a first
SEP he takes a sniff Of cocaine at a night
,.k Later, be meets a kindred spirit OF
a, apostle sex and they decide that what
10 have 70 do is to lay in stock OF
v.,ine, get married as quickly as possible
sn1 20 away and have a glorious time for
ever and ever" With singular lack Of
'rirnality they 90 TO Paris for their cocaine
,oaeymoon and this is what the drug does
or them: "We hardly troubled to eat. We
irdly new what we were eating. We
idnt seem to need sleep. We never got
ired. wish to emphasize the fact
hat cocaine is in reality a local anaesthetie;
hat is the actual explanation Of its action
me cannot feel ones body. Don't
nagine that this means that the physical
pleasures are diminished. The animal part
4 one Is Intensely stimulated, so far as its
'xn action Is concerned, but the feeling that
his passion is animal is completely trans
uuied. One becomes absolutely
sskless One is bounding with health and
abiding with high spirits. Until
,eu Get vour mouth full Of cocaine you don't