Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

national law at Princeton.
offers study designed
to meet the average mans needs
of an intelligent outlook upon
an internationalism that never be-
fore was so real and so imminent
q thing as it is today. Because of
} the general use for which the book is
intended. the study is condensed to
the essentials only of the subject.
These are so co-ordinated as to pre-
sent an immediate view of the re-
iation OF their parts. The study OF
decentralization is based upon a.
preliminary survey Of nationalism.
This survey covers the remote origin
of the nation in an association OF
common interests. which, in turn, de-.
veloped a common habit of thought
and mode Of speech. These crystal
lized customs. traditions, form OF
government. laws, economic unity,
standards of life and outlook upon
the future. Such, in substance, Is
the nation. From this point the
author works out to the world as
ISOLATION of nations. This larger as
ISOLATION, while containing elements
of the national concept. is or sum-
GENTLY different nature ana purpose
as to impose an international law
the intent and body of national law
These differences are set out in con.
trast here. Diplomacy. the chieI
instrument, as yet. of internatlonal
Intercourse. is analysed in its nature
and operation. BY this analysis and
discussion certain common mlscon-
ceptions of diplomacy are corrected.
The law of war is not law at all
rather q set Of usages and customs.
Working toward the future OF inter
nationalism. the author advocates
and describes the purpose or lne
Permanent Court OF lnternatlonal
Justice" of which President HARDING
is the earnest champion. he sets
out, also. the league of nations as a
going concern, with an achlete
ment of importance already to It's
book the author presents certain
.'imponderables" bound to be of I'M
portance, either as helps or MN
ORANGES in the international lued
Religion, race. mocraesa,addi go
subject of deep and impassioed teel-
tnrs-are among these imponderables.
A most useful book for the use OF Tue
general reader and the student Oh
world movements
SOULS SECRET DOOR; Poems. BY
Swami Paramananda- author OF
plato and Nedic 1deallSm, etc
Boston: The Nedanta Centre
A group of seventy-two poems that
come together here by virtue or their
common spiritual insight and oevo
ton. In free verse. with an eHsc.
not unlike the imagery and movement
Of the Psalms, they sing of the loWly
heart of patience of kindness and
mercy, of worship and resignation
They exalt the wonder and glory OF
God, the beauty and Sanctlty Oh NE
group of them are given TO praise
of nature-the trees, the sky. the
darkness. the light-but these nature
songs. too. are Of the same devotional
spirit. Man, helpless and alone, with
out the sustaining love of Cod this
is the substance of these true and
beautiful poems. Their author, a
Hindu scholar, has been in the west
for seventeen years. teachins, writ
ing, lecturing. perfecting the instru-
ment of expression, SO that these
poems come to us in our own familiar
speech, transferring the authors
thought directly TO our minds in an
diom that is wholly our own.
AN HEIR AT LARGE. BY John T.
McCutcheon. author of The Rest
less Age" etc. Illustrations by the
author. Indianapolis: The Boobs-
Merrill Company.
A romance of knight-errantry, this,
done over to At the fashion of the
twentieth century. The old nre-
breathing dragon has become the
modern corporation. the malleo
knight with lance atit is young
man in russell shoes and rusty bust
ness suit. Heir to a fortune calcu
lated to make that of Haroun AL !
Raschid look like quarter OF dol
lar, he sets out to fight the great bust.
ness to which he has fallen heir. All
this heirship dead secret So the
young man looks exactly like the
familiar trouble maker in modern in
dustry-somethinS like William II.
" Foster. for instance. That is. he |
looks this way to the bunch of wrong |
doors with whom he gets so promptly |
and so prodigiously busy: However. |
since this particular business turns
out, in the long run. to be his own. |
one is compelled to acknowledge tha1 !
There are, despite loud avowals to !
the contrary, really honest and en- |
liEhtened folks among the rich COT |
Vibrations of the country. A romance |
quite in keeping with the rest of the !:
iRte resting TODD rounds the story to !
fImodern instance of iifelike form
and feature. The young man is we'll |
With knowing. The girl is all right. |
'eHk situation is a part Of the realism |
IL the moment in business and social |
life as well. A newspaper man, car !
tponist and the brother of George |
Barr McCutcheon. this other Nc
Cutcheon Is certainly well on the way |
TO being a good novelist besides.
SIR OR MADAM. By Berta Ruck, |
author Of The Subconscious Court |
ship" etc. Frontispiece by Ed |
ward c. Caswell. New York: Dodd, |
Mead d co.
The liberation Of women by way of (
the war has been windfall to the |
novelist. "Cest Ia guerre" provided |
plausible explanation for occurrences
which. before that event. would |
have been incapable of being ac- |
counted for. This fact gives the |
novelist more elbow room for her |
heroines. A case in point is Sir or !
Madam" where the chief person, and |
certainly the most attractive one, is |
at one moment Madam" and the |
next moment Sir" Just an. ad |
venture in masquerading. by means |
of which a rich and retiring young |
bachelor comes into possession of a |
marvel of d chauffeur. This bit of |
perfection turns out, of course, to
be girl. And equally. of course, |
the girl provokes and completes the |
romance of which this brightly |
active and engaging story is made |
up. A widow plays her competent |
part as rival. And the action de-
velops. chiefly, through the edges of |
detection that this. adventurous !,
young man-woman is continually |
skirting. Good atmosphere through |
out sustains the varied and whole I
some action and the genuine humor |
Of this romance of new freedom,
Frederic Nirdiinger New York: !
The Century Company.
A hospital romance-a day nurse |
and the hopeless case" AS a ro- /
meeting, mutual attraction. adj
vances and retreats, hope and despair |
and all the rest of 1t till, a proper /
time gone by, the shadows flee away |
splendor' of love prevails. A scanty !
and commonplace summary of a very |
bright and stimulating novel. Be /
cause, you see. the personality and |