Evening star., 1924-12-06
The Library Table
BY THE BooKLovER

May Slnclair5 q most recent biograpn-
ical novel, Arnold waterlow," would
defy classification. Al times his
moral reactions seem very old-fash-
toned, at other times startingly mod
ern. In order to permit his mother
to preserve her cherished ideal OF his
brother Richard, her Savorite. he
conceals Richards rascaiity by plac-
ing himself In a false position. Rich
ard has lost all Mrs. Waterlow's cap.
ital through dishonest speculation,
and with his last hundred pounds has
made his exit to Australia. Arnold,
on Il salary of $500 a year, continues
to pay his mother her income of E300
q year (of course, he has to work
nights at odd Jobs to earn something
for his own expenses) and allows
her to think her capital intact. Does
any one ever do such a thing outside
fiction, and usually old-fashioned fic-
tion at that? He Is more modern in
his dealings with his wife Rosalind,
who is a very temperamental violin
list. The fact that she has been the
mistress Of the pianist, Max Schoon-
hoven, who has deserted her, and
that the she warns Arnold that she
will return to Max If he ever invites
her. do not deter Arnold from mar
rying her. In due time she does re-
turn to Max, and Arnold magnani-
mously pays her an allowance, be-
cause the musical successes" of the
two do not bring in much income
Arnold also agrees not to divorce her
and to take her back at any time,
because she realizes that Max Is
quite likely to desert her again and
she may need a refuge. Surely this
IN the extreme OF modern altruism
But. unlike most idealists, Arnold
gets into trouble when his different
ideals clash. He falls In love with
En1e, but cannot marry her because
| Of his promise TO Rosalind. Efle is
unhappy, however. What shall he
do? He must make Effie happy, and
yet he must be always ready to serve
| as a refuge for Rosalind. He settles
this moral dilemma in a way that
seems to the unidealistio but practi-
cal reader not very satisfactory 70
any one. except perhaps to selfish
Rosalind.
1t was to be expected that the So
called new psychology, that Is the
psychology of Freud, Jung and our
| own DR.. William A. White, would be
applied to study of religion. This
| has been done by Everett Dean Mar
tin In an exceedingly Interesting
4 n,
which he psychoanalyzes religion ac-
cording to the same method that he
analyzed the characteristics OF crowds
| In his earlier volume, THE Behavior
| OF Crowds" DR.. Martin Is not an ex-
tren1e Freudian, and so does not trace
all religious phenomena to sex On
the contrary, his is a reasoned analy-
SIS or religion that deserves wide
| reading by clergy and laity. The au-
fhnr'G En1 nA
TO an answer to the question: Are
we facing q revival of religionr' To
| this he answers: IF we bear in mind
! that religion Is primarily a mechan-
/ ism or escape from the real, it would
seem that there are many things in
our modern world which, psychologi-
| cally considered, would lead to some
| sort of religious revival" He thinks
! there Is a widespread desire for some
! one who can give the world q new
/ gospel, or some one who WAL lead it
| back to the old faith. Among other
factors pointing in the same direction
| are the increase in attendance on
many Protestant churches the emer-
gence OF many bizarre cults, the
! tundamentalist" movement, the dis
| lllusionment following the failure of
the war TO bring the millennium, the
| progressive industrialization of So
| ciety with its deadening influence on
| labor, the radical movements In poll
tics and the dull. deadening medioc.
rity produced by democracy ReIi-
! gton, he says, offers adventure, mys-
| terry, thrill, ecstasy. defense or es-
| cape from the harsh and dull. He
! says that the real trouble is that
people cannot stand themselves y
| Religion is for such people a refuge
| from their inner conflicts. and the
4 funCfinn al
guise and solve the problem of such
! inner conflicts. The essence Of his
| book on THE Mystery OF RELIGION
I VIII be found in a chapter on THE
! Psychology Of Religion" one Of 90
! that make up a volume by DR.. Martin.
entitled What Psychology Has to
Teach You About Yourself and Your
| World" stenographic reports of lee
lures given last Winter before the
Peoples Institute of New York. This
volume, which consists Of 20 separate
pamphlets in a case, is a vigorous.
lucid, brilliant exposition Of the prfn-
cipal topics of modern psychology.
| A new version OF an old story abou,
DR.. Benjamin Jowett, the famous
master OF Balliol College, Oxford
will be found III Things 1 Shouldn't I
Tell" by the author Of "Uncensore6
Recollections." While Jowett was
engaged on his plato" c. 6. CaIverly
| acting as guide, came with a grour
Of American tourists and, standing
| under the little bow window on the
Broad, proclaimed: This. ladies and
gentlemen, is Balliol College, reckoned
to be the second oldest college in
Oxford. The head OF this college is
| 70 Ia ~
master Is the celebrated Prof. Jowett
That IS Prof. Jowett's study" Then
STOPPING down, picking up some
gravel and throwing 1t up, disturb
| ing the great man at his studies and
| bringing him red with fury to the
| wlndow-"and that, ladies and gen.
| tlemen, IS Prof. Jowett.'
1.-THE quest OF origins has always
| been fascinating to mankind; il Is
the natural outgrowth of mans en-.
| deavor to link cause with effect. The
Oldest historic records testify tc
mans interest In the beginnings OF
all things. the human race included
| with these sentences DR.. George G.
MacCurdy begins his book entitled
| Human Origins, a Manual of Pre-
history" In two copiously illustrated
| volumes. the first of which has for
it's subtitle "The Old Stone Age and
the Dawn of Man and His Arts" and
the second OF which is devoted &c
"The New Stone Age and the Ages
Of Bronze and Iron," Prof, MacCurdy
gives the results OF 80 years of obser-
walton and study, not only of the
origin and development of man. but
| of human mentality as shown In
mans discoveries, inventions and al
other activities that go to make ur
human culture. The book Is espe-
| cfaily rich in It's treatment of early
L invantinns and iranle-