Evening star., 1924-11-30
aoU GENTILES. BY Maurice Samuel,
author of whatever Gods" etc.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.
A n argument, in support of this
~ authors proposition that be-
~ tween Jew and Gentle there
L. - are differences, inherent and
fundamental which nothing
whatsoever in the heavens above in
the earth beneath. nor in the waters
under the earth can serve to alter or
TO ameliorate. Stating this PROPOSE
ton In both varied and repetitive en-
phasis, the author sets out then to
suhstantiate it's claim by way of
contrast of Jew and GENTLE in their
respective attitudes and behaviors to-
ward certain of the basic facts of
racial life-toward religion, educa.
tion. sports, loyaIties. political ideals,
progress the ultimate issue. For
little way the author holds to the
form and method of argument, but
through his own personal assertive-
!.ese he never does achieve the intel
lcc;ual perSuasiveneSS that makes ar
gument convincing. Soon he departs
from even this standpoint to take up
= line that lies close to pure accusa-
tion on the one hand, to racial self
justification on the other. Having
followed Mr.. Samuel to the end, one
says, well, what about it? Suppose
You had succeeded in making a much
better case than you have made, what
Is your purpose" Why work to hind
er the cooperation among men that
it has taken several million years TO
achieve In even the slight measure
that now exists. Mr.. Samuel him
self in d last word" says, II believe
that though | may have erred here
and there, | have been mainly right:
and l console myself with the thought
that if this book offends by its as
sertiveneSs. God knows that the in
finite tactfu.neSS of thousands of
other Jews seems to have offended no
less. Whatever we do we are damned
(Which is certainly not true) |
would rather be damned standing up
than lying down.
JULIE CANE. BY Harvey O'Higgins.
author of From the Life etc. IL
Illustrations by Thomas Fogarty.
New York: Harper & Brothers.
Julie Cane is the daughter of
down-at-hee village grocer. Julie
Cane is, also, the embodiment of her
shabby fathers dreams Of idealism.
Into the girl, before she left the
cradle. Cane poured his thoughts
about this thing and that. admonsh-
ing her even then to keep it all to
herself, that they must pull to-
Eether" and keep these things dark"
And by some curious wisdom, such as
babies appear to possess, the little
girl almost Immediately began to un-
derstand and to play up to quite
another role when her cold and au-
stere mother came into the room. The
man, maybe at the window. the baby
In the cradle, with no sign from
either of any understanding or even
of much acquaintance. But always
from the first Cane was the girls
companion and contidant, giving her
his views of life. his notion OF worth
while things, his concepts of beauty
and independence and honesty -
Cane, the failure. A fine failure-no
doubt about that. Fortified by her
fathers spirit, Julie Cane moves out
into the village life with cool con-
fdence and Il store of reserve sta
bility that stand her in a triumphant
stead against the plain things that
assail every girl No, there is no
suggestion of the fairy tale here In
stead there is a straight out-and-out
development along lines that the in
sight of Harvey O'Hggins follows
in a complete consistency of dramatic
effect. y strong novel, in the sense
that it has good lungs and good
blood and good muscle working
throughout its course. Finely tonic
and filled with the substance of life
itself.
ARNOLD WATERLOW. BY May
Sinclair, author of "A Cure of
Souls etc. New York: The Mac
MILAN Company.
The geographic novel is at the moment
popular form of romance This
form contributes on the one hand to
an effect of something like historic
verify, and on the other hand it serves
the psychological purpose of character
development. Arnold Waterlow' is the
of tah h,h
to marriage, and out of it. 1t is the
story Of one SO different from his own
family as to make his development a
warfare against most of the things
around him. A quiet boy, deeply in
terested in all manner of things in
which his conventional family can see
nothing at all. His quest for beauty
and truth leads him here and there
always away from his mother and the
other children. He shocks and grieves
them with his unlikeness to the COM
mon pattern for which they have so
much of veneration. 1t is his search
for beauty in art and music and letters,
coupled with his Indifference toward
conventions. that leads him into unfSr
givable situations, such as no conform
ing family would accept. Very fine
work, that follows without deviation the
line of behaviors set by the deep ma
ture of the boy himself. In a larger
sense it is also a symbol of the changes
that have come into the thoughts and
outlook of a new and adventurous gen.
Grafton. faced by an advance so rapid,
by a freedom so full as to cause the
past to stand as a merely negligible at
tempt to stay the tides of independent
though and forward-reaching action.
MARIA CHAPDELAINE. BY Louis
Hemon. Translated by W. H.
Blake. Drawings by Wilfred
Jones New York: The MacMil-
Ian Company.
We all recall the thrill of Louis
Hemon's classic story of The Lake
st. John Country" wherein Maria
Chapdelaine moved as the bright and
inspiring heart of the whole. Now the
book appears again. this time in form
befitting the beauty of the story it
self. The colors. the paper, the print
the fine pictures and lovely elusive
margin sketches by Wilfred Jones. all
come together here in a desire to give
adequate setting to the exquisite
charm of the simple story itself. a
holiday book certain to convey hap
piness and good wishes to the fortu-
nate ones to whom it makes its way.
ROMANCE AND JANE WESTON. By
Richard Pryce, author of Time
and the Woman" etc. Boston:
Houghton, Miffiin Company.
She could have married the rector
Miss Weston could. But what a re-
stricted choice, Not another man in
either the near or far horizon of her
life to bring romance to Jane Weston.
Romance and the rector? Oh, no. And
then Miss Weston fell to thinking of