Evening star., 1924-06-01
HOLLAND UNDER QUEEN WILL

fessor in Columbia University
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
40 well knit Is this study of Hol-
land that II provides not only
~ comprehensive view Of the
general progress OF that coun-
try during the past quarter of a CEN
tury, but 1t sets clearly forth as well
the commanding figure of Queen Will
helmina as an inspiring and directing
force in that general forward move
ment. From the beginning of her
reign up to the present this author
traces the career Of Wilhelmina-the
woman, the ruler in a constitutional
monarchy. the administrator Of do
mestic and colonial affairs, the rec
ognized and acknowledged friend of
her beloved people. A stimulating
story for any one to read, q specially
stimulating story for women to read'
Such is the woman" says Edward
Box, in a foreword to this book, "un-
pered and progressed for the past
twenty-five years: always in the
background: adverse to her person.
ality being brought forward: content
that public attention should center
upon her ministers and the two leg
islative bodies; but nevertheless a po-
tent figure and active participant in
every important matter that concerns
the welfare OF the people Of her land
back OF the dikes and in her far-away
colonies" And again Mr.. Box says:
der the reign Of Wiiheimina for not
only such progressive building. but
for the actual preservation of the
building of the past. War has threat
ened and surrounded; economic de-
pressions have rocked; diplomatic
skill has been put to the test as never
before; financial forebodings have
lowered long and seriously. But Hol-
land has stood steady and strong"
or this author he says: mo man
could have been chosen to tell the
story so we'll or SO eomprehensively.
Twenty-Five years of pulsating his
tory is not easily told within a lin
tied compass such as this book rep
resents. But the difficult task has
been do1s Here Is an .,nrx
progress Of a people OF standards
governed by a queen OF ideals"
THE WRATH TO COME. BY g. Phil
lips Oppenheim, author OF The
Great Impersonation," etc. Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Co.
Ftrst-class adventure any way you
look at 1t, Good foundation; Straight
development out of this. The hero a
winner The lesser folks. alive. be-
iievable. up and doing. Dramatic
moments. innumerable, along the
course of the development. You will
move along, please. to 1850, taking
The limitation Of armaments inaug--
uratcd in Washington in 1921 stu
holds at this 1850 point. The United
States, then as now, is on the out
side of the great international agree
ment. Such Ia the situation. The ad-
momentum through the machinations
Of Japan, Russia and Germany, united
in q conspiratorial design against the
United States. Set off against the
conspirators in this combination is
only Grant Slattery, an easy-going
around the various Fairgrounds OF
Europe. with no more serious object,
seemingly. than to live up to the
American notion of a good time.
Grant Slattery Is, in reality, a secret
service man. A good one, too, that
the familiar surface layer Of many of
these overdone sleuths. To follow
him as he matches himself with one
and another OF these tntriguers, men
and women, is q good excursion into
the domain Of sharp wits and high
courage and persistent pursuit. Be-
side its external attraction as first
rate story, there Is something, maybe,
TO think about, in a general way. con-
oerning the basic thought of this ad-
venture.
NONE so BLIND. BY Albert Parker
Fitch. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
This sorry comes off in layers--like
il Dick Biaisdell's love story-warn.
rosy and smooth, finally. Just be-
meath this, a thick and fruity growth,
is Dick Blaisdelfs last year in coll
iegs and the period Immediately fol-
lowing, when he takes a sharp turn
enough snauEh Of q grip to make lie yield
him q part Of Its work and some of
It's rewards. At the heart OF the
matter Is the kernel, the hard nut
Of Dick Blaisdell's three years at
stranTsr, % % lost and forgotten. This
is the real story-a finely sympathetic
picture OF q great institution tre-
mendously preoccupied with itself
and not enough occupied with the
individuals for whose beneht 1t clear
~ exists. Indeed, so carefully drawn
the college, so vividly does 1t project
the thoughts and feelings OF the new
students. SO important are the find
tngs in respect to these students, EN-
bodied in Dick Blaisdell and hun
dreds like him. that this third part
very like an indictment of institu-
tions that can so completely over.
look the young fellows to whom they
hold AQk Dgouasoo - EaAA