Evening star., 1924-05-18

WHERE ARE WE GOINGf BY David
=, Lloyd George. o. NJ, p. c., N. p.
a., British prime minister, 1916-1S22
New York: George H Doran Com
pany.
OF toward peace, certainly
nj not even toward the promise
of peace held by the years
Immediately following the
great war. Such, in broad and gen.
sral- conclusion, is the answer OF
Lloyd George to his own question. No
ons is in a more commanding posi-
tion for a general survey of the field
wherein lies the answer to this ques-
tfon than is the former prime minis
ter. And here, in spirit quite open
and free, he takes redaers into this
field. and over it, pointing definitely
here, and positively there, to out
standing barriers against any con-
elusive peace, against any return to
the progressive pursuits of peace.
There Is no beating about the bush In
this disclosure. There are no minis
terial concealments. Those days have
gone On the contrary, there Is d.
rect assertion, and painstaking e1pla-
nation, both bearing upon points that
have not hitherto come into any gen.
eral possession by readers. In a
spirit of frank disclosure, an overdue
disclosure one gathers from the
writer, Loldy George points squarely
upon France as the prime obstacle to
peace, as the prime agent in the clear
turning away from any further prog
ress toward peace. This is, through
out, highly informing discussion.
Whether the writer is holding up TO
consideration France, or the league
or the treaty" or reparations. or the
interallied debt, or what not, he is at
every moment highly intelligent ana
keenly alert. Never negligible IN
be interested, if not always pleased,
at what he has to say about America
in some of its latter-day pronounce
ments and conclusions.
SONGS OF THE SEA AND SAILORS
4 CHANTEYS; An Anthology Select
ed and Arranged by Robert Fro
thingham. Boston: Houghton MIL
fin Company.
voyaging through this book OF sea
songs you will just naturally veer
first toward those nearby folks VINO
have, time and time again. had some
thing special to say to you about the
Adams and Masefleld and McFee; Kip
ling and Swinburne; Harry Kemp and
c. Fox Smith Ga woman, by the WaV F;
Dick Hovey and Christopher Morley.
From these you will go forward
when you do not turn backward for
Browning and Byron and Shakes
peare-to others less we'll known. In
order that they also may serve your
moods with their deeper knowledge,
with their better understanding or
this monstrous and mysterious thing
OF which there can be no real com
urehension sss "'And what is the
sea" asked Will. The sea" cried the
miller. Lord help us ALL, it is the
greatest thing God made"" A sing
ing heart and waywiSe hand Sc
Iected the songs of the sea that have
come to harbor within this volume.
MRS. PHELPS HUSBAND. By Ar
!, iriana Spadoni, author of The
Noise of the World" etc. !ndian-
Il. apolis: The Bobbs-Merrlil COM
pany.
The foundation of this story is
Of the man-when his back was turn
ed so to speak. The story projects
the domestic life accruing from this
man capture. Under the efficient
management of teacher this Is a
model of perfect gearing and smooth
action. The modern business method
applied to matrimony. 1t works ike
a clock. That is. it works from the
managers point of view. Here is a
lovely, intelligent. capable, aimable
want, This one doesn't want more
He wants less. Rather, he'd like
room for a little more of himself
But what could man do by way OF
effective protest when he had al
ready allowed himself to appear COM
and wedding? Less trouble to sit
sill at his desk. like a good pupil.
than to try any futile tricks of
sruancy ,u; This is is s. happy family wifs to to
Beautifully married at toward forty.
Just when she had begun to fear.
An exemplary family. Oh, yes, the
man really falls in love, later. He
was bound to. No, nothing like that.
admirable Construction. It has a
sound foundation. Its development
is. throughout, as sincere and COM
petent as it is Of an absorbing in
te.est.
WASTE. BY Robert Herrick, author
of Together" etc. New York:
!. Harcourt. Brace & Co.
A story of the middle west in the
period lying between the Spanish
American war and the present The
early part of this period covers.
roughly, the unchecked orgy Of in
dustry that expanded business so
enormously in every direction: that
made immense combinations. working
havoc with innumerable small enter
prfseS; that organized and re-organ-
lied upon more and more gigantic
scale in an effect more and more mo-
nopolistic. Within this period is the
high tide of industrial selfishness and
greed-a period that is passing. how
ever, under publicity and regulation on
sense of fair play on the other. It is
against this background of business
rtvalries and unholy ambitions that Mr..
Herrick sets the character and defines
show in the world for Jarvis Thorn
ton: Might as well expect a lamb to
thrive among the wolves. A quiet,
thoughtful fellow, educated. and with
q profession. An artist. though. And
this turns him into a pilgrim following
parently without ambition. he is not
much at business. Chivalrous-so he
is eaten up by lot of worthless
yemen HIS mother her, and n5ds sistsrjust
another leech. Then another one. and
SO on. You see, he is thinking of
something else the most of the time,
SO it seems easier to be eaten than to
about that. 1t is. of course, a serious
and purposeful story Maybe it under
takes too much when 1t seeks to cover
a big and turbulent and important
period and. at the same time, to set out
the soul of man as the soul Of Jarvis
Thornton is uncovered here. The book
looks heavy. 1t is heavy in effect also.
Too much material, too spreading a
purpose-too much real excellence for
aiisingle story to handle-even for a
Robert Herrick story to handle.
HIGH FIRES. BY Marjorie Barkley
if Mcclure. Boston: Little, Brown G.