Evening star., 1927-10-16
Ry IDA GILBERT MYERS.

RY IDA GILBERT MYERS.
JAMES BRYCE (viscount Bryce OF
Dechmont, o. M. BY II. A. l..
Fisher. warden of New College,
oxford. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Co.
~ HE life Of Viscount Bryce OF.
fers two SPECIFIC polnts Oh
value +a that sccsatsd stanS high Gst eue
itv of the whole. One Of these,
General in it's effect, rises from the
fact that the work is in so large
easure autobiographic--Jam Bryce
himself speaking by way OF diaries
and Letters, The other point, not so
wide in application, is Of special in
terest to Americans by virtue of its
emphasis upon the relations. both
friendly and official, existing between
the DISTINGUISHED Englishman and the
people of this country. Perhaps no
one else from the outside has been so
zestfully friendly in pursuit of the
United States, has been, moreover. so
abundantly equipped for such pursu'
ing as James Bryce. One of the many
effects Of this enterprise Is 1.-The
American Commonwealth" that con-
crete picture Of the political system
Of the United States. A study not
only Of the National Government, but
the State governments; not only the
State governments, but the party sys'
tenn: not only the party system, but
the ideas, temper, habits of the SOW
ereign people" Here you wifi find
the story Of the Commonwealth
it's inception and growth and compile
ton. And here you will find other
stories flowing out Of full and Wig
orous and useful living. These are
tales of travel, with scenery and art
and rich human intercourse for their
content. Here are seasoned views OF
politics applied to the Government OF
this country and that one, and here
also is a broad humanity of outlook
upon international relationships. In
a word, the book is full of the man.
It overfiows with warm personal con-
facts, and vigorous attitudes. and a
forward-l looking spirit embracing the
world itself. Interesting as amy ro-
nance that you will read. AS packed
with vital substance as life itself
Worth any citizens while, worth any
mans devoted consideration.
And, by the way, last week in The
Sunday Star came message direct
from Viscount Bryce to the people of
the United States, message bearing
upon the beauty of the National Capt.
tai, coupled with the urgent duty that
rests upon the people to conserve and
to advance that beauty. This is walat
he saws, in part: with intimate
knowledge OF the great countries of
the world, I know of no Europ can
capital, except Constantinople. that
has such beautiful scenery in it's en-
virons; no European city has such a
noble cataract as the Great FAILS of
the Potomac, unique scenic asset as
distinctive in it's ways as the Bos-
porus is to Constantinople. 1t would
be almost an act of ingratitude to
Providence, to history, and to the men
who planned the city IL use is not
made of these natural advantages In
these circumstances may not the City
of Washington feel that its mission
in life is to be the embodiment of the
majesty and the stateliness bf the
whole Nation, representing all that
is finest in American conception, all
that is most luminous in American
thought; embodying the Nations S ideal
Of what the Capital Of such a Nation
should be"--a timely word to all the
people, it seems to me, against an
other point of menace to the beauty
Of the one national city Of the whole
United States.
n u n
STAG" BY John Mcintyre, author
Of Blowing Weather" etc. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
MOT so long ago John Mcintyre
y wrote a beautiful story of old
s~N L. fIN~ 4
port and out from it, when clipper
ships brought China and India across
the seas in wares and merchandise.
A long and lovely story is Blowing
Weather." deliberate in movement
and wholly redolent Of that earlier
America that runs in the blood Of all
Of us. Since then he has written other