Evening star., 1930-11-30

"VHIS is a rzcord of the League Of Nations
in its first 10 years of service toward
world cooperation. Its aim is to show
what has been accomplished by the
league and to set out the methods by
way of which it has dealt with the problems
confronting it. One main object OF the study
has been to so simplify the enormous amount
of legitimate and pertine Mt business undertaken
bv this alliance during the 10-year period as to
provide students with clear and intelllglble
survey of the fundamental activities OF the
league Emphasis of major interests OF IN
elusive scope subordination of relatively minor
Issues the proper coordination OF these major
and minor points to produce a true and graphic
scheme of the great subject in hand has been
one of the prime purposes OF the work. In
effect this publication is picture OF the
achievements of a decade OF strfv1ngs toward
world accommodation and cooperation. The
book aims to be merely safety box for mate
rial of phenomenal vaIue in the future calcu-
lations for world movements. Not book OF
legal judgments and opinions. Not a summary
of historic sequences and views. These things
will come later from many sources and for
many uses Here is offered simply the l0-year
record of evsntS-an smaZing deposit Tor future
use Of world efforts toward peaceful intercourse.
The foundation Of league action, the consider
alton of international justice financial and eco
nonic cooperation, inUerna ational comn1unica-
tionS, give title to some of the momentous de-
IiberationS and conclusions. These reach, nat
urally, out into the questions OF social and
telIectual harmonies and other general con-
Germs A foreword by Sir Eric Drummond,
secretary general, and an introduction OF gooo
scope and definite point serve, together, to
prepare the student fer well-charted course
through the unavoidable intricacies and subtle
ties of the greatest scheme yet projected by
man in all the history of the world for the
genuine civilization of men and nations.
boOk of inestimable value to the student Of
governments and of peoples
A WOMAN WITH WHITE EYES. BY Mary
Borden author of The Forbidden Zone"
etc. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co.
Al uncommonly fine novel steps out here
& = under the clear handicap of a title that
win be generally counted as a foolish one
title that promises the extravaganza of melo-
drama where, in fact, the book is both Substan-
tial and interesting in theme. Some one will
say But the title is itself symbolic which gets
no one very far, for if there is one thing more
boring to the average than another it is a
symbol of this or that However, let US stop
grousing at Mary Bordens name for her new
novel and get down to the business of reading
1t. 1t has a heroine, naturally. The point is
that this one is different from even the higher
order of these. The first point of departure
for her is that she is given to complete self
discloSlre-a most rare and uncommon thing
in woman. The next noticeable idioSyncrasy
is that, given to an easy and pleasurable par
feminine sense of human values as these have
been dcled out to wonanlind since the world
began. Almost as IL she were, really, somewhere
else, somewhere outside the affairs in which she
Is having part, this young and attractive per-
son meSSeS arourd-yeS, meSSes is the word
in an indiscriminate motley of moods and feel
ings half-emotions and full behaviors that
sometimes join hands, and more often do not.
Wisdom comes as it doss-sometimeS. This girl
Is lucky in knowing one wise man-not lover
ma lilo frio vica rxt,o1 1okc
in the little light that finally comes to her IN
regard to some of the things that life may be
about. An elusive matter? Yes, that is right.
A complex bit of human subtlety which Mary
Borden sees through in what should be q real
triumph for her, since 1t is clearly an alb
sorptton of both story and story art to readers
who are sincerely concerned with their own
inside impulses and behaviors and by the same
token, are engrossed with the human stage
generally and with its actors This will prob
ably be counted, this novel to the further dis
tnction OF Mary Borden, who already has half
o dozen first-rank romances to her stin young
credit.
Elliot Paul, author of The Amazon" etc.
New York: Horace Liveright.
A N idealist pushed into active politics by the
death of his chief. That is the story What
to do about it. That also is the story Grifin
is a kindly man, living easily with his family
interested in many things that seem far re-
moved from the concerns Of any politicians
indeed they are-rich and quiet in his tastes
open and still quiet in his friendships and bene-
factions Then. suddenly by the death Of the
Governor, Mr.. Griffin becomes the head Of the
State IN Massachusetts. A fruitful situation,
considering the facts of modern politics
coupled with the individual quality Of the new
Governor himself 1t is by way Of q mastery
of this combination, both in it's outer aspect
and its inner content. that Elliot Paul turns
out striking novel of American public life.
The drift of almost any writer on the inside of
this theme would be, naturally, toward excess
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