Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

EUROPE AT THE CROSSROADS.


tons conference at Geneva the Public
Library calls attention to the following
books:
Economic and Social Conditions.
Goodbye to Western Culture; Some
Footnotes on East and West by
Norman Douglas. 1880. G69.D74S.
"The individual who is not made to
think by this book Is dead with preju-
dice and immune to reason w. p.
The European Scrap Book, 1880. 1880.
Y.9Eu7.
Although the selections are inferior In
interest to those selected for the Aneri-
can Scrap Book, they give a good sur
vey of contemporary arts. literature, in
dustries, politics, etc, in Europe.
The United States of Europe. BY
Edouard Herrtot 1880. JU30. Has e.
THE most valuable parts Of this book
are those which discuss the economic
problems confronting Europe today. In
length from large number of private
memoranda not available to American
readers. R. L. Buell..
The United States of Europe. BY
Paul Hutchinson. 1880. HC30 HIT.
Mr.. Hutchinson, the managing editor
Of the Christian Century, has compiled
this book from a series of his articles in
journalistic style, which appeared as
the result Of interviews with prominent
men OF Great Britain, France, Germany
and other European countries"
Europe BY H. A. Keyserling. 1928.
0.K52E.
Count Keyserling regards the world
Of nations with such depth Of meaning
NJ uF.fv ~(n
scribss 1t so superbly well, that 1t mat
tiers little whether here and there he
mistakes a hill for an ant heap or
treads heavy-footed over ground too
frail to support the weight of his phi
losophy. Salvador de Madariaga.
The Balance Of Births and Deaths.
BY r. r. KucZynski 1928. NIB .K96.
This modest little book, crammed
with simple figures, is suf1cient answer
to the walls of the ultra-eugenists who
have been gloomily predicting that the
increase OF population would soon out
run the worlds food supply"
America Looks Abroad. BY p. M.
MaZur. 1880. HK83. MAS.
The author, member of Wall street
banking house. maintains that Americas
Europe, that prosperity here depends on
the intensive cultivation Of the foreign
market"
Social Glasses in Postwar Eurone
BySeothrop Stoddard. 1925. I.St63s.
His yudy Of the social forces, up
heaving, revolutionary, evolutionary,
that are now at work remolding to q
notable extent the fabric of European
life, is rich with collected facts and
observations and illuminating with its
philosophical discussion Of their sig
nificance."
History.
Europe Since 1914. BY r. L. Benns.
1880. F3079 B439.
prof. Benns' book is especially well
come, in that we have no good, thorough
manual on the tremendous changes
which have taken place in Europe since
the stirring days of July, 19l4."-H. E.
Barnes.
Europe: A History Of Ten Years. BY
r. l.. Buell. and others. 1928.
F3079 B865
I'VE have attempted not only to trace
the history Of the Paris peace treaties
but to discuss the internal development
Of the leading countries Of Europe and
interpret the two really vital phenomena
OF Bolshevism and Fascisn."
Since Then: The Disturbing Story of
the World at Peace. BY Philip
Gibbs. 1880. FO79.G35.
His understanding of national psy-
chology is highly developed. his analysis
OF the 'imponderables' Of international
relations particularly keen"
Makers of Modern Europe. BY Count
Carlo Sforza. 1880. E9Sf5.
This is an interestingly written, well
Illustrated volume Of political portraits.
In Count Sforza's chapters, brief though
they are, the reader is undoubtedly
given the benefit of shrewd observers
keen insight into the characters Of some
Of Europe's outstanding statesmen
L. Benns.
Politics.
The League Of Nations: A Chapter in
World Politics. BY J. 8. Bassett.
1928. JXAR.B29 !.
"A sane and judicious story Of what
during the last decade the League of
Nations has been and has done.
The story is good history, sound and
reliable. &C. J. H. Hayes.
Olives of Endless Age, Being a Study
OF This Distracted World and Its
Need Of Unity. BY H. N. Brails-
ford. 1928. JUB734o.
One Is not likely to light upon a
more lucid exposition of contemporary
more amply documented by direct OBJ
servation."
Locarno, the Realty. BY Alfred
Fabre-Luce. 1928. JXAR.Fll.E.
For dispassionate and realistic ex-
position Of European politics the student
Of foreign affairs would do well to read
Locarno. p. r. Dulles.
Embattled Borders Eastern Europe
From the Balkans to the Baltic.
By E. A. Powell. 1928 JUDO psf.
The author travelled over a broad
belt OF Eastern Europe. ohserv-
ing the political conditions which are
affecting the peace Of Europe and talk
ing with rulers and political leaders OF
| most OF the countries visited"
Uniting Europe: The Trend of Inter
national Cooperation Since the
War. By w. e. Rappard. 1880,
JxAR.RIB7u.
prof. Rappard, a historian who was
among the representatives OF Switzer-
land at the League Of Nations, deals In
this book with the subject of interna-
f1ax1aI