Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

at times on the fiamboyant, they are
| full Of apt and interesting illustrative
anecdotes, and, though obviously adj
dressed primarily to the general reader.
contain matter that deserves the at
| tention of the student L. Schuyler.
The Natives of England, by H. w. New
inson. 1891. G45.N418.
NevinSon has written book full of
| charm, full Of suggestion, charged with
wealth OF fact so blended with ar1ec-
dote and mellow reflection and literary
allusion as to give 1t the easy flow of
| one Of Mr.. Priestley's novels. -. It is
book for all Americans to read. It
will show them England, the authentic
England, as few of them can have ever
known her."-H. w. Harris.
AT THE HELM.
King George " a Sketch of a Great
Ruler. by Sir George Arthur. 1929.
F4566. Ar78.
''Refraining from superlatives. his
quiet well-rounded portrait does much
to explain the affection and respect the
king inspires at home and abroad. The
book is also, in Its way, fairly COM
prehensive history of British politics
and foreign affairs during the last SO
years. Paul Allen.
j. Ramsay Macdonald; IIabor's man of
destiny, by H. H. T1ltman. 1929.
EM1449t.
mfr. Tiltman's book will help Amer
leans to understand MacDonalds life.
It Is careful documented study of his
record, including in an appendix key
speeches from 1899 to 1929. 1t is ac-
curate, authoritative-his publishers
say that Mr.. Macdonald himself read
the proofs. -. But 1t is far from being
critical, philosophical biography plac-
ing Mr.. Macdonald among his contem-
poraries and analyzing his relation to
the movements of his day.. Gannett.
American Speeches, by J. Ramsay Mac
Donald. 1880. JU45 MIA.
1.-THE personality of Mr.. Macdonald
comes through the printed pages as it
did not through either the radio or the
newspaper column, and holds and per-
suades the attention and the thought
Of the reader with singular effective
ness 7"
David Lloyd George; the man and the
statesman, by j. H. Edwards. 1929.
ELITE.
This Is an old-fashioned biography.
It does not seek to find and emphasize
all Of the subjects shortcomings 1t
does not conf1ne itself to drab colors,
although not emitting them. 1t gives
lis picture of a great man. and when
we are through examining 1t we have
some conception of why he was q great
man. &C. r. Woodruff.
Sings and Arrows; sayings chosen from
the speeches of the Rt Hon. David
Lloyd George. 1929 JU45 LT76s.
These speeches, these sayings ring
true. Sometimes there is the note Of
passion, often there Is a delightful
humor, always there is a certain reason
ableness and moderation. But however
eloquent he may be the note is never
forced; there is no bitterness, and there
is complete absence Of pose. Nation
and Athenaeum.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
Englands Crisis. by Andre Siegfried.
1881. HC45 .Si13.E.
with clarity and restraint M. Sieg-
fried brings down to date the CONT
mental indictment of British oppor-
tunism. His conclusions are unflatter-
ing but not unjust, for M. Siegfried Is
one French economist who manages to
be an economist first and Frenchman
afterward George Libaire.
Great Britain from Adam Smith TO the
Present Day; an economic and social
survey, by G. r. Fay. 1928. HC45.
F31
DIR Fay is both an economist and
historian. His mastery Of economic and
historic fact is well known, and is in
deed manifest on almost every page Of
this work Some Of the most useful
passages are those which link up history
with present-day questions. Arthur
Redford.
America Conquers Britain. by Ludwell
Denny. 1880. HC83 DAD.
For those who want to understand
the economic realities Of the world to-
day, the forces which give power to
statesmen's words and ultimately mold
history far more effectively than better
advertised events. here is an indis-
pensable book. MFR. Denny is q war
correspondent on the battlefront of an
economic war more important than the
struggles In the Balkans or in Man
churia. Lewis Gannett.
America and England, by Nicholas
Roosevelt. 1880. Jz83. R67.
Mr. Nicholas Roosevelt writes with
high sense of responsibility, sensitively
recognizing that the economic clash be
tween Great Britain and the United
States may cause a dangerous rift If
both sides do not set seriously about the
business of understanding one another"
Spectator
The Postwar Unemployment Problem,
by Henry Clay. 1880. HFWC57.