Evening star., 1933-02-26
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7avo More Volumes on the Life Of Ab,aham
Lincolu-7he Story of Richard Wagner,
and Adventu,es in Mysterious 7hibet

subject. d.. Gflin is professor of sociology
In the University Of Wisconsin and one Of the
prominent sociologists of the country. He
shows the origins Of social maladjustments
how they affect the individual. the family,
cultural institutions, economic organization
and society as whole, and suggests methods
Of social reorganization which might bring
about improved adjustments Social pathology
Is defined as the study of mans failure to
adjust himself and his institutions to the
necessities of existence to the end that he
may survive and meet fairly well the felt needs
Of his nature" Social pathology thus appears
as the result Of the struggle for existence and
We are forced to recognize the fact that the
survival CT the fittest has not come about with
out leaving many Of the "fit" badly manned
in their survival. The struggle for survival
has left along the road the bones of those
who have fallen in the fight 1t has also
imprinted indelibly upon the very nature of
man and upon his institutions certain qualities
which make for success under some conditions
of life, but make for failure under others"
DR.. Gillin has treated his subject under
five divisions: The Pathology of the Individual.
The Pathology of Domestic Relationships, The
Pathology of Social Organization. The Break
down of Economic Relationships, The Pathology
of Cultural Relations. Individual pathology
has many causes, among them sickness or
disablement blindness and deafness, alco-
holism drug addiction. mental deficiency or
disease. Under the pathology Of domestic re-
lations are grouped such problems as those Of
desertion. divorce, widowhood, dependent and
neglected children, ilegitimate parenthood i'm
morality and vice. vasabondage, old age. Four
types Of disorganization contributors to
the pathology Of social organization: urban,
rural, class and group, and international. Each
has its share in the responsibility for making
society 60 awry. The breakdown of moral
-xn .l,~ - ~so to-
ing a changing world and the prevalence Of
delinquency and crime are the chief elements
in the pathology Of culture relations. Social
Pathology" deals in facts as well as theory
and has many case illustrations.
JENNY WREN. BY E. H. Young. New York:
Harcourt Brace q Co.
THE publishers say that they dislike hearing
the work of E. H. Young called Charm
ing" humorous" delightful" We do not won-
der. They feel as an intelligent woman does
when she is called sweet" Because Miss
Young has chosen to recreate real, average
people. not neurotics and degenerates, endears
her the more to normal readers. Jane Austen
has held her own for century, without hav-
ing made use Of very strong and highly spiced
material in her novels. without having been
appallngly frank" Miss Young's characters
are as representative of a section Of twentieth
century English life as Jane Austen's are of
the early nineteenth century. They have also
a liveliness. and suggest philosophy not to
be found in Jane Austen. When william
was published without any blare of trumpets
announcing it, many of us felt that We had
discovered something rare and delightful and
William, the wise and tolerant father of a
sometimes difficult family, Immediately took
his place among our permanent fiction friends.
Miss Mole gave philosophic companion
for William, a conscientious housekeeper doing
her duty in the family of a disagreeable clergy
man, and all the while concealing longing
for romance, which she finds in the end Jenny
Wren" presents a younger heroine one not at
all seasoned by life's experiences, suffering tor
ments of conflict between her aspirations for a
life of refinement and luxury and the reality
of her vulgar mother and the lodging house
which they keep.
Each of Miss Youngs novels is generous in
Characterization with almost an all-star cast,
but in Jenny Wren" the interest is more diff
fused than in the other two In fact, Jennys
sister Dahlia grows upon us to such an extent
that we find ourselves wishing that her natural
ness and whimsical way of finding amusement
in the most unpleasant situation might do
something to cure Jenny Of her self-centered-
ness. Louisa Kendall, with her past of which
her daughters secretly know and are ashamed.
is like a too highly colored flower, as she
appears on the area steps, in her gay overall
and visits with the tradesmen, while sour Miss
Jewell next door listens from her window and
hopes for scandal, or at least gossip Aunt
Sarah, who pounces on the already unhappy
family and makes them all unhappier, plays
the part of a negative cause in bringing about
some beneficial adjustments. The sensible.
truthful, thrifty lodger, Mr.. Cummings, and
the prim curate Mr.. Sproat, whose hair grows
too long on his neck and who Is happieSt
(until he meets Dahlia) when he knows Of
some trouble or disaster which will enable him
to offer his services, are the unromantic heroes
of the tale. Mr.. Grimshaw, extensively OBJ
trusive and persistent would-be lover and
actual creditor of Louisa, Is chief cause of
the misery of the two daughters, especially
tho rvoud Iennv iS Measure AGAIN n