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some form Of self-expression as a condition Of
her favor with his own impecunious condition,
to which his father was utterly Indifferent,
Henry Martin Alum Smith. aged 35 had de-
ciaed to commit "the rash act"-that is, suicide.
He thought too long about 1t. If he had acted
rcmptly he could have had 1t all over IN
few moments, with the Mediterranean SO con-
veniently at hand. While he thought, Hugh
Monckton Allard Smith stroled into his life.
Henry Martin envied Hugh Moncktons non
chalance and found himself wishing that he
could exchange identities with him. They
looked rather alike. Hugh Monckton also
wished to commit suicide and he achieved it.
BY pre-arrangement. Henry Martin stepped
into his place. Here the real story begins. In
its theme and its subtle symbolism it recalls
Osbert Sitwells romance Of similarly hidden
meaning, The Man Who Lost Himself"
The significance Of the life of Henry Martin
after he became Hugh Monckton is not at all
obvious and is therefore a subject for, inter-
esting speculation Did Henry Martins ex-
pericnces in the World War have anything to
do with his distaste for his own identity? What
of his heredity, from his blatant father, lead
ing industrialist of Springfield. Ohio, and his
genteel but suppressed mother? Did the
period of imitation he had lived through and
the period of depression he was now living in
materially influence his mental kaleidoscope
and his physical performances? He himself
said that 'it was a mistake to have been born
In the nineteenth century when the whole Of
your life was to be passed in the twentieth"
Certainly Mr.. Ford a veteran writer Of dis
tinction, meant to do more than write a clever
melodrama He has much to say, under cover
Of the story about the psychology Of the war
generation, which is rapidly becoming the
middle aged contingent Of the present time.
THE MIS- S-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO. By
Carter Goodwin Woodson Washington, D.
c.: The Associated Publishers, Inc
THE test which should wisely be applied to
] any method Of education is It's power to
equip people to meet the world satisfactorily.
both in a material and spiritual sense. This
Is the test which DR.. Woodson uses for ethcds
Of Negro education He is well qualified to
speak on the subject. for his life has been
spent In educational work. as teacher. author
editor, investigator. His own education was at
the University Of Chicago, Harvard and the
Sorbonne and his teaching experience has been
in connection with many institutions. including
Howard University. He Is the author of q
number Of books on Negro education and prob
lens OF life and Is now the editor Of the Journal
of Negro History. His treatment of the Mis-
Education of the Negro" is comprehensive. and
he offers many indictments Some of the most
vital of these are that the education offered
the Negro even in institutions under the di-
rection Of his own race do not fit him to make
a good living, TO get along comparatively either
with members of his own race with those
of the white race to be successful in the profess
sons, in business, or in politics, to be as public
spirited citizen he might be. In this last
respect. at least, the indictment probably finds
a weak spot in our whole educational system.
Dr. Woodson says: IF the Negro could abandon
the idea of leadership and instead stimulate
larger number of the race to take up definite
tasks and sacrifice their time and energy in
doing these things efficiently the race might
accomplish something The race needs work.
ers not leaders" The world in general needs
many workers. and can get along with few
leaders. OF radical propaganda among Negroes
he SAYS There is no movement in the world
working especially for the Negro. He must
learn to 90 this for himself or be exterminated"
The arrangement of chapters in the book (each
in itself a clear and forcible essay is admir-
ably planned for developmental discussion, from
the first. THE Seat of the Trouble to the
last, Higher Striyings in the Service Of the
Country"
ANNALS OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLING
U638-185O). BY Henry Walcott Boynton
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
DOOKMAKING and bookse1ling began in the
u British American Colonies and has con-
tinued ever since. with rapidly increasing mo-
mentum The Colonial and early nineteenth
century bookseller was often an influential citi-
zen and sometimes a picturesque and original
figure in his town. Mr. Boynton describes the
book business in England of the seventeenth
century as background for the story Of Colo
nial enterprise in the same field. The begin
nings in Massachusetts, and the founding of
the Cambridge Press come first in the history
and we ere told that "the founder or begetter