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CENATOR HOAR lived long enough
- and retained his interest in his
own life sufficiently to write his "Au-
topography of Seventy Years" which
this biography by former Senator Gil
lett cannot equal as veritable pic
.ure of the man and his work. 1t does,
however, valuably supplement the au-
TOPOGRAPHY. with an outside view,
which can often do better justice to a
modest man than he does himself,
and with a reconstruction and expo
sition of the political period through
which Senator Hoar lived, which. as
a former Speaker of the House and
former Senator. the author is partlcu-
larly well qualified to give. Senator
Gillett does not append any list OF
sources, but 1t may be gathered from
the text and inferred from his con-
nection with the Hoar family that he
had access to many important papers.
George Frisbie Hoar had every ad-
vantage of heredity and environment,
the best blood of New England on
both sides, a home at Concord, Mass,
then an ideal democracy" educated
at Harvard, admission to the bar in
Worcester. which became his lifelong
home. From such antecedents, one
would expect resultant conservative
statesman and Senator Hoar was a
strict constitutionalist and, though in
dependent in thought and action, a
strong party man The fundamental
Of ic thot he had
a profound belief that the Republican
party represented an oVerWnelmlng
majority of the intelligence and con-
science of the Nation" Yet when
principles were in question he followed
his convictions. Many OF, the acts OF
his public life seemed to align him
with liberal thought; he was an aboll-
zionist, a champion Of woman SUI
frage. an opponent Of political patron
age and a friend of the civil service.
In his personal as in his public life
he preserved a balance which never
permitted fanaticism. He was free
from "intemperance and licentious-
ness" religious man, man OF un-
usual culture, in his community gem
erous, active, and helpful. depend
able leader and organizer in every phi
lanthropic enterprise" He was
founder of the Worcester Public LII
brary and of the Polytechnic Institute
and the adviser of Jonas Clark when
he endowed Clark University. Sena-
tor Hoar was born in 1926 and died
in 1904 His reputation in his own
time and in history is that of sim
gularly upright man, who never aban-
doned principle for policy and who, in
his political philosophy was con-
scientious, moderate conservative.
THE STATE PAPERS AND OTHER
PUBLIC WRITINGS OF HER
BERT HOOVER. Two volumes.
Collected and edited by William
Starr Myers, Phi. D., Garden City:
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
DIR. MYERS, professor of politics at
~ Princeton University, has done
very careful piece of work in the ar
rangement of this collection of the
papers of former President Hoover,
and he has provided an unusually full
index. with cross references, so that it
is only a moments work to find a
message or address on any given sub
ject The period covered is from
March 4, 1929, when the inaugural
address was delivered, through March
4, 1888, when a statement was issued
to the press on the pocket veto of the
independent offices appropriation bill.
The papers include all messages to
Congress and all press conference
statements, executive orders, state
ments and proclamations, addresses,
messages sent to organizations for
special occasions, some published ar
ticles and many important letters. The
historical value Of these papers as
source material in years to come will
be recognized when it is remembered
that during the years which they cover
occurred the proclamation of the Kel-
logg BRAND peace pact, the visit of
Prime Minister Macdonald to the
Rapidan Camp, the London Naval
Conference Of 1890, the visits Of Pre-
mier Laval and Signor Grandi. the
foreign debt moratorium, continuous
pressure for bonus legislation cul-
minating in the bonus armys march
on Washington-and several Gridiron
Club dinners.
THE CURSE OF BIGNESS. Miscel-
laneous papers of Louis D. Bran
deis. Edited by Osmond K. Fraen-
kel, as projected by Clarence M.
Lewis. New York: The Viking
Press.
COME of the most important Of the
- articles and addresses of Asso-
ciate Justice Brandeis, demonstrating
his liberal attitude toward social
amelioration measures, are here gath
cred into volume under title which
indicates something fundamental in
the attitude of the author toward
modern society. THE Curse of Big
ness is apparently permanent curse
and the only recourse is to find anti
dotes for it. AS leader in social
reform and liberal jurist, Justice
Brandeis has spent much of his life
in searching for and attempting to