Evening star., 1934-01-13
THE LIBRARY TABLE
! BY SARAH G.. BOWERMAN.

BRANDEIS: Lawyer and Judge in the
Modern State. BY Apheus Thomas
Mason. Princeton: Princeton Uni
versity Press.
Not a formal biography, this study
OF Mr.. Justice Brandeis succeeds In
giving a full and definite account OF
his constitutional principles, his ideol-
ogy and his public welfare interests and
activities when one observes ehow, In
recent years, his work and his ideas
have been vindicated, Brandeis emerges
as a truly remarkable figure. DR.
Mason, associate professor of politics at
Princeton University. devotes his first
chapter, Judges Rule the State" to
the predominant influence Of the United
States Supreme Court in our govern
ment. and quotes the present Chief
Justice as saying in 1907: I'VE are
under Constitution, but the Constitu-
ton Is what the judges say it Is"
Some of the conclusions reached by the
author about the legal theory and prac-
tice of Justice Brandeis are that for
him law Is essentially an instrument
OF social policy" and that, therefore, he
considers, in preparing decisions, not
only judicial precedent and decisions
but also reports, legislative debates and
treatises OF an authoritative nature;
that he is "pre-eminently q factualist. "
but does not allow himself to be buried
under facts; that he is unable to con-
slider conStitutional-social issues with
complete detachment, and that the
picture Of an ideal society predeter-
mines his position in many decisions. "
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY: And How
the Bankers Use It. BY Louis D
Brandeis Washington. D c.: Ma
tional Home Library Foundation
Jacket Library
For its fourteenth title the Jacket
Library offers this already well-known
work of Justice Brandeis, which the
editor calls more than a chart oi
dangers and pitfalls, Of false values
and false leadership in our industrial
life. 1t offers a satisfactory way out
OF a national dilemma" At least one
possible way out" is indicated in the
example of Englands COOPERATIVE
Wholesale Society and similar whole
sale societies in other countries. JUS
tice Brandeis is not at all hypnotized
by the fear that TOO much Of the pillory
will drive big financiers from directo-
rates He says that the American
people have as little need Of oligarchy
in business as in politics" Other vol
umes paper covered) already published
in the Jacket Library, whose object Is
to make available good literature III
inexpensive form. are: Stevenson:
Treasure Island" The New Testa-
ment." Hudson's Green Mansions,
Buffers Way of All Flesh" Shake
speare's Merchant of Venice" Emer-
sons Essays" Balzac'S "Pere Gorlot,
CAROLS Alice in Wonderland" Marx
Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes" Hardys Under the Green
wood Tree" Palgrave's Golden Treas
ury" and Rostand's "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac." The general editor Is Sherman
F. Mittell.
NAPOLEON III. BY Graham Brooks
NELSON. BY Brian Tunstall.
HAIG. BY Brig. Gen. J. Charters
All IN Great Lives Series. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
The publishers of the Great Lives
Series are rapidly budding up ma
tional portrait gallery, not in painting
but in letters The small size and
inexpensiveness of the volumes make
them available for small living quar-
tiers and small pocketbooks. These
are three of the latest additions. Eacn
volume gives all the salient facts IN
the life of the subject and a SOUND
and striking study of the character
Each is accompanied by a good short
photography. Futility seems to be the
KEYNOTE of the life OF Napoleon III.
NO one of sound judgment would
ascribe true greatness to Napoleon
III" The son Of Hortense. daughter
of the Empress Josephine by her flrst
husband, and of Louis Bonaparte; KING
of Holland, favorite brother OF Ma
poleon Though his paternity was
questioned by the gossips), he was
thus both step-grandson and nephew
of the great Napoleon. Ill luck dog
ged his steps He was early in exile.
at the fall of Napoleon; joined Italian
insurrectionists, fed in disguise before
the Austrians. spent years OF futile
plotting, was sentenced to imprlSon-
ment for life. went to London. where
he became the darling of the ballet
girls: was recalled from his Danish
ment and elected President OF the
French Republic. was proclaimed Ma
poleon III at the restoration OF the
empire. brought on the Franco-Prus-
sian War by his muddling. and died
soon after the disastrous surrender at
Sedan. The Empress Eugene outllved
him bv almost half century, pos
sessed a motor car and longed to fly
when she was over ninety.
In estimating Nelson. Mr.. Tunstail
saws: Nelson's life was singularly
consistent: he never ceased to be the
parsons son and the prime ministers s
great great nephew, and he possessed
the attributes of genius which the sea
nourished and which neither tradition
nor discipline could entirely tame.
Nelson attempted to carry everything
with a high hand, both in love and
war" The career OF Douglas Haig Is
inextricably woven into the history OF
the World War. Before 1914 he had
seen active service in the Sudan and
in the Boer War August. 1914, found
him in command at Aldershot. the
highest command in the military heir
archy in Great Britain" and he was
Immediately summoned to a council OF
war. In december, 1919, Hc ocCdHlc
commander in chief of the British
armies in France. He was made an
earl in 1919. He died In 1923 and Is
buried near the grave of Sir Walter
Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey.
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THE EXPLORERS OF NORTH
AMERICA. 1492-lS06. BY John
Bartlett Brebner. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
With the unexplored places of the
world and their hidden riches having
passed the point of diminishing re-
turns and about to vanish altogether.
the story of the explorers of our coun-
try. often told. has an ever-increaslng
allurement. Mr.. Brebner of Columbia
University, in this volume which he
contributes to the Pioneer Histories
Series. begins with the voyage Of Co.
lumbus. which accidentally opened to
greedy Europe a vast new and tempt
ing land Of fabulous riches and oppor-
tunities for adventure. For three hum
dred years afterward a continuous