Evening star., 1934-02-11

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Conner has put into this Irish novel much that
Is miversaEthe ruthlessness and organized
hysteria which eharacterizes modern warfare
between nations classes, political groups pro-
ponents of conflicting movements. His natts-
ralistc style, purged Of all sentiment, perfectly
suits his material His father was assasSinated
by the Irish Republicans and he himself lost
his position in the Irish Civil Service when
the Free State government felt it necessary
to make places for those who had fought I'm
the trouble" yet he does not attribute Al
atrocities to the side from which he suffered.
THE UNFORGOTTEN PRISONER. By n
c. Hutchinson New York: Farrar & Rine.
hart
THE pastoral prologue to this large novel
] hardly indicates the tragedies which are TO
follow. though there Is from the beginning no
doubt that Charles Saggard, son OF the rector
of village near Cambridge and Peterborough,
and Hedwig Won Schlingen, governess IN the
rector's family, are fated for unhappineSs
when they unfortunately fall in love-
Their son. Klaus, born in Germany at the
worst of times and one of the victims of the
World War chaos, is the central person of
the story, though not the -unforgotten prison.
err The prisoner is the boys supposed
father, Heinrich Gotthold, married to Hedw1g
after her hurried departure from England
BY one of those ironic chances which some
times occur in life, and often do in fiction.
John Saggard, brother of Charles, during
the war a fellow officer of Gotthold, whose
special service" for the German government
takes the form of serving in the British army
as q spy of purportedly American citizen
ship. 1t becomes John Saggard's duty to
have him shot when his identity Is discovered.
When the war is over, Saggard undertakes
to deliver a last letter to the widow, and 10
the demoralzed little town of Birnewald
finds her and recognizes Hedwig whose mar
riage to his brother Charles he has prevented.
The boy Klaus, an illegitimate Saggard, too
young to participate in the actual war is part
of its wreckage. His experiences, physical and
mental are narrated at length and with ter
rible vividness Through series OF unusual
events, not altogether probable, he finally comes
to the English rectory and goes for advice TO
his own unknown father Charles Saggard, now
the rector. Not the plot. but the nightmare
picture of postwar Germany and England
makes the deep and final impression. The
mental breakdown of Hedwig is only partly
due to the war, but all the abnormal emotional
developments in Klaus and his imprisonment
by circumstances at the very beginning OF his
life directly rs results. Mr.. Hutchinson,
author also of "The Answering Glory" has
certainly meant through this narrative Of
horrors denounce insanity of war, but
1t is piece of dramatic fiction, not merely
q document for peace.
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR INCOhR
By Harvey A. Blodgett. New York: Ths
Macmillan CO.
PERSONAL talk to individuals not At Al
connected, at least on the surface, With
economic theories Is what Mr. Bl0dgett, 90
lively connected with the financial Sdvertisin0
business has attempted in this book Tho
personally balanced budget, with = margin
"for creating competence" Is his recon-
mendation for every one. He deplores the
tendency of individuals ut the present time
to depend on the Government to do every
thing, for ultimately every individual must
be the architect of his own fate" Some a
the practical subjects he discusses in hio
chapters are how to build . savings account
on a small income and how to make proflts
on it; budget keeping for profits installment
buying governed with forethought and wis
DOM; special funds for q home, education
travel, life insurance, and business capitaIS
"how to get your first 81 1000" and "hov q
create in ten years . 900 family estate'3
how to get out Of debt and build credit home
ownership; teaching children money value
and management; women as fnanciers; the
value of life insurance; "a plan for creating
q substantial estate; and the securing Of im
come for dependents. Mr.. Blodgett the author
of several other books on thrift and economic
independence, writes simply and clearly and
with the force which comes from the knowledg9
which Is the result of experience.