Evening star., 1938-08-28
WAR REMEDIES DISAPPOINTING
Woman Writer Joins Small Group Which Holds That Human
Qualities Are Needed Overcome War-Femnne Influence
Upheld-Current Books Reviewed.

ately mad in the interests Of sanity.
The reviewers only criticism of the
thing IS that it is monotonous. After
several chapters the violent shock of
the authors manner does not sufIice
to offset the repetitious nature Of the
hero's experiences. Instead, the repe-
tition serves to deaden the effect
of the style. This is an error into
which Huxley has never fallen. His
novels have always been balanced with
fiawless perfection. One thinks of him
in comparison because, as said, he is
the modern novelist to whose work
M. Celine's bears the greatest likeness,
The same clear destructive spirit the
same fury of utterance, the same high
degree of stylistic excellence is to be
found in the Frenchman's writing.
But, as well-built novel, his book
does not rank with any one of his
English contemporaries.
The reviewer repeats her admonition
to the readers of The Star-do not take
up this work unless you are prepared
to admit that this is not, perhaps,
the best of all possible worlds. II,
however. you can bear the notion that
our civilization is still step or two
distant from perfection. you will find
statement of the criticism here
which could hardly be improved.
CHINA FIGHTS. BY Hubert S. LANG.
Shanghai: The China Weewly Re-
view.
THIS is collection OF articles which
have been written since the out
break of the Sino-Japanese war, now
published in pamphlet form. The
author is Chinese, was educated at
governmental and mission schools,
then came to the United States
where he studied in number OF
universities. He has been a member
of the staff OF the Detroit News both
in this country and his own, he has
been correspondent for the Christian
Science Monitor and Time, and was
editor of the Democracy Magazine
which is published in Peiping.
The articles in the present collec-
ton are highly valuable. They deal
with the international position OF
China, the spirit of the Chinese re-
sistance, the politics of Japan and the
position Of various interested powers
Although the author is a patriot, he
has made, one feels. a genuine effort
to deal realistically with the situation.
1t would seem too that he has sue
ceeded, for various predictions which
he makes in his earlier articles have
since been borne out by events. 1t
Is his conviction that the war will be
long one. China, he says, has re-
sources to resist for a long period,
for many years, If necessary. Japan,
on the other hand, has not the strength
which she will need to wage an aggres-
sive war i4aa foreign land over an
indefinite fth of time. She will
have to viii Quickly. he feels, or lose
And it Is his opinion that the time
for such victory is already past,
and that Japan has lost her war even
now.
The articles are clear, informative
and we'll written. The book should
be had by every one interested in the
Far Eastern struggle.
GREEN WORLDS. BY Maurice
Hindus Garden City: Doubleday
Doran l. Co.
IMMIGRANTS to America, particu-
larry those who dpme from Russia,
have had great way lately of writing
up their experiences in the two lands.
with the end in view that they shall
tell us how they adjusted" them
selves to our country In most cases
1t Is pitiably evident to q native reader
that they never managed to adjust
themselves at all, and that their books
are. to some degree at least, an effort of
their own to escape the fact and to
rationali1e their failure. This book by
Mr.. Maurice Hindus is one more i'm
migrants story. But. unlike most of
| its predecessors, it carries a convic-
ton to its reader that the author did
find a place in America and contrive
to understand our country. More
than that, the book is highly readable.
Mr.. Hindus came from a Russian
village. He landed in New York City
ana at nrst settled there. But he did
not like New York and he set out on
his own account to see If he could
find part of America which would
please him better. He got a job on
an upstate farm and worked there
for some time. From the native
Americans he got to know America.
1t Is just here that his story de-
parts from the pattern of the usual
Immigrant autobiography; most of
the writer's of such tales-setting out
to interpret America to Americans as
the country Is seen through foreign
born eyes-admit without apparent
consciousness that they have spent
their lives in this land in cities, some
times In no more than one city And
commonly the associates they have
had in their city life have been men
and women also of foreign birth. That
such an environment must necessarily
allow very limited outlook has not
seemed to occur to these interpreters;
they write. on the contrary. Of Amer
! ica's manners and customs with the