Evening star., 1942-03-15
Brief Reviews
HISTORY.

HISTORY.
Ten Years, by Dwight E. Lee
(Houghton, Miff1n) n)-The story OF
European international relations
from 1880 to 1910, told with the view
of explaining the war. Scholarly.
The Origin of Manchu Rule in
China. by Franz Michel Johns Hop
kins Press)-History of the rise OF
the Manchus treated as the issue
between a frontier force and an
established bureaucracy. Scholarly
DEMOCRACY.
Democracy and National Unity
edited by William T. Hutchinson
university of Chicago Press)-Six
papers on the problems which must
be solved if we are to achieve greater
national unity without sacrificing
our democratic institutions. Thomas
Reed Powell, on international law;
Henry E. Pringle, on politics; Her.
bert Agar, on the press; Harold G.
Moulton, on business: Matthew
Woll. on organized labor; Oliver E
Baker, on agriculture.
On All Fronts, by Ralph Barton
Perry, vanguard PressI-An appeal
to all Americans to unity the effort
to defeat fascism abroad with that
TO advance democracy at home. The
author is professor Of philosophy
at Harvard.
The Brandeis Guide to the Modern
world, edited by Alfred Lief Little
Brown,-Selected writings from the
pen of the late Justice Louis D.
Brandeis, bearing on social and
economic democracy.
Democracy Days, compiled and
edited by Hilah Paulmier and Robert
Haven Schaufler, Dodd. Mead
An anthology of prose and verse on
the theme of democracy and free
dom.
LATIN AMERICA.
Inter r-American Solidarity, edited
by Walter H. c. Laves university
of Chicago Press)-The lectures of
the 18th session of the Harris
Memorial Foundation of the Univer-
sity of Chicago held last July to
discuss the problem of hemisphere
solidarity.
LAW FOR LAYMEN.
How to Keep Out of Trouble. by
William S. Weiss CDoubleray,
Doran)-How to avoid legal diff
culties in the matters of leases,
insurance policies. wills and debts.
Advice on accidents, divorces, libel
suits. gyp rackets. A very helpful
volume.
NOVELS.
Island Noon. by Mabel Louise Rob-
inson. (Random HouSeI-Simple,
well-written novel of girl who loses
her lover and remakes her life
thereafter. The setting is tiny
island off the New England coast
and the work is rich in the color
and mood of its scene.
Young Widow, by Clarissa Fair
child Cushman Little. Brown
Story of lovely young widow and her
many suffers. Virginia plantation
setting. Trade romance.
Dust Above Sage. by Vingie E. Roe
(M. S. MilD-Western.
Timothy Larkin, by Jane Hutchens
Doubleday, Doran)-Pioneer story
of the middle border, Missouri
before and during the Civil War.
The central character is man who
is excellent at the rough-and-tumble
of frontier life, but greedy for money
and of somewhat informal morals.
Nice realistic romance.
Hardcase by Luke Short Double
day, Doran)-Western.
The Sun Climbs Slow, by Julia
Davis Dutton) STORY of how a
woman who has suffered a personal
grief rebuilds her life by caring for
refugee children. Earnest.
No Stranger to My Heart. by
Louise Hathaway Oiveright)-
Young artist becomes bewitched by
his vision of an ancestress and then
meets such a woman in his life.
Trade romance
The Birth of a Nations Song, by
K. l. Bakeless (Stokes)-Fiction
version of the writing of THE Star
Spangled Banner"
LOW-PRICED EDITIONS.
The Ok Bow Incident, by Walter
Van Tilburg Clark (Readers' Club
A novel published a couple of years
ago, now republished by a group
which has for its purpose to bring
out books of merit which failed of
an appreciative reception on their
original appearance.
The Red Badge of Courage, by
Stephen Crane; Babbitt, by Sinclair
Lewis and the Life and Writings of
Abraham Lincoln, edited by Philip
Van Doren Stern Modern Library
EDUCATION.
The Story of the Eight-Year Study,
by Wilford NJ. Aiken CHarper-The
first volume in the report Of the
Commission on Relation of School
and College which was established
in 1880, by the Progressive Educa-
tion Association to study secondary
education.
HUMOR.
My Remarkable Uncle, by Stephen
Leacock (Dodd. Mead)-A book of
Prof Ieacock's pleasant papers.