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Show standi rig q'.nto foreign w on;c ci!ur;iiu:v. He warns airaii'isL too much : ta:y aiid ovtrsysitfm.Ziiuon of work, w hi;-'n trinU lo dtrsiroy the ultimate nurposi- ef to;ici in'. The i.aijer on "For-:j.'M La:i;,".;a,uc-Study" La:i;,".;a,uc-Study" is a discourse um the value ni their study 1:1 ec-huidf8 and t-oiIi.-,.s and the choiee of lar.g whioh a iv most praetieal. "t"o:r. in unity raranti-y" is a side oi social life w hieh the writer is particularly adapted to talk about , and he thinks that it cultivates a sense of history and an appreciation of beauty which nothing else d o e s . In the chapter, "Induction in Taste," he scores the ered it system as it now exists in sen on!:' and I he stress which is put on "doiiar education" by this piuration of parents a nd teachers, and points out "that dollars have no iod meaning, save as symbols of the enertiy that can be devoted to the beauii r'iea-tlon r'iea-tlon of the world." "Education ami Pe-I Pe-I moeracy" embody three papers "The Failure of the Intellectuals," "The Ballot" and "iJro tide." His opinion on the duty of voting is one which many people of culture and wisdom will appreciate. BROAD VIEWS ON LABOR AND CAPITAL. "An American Labor Policy." By Julius Henry Cohen. Published by the Mac-mldan Mac-mldan company. New York. Mr. Cohen .in not a Socialist or a Syndicalist, Syn-dicalist, hence the Boisheviki and I. W. W. will not approve his sentiments. Nor will they appeal strongly to the reactionaries, reaction-aries, but the feel ins? prevails amont? all classes that some sort of a change looms ahead, unless a halt is called. Convinced that the present state ot" industrial or- ; ganizatlon cannot go on, the author offeis ! an American labor policy, of which the ! keynote is cooperation. He considers the j philosophy of violence, using tho recent Bolshevik infamies as illustrations, which j he characterizes as attempts to transfer property and power from one class to another. an-other. As opposed to these anarchistic methods, meth-ods, he speaks of the modern spirit In industry and quotes from Mr. Rockefeller's speech at Atlantic City, :.nd pives in full j the ten articles of his creed for the joint j j use of labor and capital. Briefly, the idea ' is that the primary purpose of all indus-1 indus-1 try Bhould be to advance social well being, be-ing, rather than to afford merely a means for the accumulation of wealth. The factor fac-tor of morale In productivity is as important impor-tant as it Is in the accomplishment of any feat, and, unless the worker makes Interest In-terest and pleasure In his task the first consideration and money the second, the productivity of the nation cannot be increased. in-creased. His plan for harmonous and cooperative relations between capital and labor Is that collective agreements be made by all factions; fac-tions; that these contracts, once made, be registered with a national labor board, made up of men acceptable to all factions, which shall have power to enforce justice to either party, either in the courts or a tribunal created for that purpose. This plan would regard a contract in the light of a sacred treaty and would require re-quire new laws for enforcement. Mr. Cohen's ideas on "Hiring- and Firing" are especially noteworthy. 'His ideas are the result of continued study of industrial problems. SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR. "On the Tr resh'old of the Spiritual "World," by Horatio "W. Dresser. Published Pub-lished by George Sully & Co., New-York. New-York. Based on his own experiences at the front with the A. E. F., Horatio Dresser has sought to give a spiritual interpretation interpreta-tion of the big war in human terms. His narrative of events is a means to an end, and an endeavor to demonstrate their effect ef-fect on the souls of the participants. He takes the stand that the war acted as a spiritual tonic and that it was what the world needed to awaken it from soul lethargy. He defines war as a "contest between good and evil within and without," with-out," and that it was the "union of the concrete and ideal which gave the allies the final victory. The true glory of it all was not the success in arms, but in the triumphant moral power, which conquered the forces of the central powers at every point from gas attack to the psychological air raid, with a remarkable balance of power in reserve"; and "what we lacked was moral preparedness grounded in the concrete, supported by efficiency, training train-ing and leadership." He cites one -vital thing, among others that the war has revealed: That salva- pens upon one Kirk Winfield, a rather lazy, agreeable fellow of comfortable inuans, who dallies with art and who fills the bill as to bodily requirement3. She manages their marriage without much difficulty, dif-ficulty, in spite of violent protests from Kuth's father, a crabbed old moneymaker, money-maker, and her ambitious brother. Set-tied Set-tied down to life and love in her husband's hus-band's studio, Aunt Lora finds she has little Influence with hex niece, especially after the arrival of the perfectly eugenic-son, eugenic-son, when the three live in a little world which Is complete without the stern lady who does not approve of "Whiskers," tho doi(, or of the dusty studio floor as a playground play-ground for William. The loss of his small fortune sends Kirk on a wild chase after gold in Colombia, and in a year he returns, re-turns, minus gold and health, to find his wife rich, deep in the social whirl and altogether changed. Siie has turned the child over to the germ-proof mercies of Aunt Lora, who sees that he leads a properly sterilized and exclusive ex-clusive existence, free from pet dogs, cats and kisses. Meanwhile the breach widens between Kirk and his wife, as they no longer have mutual interests, and he goes hark to real work at his art, and finally, after a story m scene, decides to leave Ruth. How she loses her money and finds herself; how Steve Dingle's kidnaping of "the white hope" serves to reunite the I pair, is all lone in the author's Inimitable Inimita-ble style and holds the attention right up to the "finals." "OUR HOUSE." "Our House," by Henry Seidel Canby. Published by the Macmillan company, New York. Young Robert Roberts comes home from college filled with sincere longing to do something fine and big. His whole being rebels against the real estate business, busi-ness, which his father expects him to follow, as all the Roberts have done in the past and eventually marry and settle set-tle down to comfortable existence in "our house," in the old-timey southern town, where he feels reasonably sure nothing will ever happen. His ideas as to his future are rather vague, but his conscientious efforts to succeed in his father's office show that he is the square peg in the round hole. The sudden death of his father gives him the opportunity to go to New York, where he is associated with his old college friend, Johnny Bolt, who soon disillu-s'.ns disillu-s'.ns him of the fancy that he can write without intellectual preparation. It is the old story of a young man who would "have his cake and eat it, too," for j he snatches eagerly at all the good things i of life, home, the pleasure of society, j love, sham and real, and the money that I makes these things possible. For a while j he drifts with the tide, back in his home i town, where he finds life very pleasant, i but in the end, through the influence of Mary Sharp, the woman he has loved for years, without knowing it, he realizes that he must plod along with his writing writ-ing and finish at" the goal he set for himself, him-self, regardless of tempting money to be made by commercial writing. Johnny Bolt, the cynical Irishman, furnishes philosophical patter and wit and a bit of tragedy, while Aunt Jenny, the quaint old Quaker, is the good fairy of the tale, straightening out the tangles, when Robert's love affairs become too complex. There is a strong flavor of Americanism about the yarn which makes it enjoyable. ' HANDBOOK ON MENTAL SCIENCE. "Scientific Mental Healing." By H. Ad-dington Ad-dington Bruce. Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. With the purpose of preparing a "popular" "popu-lar" manual on the principles and methods meth-ods underlying scientific psychotherapy Mr. Bruce has w-ritten this collection of SOME MARK TWAIN STORIES. "The Curious Renubiic of Oondour " I .Samuel U Clemens. Published by Bonl Liverlght, Nov.- York. ' It seems highly improlaMe that an", i tiling Mark Twain ewr wrote si.ouM iiiv escaped publicut ion in booic Lor;;!, yet i here we have seventeen short sketches, somo of which were published in thr-Galaxy thr-Galaxy and some in the iiui'.aln Kx ;n ys. "The Curious Wepublic of Gondour"' t-!l of ideal conditions existing in a country ! where tho Individ tin 1 has more than o;:e ' vote, according to the degree of his e.lj- cation, moral worth, and amonn; of property. prop-erty. It is such a timely tooic that much I of the fun Intended is a lost nuantitv, I and this is true nf several of these ski is. Time has played pranks with tin? author's au-thor's original intentions and transformed them Into tragedy, or irony. So it is wiih "The Kuropean War," whirh, owing Lo events of the past, four years, conveys a sarcasm never intended by the writer at tho time of its conception. The sever; letters grouped under "Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again" deal with the unjust treatment treat-ment accorded the Chinese in S.iu Francisco, Fran-cisco, and other parts of the west after ten civil war. It is a tragic plea lor justice jus-tice for the yellow man. O t hers of the g rou n w ill he f o u n d to contain tho characteristics of Mark Twain humor. "The Last Words of Great Men," "Curious lielio for Sale" and "About Smells" are capital fun. The many admirers of Samuel Clemens i should be grateful to the publishers who have discovered and reprinted this collec- ! tion In their attractive "Penguin Series. ' I I GIBEON'S VIEWS ON MEXICO. "M exieo Pndcr Carranza." By Thomas j F. Gibbon. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. ! Mexico is like a seething, bubbling eal- j dron of pitch, which from time to time boils over when it gets overheated by the i fires of oppression and misgovern men t ; underneath. That it will be the duty ol j the United States to settle the Mexican question in the near future seems in- evitable. Mr. Gibbon does not attempt a drama tin exposition of affairs in that long-suffering country, but places the hard, cold facts, backed up hy proof, before be-fore his readers in a clear, logical, lawyer fashion. : 'He spent much time in Mexico studying ; conditions and his arraignment of the Carranza government condemns it as ruthless, ruth-less, cruel and mendacious. He compares financial and industrial conditions as they existed during Diaz's rule and as they are at present, lie gives a review of the oil industry, ho wit originated and what It did for the coun try, economically and financially, and its present chaotic state under Mexico's authority. Ho points otit that while American and foreign capital in the past has been responsible re-sponsible for the development of Mexico's rich resourses, and has given employment to' practically all the native labor, with the exception of that ustd in farming, yet under Carranza 's rule all foreign ownership owner-ship of mines, oil wells and of" her nroper-ties nroper-ties has been discouraged, thereby destroying de-stroying the chief wealth of the nation. The writer claims that the Carranzistas have not kept pledges made when officially offi-cially recognized by the A merican government, gov-ernment, and that promises of reforms j and democratic administration of affairs have not been fulfilled. I He narrates some of the evils which have resulted ever .since tiiis southern j neighbor became self -governing. It ap-- ap-- pears that after nearly a century of "popular "pop-ular government" the peon is in about the same state of ignorance and poverty as when the government of Spain ended; in fact, his condition has not changed materially through four centuries of misrule. mis-rule. The author believes that the only salva- I tiort for Mexico is intervention, such as h::g..iu I ;.;":e'ite d F.gypt or ti.e United Stales g.u e to C;n a and tne I 'a i lip pines, and la,- jn efurls to huip this people wo have failej signally. HOW A COUNTRY EOY MADE GOOD. "Tho fin iPf.r." Hy Henry G. Aikman. Puulisned by Poni fc Piverigiit, New With no definite goal in view, except to nuiKe jjeMiey quietly and marry lus sweol-n-aii, e:,t, young i.ee Jlnlquit goes to Detroit, convince.! that by nard work and whoiu pnii-' he can succeed. The account ac-count of his struggles to ooiain work, of lus . narrowing experience witu a lirm of unprincipled iv;i 1 estate men, is full of oaiios and UK-uppominiout, as couid be ex; eeied. w ue;i he is r,.i length placed in a big department store it is not through his own eu'urts, out as the protege of a rich woman. wjto has eoncehed a passion for him. There i:e hits his stride, makes good, and later, tn rough a lucky buy in mud and holdings in the Ford car factory, fac-tory, ue finds himself a ricu man,' due to tmi grow mi of the city and the speedy rise of the automobile industry. He gives i ii Lne position with Curran's store, altnough it pays him .fTuoO a year, and sinks his money in a new automooile concern, which, in rough, poor management and a cum hi nation of circumstaonccs, fails, and Dee is very gratetul for the new job which his old friend and "boss" offers him. lie is wiser by eight years of varied experience and ready to make a fresh start with his eyes opened and awake to the knowledge that money is not the only purpose for which real men .strive, for during that time lie has- mingled with all kinds of men, all kinds of women, has known tiie depths of despair and bitter disillusion, the loss of youthful ideals, the hollow mockery of wealth; but occasionally occasional-ly he has gleaned a bit of truth which has served to guide him on his way. Aside from beig a study in the growth of a man's soul, the story introduces some ; interesting sidelights on the automobile industry in its early and romantic stage, : when fortunes were slaked on the merits 1 of a new model with untried and unproved merits, which sometimes turned out a dis- astrotis failure. A CLEVSH WODEHOUSE STORY. "Their Mutual Child." By Pelham Granville Gran-ville Wodehouse, Published by Boni & Diveright, New York. gome wag once remarked that "the lack of money is the root of all evil," but it is quite the reverse in this jolly little comedy, com-edy, in which the chief actors have an opportunity to sample life "with and without" with-out" and come to the conclusion that in their case, at any rate, it is the source of unhappiness. Mr. Wodehouse never fails to be amusing amus-ing and he has come up to his usual mark in the matter of fun and punch, but, aside from tiie delightful sport he makes of eugenic and hygienic cranks, he offers a pretty sound argument against society life in its extreme phases and shows the utter futility and stupidity of existence marked by a routine of social pleasure. Mrs. Dora Delane Porter, who has "one eye on the past and the other on the future," fu-ture," whose chief pastime is dissecting the follies and physical defects of all poor humans v.-ho are unfortunate enough to get in her way, and whose books on eugenics and germs are somehow overlooked over-looked by the low-brow public, which prefers pre-fers the sporting page and "beauty hints," undertakes the supervision of the love affairs of her niece, Ruth Bannister,' who is in tiie double-A class in respect to looks and health. Determined that Ruth shall marry a perfect physical specimen of man, for, as she admits, she lias long since ceased to hope for intelligence in the male, she hap- tion is an individual affair; the belief that men can be saved in groups has been destroyed; de-stroyed; also death has become so familiar a happening that it has lost its terrors. Mr. Dresser emphasizes tile attitude of religious courage which inspired our soldiers sol-diers at the front and the almost universal univer-sal belief in immortality which they cherished. cher-ished. He analyzes psychical phenomena in an endeavor to teach the difference between the true and false and to show the relation rela-tion between the natural and spirit world. Some of his experiences with wounded soldiers tell of their unbreakable faith and courage under the most unbearable conditions, con-ditions, and that leads to a consideration of after-war problems, the education of crippled soldiers and of the vision of renewed re-newed faith in the nearness of the spiritual spir-itual world which lightens the burdens for most of the returned soldiers and war workers. THE DOMINANT FORCE IN LITERATURE. "The Erotic Motive in Literature," by Albert Mordoll. Published by Boni & Liveright, New York. The author uses Freudian methods in interpreting the unknown force underlying all literature. His theory is that the personal per-sonal note unconsciously obtrudes itself in the work of all writers, and that no matter how sincerely an author may strive to write in a detached manner, his personality will Intrude itself, for "we carry the whole world's past under our skin" and it is impossible to subordinate the mental and emotional impressions accumulated ac-cumulated by ancestors down through the age1 ard transmitted to the individual. That "literature is a personal voice, the source of which can be traced to the unconscious," un-conscious," Is what Mr. Mordell wishes to prove, and to do so he cites examples from writers, ancient and modern. He draws a diytinctloi. between literature of a commercial com-mercial type and that which emanates from the soul of the artist and is representative repre-sentative of him. That one has a keener appreciation and closer sympathy wl'h a writer's work, if familiar with the things which marred or j made his life, Mr. Mordell feels con- I vlnced; also that a fair estimate of lit- erary production cannot be made until j one reads the intimate, personal episodes ; not Intended for publication, which often put an entirely new light on a writer's ; work. All critics will not agree with him when j he says: "A man cannot get out of him- ; self. When he undertakes to write a j booic, he tells us practically beforehand that he is golns to talk about himself," and that he always shows more of his hev.-t than he expected to. The book is well written, intensely interesting in-teresting in its analysis of the subconscious subcon-scious motive, or "unconscious," which is the creative power behind the prose and j poetry of all ages. A SHORT TREATISE ON Democracy. "Democracy." By Robert Stanley Ben- This' is a conscientious effort to define the true spirit of democracy, that much-used much-used and much-abused term. Mr. Ben- j nett draws attention to the truism, namely name-ly that a government may be called a j democracy, but if its laws and conslitu-) tion are not welcome to investigation, : such government is hiding behind a name i to which it cannot in justice claim a right. , . ., "Freedom of Thought and Expression. "Economic Determinism," "Monopoly ! Versus Democracy," and "Law, What Is If" are some of the topics discussed in this short treatise, with the evident pur- i pose of sifting the chaff from the grain. j The writer declares that "Deniocracy is the most perfect form of government j that man has devised but how I to get a complete and reliable expression of the will of all the people is a problem : vet to be solve, 1." Mr. Bennett fei-ls that eloser adherence to the divine laws by individuals and classes la the solution or the problem. I essays, eliminating as many technical terms as possible and citing numerous illustrative il-lustrative cases to aid In a clear understanding under-standing of the text. He explains the different systems of mental healing, emphasizing em-phasizing the difference between scientific scien-tific and "faith healing," and declaring that all have this much in common they are based on two general principles, power of mind over body, and suggestion. He discusses hypnotism and all phases of treatment of disease by suggestion in a common sense and Interesting style. He is firm in the belief that there are great possibilities In this branch of healing, as a cure for functional mental and nervous ner-vous diseases and also true Insanity. He says: "That the physician of the future will also be a psychologist there can be no doubt." Following are the subjects which he considers: "The Evolution of Mental Healing," "Principles and Methods," Meth-ods," ''Masters of the Mind," "Hypnotism as a Therapeutic Resource," "Secondary Pelves," "Psychology and Everyday Life," "Half a Century of Psychical Research," and "William James an Appreciation." FOR REAL POETRY LOVERS. "Poems and Prose." By Ernest Dawson. Published by Boni & Liveright, New York. Arthur Swmon's memoir of this little-known little-known English poet, which accompanies this collection of verse and prose, gives a remarkably clear and sympathetic understanding un-derstanding of the man and his work. His short biographical sketch is a clever bit of character study, revealing as it does the dual tragedy of the man who really lived two lives. His poems are a treasure treas-ure to lovers of poetry. They are the kind "which create moods and recall tender memories and are, first of all, an artistic expression of the music of poetry, and show the utmost refinement of sentiment and passionate suggestion. That the philosophy of his art worries him not a whit Is apparent. His prose writings contained in this volume under the title, "Dilemmas, Stories and Studies In Sentiment," are love storiettes which do not carry the special appeal that his verses do. A small collection of poems, two novels written writ-ten in collaboration, and some short stories comprise the work of this writer, which bears the unmistakable mark of genius. THE SCHOOL'S PART IN RECONSTRUCTION. RECON-STRUCTION. "Letters to Teachers," by Hartley Burr Alexander. Published by the Open Court Publishing company, Chicago. Most of these papers were originally addressed to the teachers and people of Nebraska and deal with the problem of reconstruction as they relate to education in the public schools. The author states that they are unite frankly propaganda, as he deems the issue is important enough to justify it. The text covers a wide range of topics, essential to the advancement of broad-gauge educational methods. Professor Alexander Is a seeker after the Ideal and dues not hesitate to search out the weak spots in our modern system sys-tem of schooling and project new and better plans for perfecting the system, l'e demonstrates that our public schools are a large factor in promoting Americanism Amer-icanism and preserving democracy. He discusses the school In its relation to the- commonwealth and the community; jives his fancy full rein and pictures the ideal school from a physical point; then there is a little talk on ."Curriculum," which he likens to a race-course. lie Indicates that "the machinery of instruction has become so intricate that more attention is drawn to its operation opera-tion than to its product." He next considers con-siders the subjects studied; the instruments instru-ments of learning, languages and mathematics; mathe-matics; practical studies leading to craft-rminshlp craft-rminshlp and vocation, the natural sciences sci-ences and Ux humanities. "The School Svstetn." "The Teacher's Profession" and "The Teacher's Life" are subjects 'whhl he handles with a human under- |