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ris Reviews of New Bpoks THE REVOLT AGAINST CIVILIZA- TION. By Lothrop Stoddard. A. ;M. Ph. D. author of “The Rising i Tide of Color,” etc. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ©O matter what he may have to say, Lothrop Stoddard has a way that stops one short to Msten and to look. Not so long ago he called startled attentlon to the “rising tide of color,” clothing this bare fact in the full meaning of its ultimate effect on the white man's civilization. Today he concerns himself with another vital theme—"The Revolt Against Civiliza- tion” or “The Menace of the Under Man." So short has been man's existence, as man—so the argument runs—that his instinctive drift is backward—a regressive movement. not a progressive one—toward the barbarian. the savage, the ape-man from whom, through the uncountable years, he so slowly reached man’'s estate. Coupled with this basic fact is another one—that of the iron law of inequality. which, upon the most cursory examination, does away with | delusive doctrine of “natural equality.” These two fundamentals, working together, separate man into two classes—an overwhelming ma- Jority of the inferior, a scant handful of the superior. It is upon the latter and smaller class,.however, that the burden of future civilization lies. It is from the former that the really serious menace comes—a blow to the modern political cult of democracy. This menace of the “under man at hand. A thousand manifestations of destruction embody his instinctive drift back toward animalism. The remedy is the creation of a new race by the small class of superiors tirough use of the bio- Jogic power of s . through the intelligent will to perfect the human. The horse ls bred to speed. or strength. according to the will of man. Why not breed man to perfec- tion? Eugenics—a misused word— is the agency by which, alone, there may be produced in the long future a new race. A ‘“neo-aristocracy.” the author names this achievement, but he does not mean at all the old political agistocracy. Instead. he is pointing upon a new philosophy of racial perfection rescued, by “infelli- gence and will. from the chaos of democracy. _Along the way of his argument the author discounts the power of environment as a building force when it is evaluated beside’the supreme effect of biologic influence, or heredity 1f. Logical and ar- resting is the line of thinking set up here. An amazing drama of life. A brilliant exposition of that “mysteri- ous, primal urge which, raising man from the beast, lifts his ‘eyes to the stars.” MOLTKE. By Lieut. Col. F. E. Whit- ton, C. M. G.. author of “A History of Poland.” ete. New York: Hen- * ry Holt & ¢ The long stretch of Moltke's life coincided with the whole of the nine- teenth century—sege for a scant nine vears at the end 0f it. During the productive vears of this life his work was to make of the lately resuscitated Prussian army a machine of perfect func a machine fitted to definite, complex and elaborate war plans. The vision of the man. like that of Bismarck, was a greatér Germany, a more glor ous fatherland. War was the busi ness of Moltke. And this is the story of that business. developed and per- fected through the war with) Austria in 1866. and the Franco-Pru in 1870. “Perpetual pea Moltke, “is a dream, and i even a beautiful dream. War element_in the order of the ordained by God. In it the nobles virtues of mankind are developed: courage and the abnegation of self. faithfulness to duty, and the spirit of sacrifice: the soldier gives his life Without war the world would stag- nate and lose itself in materialism. Around the purely professional busi hess of this war specialist the author gathers, on the one hanu, the some- what barren facts of Moltke's private and domestic life, while on the other hand_he defines the national aims of the Germany of that period, stating precisely the place of the Moltke war machine as an instrument of national realization. As well as he was able the author stresses the human side of Moltke. The subject, however, does not allow any great amount of emphasis in this direction. It is as the embodiment of war through prompt and precise mechanics that Moltke takes his place in history. This is the author's standpoint of in- vestigation. and a chronological table of events 8dd to the usefulness of this inter- esting, and most readable chapter of nineteenth century Germany. CAPTAIN BLOOD. By Rafael Sab: tini, author of Frontispiece by N. C. W ton: Houghton Miffiin C “Scaramouche™ is standing sponsor for “Captain Blood.” In the face of such brilliant backing this bold buc- caneer will not have to stand around waiting_for attention. On the con- trary, he will be met much more than half way in whole-hearted wel- come. A romance of the Caribbean that goes back to James 1I of Eng- land, back to European*Wars that were reproduced, in miniature, in western islands. You recall the sor- tie of thg Duke of Monmouth, out for the English throne, and the battle of Sedgemoor from which traitors ana near-traitors and innocent men weYe rounded up, hanged out of hand, or sold into_slavery to the West India Islands. Capt. Blood, wholly innocent, was among those transported to the west. A fine fellow—a most capti- vating one—as you will see. Mentally ‘black-and-blue from the sheer in- justice done him, the captain turns buccaneer—a not wholly -disgraceful life in those days—and from that mo- ment of decision on to the last word | ygE SECRET TELEPHONE. of this action you will find yourself oblivious to present surroundings. while you move back nearly two and & half centurjes, to go a-saillng and a-pirating with this brave and re- sourceful and chivalrous sea-robber. Great story—even better than “Scara- mouche*—and what more could one say about it! HEARTBEAT. By Stacy Aumonier, author of “Just Outside” ete. New York: Boni & Liveright. Under the figure of the rhythmic heartbeat — expansion, contraction, expansion—this writer deals with the equally rhythmic movement of in- dividual life itself. In this case it is the life of an English girl. The first period covers her girlhood, much like mny other girlhood. This comes to an end with the death of her father, 8 power in the government, and the diaclosure that the girl is an illegiti- mate daughter, the mother an incon- spicuous actress. - The girl, repudiat- ing support from the father's will, ®oes upon tRe stage. With no great talent for acting, her life settles to that of wifehood. Not able, without love, to sustain the burden of this role, the girl falls into disgrace and, once more, is out upon her own. ‘The last of these three periods is one in which she finds the freedom that, somehow, has hitherto escaped her. This is a freedom of unconven- tionality, a distinct breaking with the social law. . mosphere of the story are of the stage. Perhaps it is this background -that most engages the author. By way of it one comes into intimate touch with the mode of life practised by stage folks, with their outlook, their values, their disregard of social con- ventions. If one is looking for the triumphant emergence of a heroine out of a burying smother of trials and temptations—then this is not his book. If, on the other hand, he is looking for the waywise and dis- eriminating treatment of chosen character embedded in a particular web of circumstance—an average character, mind you—in this-case will be satisfied with the story, and much more than satisfied with the fact that here is a writer who sees things pretty much as they are, who thinks intelligently, and even pro- foundly about these things, and_who Pposseases, withal, a gift of speech th: ctually embodies thought, and sets situatidns to drama. Y ONE AFTER ". Aumonles, Out- ANOTHER. By Wuthor of “Just T 2 ning—precise and automatic— ! bibliography | | | side,” etc. New York: The Mac- millan Company. Having just read “Heartbeat” we turned, in keen expectancy, to a long- neglected novel by the same -author. The excuse for neglect s of the feeblest—the title failed to register. ““One After Another’ lounds like something about sheep,” we said, and laid it by. Now, as a matter of fact, it turns out to be an intensely inter- esting and clever novel on the im- portant theme of heredity—a ‘much bigger story than “Heartbeat,” though neither a more complete ome nor, a more artful one. The author makes use Rere, either directly or in- directly, of four generations to- point and emphasize the amazing influence of blood. The matter focuses in two young people, brother and sister, leaning back to gather In fathers and grandfathers, bending forward to reach children and a coming grandchild. Nevertheless, the whole has the striking appeal of the im- mediate present. With these two novels in hand one finds, however, that it is Stacy Aumonier himsel? who counts most in his literature. The story, one assumes from these two samples> is bound to have sub- stance. But, what is more, there is behind it a man of keen intelligence, one who knows how to think on his own account—an honest and fearless man who goes at the truth about the human without' fear or favor. And he is a smiling man, besides, a shade ironic toward the timidities and hypocrisies, the trimmings and the side-steppings that constitute so much of man's equipment for living. A vital and dramatic story this. Its reading has been a belated pleasure— but this will not happen ‘again. ONE MAN IN HIS TIME. By Ellen Glasgow, author of “The Bulld- ete. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Miss Glasgow's story is that of a man who, embodying the new social and industrial outlook, tries to make headway through the conservatism of | the aristocratic south. 'Gideon Vetch is the new parvenu Governor of Vir- ginia. Around him rises the stony barrier of the old regime—the exclu- sive influential members of Richmond society. incurably conservative and aloof. The story is that of the ulti- mate defeat of Gideon Vetch. To be sure, here and there, are signs that, maybe, in a few more hundred years. this inbred conservatism may, poss biy, open to the commonplace, but ex- citing. progress of human affairs. Young Stephen Culpeper constitutes one of these signs, under the shatter- ing effects of his love for Patty Vetch —vivid. independent, brave 'in the face of these smooth, cool, way-wise southern blue-bloods—tire daughter of Gideon Vetch. The novel is one of uncommon picturings and portravals. Indeed, these, now and then, get in the way of the story itself, stopping it for fine elaborations of this char- acter and that one. But one does not object to this, for out of the author's insight and power to objectify come scenes that are bound to endure in any true conception of this vanishing aspect of that part of our country. A Substantial and appealing purpose lies behind the story itself. The sub- ject—and- lly the setting of this subject—stand within the au- thor's intimate knowledge. The work 3 re. the art of it is above the —and what more does one A story that pays one well time given to its reading. FURTHER ADVENTURES OF LAD. By Albert Payson Terhune, au- thor of “Lad, a Dog.” ete. Frontls- piece by Charles Livingston Bull New York: George H. Doran Com- pany. Mr. Terhune tells us here that more than seventeen hundred people have come to his home, Sunnybank. to visit the grave of “Lad.” Many more have s for new stories of Lad. Th to these vou may like the nd very much we d sa r. like them. They are simply more about a noble and lovable dog in whose friend- ship Mr. Terhune and his wife had both pride and happiness. . It is good, and right, to give notice to & book of such unusual beautyi and sympathy. dealing with a subject in which all boys and girls are interested, and should be interested—will be, too, if we do our part. Not to- the children alone does this boak of Lad stories appeal. Through them one has, more than once, had a satlsfaction that it is not easy to find in stories. This is, no doubt, due to that fact that this is not fiction. Rather is it a loyal tribute to the beautiful nature that, in some inscruable way. shines out from the ynsurpassed friend- liness of “just a dog.” BOOKS RECEIVED. NATIONALISM AND EDUCATION SINCE 1789; A Social and Political History of Modern Education. By Edward H. Reisner. Ph. D. asso- e professor of education, Teachers’ College, Columbia Uni- versity. w York: The Macmil- lan Company. FROM ISOLATION TO LEADERSHIP; | T A Review of American Foreign Policy. Revised. By John Holladay Latane, Ph. D, LL. D., author of “The United States and Latin ‘America,” etc. ew York: Dou- bleday, Page & Co. THE CLASSIC OF SPIRITISM. By Lucy McDowell Milburn. New York: The Dacrow Company. AT THE .EARTH'S CORE. By Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the “Tarzan" stories. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. IFnENCll PUBLIC FINANCE IN THE GREAT WAR AND TODAY; h Chapters on Banking and wrrepcy. By Harvey E. Fisk. New York: Bankers' Trust Com- pany. By William Le Quex, author of ‘“The Fifth Finger,” etc. New York: The James A. McCann Company. WHAT BECAME OF MR. DESMOND? * By C. Nina Boyle. New York: Thomas Seltzer. THE HAIRY APE—ANNA CHRISTIE —THE FIRST MAN; Three Plays, By Eugene O'Nelll. New York: Boni & Liveright. THE MOON OUT OF REACH. By Margaret Pedler, author of “The Lamp of Fate,” etc. New York: George H. Doran Company. THE LADY IN BLUE; A Joseph Mul- ler Story. By Augusta Groner and Grace Isabel Colbron, authors of “The Man With the Black Cord,” etc. New York: Duffield & Co. MEMOIRS OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY. Illustrated with photographs. Seribner’s Sons. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PHILO! OPHY SINCE 1500; A Critieal Survey. By Arthur Kenyon Rogers. New ,York: The Macmillan Com- pany. THE SKY MOVIES. By Gaylord Johnson, author of “The Star Peo- ple.” With more than one hun- dred pictures. New York: The Macmillan Company. Stacy | it The background and at-(SONGS OF HOME AND OTHERS. By Martha S. Baker. Boston: Cornhill Publishing Company. THE TRUTH OF THINGS. By Wi liam E. Mann.. Boston: The Corn- hill Publishing Company. ETIQUETTE; In Society, in Busineas, in Polities and at Home. By Emily Post_ (Mrs. Price Post), author of “Purple and Fine Linen,” ete.. 11- lustrated with private photographs and facsimiles of soclal forms. New York: ®ank & Wagnalls Com- v R. PUNCH’S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND. Volumes III and iV. A chronicle of life in England drawn in its essentials from the pages of the world-famous Punch; a history of the Victorians writ- ten by themselves. The fllustra- tions—more than five hundred in the four volumes—havé been care- fully selected and represent the ‘best work 8f Punch’s famous art- its.. New York: Stokes Company. A The e LA Rl P Aol M I Tt PR o SN LR bl e a2 CR 2e Mb Bt sl D0l S Ml Bl B e U DS b it New York: Charles | about. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Recent accesslons at the library and lists of recommended reading will appear in this column each Sun- day. The reprinting of this material in'a monthly bulletin has been tem- porarily discontinued. RECENT ACCESSIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL DIVISION. Mathematics. Dickson, L. E. First Course in the Theory of KEquations. LD-DS6Sf. Dickson, L. E. Plane Trigonometry. LFP-D568p. Evans, G. W. The TFeaching of Hlfh ool Mathema tice. 1911, LB-Ev16t. Hall, W. 8. Elements of the Differ- ential and Integral Calculus with Applications. LG-H14Se. Hart, C. A., and Feldman, D. D. Plane and Solid Geometry. 1912, _ LE-H257p. Klggen, H. J. Practical Business Mrithmetic. LCC-K564p. MaoFarren, S, J. Co-multiplication. 1919-20.” LC-M164. National Committee on Mathematical Requirements. The Reorganiza- tion of Mathematics in Secondary Education. LB-N216. Newell, M. J,, anl-Harper, G. A. A Year of Algebra. 1920. LD-N445y. Smith, D E. The Teaching of Geome- try. 1911. LE-Smb4t. Sykes, Mabel, and Comstock, C. E. Solid Geometry. LEE-Sydds. ‘Wentworth, George, and Smith, D, E. Academic Algebra. 1913. LD-W- 489a. Wwillis, C. A. Plane Geometry. LED- W6T8p. Mechanics. Associated Metal Lath Manufacturers. Metal Lath Hand-book. 1914. SIA-As76m. Best, W. Burning Liquid Fuel TCBK-B46. Carman, E. S. Foundry Moulding Machines and Pattern Equipment. 1920, TJCQ-C21. Blacksmithing. Friese. J- F. Farm TJID-F913. Macintire, H. J. The Principles of Megmnlcnl Refrigeration. TCR- D. Murray, W. S. Superpower System for the Region Between Boston and ‘Washington. _T-M962. Tompkins, A. E. Turbines. TDW- T595¢t. S ‘Wanamaker, Ernest, H. R. Electric THF-W189. Worker, J. G. and Peebles, T. A. Mechanical Stokers. TCH-WS89. Yates, R. F. Lathe Work for Be- ginners. TJEB-Y27l and Pennington, Arc Welding. Science. Balll!.”fi‘l‘ R. §. Time and Tide. LR- 21t], Black. N. H., and Davis. H. N. Prac- tical Physics. LH-B563. Bolton, Lyndon. An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity. LH- B635i. Eikenberry, W. L. The Teaching of General Science. LA-Ei44t. Emmons, W. H. General Economic Geology. RF-Em65g. Hale, G. E. The New Heavens. LR-H134n. £ i Hart-Smith, James and E. M. A First Book .of Home Science. LA-H257. Houllevigue, Louis. Le clel et I'at- mosphere. 1911. LA-HS815c. Parr. S. W. The Analysis of Fuel, Water and Lubricants. RQJ- Pugh, D. B. The Home Chemist. LO-P96:h. Thomssen, E. * G. Soap-making Manual. RQV-T35. Steam Engineering. Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. Instructions for En- ginemen. SVI-6At24. Cosgrove, J. F. The motives: Practice. 3 ng of Loco- 'VID-6CR2f. Cosgrove, J. F. . The Firing of Loco- | motives: principles. SVID-6CS2fp. Tribot-Laspiere, J. La Locomotive Moderne. 1911. SVI-T73. Miscellaneous. Balbian Verster, J. F. L. de Hol- land America. HJS-BIS2. Credito Italiano. The Economic Re- sources of Ttaly, 1895-1920. 2 v. 1920. HE35-C86. Ferguson, J. G. Minerals in Arkan- sas. RF$81-F388m. Hammond. S. E. E. Pasteless Paper Construction, IRT-H186p. Kersey, J. T. Cotton Textile Formu- las and Memoranda. TMC-K47. May, E. C. A Vision of Life Insur- ance. TIL-MA4Rv. Metal Statistics, 1932, HEI-M56. National Conference on Education n Forestry. Education in Forestry. RJ-N216. Sturtevant. W. W. Practical Prob- lems in Mechanical Drawing and Biue Print Reading. SAB-St97p. Tompkins, Ernest. Knitting Calcu- Etc. Naviga- lations. TMK-T59k. U. S. Laws, Statutes, tion Laws of the United States, 1919. 1920. HJS-Un30a. How the Ship Was Saved. HE ingenuity and resourcefulness of the master of a little power schooner, bound from Nome to Seat- tle with fourteen passengers, saved the vessel and the ship's company when all the odds were against the craft. This vessel, the Duxbury, sailed from Nome and two days later left St. Michael, southbound. She ran her nose into heavy 'weather at the start. The fourth day out, ineBering sea, during a terrific gale, the rudder was carried away by a huge wage. For six days the Duxbury drifted helpless in the gale, driving down toward the Pribilof Islands. During those six days -Capt. Joachimsen was a busy man. ’ He ordered the boom to be taken off the mainmast and lashed thwart- ships over the roof of the after- house so that an end protruded some distance on each side of the vessel. He brought out two big packing cases from the hold and filled them with ballast. From the forward rig- ging on each side of the bow he ran a stout line aft to the ends of the boom to steady it. Across the boom, which ran thwartships, he rigged a free-running tackle that was fasten- ed at the outer ends to the tops of the boxes and aboard ship took a turn about the drum of the steering ‘wheel. ‘When the wheel was turned to starboard the box on the starboard side was lowered into the sea and quickly brought the schooner’s nose A turn to port hauled her over on that course. The rig served to take the Duxbury to Dutch Har- bor, Unalaska, . where she arrived after an elghteen-day voyage. At Dutch Harbor a permanent rudder was rigged, and the schooner reached Seattle within five weeks of her acci- dent, with all hands well and full of praise for the ingenious master. Mausical.: From the Boston: Transcript. The grocer and the baker may not be Carusos, but the former knows. his. scales and ‘the latter can always strike dough. —_— Clearly Defiried. From the Roston Transcript. First Critic—What is your attitude toward _ those impressionists? 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