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18 —_— ETHAN ALLEN. By John Pell Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company. EXT books of history, memorial statu- devouring a school book in an ardor of ad- venture with some American hero of the past? Who ever comes upon one, wrapt, before the personality that emanates from some street- side statue of fame? Who listens to the orator of a national celebration day, except to wish vaguely that he would be more discriminating and less wordy in respect to the “fathers” of his theme? But, within a few years, change has been apparent in each of these three directions. Commemorative art, that of city streets and parks, is bec; ming a truer art and, thereby, a clearer inspiration to the public generally. In proof, enter the Lincoln Memorial and feel the outgoing spirit of Abraham Lincoln sitting thete. Again, wait beside “The Minute Man of Concerd,” another gift to the world by Daniel Chester French. Or, just below the Capitol, share the burden of the Civil War that is so clearly weighing upon the body and soul of Ulysses Grant, under the imaginative gift and power of Henry M. Shrady, the artist. These alone will prove to you that true genius {s mak- ing restitution to the great men of the past by way of restoring to them a continuance of their power with us and with those who come after us. Even patriotic oratory is gradually taming itself to the measure of a human subject in- stead of leaping toward the heights of apoca- lyptic vision. And the school books of history— slowest and most cautious to get into step— are by degrees abandoning the old evasive fic- tions with which Puritanism, both frightened and flerce, sought to train its*youth in stern denial of the basic facts of all humgn nature. weakness upon them as well as their years of strength. Thus only are they able to illu- minate the present, to direct the future. Glossed with unassailable perfection, these are 6 AN ALLEN” illustrates most interest- ingly the new day of historic research. Truly, this is a “sound and lively t delivers over to us a man alive. any other of the makers of of a quality that invites, Refugee lmpsct: By Eliot Grinnell Mears, California: Stanford University Press. Ollllthecmmmoimewofldlthhurd-. est to think of Greece as an economic en- know better, 4 upon readers the fact that there is a modern Greece, compact of overpopulation, of scant resources, of fluctuating industrial sufficiency, of political uneasiness, of town and country not yet accommodated one to the other, not blended advantageously to both in their occu- pations and industries, not advanced in their means of communication and exchange. These are merely some of the essential points in the economic problen that Greece, like the rest of the world, is mseting today for solution. For- merly resident trade commissioner in that coun- try, and professor of geography and interna- tional trade at Stanford University, as well, Dr. Mears is, Foth by professional standing and hand-to-hand experience, prepared to give a comprehensive and searching view of the sit- uation now preveiling, now pressing for treat- ment, in this purt of Europe. The special point of departuie for the study in hand is REVIEWS & THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 16 1930. N[V > 3 '7‘C1 LBERT MYER/ Clearer Impressions From the Newer Books About Public Men—The Greece of Today. New Novels. immediate concern of this historian, economist, international expert and traveler. When I say traveler I mean geographer, for that is what Dr. Mears is, as is proved by the opening brings one, almost at once, into his own mood of putting himself—heart and mind and trained intelligence—into the problems that so deeply concern the people of Greece today. A book for the student, for the traveler, for the economist of comparative bent, and for the mere reader who likes to go about the world by way of the book route. THE LEAGUE OF DISCONTENT. By Francis Beeding, author of “The Seven Sleepers,” etc. Boston: Litile, Brown & Co. tractive, and this fits exactly into the tempera- ment of one of the conspirators, who is not, it Lyt -8 AT that which is a pretty dour business in of criminal bent and achievement. § g young his is “to tell the news.” Sounds easy you'd: think this bright and determined * feebled police department, a high civic spirit embodied in banker and magnate of parti- colored benevolence, welfare workers, Kiwaninas and Rotarians—indeed the whole how-d'ye-do of municipal purpose and combined personal interest—become to this red-header editor of simple vision and honest intent more than the plagues of Egypt ever became, or ever could become, to the old uninvolved days of one single wrathful Jehovah. In excellent art and equally good inspiration. John Mellett keeps THE GREAT LOS ANGELES BUBBLE. By Guy W. Finney. Los Angeles: The Milton Forbes Co. 'HIS is the story of scandal in big business. Oil. A story upon this theme may have in respect to the purposes and plans of big busi- ness. It is fair to say at the outset that a careful reading does not bring an accusation of the latter sort against its author. Rather is it a §§§§ 3 i by T e less doubt the author felt of this attitude for the sake of across very unfortunate truth. All the same, value of the disclosure—and it has a very gen- uine and far-reaching value—lies in the two points that I have mentioned. A first-class brand of writing projects this lesson in business. i : £ 8 A SCRIBBLER IN THE UNITED STATES; Impressons During a Nine Weeks' Tour. By Herbert Jacques. Reprinted from “The Sur- rey County Herald.” AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS. By W. J. T. Col- lins, editor of “The South Wales Argus,” Newport. Reprinted from “The Argus.” end that when thereafter they discuss gques- tions and problems concerning the countries they have toured they will be able to make use of their own -independent obs:rvations and. re- flections. These booklets of Mr. Jacques, who was the representative in the .Carnegle party of the Surrey County Herald, and Mr. Collins, editor of the South Wales Argus, testify to the value of these journalistic tours, and give the Ameri- reader a feeling of confidence that the to this country in 1928 will eventually the golden fruit of understanding between A M. G. ~TA-PLAN-——! By Dorothy Ogburn. Bos- . ton: Little, Brown & Co. All!s'l’ll“'lwry. Don’t let the title excite your curiosity. It will take care of itself. And if it does not there is no great harm done. ‘The background of this tale is, immediately, a y. Its larger circumference is an the coast of South Carolina. Its envelopment is climate and has no notion of com- t “tha i s} i %5 323l iE g8 gt a H by lantation character, a are entertaining a group, mostly artists—male and female. It is these that certain difficulties develop, that certain subtle mental prepossessions appear. And finally the real business of murder gets its start. First, an old man, father of one of tae guests. Themr the particular member of the i ? H } g g i Fet wrong-doing. You must keep in mind that the gullty one is one of these guests. No way out of that. All are of the superior class— Shut in as they law. So, in liru of this common and pioper action, there goes on a deal of individual de- tective work on the part of one and another, In fact, each ome stands in a sense as accuser of all the others. Very adroit, very well and rather convincingly carried through. It would be. These are all superior persons. And the author knows how to project that sind. Finally _there are two murdered and a suicide (n is every one in the hunting do of the real criminal, or criminals—and the hot and—well, those two dead Not fair. Not Buooks Received THE 1930 AMERICAN SCRAP BOOK. New York: . THE 1930 EUROPEAN SCRAP BOOK. New York: Forum Press. THE ROAD TO SANTA FE. By Edwin Bate- man Morris. Philadelphia: Penn. FEVER PITCH. By Frank Waters. New York: Horace Liveright. “IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER”; The Life Story of Ulysses Grant. By Elzabeth OCorbett, author of “Walt,” etc. New York: Stokes. ROSEMARY MAKES A GARDEN. By Caro- line B. King, woman's editor of “The Country Gentleman.” Philadelphia: Penn. MANHATTAN MADE; Poems. By Charles Recht. New York: Horace Liveright. SECRET ENVOY. By Maude Parker, author of “The Social Side of Diplomatic Life.” Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. ; & Novel in Pictures. By O. Nuckel. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. G ECLIPSES; The Total Solar Eclipses of 1905, 1914, 1925. By Rebecca R. Joslin. 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