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mm*v** wic HHeiw'UUU all u— „ »enu-ment of life cling. They makeespecial appeal to the feelings of real men and women toward the war as it affects their homes, their daily lives, and the boys they are giving to their country, because the authorwrites with a sympathetic understand, ing of those feelings. He has put into his lines the kindly thoughts we ail yearn to express—with a tenderness and sincerity that touch the heart. The book carries an inspiring message of hope and good cheer, and it makes a stirring appeal for a greater loyalty in the trying times ahead; for in*m- towing glowing tribute upon our soldier boys, it utters a ringing declaration of faith in the high destinies of our country and our flag.be considered a happy creation and It Is not likely to Interest even the “modern woman*' to any great extenttrupYEVOLrTTON OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA; by Edward Porrltt; The World Book Company, Yonkers-on* Hudson, New York.mmmV\\LfZARUS, by Leonid Andreyev TH E Q ENTLE M A S FROM b KAM43CCA by Ivan Bunin; Htratford Company, Boston.andHANTheThese two stories, combined in a small volume for the Stratford Universal Library, are fairly typical of Slavic literature, yet containing few of the elements popularly associated with the J work of contemporary Russian j writers. They have no sex interest, j no photographic descriptions of sordid Mrfr|ui;iconditions, and no lugubrious phllos- j the year 1914.ophiaing. It cannot be said that they j a common speech, „ .........J are cheerful—where, Indeed, in Hus- ture, and institutions derived sian literature can one look for cheer- I common sources somewhat differentlyf I i 1 t i A«iA •wMl ihskie mm A naus im iir.Uf t.This is the third volume In the ; “Government Handbook Series,**I which, when completed, will Include a handbook for each of the European countries, and one on the I government of American dependen- j cies, treating of the political and administrative organization. It has special timeliness, because the world war has not only given Canada the status of a nation, but at the same time it has brought Canada and the ,United Htates into closer economic re-Jlatlons and sympathetic community of Interest. As both countries are democracies and have inherited from the same general political stock, it should be of particular interest to the student of political science to note the similarities and divergencies of their development.This volume shows Canadian political institutions ut work and gives their development and working up toA common derivation, a common litera-fromfulness? yet their sadneas _ _r.____ing rather than depressing. In spit© of their tragedy, they contain a certain cleansing atmosphere which tends to purge away the baser feeling that the ordinary recital would create. If not entertaining and pleasant, they are at leaet thought provoking“Lazarus'* is a story which depicts the misery of knowing the unknow* able. For a terrible moment the au-jthor unveils the secrets of the grave; and the reader sees, together with Augustus and the others who have come under the spell of Lazarus's eyes, how the most enduring of human monuments crumble into chaos even at the instant when they are*Ideveloped, have already gone far to produce in the United States and Canada a common American type of Society and social philosophy. But while Canada has learned much from the experience of the United States, she is prepared also to teach much; and a study of her methods will inevitably furnieh material for intelligent comparisons and fruitful contrasts Thevolume now issued supplies this material In admirable form. It is a sound, scholarly and readable .text, meeting the need for a book which brings the subject to date as the latest previous work in this field was published in 1896.The author, a journalist of long exbeing built, how nations upon nations parlance in England, Canada and thetower like the shadows of silent ghosts, rising out of nothingness andsinking instantaneously Into nothingness again.“The Gentleman From Han Francisco'* has been called the best workof fiction produced in Russia during the last decade. The author pities rather than scorns the frailties ofUnited States. has been since 1196 a student of Canadian history and development His lectures on the subject at Harvard, Johns Hopkins university, and the University of California, summer sessions, have given him the opportunity to understand the needs and point of view of the American collegeearth; and he pictures mercilessly the i student, and consequently his book iswide gulf which yawns between our estimate of our own worth and our actual worth. “I need the whole wide world for my amusement,** cries the man of wealth, “Yes, and here It Is,** answers Death, handing him a coffin The story may be called an ideal ; demonstration of a paradox: the poverty Of wealth* and the impotence of power, jlfe?useful to the students in college courses in polities! science, as well as to the man of affairs.LATEST MAGAZINES9fARRlA€IE~~A ariSSYIO*.EASTERN BED; bv Helen Huntington; 0. F. Putnam » Hon*. New York andLondon.In Mrs. Huntington's new novel she exploits some rather unpleasant views ! the marriage question, and withReview of Reviews—it is entirely natural that the September number of this magazine should dwell* rather exultantly upon the favorable ^change inthe European war situation, hence the render is at no loss to understand the significance of the “rainbow of promise'* on the cover page Frank H. 81-monds. the well known writer on strategy, discusses “Victory and the Turn of the Tide. * and Dr Alberttwo unhappy oases *** illustration, at- j Bhaw. the editor, defines in stirringtempts to show that the marriage tie is bondage and a barrier to the perfect freedom of sou! and the realization of the higher ideals of life,I The story is of two married women, one a beautiful and elegant leader in j social life, the other a little music hall singer, both married in youth with the thought of love and perfect union and both awakened to the reality that Infatuation is not love, and the union is therefore irksome One meets her fate'* in the appearance of the real lover on the scene, and the other tries to make up for the un-hgppy conditions of her life with her art* Neither finds happiness. The one take* up her burden, living o«s in the racial atmosphere above criticism!language* Our Great Flan for Victory. Dr. Charles Bask©rvllie describes the uses of “gas** in thim war and the measures taken to combat it; and the Importance of the fuel problem here at home ta made emphatic in the vigorous advice given by two high authorities on the need for economy. An Interesting development in present-day transportation is considered in Mr, John Walker Harringtons illustrated paper. ‘Give Us Rack Our Canals!** and Lothrop Stoddard throws much light upon a dark subject. In his analysis of * Russia and German Policyt*Everybody**—In this magazine for September, “The War of 1938 * by Eugene r Lyle, *Jr., is a terrible warn-though she carries a broken heart; the Ittg against a premature peace and a other take* her own life rather than {convincing argument for fight ng theassertfeelings and thus wound war to a finish* Brand Whitlock s Ins c«nd-n;»tured hut despised man hy stallment of Belgium s tragedy hasHMing hp Pear of public criticism, j to do with the singular ideas of Jus-arid i he traditionary customs which ties and human rights entertained byhold men and women even against their will prevent either one from seeking freedom through the onlyopen road divorce, and so the lifeof one is ended and the other continues in unhappy bondage,p The story seems to have been written mainly with the idea of express. Hp the . auihorli theories,It cannotthe German invaders; and Captain T Barrow-Green of the British Royal Naval Division describes the use and evolution cl trench-mortars under their war-slang title Toe Emmas**' Hir Arthur Cnnan Dsyis he*u* the fiction contributors with three g«v little sketches of child life; “Tamo’ the genets’* has one of the rnoat
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Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, Sep 14, 1918
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