EVENING LEDGER-PmEADELPHlA', SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1916 NEW BOOKS ON THEGREAT WAR BY DICKINSON, WELLS . AND CHESTERTON FRESH NOVELS Wrf , M (,- .THREE ENGLISHMEN PUT TRUTH ABOVE PATRIOTISM Xowes Dickinson, H. G. Wells and G. K. Chesterton Join -'. uriucism oi War-Girt England By the Literary Editor Iff TUB face of Ireland, Casement, Orders In Council nnd the censor, this much frinr t snl1 tnT England and this much mar mUo her the noblest ny she has ottcn teemed the Basest ot the belligerents: Among her wrlterB of repute she has pro duced more critics of her own national weaknesses than all the other fighting coun tries together. France has Ttomalno Hol land; Germans1 has Maximilian Harden; but to Bernard Shaw's voice, which. spoke out loud and clear even In the beginning of rhnfllct when many werovnad nnd many K" client, she has added the voices of II. a. WriTO. WJWM juii;iiiiv,i n.iw v.. .v. .iasici- ton. Wnen wnrnnK countries uiacuen ineir enemies and themselves with the pitch of wh.l atrocities. It Is a splendid record and k'sv record that should mean much townnl the Du santr, moro loirra.ni mm inuro imciiiRcni world wnicn is necessary oeioro war win ue rt'toded. nf ths three-new books from these Eng- !IUh writers Lowea Dickinson's 'The Eu ropean Anarchy" (Macmlllan Company, . , jjew Tork) ft easily the soundest nnd most Ft valuable. He makes his apologies for Eng r land In the first few pages. He finds Eng 1 1 land "as ambitious, ns quarrelsome and as 'laspesslve as other states." I!e admits, .(that In the matter of peaceful Intentions j"our past Inevitably discredits our future. ' And when we profess peaco It is not tin- M .L...1 hnt nth.- nnllnnfl nlintlM Hllnrt n riaiutAI vt.fc wv.w. .., ....... .... -"" snare." He sees that to nchlovo poace "we mii elvo ud. In nil nations, this habit of j-.itin nn thn iinlnim nntl necullar wicked- Iv'- ... t.t (Ka ttnmv." ti9a .w v..v...rf. rt.rlnnlnir deen In the historical back- f k..,wla nt hn nnrlv nlnfttennth rentllrv. ha tt&tes and analyzes the conflicts and al- '( n.nM which havo linked hnlf n dozen Eu ropean nations In n. dozen dlfTcrent com binations. In them ho finds the common factor of an International anarchy which has thriven marvelously of late years on the new lease of life given the political philosophy of Machlavelll by the uplrlt of Bismarck. It has "made every budding ttatesman and historian a solemn or a typical defender of the gospel of force. But though this be true, wo have no right, therefore, to assume that thero Is some peculiar weakness which marks oft German policy from that or all other nations. Mach larelllanlsm Is tho common lierltago of Europe. It Is the translation Into Idea of the fact of International anarchy." He rcc egnlics with Walter Llppman's "Stakes of Diplomacy" the common resting place of all conflict In tho common rush for the un developed countries. Tracing thus the course of European con flict. Lowes Dickinson sees the only hope for peace In the abolition of anarchy through International action to enforce peace. Here he has a message for America apropos of preparedness: "Preparedness for what7 To enter that European competition for nrma ments, which alone Is sufllclent cause for war? Or to put armaments. Jointly with ether States, behind law nnd against ag gression, from whatever Power aggression may be threatened?" Naturally this man cannot look on "crush ing" foes and setting up commercial wars aa producing anything but "a bitter and unforgiving hatred" to "reign forever be "tween tho victor and the vanquished." There Wells and Dickinson "apltt. Wells la Ui ready to excoriate England. Ho knows V.that Bhe Is never suro whether she "Is a p "Crowned republic' or a Germanlo mon- Jiiarchy," He has no time for "anti-German liW.leagues" and for peoplo "who profess to .. believe that all Germans to the third and 'fourth Ken-rations (save nnd except the iHanoverlan family domiciled in Great Brit ain) are a vile, treacherous ana impossioie race, a race animated by an Incredible IH racial vanity, a race which Is Indeed scarcely anyining cut a conspiracy ukuiusi u icd. i of mankind." Ilorecognlzes that, "after all. the Prussian dream of world empire' la "hut nn imltntlvA resnonse to the British fP Empire and the adventure of Napoleon." But when it comes to tne traae alliances and contemplated tradjjjirars of what Wells delights to call "the pledged Allies," he cannot see the. sowing of dragons' teeth. " Wells Is such a natural ontlmlst nnd such eUn enthusiast for his desires that ho can ' bend even this Blnlster move into a step J toward world federation. ) Wells's book, "What Is Coming" (Mac tntllan Pumtviiiv Vw Vnrkl. Is full of a Iff great deal besfaes, and a great deal that Is rich, thought-provoking and always gooa reading. He reflects on "lawyer govern- Alio AnAitliu nf tlA ni-ADa ft ft A US 1 education to replace Oxford classicism; tho winning of the vote for women among the i ' military dangers of tho munition factories ; ' a new nnd "natural" man of Europe, with Ireland and Albania under cantonal govern- ;, mem, Bombay and Constantinople interna- . tional cities, Africa under the rule or a ; Latin league and Arabia a nation risen train; a world navy' directed by Great u- m- -. .Wr iryrus r- Townsend Brady. The More Excellent Way Color l'rontliplece. II. S3 Net A story of modern society and the di vorce question, the scenes in New York, , Sorrento, Bermuda and Reno. The really serious purpose and tellinc les sons of the book are for the moment forgotten in the swift succession of its dramatic developments. All Booksellers Putnam's 0. P. N.w Ytrk Sons London J DANCINO V fl 17 CCD'C NIXON TIIEATEK BtPO. LiUHOCiK. O !U fe. Aid Mrtrl ', Tiles., Thurg. & Fri. Orchestra t a F t aWa i-ji. n.cepuon mon., wea, cc sax. P'tLFlUVATR LESBONS pAY AND KVENINO w bliol Claii oixut FrliUr afleruoeo, UrUber 0. :S0. Prof. Frank J. Owen, Instructor nermann's Celebrated Orchestra LW A G N E R r- D A N C I N G MW OUltTll HllOAU J'llUKB D1A. 030 SCHOLAR NIGHTS Honda,)', Tuesday and TburaJty Reception Wed. & Sat. Evgs. frivol lunai NooUo II P. il. Nw l'Mturbts fKttl" fax Trot I STElCTtY PKIVATK UCUaM0, U . . .t'"-X W(" vou niut caulr yoia n foot u u,, irVza'Tzjz-j'siarhazi, tbs rawiTimw flni 1 U-utsii tl.rnU?'lni,,.,ro.colonl"'' France. Ituwla nnd nrnM!re0rvPrt of th9 b00k l0 lhe nviTf .,That wl" ha,nn t0 commercial, tHJn .uback ,rom th trenches. "In the MHih t her? re worl who have broken thori n oU' s,BcUlnlf " eahotage. nnd Ep,ror't' . Th'" '." " writes, "has greatly rtcmorallaed nnd discredited the gov ernlng class In Great Urltaln. and It hlg utl.. " uncmployed nnd unfed peoplo. no longer strung ur- by the actuality of war, mc.,..nT ,rsl,'l " arms and with many oilf ,lhtllc. 0,r,ccrs available, are released clumsily and Manlessly Into a world of risen prices and rising rents, of legal obstacles nna forensic complications, of greedy specu lators and hampered enterprises, there will do insurrection and revolution. Thero will he bloodshed In the streets nnd tho chasing of rulers." -T!l? S2fwr Mr' -w,e,ls nm,s ln e tate ment: TV nre beginning to agree that rea sonably any mar. may be asked to die for his country: what we havo to recognise Is mat any man's proprietorship, Interest, cm ms or rights may Just as properly be called upon to die." .-As J".r i,r' Chesterton and his book. The Crimes of England" (John Lane. New vork), It Is easily the best reading of tho three, Tor rhetoric, humor nnd vigor; and In It ho strikes, as nhvnys. for fundamental democracy. Hut. though Chesterton sees tho faults of his native land with a thorough ness thnt neither of tHe compatriots can eqda . ho sees them only for tho very Cheslertonlan purpose of blackening Ger many. Accusing his hypothetical German proressor of always defending his own coun try and abusing Chesterton's. Chesterton rails into the Interesting nnd only slighter ;rror of abusing both his own nnd his ene my's country. With a master hand ho paints tho wrongs that England has wrought staggering wrongs; but "whoever we have wronged." says he, "wo have never wronged Ger many." Not forgetting to Inveigh with Wells against the Hanoverian family upon the I-ngllsh throne, he mnrshals still greater things. "Again nnd again wo havo dragged her (Germany) from under tho Just ven geance of her enemies, from the holy anger of Maria Teresa, from tho impatient and contemptuous common sense of Napoleon. We have kept n ring around the Germans while thoy Backod Denmark and dismem bered France. And It we had served our God as we have served their kings, there would not be today one remnant of them In our path, either to Blander or to slay ua." If only Chesterton were n better catho lle! He doesn't half appreciate the simple equality of all men and alt nations, ln good and In ovll. DO CO-AUTHORS MAHItY? Four Writers Reach Altar Via Publication Do coauthors often marry? Four of Henry Holt & Co.'b authors havo reached the altar via publication In quite recent years. Some years ago appeared 'The Runaway Place," a novelette, tho scene of which was most of tho time Central Park. New York. Tho authors, Walter Prltchard Katon, tho well-known dramatic critic, and Miss Elisa M. 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WIGGIN STORY ACTED IN A METING HOUSE Unusual Performance Given in Maine Timely Notes of the Literary World The little Tory Hill Meeting House at Buxton lMvrer Corner. Mnlne, was tho Mecca recently for hundreds of admirers of Kate Douglas Wlggln. who gathered there to nee the dramatic performance of Mrs. Wig gin's New Kngland Btory, "Tho Old Peabody l'cw." Probably no other play has ever been c'ven In such an unusual setting. Tho nctlon took place entirely In the wing pews of the church, and the actors and actresses were local people, many of them Mrs. Wlggln's summer neighbors. Before tho play began Mrs. Wlggln told Informally the circumstances surrounding the writing of "The Old I'cabody Pew," and gave an out line of the opening chapters, bringing the audience with her up to the time of the first scene. At the close ot the laBt sceno she read a prologue In verHi, followed by a coup let. In which she called out each member of the cast. 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