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EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 2, 1919
VEL, FICTION, THE JEWS AND THE RACE QUESTION IN NEW BOOKS
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; CIVILIZATION'S
PREFACES TO BOOKS
NEVER WRITTEN
PRE-WAR LIFE
IN THE BALKANS
RISING GENERATION
THEME OF NOVEL
THE BREAK OF LIGHT
THROUGH BLINDNESS
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'MDr.i Joseph Jacobs Writes a
';; Notable Estimate ami Ap-
Of fr praisal of Activities
.
"Jowlsh Contribution? to Chllizn
lion" is n notable and ncholnrly work.
It Is scholarly without bring pedantic
or dry ns dust. Indeed it i- fascinat
ingly interesting. It ! notnble in that
Ik maintains its thesis with ndmirable
argument, testimony, illustration mid
conducts it with admirable Rood humor.
It is. free from bias, partisanship 'or
s.niMrnr.l xlnlma Doctor Jacobs was
p far from beini; nn npolouete bis pur-
pose in this book was simply to point
out the share that the Jews have con
tributed to the ndvnuce of the world's
civilization nnd their constant partici
pation In the progress of life.
Doctor Jacobs, for thirty jerirs be
iore his death in 11)1(1, had been nn
authority on the Semites and their his
tory nnd ideals. He orlginnlly planned'
, ....... ..! n.v nn '"rim .leutsh ,
-rA f,l. in Vnttnnnl diameter."
Engrossment with other works, liternrj 'papers, and a preface to n book of fish
nnd practical, prevented the consum- 10"H ami a preface to n book of
nation of this design, for the carrving '"' l'" "'"1 tt I'"' to " ',,"k
ont of which he wbh o well qualified "00k-
and equipped. Tlie present work is in n j The preface to the novels of Harold
way n by-product of his original co- , Hell Wright will ncer be printed in
ii !,,,. ii it ! hv no menus, nnv collected edition of the works of
fragmentary." It is planned, cohesive i
.,i ,imi. f tnn,llnf .in its mi n i
muu ""-""h " ............
merits ns n definitely worthy treatment
of its subject nn estimate of the Jews
relation to civilization.
JEWISH rONTHIIlUTIOVfl TO CIVILIZA
TION. By Joseph Jacobs rtilliclelnhli
Jewish Publication hucli-tv of Amerlcv
SHANTUNG QUESTION
Thomas F. Millard Writes In
teresting and Authori
tative Work
In view of the Shnntung imbroglio
Wrapped up in the pence treaty, Thomas
F. Millard's book. "Democracy and the
Eastern Question," has particular time
liness, it nko has great value, for
Mr. Millard is one of the best equipped
and qualified of Americans to present
the problems of the Orient nnd their
possible solutions to his fellow coun
trymen, who. it must be confessed, in
the mass have scant knowledge nnd pos
sibly scantier interest in the matter.
This, of course, is not ns It should be.
Since the punitive march on Pckin n
score of yenrs ago the I'nltcd States
has had some part in Chinese nffnirs.
and our entry into the great war on
the side of liberty, dcmociacy and self
determination has appnrentlv severed
us permanently from our old position
of isolation from international concerns
and ended our policy of conscious sepa
ratism
Mr. viiinrci Knows ootntne wrs, iiini
m w.... . .,.,. tl- ,. 1
the East, lie edits nn lmnoriant jour
nal in Chinn, but makes frequent visits
to his native land. Ills journalistic
training nnd his well-known position ns
-T n forelzn correspondent fit him to sense
and to set forth contemporary topics.
In this book he is definitely partisan.
He is for China and he combats the
policies of nations which, he declares.
are exploiting the Chinese repub'ic. He
1 asserts that Japan's side, for instance,
is amply cared for by the extensive
Japanese propaganda in America. Says
vjit. Millard: "Taking the case of China
in toto, it presents almost an ideal test
to apply to the principles of the major
nations In prosecuting the war and
making the peace." Among the topics
he considers are China and economic
imperlnlisra, the open-door policy, the
Siberian question and China's place in
the war.
DEMOCRACY AND Tltn KASJEFN Q1IES
TION. ny Thomas Millard. New York
Tb Century Company 3.
Under the Southern Cross
Natives of our sister republics under
. the Southern Cross who chance to rend
"Understanding South America" will
doubtless react to its statements, in-
tepretations nnd opinions as citizens of
'the United States from the days of
Mrs. Trollope and Dickens to those of
Kipling and Masefield have reacted to
the yoluble and fortunntely volatile
Impressions of scribbling, scurrying for
eigners who told us what for and why
about ourselves and our traits, habits
and institutions without hesitation,
without much or intensive investigation
and usually without provocation. That
is, occasional resentment will be en
gulfed in a vast amusement nnd possi
bly some amazement.
t The author, Clayton Sedgwick Cooper,
judging by the ttile of other books
which follow his name, is evidently one
of that quasi-journalistic cult which
hurries through a strange country,
pausing a bit here and there, quizzing
all and sundry, nnd out of the mobili
zation of hearsay and personal impres
sions writes a book. Naturally such a
work cannot be very authoritative,
though it can be readable and inter
esting, if the writer is alert with ear
and eye, as Mr. Cooper apparently is
a good part of lis time on his travels.
Many of the tilings he records or in
terprets contain information for the
North American ; but others will hardly
. meet with the approval of South Amer
icans, The closer unity brought about
."-snby the great war in tho western
cemispnere ana tue tnilttul endeavors
of the yan-Amerlcan Union make sym
pathetic and appreciative relations be-
m twecn tne united States and South
ri c America very desirable. Mr. Cooper
'' A points out some of our opportunities
AllJ. there in his discussion of industries in.
Cjjstitutiohs, etc.
- ffr unuEiiaiAnumcj buutm AMERICA, ny
'ijAfi' SI.IIIW nnii,KR suoper. jsbw rork:
'& A New Dave Porter Booh
fit -DaYe Porter fans have something new
'J " te; Cbeer about and also something to
u-m&lva them n bit, -Edward Strate-
j&tlMffr1 written "Dave Porter's
' mme Honors." Now a new Dave
'&'TTjrw booIc ta an event Jn Juvenile
-,iiiyHBB circles, but the Joyous greeting
IfSlS1? hIs' the fittwnth t the scries,
iZr ''Wi "Bvo us uiurii, since ic is also an-
ntincd as the concluding volume.
Mr. Stratcmeycr tells Dave's thrill'
in' adventures with the fighting engi
aM '(;:, the, front. They aro many,
jrww-anu 'inruunr, inciuaing an. ex-
Uut won tue U, a, a., and a
jb experience nnd escapt
Don Marquis's Collection of
Delightfully Whimsical Es
says on Things in General
Tlirre are men who read the pref
ace before they read the book, nnd
there are men who rend the book and
then rend the preface to diwotcr what
It Ik all about, nnd there are ninny
more who never read prefaces at nil
Whnt the lust clas would do with
Don Jlnrntilo's Intest book it is diffl
cult to Imagine, for It Is nothing but
prcfaies from beginning to end. And
for the convenience of those who never
iread a preface until tliey have HiiMicmI
n book Mnrouis has put hi', own pref-
acc to the collection of prefaces on
the veiy last page.
There Is more entertainment in the
volume than Ir usual! found in the
explanatory introduction to a book.
To remove misapprehension it must be j
said at once that tile prefaces are in
large part to imoxs tunc nave never
ueen wriiu-u. r ur eiiiiiiut . mil.- v
I'lie preface to n DooK ot cigarette
tlili proline mid widely rend dlluter t
of the decalogue. The cook book pref-
n !
lire vvuiiki in' c'huuk" i" -'" ( '
edition of any volume of recipes for
fudge and corned beef nnd enhbnge
which should be fortunate enough to
secure pe i mission to use it.
Mr. Marquis's book is really a col
lection of delightful essn.vs, some
whimsical, some humorous and some
profoundly philosophical. There is an
evening of delight in store for nil who
can sec a joke if tliej get posses-don
of the book. It Is full of unexpected
and surprising remarks, as for ex
ample, when he sns he wishes some
one would develop the iden of hell as n
place of reward for the Puritans.
I'ltKPArES Ily Don Marquis New York'
I) Applton Co SI f.o
THE JERVAISE COMEDY
J. D. Beresford Varies Serious
Fiction With Light Work
"The .Tervaisc Comedy" is both light
and delightful. J. D. Hercsford has
temporarily abandoned his
graver
themes such ns that of sex psvcho'ogv
in Ids last full length novel, "Ood's
Countet point" and the development of
chnracter as in his earliest novel "His
torv of Jacob Stahl." for high comedy
sometimes erging on farce and some
times on idvl.
An elnpment which is contrived but
not carried out furnishes the nivnr of
. . .
the plot. The plot involves n young
Tdavwiizht whose week-end visit makes
him n participant in the planned elope-
ment. He. h mself. n so becomes en-
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the ingenious sitintions invented bv thei
writer. Thev will nnluse renders Im
mensely. The book is written in a
stle ns brisk and bright ns its sub
stance is sprightly and unexpected.
Tim lr.nvAtsn comhdy iw j d iwpb-
ford Nv York, TcmlllAn Company.
Canning and Preserving
Theodora M. Carrell has written a
very timely and practical handbook for
tlie home cook in "A Manual of Can
ning and Preserving." She has had
many yenrs of experience in canning
nnd preserving for special customers
and in a public laboratory kitchen. Her
book contains the tested old-school
recipes and also the methods emploved
in the new cold-pnck process, which
has been successfull used by man.v
women through the educational propa
ganda of the department of agriculture.
Jellies, jams, marmalades, pickles,
conserves, canned vegetables, fruit
juices nnd preserved fruit are all in
cluded and in mnnv cases variant
methods nre given. The directions are
condensed but clear. The book con
veniently assembles nil that the house
wife, no mnttcr how large her canning
nnd preserving nmbitions nnd opportu
nities mny be, needs to know about the
subject.
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Miscellaneous
Ady. P M "Plus II ;
Alexander I, C "Autobiography of
Bhakeaneare "
Anethnn Haroness Albert d' "Fourteen
Years of ninlomaMc I.lfe In Japan "
Arnold Edln "Tenth Mime"
Hateheller. T B. 'Royal hpaln Today "
Baty. T "International Law "
lierke. Louis "Notes from My South Sea
"lletrher. Henry 'Tlrst American Civil
Plankenhorn Heber "Adventures In Prop-
"Tliomneld. Reginald "Studies In Archl-
Bloomfleld Dinlel "Selected Articles on
Employment Management "
Ureal Michel "Semantlca "
Dullard. Arthur "Barbnry Const "
Humous. T t" "Cathedrals and Churches
of Norway, Sweden and Denmark
Calvert. A. F "Granada
Chatterton, R. K Old East Indlamen "
Chesterton. O K "Appetite of Tjranny '
Chilton Automobile Directory
Clercvie. iceien "ine aiinn
Clifton Mrs. Talbot "Pilgrims to the
Isles of Penance."
Cochran. J C. "Foreign Mule '
Coombs. Florence "Islands of fcnchanl-
Curle, Richard Joseph Conrad"
TVAuvergne E. n "Famous Castles and
Palaces of Italy ;
Dodd. A F. ''Hlstorv of Money In the
British Umpire and tho United States."
Dugmore. A. A U. "Romance of the
VawfniiniClRnrt Caribou.'
Kstep. II. C. "How Wooden Ships Are I
Karrer. J. A. "Monarchy In Politics "
Fisher, A, H "Through India and Bur-
Oaaquet, Abbot "Great Abbeys of Ens
'oray. J. A. "At the Court of the Amir "
Hough. Emerson "The Web "
l.awrenee. E, G. "How to Master the
tJIclihenny.'E, A. "Wild Turkey and Its
Nevlll! Ralph "Floreat Etona "
Norton. Richard "Bernini and Other
Studies In the History ot Art,"
Perkins. J. O. "Life of Mrs. Norton "
Plcton. J. A. "Splnoia."
Pottler. Edmon4 "Dourls and the Paint
ers of Greek Veea
Raphael, J, 1!. Throuh Unknown Nl-
Bch'eltlma, J. F. "Monumental Java "
Heelmhm. Frederlo "Vrlual Custom 'n
Analo-Saion Law."
Standing, P. C. "Guerilla Leaders of the.
$.' f B "fV-nltlih Parliament."
Thiers. M. "Memoirs." Translated by F. 1
t ItklnKon '
Turquet-MUnes, O, "Influence of Baude
laire ' w
Usner, 11. u, Jieconsirvcwen 01 uj aiuc
Ush caurch." 3 volumes.
Fiction
Miss Bates Describes Condi
tions Among Our Near East
ern Allies and Enemies
The great merit of the impressive book
of Miss IlntcM is that it helps us to
a better understanding of the problems
which the Near Ihtst presents at this
time Hnving lived among the people
inhabiting the lt.ilknn peninsula, sin;
describes their ciil llxrt.. occupations,
innnncrN and ideas with far more in
timate knowledge than the chance trav
eler or een the scientific obsencr.
She begins with nn nccount of a
oynge do, mi the loner reaches of the
Itiininnlnn Danube, with graphic de
sci iptlons of the scenery nnd people. I,lfc
in lluchnrest, the capital, is then pic
tured, nnd in the vlllnges in the heart
of the country, especial attention being
given to the tzlgnncx. or gvpsles. They
go to the towns nnd villages nnd plu
for the people most wmnlei fully, now
n peneoful melodv nnd then horrible
rh.vtlim. "full of the spirit of hate and
destruction " The bull lings nnd streets
of Sofia, the capital of Hulgnrin, and
the life in them are next descilbrd. llut
the principal object of interest hcie is
King I'erdimnd, nnd n more detestable
creatine it would be difficult to find,
according to her nccount of him nnd
Ills barbnnlii's It is n wonderful change
to pass fror
life to the
pietures of this malodorous
miles upon miles of long
lluigar rosefiohls.
I'nrts of the Itnlkn.n peninsula are
evidently tnoimoiisly rich in natural
wealth, and the people are vcrv in
dustiious The) are of mnnj diffferent
nationalities ami live npnit from each
other, just is they have done for cen
turies, oiitwnidly on good terms, lmt
inwardlv dendlv hostile. It is almost
exactly the snnie condition it would be
if. living neat our American towns and
villages, were tribes of Indians, exactlj
like in manner of life nnd nppenrance,
to those whom the 1'uritnns saw when
they landed on our Xevv England const,
to all appeal mice now friendly, but still
hating the foreign intruders on their
lands.
A c-hapter is devoted to a description
of the life of the (iermnn settlers in
Trnnsjlvnnin, and especially of their
town of Kgerburg, with its "forticss
church." The regard for the Oermans
b.v the Rumanians is shown by the com
mon saving. "(!ivc the German a pig
and 5011 will give him n companion."
The closing cliaptcis are devoted to an
iccount of life in a Jewish family in
Cioatia. in which Miss Hates spent
Mm 0 (lnp ns governess to tile daughter.
It is n strange but interesting home
which is pictured.
ont At.i.irs and i:Ni:.Mins in Tin:
NKAIt KAWT I1 Jfan Victor IlRtp
With an Introduction bj the IllKht Hon.
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title.
Isabel of Castile nnd the Making
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of the Spanish
Nation," indicates the
scope of the volume, which covers prl
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tury, but winch has the eailier historic
background properly established for the
reader's understanding
Isabel and her snouse, rerdinand of
Aragon, raised their united Hispanic
kingdom fiom a discredited nnd unim
portant position to high estate in the
counsels nnd domination of I'urope. A
very admirable appreciation of the de
vout, progi essivc nnd estimable chnrac
ter of Isabel runs throughout tlie vol
ume. This biography is in tlie "Heroes
of tlie Nations" series nnd tlie author
is known for nn earlier work,
Fall of the Old Order, 17(53-181.".
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July 1st vintage, In his gay
new book
PREFACES
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KLKANOR II. I'OKTEK,
Author of "Dawn"
NEGRO LAWYER ON
THE RACE ISSUE
"The Question Before Con
gress" Discusses the Problem
From Original Documents
Oeorge AV. Mitchell, of the Philadel
phia bar, has gone to oilginnl sources
for his hook on the race issue in the
T'nited Stntes Mr. Mitchell calls his
book "The Question Ileforc Congiess,"
and it comprises n consideration ot the
debates and final action by Congress
upon various phases of the lace ques
tion in this countrv The work shows
carefulness nnd thoroughness in re
search and is singularly temperate and
fiee from controversial aspect. It is
written in nn ndmirably elenr style.
Mr. Mitchell, born in Virginia, was
graduated fiom Howard I'niversity,
nnd hns practiced law in this city for
more than two decades. Ho has been
a leader nmon? his people and has
varied his legal vocation with the
avocation of historical research and
study, tills book beiug tlie fiuit of more
than ten j ears' investigation and
philosophical scholarship.
The book sets foitli the historical
backgiound of slaei in the colonics,
the fight agninst it in the constitutional
convention of 17S7, the moi.il crusade
against it, abolitionism, tlie Liucolnlan
coup-de-grate, and other important
aspects. Very fully is stated the vari
ous subterfuges cmplojed to ntillifj
the several enfranchisement amend
ments to the constitution by certain
states. Several appendices exhibit im
portant documents in tlie negio move
ment tovvnrcl progress.
THK
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CCINCiUlliBS My.
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a novel though it is, of course, fiction.
Its inniu, nay only, purpose is to amuse
and it succeeds hi'ariously in tlint de
sign. Those who want some gnoil com
pany for the hammock will find Mr.
Tubbs n delightful eonipuuiou for a
rou pie of hours.
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lecturer for the Aeronautical Society, of
which he was a founder nnd charter
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flight, etc.. clearly and comprehensively,
though witli nvoidance of confusing
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is needful along the line of tin 01 j and
is ricii in practical explanations. The
many diagrams are helpful. This book
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CHARLES SCRIB
Son's Ideals- Conflict With
Father in Mrs. Watts's
Book
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tl.nt nn nncestrni prontcer nii.i ; Porter story bright In the telling nnd
t- i.!.... i. r,t v fortune lie!.. 1.1. ., "ns"i in iih iiiiiuk unci
ICtllllOillliius ,il 11111; ,t..i...,, --
turned n straight nnd scornful back on
the palace this fortune had built nnd
struck out Into n difficult world on his
own.
Steven's high Ideals and his strug
ii. to keen them high nrc portrayed
11 tlie Intest novel of Mary S. Watts,
"Prom I'ather to Son." Ihe rtory Is
told with that simplicity and Intensely
human touch chnrnctcrlstic of all that
Mrs. Walts writes.
Hut there is little of the accustomed
atmosphere of the Middle West which
one has ginvvn to expect In this writer's
books in the newest of her novels. The
chronicle for the most part unfolds it
self in New Englnud fashionable New
England as the summer visitor sees It.
However, the principal characters In
tlie book nrc tturdy middle western folk,
of whom Steven is one by Inheritance
nt least With his sttudiness he com
bines n temperament, nnd this temper
ament Is n somce of puzzlement nnd
distress to his materialistic father, who
lacks not only a temperament, but nlso
Steven's delicate fineness of chnracter.
So when joung Steven, on the basis
of oM letters discovered nfter n lapse
of ninny j ears, chnrges that the family
is leveling In riches accumulated largely
by a scandalous granddad and demands
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