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CABELL'SJIANDLING
OF ANCIENT MYTHS
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In "Jurgen" lie Has Produced
a Prose Romance of
Great Beauty
Not to overstate the matter it may
safel) he said that .Ininett Hrnnch
'obeli's ".lurgeu" Is one of the most
remarkable books that has been written
in the l'nglisli lai.guagc within twenty
five )cars tf one chose to )lehl to a
natural impulse after leuding the book,
one ipisht make it lift) or a hundred
.vent-s, but It is ulwujm better to restrain
one's uilhusiusiu within the bounds of
moderation.
".luigeu" l a poetic romance in
prose, a prose so ital, so limpid, so
beautiful that it makes much that passes
for poetr) seem .stale nml unprofitable
It is the stor.v of u poet who had spent
his jotitli iu the worship of beauty,
but in his matyrer .tears hud married
the daughter or a rii h nawiibrokei mid
.
carried on the fundi) business. His wife
turned into u shrew and .lurgeu en
dured his lot as philosophlcall) as he
came a poet who knew that romance
does not grow on ever) woman's lips.
A monk passed his shop one day, stub
bed his toe on a stone in the btreet und
cursed the devil for putting it there,
.iurgcii protested" and suggested that the
devils had enough to bear as it was
without being cursed bv mortals. The
monk bundles words with him, but .Tur
gen persists in saying" kindly things of
t lie devils, who are doing only that which
has been ordained for them Later in
Ihe d.i) Jurgen, when passing the Cis
tercian Abbe), met a gcrtlcmun dressed
all in black who stopped him ami
thanked him for his good word. The)
talked together and Jurgen confided to
the man that his wife did not under
stand him. As the) parted the gentle
man in black was wondcrine how he
eouhl reward the man who had spoken
, oil oNiim. When .7urKeii reached home
t'lnt right his wife was gone, and sin
did not return the next day. Someone
tohl him that it would be the manly
tlllns for llim to search for her.
Hc acts on the sugBeIon mid bcKins
la search which takes him to a cave.
wnere lie nnus a centaur anil the slint
nf Xisu. Tin. ninnr i imm in.
confesses that he is seeking justice, has
him don the shirt and tells him that i
ir their search they must pass over 1 1n
uvave of a dream and through the malice
nl timp. Thej nt ,Nit Ulj K.inlcn tliat
lies between dawn and sunrise, wheie
voting men and maidens in the glamour
of their first love walk aim in arm con
tinually. Jurgen finds there his own
first love all alone apparently waiting
for some one. Later lie discovers that
she is in the fnini of Helen of Troy,
that woman whom no man could see
.mil afterward deire an) other. Theu
he sleep nnd when he wakes he finds
that the centaur has been changed into
an ordinar.v horse. He mounts the
horse and enters on a spiies of ndven
tiues that takes him to the heaver or
hell of the old mv tliologies nnd brings
him iu contact with the moon ni.vths and
.the sun m.vths. Indeed. .Imgen himself
, at this time is a sort of a sun m)th.
the personification of the procreative
energ) of nature. As a natural lesiilt
he ha most enticing uflaiis with the
fabled women of gicat bcuitv and even
with a vampire in hell and with the wife
of the devil himself. But he finds jus
tice nowhere, not even in the CluUtiau
heaven. In explaining himself .Tin gen
sa-, to one of the archangel. "I did
but search for justice, and I could not
tind it in the eves of) our God. but
onlv love and such forgiveness as trou-
bled me." The anhaugcl replied. "Hi
......LA nf fl.i.f , .n lViimiIiI t-Aminr. nrwt ,n
should till that lives rejoice; and more
naitidilarlv should we rejoice that dwell
in heaven and hourlv praise our Lord
God's negligence of justice wherebv we
v.iut r. .ii.ii. .'vi -...j,.... ivjw. v, , ...... .-..
aie permitted to enter into this plane. '
At the end of what seems to him a'
vear .lurgeu returns Home ami nmis
his wife sitting tpnctly b) the lire at
work with her needle us he would have
found her if he had returned to his
'house on the evenirg of the da) when
1 the monk stubbed his toe on a stone iu
1 tlic street in front nf his shop.
' With all its beauties the book is not
for the unsophisticated or the piudNh
I or the narrow-minded. To the educated
man and woman with n broad to'er.iuce
for the great natmal forces and theii
I methods of operation and withar nn-
preeiutinn for a lomantic philosophy
which finds the onl) lealism in the things
I of the imagination "Jurgen" will be n
1 iov ami u delight. There is humor in
I it and satire and a deep tenderness and
an all einhiaciug svmpathv aid a pro
I found faith in something teallv fine in
I lniiuiiii nature that ought to insure to
it'u Ions life and inn) possibh give it
a permanent place in the literature of
the language. We should be proud that
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RUDYARD KIPLIXU
Whose eise fiom ISS.I lo 1018 has been collected into a single volume
RUDYARD KIPLING REIGNS
AS THE KING OF THEM ALL
The
Inclusive Edition" of His
I krone as Chief Poet
'lhoe who expect to find the "In
clusive IMition" of Iludyard Kipling's
verse a complete edition will be disap
pointed. It is called "inclusive" nd
visedl), for it includes the erso writ
ten between lbS." and 191S. The
earlier veise. produced between 1ST0
and 1SS5, is omitted. The lntter is
bo.v isli stuff or frankly imitative of
older poets. Mr. Kipling evidently now
regards it as 'prentice woik. The new
volume thus contains all that he has
wiitten from the time when he began
to find himself down to the beginning
of last ear. .The concluding poem
in the book is the tiibutc to Roose
velt after his death last January.
It is impossible to give even a slight
1 study to the mass of verse iu the more
I than "00 pages of the volume without
a new und more vivid impression of the
power of the man. The first conclu
sion that obtrudes itself upon the con
sciousness is that here is a great mas
, culinc force manifesting itseif. There
' arc persons who say that poetry is all
er) well for womeu, but men have more
..... . ..... i
, themselves witn it. Ana tins is true ot
I in'K'h poetrv churacteiyed bv nothing
but u skill m versihcatiou and a pretty
' imagination. But prettincss is the last
Hung that Kipling seeks, ile has been
for the most part a commentator on the
, greui rmni m mi iimr, i-skviiij
creai events in inc uruisn empire, iie
has been called the poet of British im
perialism, and there 1s justification for
the title. He has also been called a
great writer of political editorials in
vei.se, and many poems iu this volume
can be found to give warrant to Jhis
description of him.
So much of his verc deals with the
events and the problems of his time that
one cannot help wondering whether,
when it has lost its significance, save to
tne student ot nisiory, iimi uc rein; an
.. . , . .. . , . . ' ii . ,t ,. ' !..!
ail. Mill ciimiiiaiing nn uic iraiiinii
conteninorary comment there remains a
bod) of verse that will not depend for
,. , Ar Me.. .n ,,...,1,1.,.. v., if !ta
ti raiment of those things which aicas,
old as thc human heait ami as varied :
as human perversit). i
lis ii'ii!? ui nil- uii itii. it.aiJM i.,.i. jl?'
I nlikc Keats and hwinourne ami
Tenuvson this mnn did not rcort to
the classical myths or the Arthurian
legends for his material, lie takes his
imagery from the Bible and addi esses
the "Lord (!od of Hosts" rather than
thc Muses. He finds the sulTeiings of
the moderns suthcientl) moving without
having to write about the tragedies of
past ceutuncs Indeed, his cnnteiupn
!.rlness marks him annit from all his
contcmporaiics and fiom his immediate
predecessors, nut mere is in iniicu oi
SOME PROBLEMS
OF EMPLOYMENT
Boohs on Shop Management,
Industrial Psychology and
the Economics of Labor
Both tapital atlJ lahnr arc astir with
realization and recognition of their
separating mill their mutual piohlcni.
l'olitieallj this has beeu shown by the
1'rrsIUent'a two coimuisKionH to relate
and aecoiniuoilate the crises that have
arisen since the war, b the pioimtlca
tion of Hit? I'luinb plan and other
I schemes fur new controls of industry
and. ot course, by the steel and coal
strikcK Tartly antecedent to the keen
interest Uisplawil muring economists,
capitalists and labor leaders ami partl.
of courte, as a ielle of dcliuite move
ments are numerous honks dealim; with
shop psycholog and industrial psy
t'holog) .
".Manugenicut and Men," by Mejer
Hlooinfield, an authority iu the Held,
is one of the most important. Mr
Illoomfield writes from a first hand and
intuiie study of conditions in this
country and abroad. His book is main
ly an analysis and interpretation nf the
momentous industrial dcelupinciitn In
Oreat ISritain, wheie shop steward,
shop management, etc.. hate progressed
cry far. Iloth labor chiefs and execu
tive managers co-operated in furnish
ing materiul uud criticism. The appen
dices furnish u comprehensive exhibit
of the joint industrial management
which is prevailing more and more iu
i the T.ritisu Isles. .
i "ninployuieat Psychology,' by Henry
C Ldnk, is n guide to practice rather
than a theoretical exposition. It bets
forth tho practical application of tho
new psychology to the selection, train
ing, grading and retention of employes.
Doctor Liqk makes a strong case out
against the usual hit or-mlss vvay of
employing men nnd not ouly urges hut
shows how system may be beneficial
to (lift ('iiipU)jea and profitable, to tho
plant.
"Organizing for Work" is by II. I,,
(iautt, remembered for h! "york,
Wages and Profit," It Ureases ths
KRjhOFt
Verse Contains His Title to ihcXNtoXZ"
of His Generation
it a contemporariness which has an
eternal quality, for he measures the
doings of the men of the present by the
Melehisedeekian standards whirh have
neither beginning nor end of da)S.
Justice and truth and lo.valty and ten
derness nnd compassion aic the themes
that recur again and neain in aning
form, and they" aie handled with such
XUllll, mm IHUV ULl' JIUllUll'U Willi bUL'll
skill nnd .,.... hum- n,i i,.ui,t nU tn
justifv those who insist that he is head
X.i oi...i.i i n .i ?. .i.
and shoulders above all other men who
i have written verse in his time.
Those who know him only by his1 tiat IlU frielld harry was shot" for cow
Z,UEaVat ?' V.Mlioo-and .he was one of the bravest
and the "Itecessionnl," or thiotigh his
ballads of the sea, such as "McAn
diew's Hymn." have only a partial
kuowledge of him. "If," notwithstand
ing its great popularity, is not a great
poem. It is a preachment and frank
didacticism has never yet charactciized
the finest cisc. And the "Itcccssion
al" is a religious outgiving in meter
which served as a rebuke to British
pride at a time when it was preening
ittelt and strutting about vaiuglori
ously. Kipling has put the same idea
into a really great poem that will be
read when the "Becessional" is for
gotten. As it is short we give it here
and -venture the opinion that it will
appear in the anthologies for centuries
to come :
Cities and Thrones and Powers,
Stand in Time's eye,
Almost as long as (lowers,
Which dally die:
But, as new buds put forth
To glad new men.
e St unconsidered i;arth,
iik LiLiea i iae 2,1.111
Th's season's Daffodil,
Kho never hears,
What change, what chance, what chll!
cut down last year s ;
But wItIl bold countenance,
I.Ul
Anil knowledge small,
Csteems her beven days' continuance,
To be. perpetual.
.. .... . . -
m. tnat iso cr-Kma
0rdali;s U3 -cn a3 blind,
As bold ua she.
i That In our very ueatn,
And hurlal sure
Shadow to shadow, well persuadril salth,
"See how our works endure!"
L significance apparent.
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point that our civilization depends upon
the effectiveness with which our indus
trial and business; systems combine in a
practical adjustment and co-operation.
"Sr. (Inntt makes the following basic
suggestions: Make industry democratic
bj placing authority in the hands of
tlioe who know what to do nnd how
,t. An 11 Irrpttmpl 11 o nf W'Vinl lipr Mini
are the ow tiers of the tools of produe-
Hon or not. Second. Seek thc solution
of all indutrial problems by present-
ing fill the facts available or obtainable
In a mnuuer reauiiy compreneuueo dj
all. This chart system would be educa
tive for both emulojcrs and cmplojcs,
in the author's opinion
"Creative Impulse in Industry" dis
cusses the quest ion of how the Indus
trial efficiency of America necessary for
our national progress is to be created
and developed without Prussiaiii.iug
the workers, .whs .viaroi wrote tins
Iiook alter a survey in conuiiions lor
the Hureait of I'ducHtional 1'xperi
meuts, and it is a substantial and stim
ulating contribution to the subject.
"The (ilrl and the .lob," by Helen
Ilocrle uud Florence S.illberg, Is di
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kiud of work she wants to do, who
doesn't know what sort of work she
can get, and who isn't happy where
bhc is, and who wants u better job.
It has much snge counsel and is but
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example-).
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HOW WAR SEEMS TO
THE MAN WHO FIGHTS
Two Remarkable Boohs Deal
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tion in tho Soldier
The best books about (he war arc be
ginning (o mnkn their appearance. No
reader who really wants to know what
went on fn the hearts and minds of the
men can afford to neglect Stephen
0 rah am "A Trivalo iu the Gunrds."
Mr. Graham 'spent eighteen months in
the Scots Guards, went through their
famous training camp at Sparta Bar
racks and saw hard service in France in
the later days of the fighting, including
the last great advance and the occupa
tion of Cologne, if is a book written
with fine and courageous spiritual in
sight the kind of book that is grcatl)
needed and the kind of book that lias
been almost wholly lacking in American
testimonies of war experience. Mr.
'Graham, while making plain the horror
and disenst felt hr everv sensitive snirir
in the rack of the struggle, also finds
' III tllO nilfnnlnn .f (linen .Ipnrlf.il ilnia
of sacrifice the hope that the nations
may draw nearer together in a spirit of
human pity. If all men were of the
same fine fiber ns he. there would be
more hope of this. Particularly inter
esting to American readers is the ac
count of the Americans who enlisted
with the Scots Guards. One would like
to know who was the policeman from
I'hilndelplUa, nicknamed "IJIgsev." and
"Mrs. 'Wlggs," who got a "blighty
one" at the Canal du Nord.
Another book of stirring quality is
"The Secret Bnttle," n novel by A. P. !
iierDen, u young English wuter hither
to known chiefly for liis witty poems in
"Punch." It deals with' the gradual
sapping of the morale of a brae and
ambitious young officer under the con
stant and brutai stiain of war. In the
end he is shot for "cowaidice," due to
a momenta! y loss of self-control under
heavy shellfire. Mr. Ilerbett's descrip
tion of the Gallinoli enmnniirn is one of
the most lviil and moving passages of
i uuuwu jui-usis, wie unuiierauie wean
ness and ghastly futility of it all, ear
ned on under a blazing eastern skv and
in the Hushes of gold nnd crimson Medi
terranean sunsets, makes nn indelible
picture on the reader's mind. Mr. Her
bert's delightful stvle shows the value
of the l'nglisli classical training in
forming a lusty sense of prose c.pics
sion. It is simple, logical, informal
and teise: lich in the telling epithet,
giving the render a curious sense of
,iri,ii,-, .. ......... a- r , .
i fading a . translation of pine nnd rigor-
". ??"? , lme ,a.nu u"Di,e b0., :.
showing the heavy workings of the m i-
tary machine on the clear spirits of men
rPI,A stnrT anile . "'PI,..- In ,1.- t. e :t .
men I ever knew
a rmvATi; in- thc quahdm ny stepii-n i
TWO BUSINESS BOOKS
Commercial Research, Collec
tions and Mercantile Cred
its Discussed
the inauguration and development
of business schools, such as thc pioneer
i Wharton School at the Uuivcrsity of
i I'cnns.vlvnnia, hnvc been a marked' and
growing .feature of our educational in
stitutions over the last three decades.
Businessmen no longer sneer at the
eollcge-brcd youth, but are anxious to
ff VnoV.'r
. . . . . . . " . "
i mercial or banking enreer. And the
wise business men, those whose vim
speeds them to new successes, by no
means scorn but rather study the' new
books on commercial subjects written
bv the academic authorities. Two new
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1 "Commercial Ttescnreh" is by Prof,
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' Chicago. lie was a special expert for
the shipping board during the war and
ils statistician at tho Paris Peace Con
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, perienccs of his classes in commercial
organization, contains an outline of
i working principles for the solution of
explained
I .Mercantile Credits and Collectinnq '
by Charles A. Meyer, is n moro spe
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subjects of credits and collections nnd
diicidates it with much practical ma
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