The book is one to read leisurely, to keep pace with the people in this New England town of a generation ago, as their gentle ambitions and personal emotions and affections act and react on those about them. The young school-teacher who comes as a stranger to Harley is an honorable and ambitious young American college graduate; through his eyes we see the townspeople with their peculiarities, foibles, and generally fine, sturdy natures. His love story, too, has charm and sober romance. Certainly the narrative is not exciting, nor is it rapid in movement, but it is sincere in its mild realism and finished carefully in its detail workmanship. Mr. Dawson's "The Little House" is really a Christmas story-and a very delightful and charming one. It has relation to a war tragedy, but out of tragedy grows a happy love story. The fanciful manner in which the story is told by the old house in which the scenes take place is beautifully conceived and finely carried out. Mr. Oppenheim turns out his popular stories perhaps a little too quickly. At all events, "The Devil's Pawn" is far from being his best work. It has a war plot based on the not very exciting and certainly not very probable conception of an agreement between German and English laboring men and Socialists to stop the war by a universal labor strike in both countries. Mr. McSpadden's collection of "Famous Psychic Stories" is one of half-way ghost stories; that is, the emphasis is laid on the word psychic in the title, whereas in the author's collection of "Famous Ghost Stories," as he says, the old-fashioned spook predominates. One of them, Dr. Funk's account of the famous " Widow's Mite," left with him by Henry Ward Beecher and later asked about by Mr. Beecher's spirit (as Dr. Funk believed) and found hidden away in a safe, purports to be a literal relation of fact. Of the fiction stories, few of which will be known to the majority of readers, we award the prize for fantastic ghoulishness to Mr. W. F. Harvey's "The Beast with Five Fingers," which has an uncanny realism, even more calculated to make the flesh creep than an out-and-out ghost story. Mr. Tooker's "Middle Passage is an exciting tale of the old days of the slave trade and of the sea adventures of a boy who is thrown into the "middle passage" life, partly by accident and partly through his own adventurous spirit. Mr. Tooker always writes of the sea with sympathy and knowledge, and we are inclined to think that this is the most vivid and exciting book he has written. THE NEW BOOKS HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY United States (The). By Carl Becker. Harper & Brothers, New York. Interesting, and would be valuable as a brief and rapid résumé of America's early history and political problems were it not for one fatal defect. It lacks that aspect of detachment which we used to expect from college professors in dealing with debatable topics. The Civil War the author regards as waged for "the subjugation of the Southern people (which) must be justified, if at all, on two grounds." He attempts the justification; but probably no loyal supporters of the Government in 1861 would have agreed that the war was waged for the subjugation of the Southern people. He quotes with approval the extraordinary statement of President Wilson that any intervention in Mexico was "against the permanent happiness of the Mexican people," and that the Mexican people had a right to take as much time as they wished and spill as much blood as they pleased without our intervening. His report pleased without our intervening. His report concerning the recognition of Panama and the construction of the 'Panama Canal despite Colombia's endeavor to halt it would be inexcusable even in a partisan journal of that period. And the complicated and perplexing problem of our duty toward the Russian people is dismissed in a sentence which assumes that the "soviet government of Lenine " is a civilized government, whereas whether it is any more a civilized government than was the "Red Terror " in Paris during the days of Robespierre is at least a debatable question. Such a book must be read with the same caution with which the wise man reads the current political press during the Presidential campaign. BIOGRAPHY Charles Chapin's Story. Introduction by Basil King. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. One takes up this book with the feeling that it would better have remained unwritten, becomes fascinated with its stirring account of a successful newspaper man's career, and then reverts to the first impression that the recital of the morbid psychological conditions that led to the author's crime does not make wholesome reading. Nevertheless the book is one of the most remarkable that ever came from within prison walls TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION Idling in Italy. By Joseph Collins. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Readers who take up "Idling in Italy" with the expectation of finding a series of light travel sketches will experience a severe mental jolt. If the author idled while gathering the material for these learned critical essays on Italian literature, what grist did he grind in his working hours? That is not to say that Dr. Collins's chapters are not entertaining as well as keen and illuminative. Some of his themes are in lighter vein, but scarcely any would suggest "idling except to a gormand for work. Through Central Borneo. By Carl Lumholtz. Illustrated. 2 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. These well-made and well-illustrated volumes recall the best traditions of prewar books of travel and exploration, and it is a pleasure to find the old standards for such books again in vogue. Mr. Lumholtz knows how to write entertainingly as well as how to observe with scientific accuracy, and his new work will be welcome alike to the general reader and to the anthropologist. RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY Life and Letters of St. Paul (The). By the Rev. David Smith, M.A., D.D. The George H. Doran Company, New York. This book is disappointing. The notes indicate that the author possesses minute scholarship, but the text does not indicate that he possesses spiritual insight. To our knowledge of the external circumstances of Paul's life it adds little or nothing not already given in better form by Conybeare and Howson and by Ramsey; and it adds nothing to the spiritual interpretation of Paul furnished by Sabatier and by Matheson. It will be of more use to the preacher than to the layman, and of more use to the theological student than to either. But its theological interpretations are mainly of the old school and interpret Paul's theology as scholastic and legal; in our judg ment, his letters should be interpreted as those of a missionary and an evangelist, and something of a mystic. Education for Democracy. By Henry Frederick Cope. The Macmillan Company, New York. This little volume contains many excellent suggestions on the subject of education for democracy, and is worth reading both by teachers and by parents. But it is not always self-consistent, nor does it seem to us well grounded in fundamental principles. Its definition of religion will not satisfy religious thinkers: "That spirit and ideal which we call religion views man as set in the eternal processes of the universe, with an eternity behind in which he has grown, and an eternity before in which he yet may grow." Professor James has shown very clearly that universal worldusage justifies the statement that religion always involves faith in some superhuman Power or Powers, and some interest in man to work in harmony with that Power or those Powers. And Mr. Huxley's definition of education as including the training of the affections and the will into a life of earnest and loving obedience to law emphasizes the truth that there is a Lawgiver who deserves our affectionate obedience. We do not see that Mr. Cope in his interesting book solves, or even states, the problem how boys and girls can be fitted for citizenship in a great Republic without some training in this personal religion, nor how this training in personal religion can best be furnished in a Republic constituted ours is with absolute freedom of the State, and therefore of the public school, from ecclesiastical authority. There is before the American people to-day no more important problem than this. Garden of Peace (A). By F. Frankfort Moore. Illustrated. The George H. Doran Company, New York. Pleasant reminiscences and whimsical conversations about the author's flower garden, with his kindergarten-if his five temperamental children may be so termed -as an unobtrusive background. The book will delight people who like to mix imagination and reflection with their gardening and their reading. What's on the Worker's Mind. By Whiting Williams. Illustrated. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. If employers generally could be persuaded to read this book, labor conditions would surely be improved. It is an account of the experiences of a young business man who put on overalls and worked as a laborer in steel mills, iron and coal mines, and shipyards. The conversations with his fellow-workers, the details of living conditions, and the author's reflections make a story of "How the Other Half Lives that Americans will read with mingled feelings of shame and of determination to bring about better things in industry. THIS WEEK'S OUTLOOK A WEEKLY OUTLINE STUDY OF CURRENT HISTORY' BY J. MADISON GATHANY A why? SCARBOROUGH SCHOOL, SCARBOROUGH-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. College Presidents and the Election RE you perplexed as to how you should vote, or do you see clearly for whom you should vote, and Some consider this the most important Presidential campaign since the Civil War. What reasons might there be for considering it such? Have you any doubt as to the part America should play in re-establishing and maintaining peace throughout the world? What reasons have you for your answer? Do you think it is the duty of a qualified person to vote on November 2, even though he is decidedly dissatisfied with the candi-. dates and the parties? Do you understand the difference between the Hague plan and the League plan in dealing with international affairs? Have we a political system that enables the people to elect their real choice of public officials? If you think we have not, can you explain how such a system would differ from the one we have? What value do you see in our college presidents telling how they are going to vote? The Outlook found it impossible to pubfish all the answers received from college presidents. What is the function of an editor in such a case? What should guide him in the selection of the material which he does publish? How far should he merely report what was sent in and how far should he interpret such material? In an editorial entitled "How I Shall Vote and Why" Dr. Lyman Abbott gives reasons why he is going to vote for Harding. In what respect do you or do you not agree with him? Can you state in three or four sentences what Dr. Abbott believes democracy is? Has the Democratic candidate a democratic attitude? Define carefully: Anonymity, cynicism, paramount, puerile, militate. Mr. Harding's Recent Speeches and the Right to Bolt From what Senator Harding said at Des Moines, is it fair to conclude that he has changed his mind on the League of Nations? Do you think Senator Harding would be unwise to pledge, in advance of election, the exact form of an association of nations he would sanction? What is the Republican attitude toward the League of Nations? Why, in brief, do you agree or disagree with it? The question of our foreign relations is receiving much attention during this campaign. Which of the two leading Presidential candidates is, in your opinion, better qualified to direct our foreign relations for the next four years? There are those who believe that the 1 These questions and comments are designed not only for the use of current events classes and clubs, debating societies, teachers of history and English, and the like, but also for discussion in the home and for suggestions to any reader who desires to study current affairs as well as to read about them. -THE EDITORS. people of the United States are not in the habit of electing Presidents with the knowledge of foreign affairs that such a position naturally demands. Do you agree or disagree with this belief? Should we give special consideration to this qualification? Is there a strong tendency in this campaign to misrepresent what our Presidential nominees say? If you think so, how do you account for it? If a good cause could be greatly aided through misrepresentation, would you consider it immoral to misrepresent? What is meant by bolting a party? In your opinion, under what conditions only should a voter bolt his party? In 1912 Mr. Roosevelt bolted the Republican party. Why did he? Do you think there was sufficient cause for him to do so? Were the results of his action good or bad? How essential to democracy is the right of private judgment? Is there any one thing more essential? Do you agree with Mr. Parsons or with Mr. Crowell as to what the primary issue of this campaign is? President Wilson and Senator Spencer For what reasons is so much attention being given to what Senator Spencer said about President Wilson's statements to certain Balkan States? What are the two versions of the President's remarks? From what the President actually said, which is quoted in The Outlook, is it fair to conclude that Rumania and Serbia were led to believe that the United States would send military forces to defend their territories if they would consent to a correct settlement of the Peace Treaty? Did President Wilson have any right to lead them so to believe? Did the President speak without due consideration when he told Senator Spencer that he was "perfectly content to leave to the voters of Missouri which of us is telling the truth"? Is or is there not a question of veracity involved? How do you explain your answer? If the United States should join the League of Nations as arranged by the Treaty of Versailles, would any decision of the League to use military force involving the United States necessarily be subject to the decision of our Congress? If so, would that decision be morally determined by others in advance? What is your proof? What is your opinion of what The Outlook says in the last paragraph of its comment under the heading "The President and Senator Spencer"? Famine in China China is by nature one of the most richly endowed countries of the world. How, then, do you account for the frequent famines that come to China? On what occasions has the United States shown herself the real friend of China? In case of famine should any country helping another receive pay for the help rendered? 王翔 What you may expect You have more than the right to expect ityou have the guarantee of its maker backed by a service that extends to every corner of the civilized globe, to assure it. THREE TYPES: Regular, Safety, Self-Filling $2.50 and up Sold at best dealers everywhere L. E. Waterman Co. 191 Broadway, New York 129 So. State Street, Chicago, Ill. 17 Stockton Street San Francisco R. GUY EMERSON is one of the younger bankers of New York, although vice-president of a leadig institution. He played an important art in the organization of the Liberty oan campaigns, and to one who knows of ne zeal and fervor with which he threw imself into that work there is a suggestion at a rather unusual book1 which he has ast published is an after-product inspired By those patriotic labors and experiences. Certain it is that he writes as one prooundly impressed not only with the need or a better understanding between all lasses of Americans, but with the possiility of bringing about such an undertanding. He writes as one who is conected upon one side by his daily work with he financial district which has been looked pon as representing the "money power of the country. On the other hand, he has ust been engaged in a task which brought im into close touch with every commuity of this State, and every element in his great city, where the enemies of our ocial order are supposed to be in menacEng force. He is fully alive to the gravity of the existing social problem, so much listurbed by it that he has felt impelled to write this book; but, like every one else who has had real contact with all classes of American life, he is perfectly sure that the problem is due almost wholly to want of knowledge of each other. He knows that the men who make up the Wall Street community are as fine a group as can be found in the country-as patriotic, as honorable, and as truly concerned for the common interests-and that the business of Wall Street, instead of being mainly speculative and parasitic, as many people believe, is intimately related to the industry and trade of the country. He describes briefly the services of the great banking institutions and the functions of the Stock Exchange in making a public market for securities, and directs attention to the many useful activities which originate among the men identified with Wall Street. "The fundamentals of Wall Street," he says, "are sound," and adds: For, if there is any part of America which is fundamentally American, it is Wall Street. Here, if anywhere, the pioneer spirit still The New Frontier: A Study of the American Liberal Spirit, Its Frontier Origin and Its Application to Modern Problems. By Guy Emerson. Henry Holt & Co., New York. 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Here is a community where talent and With his knowledge of Wall Street and of large business affairs and his confidence that the great body of the people are desirous of nothing but that honest and just methods of business shall prevail, the author sees an enormous loss of social efficiency in the state of misunderstanding which exists. In his study of the social life of this country and of the ability of our people to deal successfully with the problems which increasing population and a more complex industrial organization inevitably create, Mr. Emerson finds ground for great confidence in the National spirit developed by our experience as a pioneer people upon a new continent. He believes that this experience has been a fundamental and permanent influence in making the National character. Others, of course, have written of this influence, and he quotes from them, particularly Professor Frederick J. Turner and Theodore Roosevelt, to emphasize the value of the exceptional inheritance which we possess; but he dwells upon this history with special attention to the qualities which are required for dealing with the new problems. He does not claim that the American spirit is distinguished from any other national spirit by reason of the exclusive possession of particular qualities. "Other nations," he admits, "have had frontiers," and "national character in other instances has been influenced by restless and vigorous pioneers, but no state or nation, no people, has been, to the same extent, influenced by the elements in human character growing out of the continuous opening up of new country, the repeated seeking out of new homes by the people, the constantly refreshed and perpetuated spirit of reliance upon self as the only stable and permanent element in a constantly shifting environment." This part of the book is preparatory to his real theme, which is "The New Frontier," by which he means the array of questions problems, and tasks which |