The Realm of Books
Oneal, James
The Realm of Books The Roosevelt Era A Review by JAMES ONEAL mnOSEVEl^T AND THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. By Tyler Dennett. Garden City, N. Y.: Ptubleday Page A Co. $S.iO. rr*H> latt five yean of...
...science could function in a tolerant, even friendly world...
...LINGS...
...Belloc Lowndes' "Afterwards...
...Sax Roomer's "The Dream Detective...
...Id ths one ruse she ruthtd to her biro's itefi-i-.1- with shrill words and in th other with stinging blow...
...A study of it will amply repay any parent or Uacher who has tome to feel a dissatisfaction with the results of the older methods...
...A* 1 read the page* of this book I tee the picture of a man determined to find faith and hope: faith that the war wa* a holy war, in spite of all the evidence,-and hope against hope that it ha* not destroyed a civilization...
...Aiding Mr...
...Even Upton Sinclair has largely given up the effort, and is giving us frank tiacts which are a thousandfold more interesting and instructive than his former novels...
...D. P. B. Notes on Books Inttrnttlontl Publishers announces that it has secured rights snd is now translating "Let Enchoinements," the latest novel of Henri Barbusse, which wat published this year in France and hat gone through several editions...
...MENTAL GROWTH OF CHIL DREN...
...The world will recover...
...Here is one which will appeal to the harassed week-end guest who wants to take something to little Sally or to the unimaginative aunt who must remember Tom's ninth birthday...
...She oven married him...
...Later on the same house will publish In America Arthur Schnlttler'i latest novel, "Frau-le'n Else...
...And *h* did -in the end...
...Page & Company Will publish Joseph Conrad » volume of plays, "Laughing Anne and One Day More...
...to produce nut because one merely remembers, not because one is to, but because ALL one's faculties are primed for work...
...Taking trer disturbed republics for American bankers became the exercise < f tl "international police power...
...IF WE needed further demonstration ot the inadequacy of propaganda novels, we have it in this book...
...which Simon1 and Si-butter will publish early thia fall, will bt called "You Who Have Dreams...
...Rosenfeld gives more space and more thought than he has proven himself worthy of...
...The following paragraph from this book is amazing in its revelations...
...Speech .is dangerous...
...new ideas of the social order could he uttered...
...Julian Street's "Mr...
...Almost anything will pass as a children's bonk, as one may judge who glances over the volumes displayed at various bonk counters...
...We who had eyes foresaw this deathblow to democracy...
...N. Y.I Oxford Prttt...
...An elaborate report on the Mental Growth of Children in relation to rate of growth in bodily development has been compiled by Dr...
...For the moderns — we use moderns in the way in which Al-dous Huxley that much of James Joyce is "olistreci nusly gross," we nevertheless did feel the forceful-nets and the sincerity of Mr...
...The Treaty the victor* wrote at Versailles i* not producing either the world at peace promised by the evangelists of the church of Wilson, or the tecurity from Germany that Clemenceau and Poincare promised themselves and France...
...Let him who can take comf -It now in the tlogans of the war days...
...By Caroline Prait...
...It is clear that the children in this school are having a real educational experience with the widest opportunities for developing their creative abilities, for using their imaginations, and for obtaining social contacts...
...A. C. Benson's "The House of Menerdue...
...Roosevelt, as the correspondence shows, was absolutely tts President's only confidant...
...WHAT OF ITT By Ring W. IaMoW N. Y.: Scflbners...
...Theodore gootevelt Succeeded him and no personality could have better registered |kt coercive politics of imperialist capitalism than he...
...UNVEILED...
...If children have not the creative impulse or Imagination to make up '.heir own stories entirely, it Is inconceivable to me that they will be satisfactorily stimulated by these starts or that th* wise educator would want them so stimulated...
...It is highly technical and will not Impress the lay reader...
...with It* revtwsni "yes, mamas" and "no, pa-pas" of a half century ago, neems almost a myth...
...It is a world gone mad that Philip Glbbs describes...
...rr*H> latt five yean of the nine-i teenth century and the first ten of the twentieth brought a grnrag point in the evolution of **t«rican capitajiam...
...to what degree is a matter of opinion, but 1 am sure that its essential characteristic is a motivation from within...
...And a* be write* hi* last hope vanishes...
...They "will be launched in real historical and geographical research before they enter high school . . . We expect that while some chifc-dren may not have strong science interests, and others may pot have art interests, all will know, at least, that ' relation exists between art and science...
...and on the same day they will also publish a book of verse by Irwin F.dman, Assistant Professor of Phllniophy at Columbia University and author of "Human Traits...
...fall of Itri riot in France and the election of Hinden-btrg in Germany...
...Mussolini in Italy, Rivera in Spain, the successors of I.cnln in Russia are only a shade more franjt and central in their conservatism than the Baldwin Government in England or the Coolidge regime in the Unitsd State...
...Although John Holladay Latane hat admirably treated this imperialist phase of our history, Mr...
...During May, Doubleday...
...Still more interesting is that he entered into what was practically a secret agreement with Japan which, if its terms were ever observed, made the United States an unsigned party to the Anglo-Japanese alliance...
...New Raven j Ytl* Prist...
...the individual had a place in the sun...
...Evolution is a neresy...
...Tbe war is over...
...And for the samo reason, probably, bv covered "his face with hla right arm'' when Fells, her brother, struck him "three savage blows across the fact...
...MMfv dsfWasfly riveted than ever to the machine...
...Smudge PRAIRIE FIRES...
...The Spanish American War left it master of the Caribbean and imperial business was already interested in China...
...and children of tha Vjr-torian era...
...The United .States was already a Pacific Power by its possession of Hawaii and the Philippines when Roosevelt came into office...
...2.00...
...It is natural for an upholder of the new men -men who, although they may be and are in many spots incomprehensible tricksters to some—to be outraged by a conservative who sets himself up to help these wayward youths in whom he sees noth* ing but wrong-headednets, nothing but his malignity...
...William Jennings Bryan, who fought the bat-tin of the smaller fry, became a \illat;« parson and his class, as 3nsation for its loss .' sov-ty, was asked to seek con-in in the moron's paradise of fundamentalism...
...Rosenfcld's piece on Mr...
...McKlnley presided over the American firm of capitalism during the transition period from the old era to the new one...
...The book is absolutely essential to those who would understand this remarkable period of change...
...Nock—cynical, sarcastic, and biting as it is—seems fair enough...
...Dennett has added some information which he was able to sift from the private papers of Roosevelt...
...We should like to know what the critic thinks of what was to us a totally inconsequential collection of good-humored trivia of what we want to think is a significant period in the progress of American belles lettres...
...Doubleday, Page * Co...
...Frank, more blame than he deserves...
...More power to them...
...Dennett's discussion-of the affairs and problems of the period is informed and lucid...
...the fact that the President had been expressly asked by Japan to bring about tb« direct negotiations for peace...
...Dignity is a dream of the past and the • mass-mind lynches the individual All thb I Philip Gibb* sees...
...Rosenfeld is willing to admit...
...The book of poeais by Maxwell Anderson co-author of "What Price Glory...
...Johnson In his work, of which he has made a lift study, will bi Roland Hayes, the famous concert s.nger...
...There are twenty-two interesting documents included in the Appendix and Mr...
...Miss Beers sets out to prove that the farmers of the Northwest are badly treated, that they are at the mercy of the bankers and of the big cities, and that they need the National Non-Parti-san League to give them justice...
...Henceforth the afJMller skinners were condemned to lead the life of vassals of the greattr barons, content with the leaser pickings which their betters permitted them to have...
...All this she might have said in a pamphlet of twenty-four pages, more concisely and therefore more attractively...
...Only a few individuals knew of this alliance and what would happen to those who refused to fight in defense of Roosevelt's secret understandings was made known by him shortly before he died when he said that those who refused to respond to the call of war should be disfranchised...
...N. Y.i Bonl * LIvtHght...
...By Jesse Lit Btnnttt...
...BRING...
...We are sorry that "Troubadour" was not published when Mr...
...Almost a Myth tV OBEDIENCE...
...By Wll» Ham E. Dodd...
...And seeing, he I shrink* from his vision and wails: I "And yet there is hppe...
...09, MICHAEL iJADLEIR'S ' *'6bS-dience...
...tt.iO...
...In concluding her argument, Mis* Pratt states, "It stands u* in good stead that the children aeem to have entered th* world with a certain physical set-up which demands opportunity for play and work—and that they accept the opportunity...
...To F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mr...
...Though old-fash ii ned enough to be modest and retiring, l atherins Ormond, the heroine, is modern enough to fight, liiei all v aa well a verbally, for her Frank, trunk Martindale, poor fellow, waa "unj-i classed'' and had to war* for a llv> I ing...
...He is a Journalist and must sell his wares, le must find a silver lining in the black cloud* of reaction, so he fatten* on the Dawe* Plan as the road out of chaos to order and peace...
...N. Y.I THE COTTON KINGDOM...
...When the Powers attempted to monopolize the rich pickings in China, Secretary of State Hay formulated the policy of the "open door" and Roosevelt took up his labors with the ground already surveyed by Che State Department...
...A Hopeful Book A Review by DAVID P. BERENBERC TEN YEARS AFTER...
...There I* normalcy in the United State*, and the gold standard has Ih...
...September llr.-t is the publication date of this volume...
...He it careful in his judgments I and he has thrown light in many dark corners...
...there was dignity in life...
...Our opponent* characterize the opportunity a* one 'to do as one pleases but we think it is opportunity to produce...
...mote hopeless of finding liberty...
...Near the close of the ¦tried the greater capitalism had liken over both parties and their (telaratipns reveal r reconciliation with the imperialist capitalist and financial classes who fell heir to the Government which the smaller fry hid lott...
...Stewart Edward White's "Credo...
...By Beatrice Keau Seymour...
...Suffice it to say that the plot creaks, that the characters are wooden figures, and that the author haa a grudge against men which she tries to hide, but which she can no more disguise than she can her ardor for more and cheaper grain elevators, free from the control of the bankers...
...DISTRESSING DIALOGUES...
...These three men to him are the light bearers to the new poetry and the new novel I —and even more than for their new,/ | nets, he labels the mgeniutes not i only of this age hut of all time...
...Nock must certainly be infuriated by tha younger man's condemnation, but if he reads his reasons coolly he must give in to the logic of the verdict...
...Among the in terrsting things we did not know before is that Roosevelt warned France and Germany that if they supported Russia in the war with Japan he would take the side of Japan...
...The experiment which has been conducted in the City and Country School is one of the most interesting and most suggestive in the United States...
...In the ear Uer period the party declarations were ranged in favor of the smaller frT in business and paid homage to (papetition...
...This record "clearly demonstrates that the rale of growth of an individual is of relatively greater importance than the particular stage of development at which our teats locate him...
...New York: E. P. Dutton A Co...
...E. P. Dutton & Co...
...It is with this background that Mi...
...Not only is the general attitude ably set forth by Miss Pratt herself, but one of her assistants has recorded the year's work of a seven year-old group, illustrating concretely exactly what is done from month to month in the classroom, in the shop, in the laboratory, and on trips...
...THE MILL OF MANY WINDOWS...
...Rosenfeld knows his poets well...
...Whether you agree with hit diet, on the writings and the genius of men as diverse In character and interpretation of life and its riddles as Waldo Frank and F, Scott Fitzgerald, it is difficult not to admit that Mr...
...necessary to understand the foreign policies of the Roosevelt reign...
...Bisbee'a Princess...
...BRING...
...I~ "Obedience" fail* to measure up to the grand scale on which the book seems to have been conceived...
...Roienfeld writes with a deal of understanding, thought, and knowledge...
...N.Y.I Stokes...
...Ona may even go further and State as a personal opinion, sub-JStt to correction when the Department of Stnte srehives for tail period become accessible for •ttdy, that the Roosevelt, papers Contain tome important dacu-Mtfs which were never a matter *t, record in the Department, and •a* exittence of which wat prob-fW|f unknown except to a very /*» people long tince uncanceled with the adminittration t/ Amtrican diplomatic affuirt...
...The structure of the peace is crumbling...
...New York: F, P. Dutton & Co...
...C. E. Montague's "Dramatic Values...
...New York: E. P. Dutton...
...There must be hope...
...At their fact art) the P*Mpl98 of th# *OfW...
...Dennett discusses the foreign affairs of the United State* during the Roosevelt era...
...Don't forget you were once a boy yourself," enabled Lady Ormond to win over her obstinate spouse...
...DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS...
...That little theft of real estate in Panama was ever after I piece of the "highest international morality" and the request of Colombia for compensation was a demand for "blackmail...
...THE MAKE-IT-UP STORY BOOK...
...N. Y.: Doran...
...L*s Enchainementt" has already been translated Into most European languages, Including German, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, snd Yiddish...
...Maybe that ws* why h* merely blushed when his beloved's father, Sir Harry, insulted him...
...IT is not possible 10 fight a mod orn war without seriously 'it-locating lite not merely in the i countries directly involved, but in | all countries entangled in the net-' work of capitalist relations...
...NaT was this all...
...It it really but a boldly romantic story...
...If sl.c thinks she will have more readers and make more converts by clothing her arguments in a poorly constructed story, she it mistaken...
...Rosamond Johnson, the composer, and Lawrence Brown, composer and accompanist to Ptul Robeton...
...Social Science THE ESSENTIAL AMERICAN TRADITION...
...This statement is practically a jNlsnga to the State Department, SO far as we know it has been •sawed...
...so-was speech...
...T.'ii years ago the war began...
...New York: Robert M. McBride & Co ACAREFUL analysis and de scription of the experiment in education which has been carried on by Miss Pratt for tec years is a genuine addition to the literature accumulating about Modern Schools...
...He acclaim* his facile pen, but condemns his readiness to melodramatise and override his characters with innumerable and unnecessary incidents which to him are fundamental to a good story but which inevitably make his men and women unalive figure...
...For the good old argument...
...Indeed, there were days when Mrs...
...Considering Roosevelt'* im-HHotii character it would not be surprising if he considered certain papers as "my documents'' just is r • spoke of "my people" and "my noli-cies," but such appropriation of public property and records of priceless value to historians also permits a view of that "morality" which the strenuous one was always expounding—for others...
...New idea* are treason...
...tSAO...
...By J. 8. Fletcher...
...By Ho raw A. VachtU...
...Yd even than ths seed of present day auuacuy in Woman was beginning to thr.lve...
...Since all those who are so dissatisfied may not be able to study the new technique in assisting the child to educate himself, at first hand, this summary of the method and .approach utilized in this school is exceedingly valuable...
...Ia other words, the first President of the imperialist phase of I'ipiihiiMii had learned all the tricks of the old world imperialist and was stapling them for the needs of this capitalism...
...Whin it began the assumptions of life in the West were those of a civilized people: thought wat in a measure free...
...PAUL ROSENFELD might just as well have called his satisfactory volume ot portraits ¦yleii Understood...
...They will enter high school, the author claims, without "a mathematical complex...
...Let us be sure to encourage the child to create stories and poems, and pictures, but when we give him i. book of stories, let them be delightful, well written, complete tales that he will read from cov*r t< cover and enjoy and tell about and thon feel an urge to go and write hi* own about hi* own characters and in hi* own setting...
...To discuss the present book as a novel is unnecessary...
...By rhilip Gibbt...
...By Dtn Totherob...
...By Austen Har-rlton, N. Y.i Selt/.er...
...HI* estimate of Wasserman is splendid...
...Rosenfeld includes several less well k-iown eontinentsls, to whom he gives great praise...
...But Catherine, ordinarily ths obedient and gentlt, became Csth-crlne- iin defiant and fierce...
...Johnson for the Bureau of F.duca tional Experiments, of which Caroline Pratt was one of the organizers...
...His chapter on Alfred Kreym-hourg, in which he calls him a gifted rhymster who, in his little rhymes, feels the rhythm of the universe, is well put...
...to Mr...
...By Lorna Donne Beert...
...But it I* the rec>very of the ni >nry changers...
...The fall of Herriot and MacDonald and the rise of Hindenburg make the execution of the Daws* plan extremely doubtful...
...Coupled with th* political change, was the sanctimonious pretense that when he elobbed the "heathen" beyond our frontiers he was doing it for their own good...
...Though not against her parent*' consent...
...Competition u th» dominant force in induitry aye way to the great corporations jaj the change was registered in the party platforma of the two ¦artiee of capitalism...
...Of the period of the Russo-Japanese War the author writes: There was a period of nearly two weeks, perhaps longer, in May and June, during which the Department of State was wholly ignorant of...
...The world, even the victors in the war, is gradually waking to this painful realization...
...N, Y.i Htrptri, LIFTING MIST...
...Roten-feld's pronouncements...
...In its wake ha* come the dark cloud of medievalism...
...n . Matured In Great Britain...
...By Cornelia Adamt...
...N. Y.: Aeltter, v LA PETITE VILLE...
...By Paul Rotenfeld...
...Fugmf O'Neill...
...Although in many places Frank's novels are quite puzzling, and although hi* "salvos" did seem to us a very difficult book, the man's brilliancy and deep prophetic sense are far higher than Mr...
...Frank G. Car-renter's "Along the Parana and the Amazon" and "Spindrift," by Harold Titus...
...The ebb tide of libera'lim has boen reached in the...
...Rosenfeld wrote his book...
...By Conrtd AiktBV N. Y.i Bonl a Livcrlght...
...What would life be without hope?' That's the sort of book this is...
...By Louis B. Plcard...
...By Michael Snd-Mr...
...By Buford J. Johnson...
...Not one trick in the diplomatic game seemed to escape Roosevelt sad long before secret diplomacy became a grievance of anti-imperialists he was indulging in it...
...For and About Children A Review by MARY P. FULLER EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE IN THJf CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL...
...New York: G. H. Doran...
...Thought is taboo...
...It might have been a revealing tale ef parent...
...The Viking Press, Inc., announce" rniong their first fall books a volume of Negro Spirituals to be collected and edited by James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
...The na-v* from Germany tells of factories again in operation, of a stable currency, of crowds in ths cafet...
...Whllt her lover brokenly faced his trial for manslaughter, Catherine used her woman'* witt to save him...
...William McFet't 'Swallowing* the Anchor...
...Paul Rosenfeld has given us a good collection of portrait...
...This book fills in many gaps of information that art...
...What one produces under such circumstances is to « degree creative...
...In cooperation with the City and Country School and the Nursery conducted by the Bureau, a very complete tabulation has been made and analysed which will, unquestionably, be of great service to tetchers and parents...
...The "Makc-It-Up Story Book" Is exactly what its title implies, a collection of stories begun by the author, followed by blank pages which the child may fill in Hi|d perhaps win a prize for l.L completed effort...
...And if It could be put Into sxecutlon, it I* a (lender hope at beat...
...P. M. ' BOOKS RECEIVED Literature • WILD BIRDS...
...Hs is often too positive, often too verbose, but he is sincere and clearsighted and understands well the material whereof he write...
...New Yorla B. W. Huebtck...
...Men Understood A R«v,.w by MADELIN LEOF MEN SEEN...
...By Nancy Boyd...
Vol. 2 • May 1925 • No. 22
