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Galapag sladdens "e to know that there is a
spot in the world where the hand of
man has barely touched, and where
APAGOS: WORLD'S END. IBy the animals have not learned to dis-
Illnia xBeebe;. pnblished by Put- trust their more rational brothers.j
v b$oNd .l .There is a naive and romantic appeal
revi ewed by Leo Niedzielski in almost all of the incidents Mr.
iring this period of commercial- Beebe sets down. One day, as he was
psychoanalysis, blah-blab sophis- working near the shore of one of the
es, and fiery crosses it is pleasantwin ea e upon f oeby se
h-ance upon a book which carries islands, he came upon a baby sea
back to the days wihen the _"skull -lioni sunning itself. He picked itup
bones ruld the sheaand " e and tossed it up into the air, and as
hies" of tlife were looked it struck the water it chuckled with
ih disdai. w laaok" ! aliparent delight. It swam immedi-
thes onl r ly. ately to the shore and crawled up to
l<rily, this book is an account of Mr. Beebe 'with an expression on its
xpedtion of o group of scientists, face which seemed to say, "Please, do
led by William BecAbe, who went, it again."
ather sailod. w tIe Galapagos is- Here we have an astonishing book
1 in sear<h o ) seimens for bio- of a more astonishing world. It
sal resc rc1 But behind the l should have a wide appeal, chiefly be
eton of a(-s there rises a breath cause it is a book of travel, adventure,
omanc, th'e lure of the unknown and science, but like most books which
unexp~ected, the understanding of bid fair for greatness, it will probably
u 1 nature anld lore, the poetical find its way into the hands of only a
ption of- thm unknown, and th3 few readers.- This is sad but true.
t#roiz3tind of pnv~ous ex;plorations, Alas! Who can ever explain the mind
a ' of p s have borne: of the people of today and understand
imprints of many feet; Darwin, it? However, I sincerely wish that
irk, the orginal of the famer this book will be given the attention
o nCrusoe, owey, Dpir it deserves. It is a book that should
vinle, not to mention innumerable' o nyb ed u hudb we
tes and buccaneers. And yet, these not only be read, but should be owned
ads remain in practically the same and treasured.
e in which they were found, hun- As I placed this book on a shelf I
Is of years ago, due-to their unac-i happened to wedge it between"
ibility, and their comparative in- Doughty's "Arabia Deserta" and
ity to support human life. Dreiser's "Hoosier Holiday," and it
ithis work William Beebe does not seemed perfectly at home. Since then
:e any conscious e26rts to ach'ieve I have been thinking that this is real-
atness. He does not need to, as ly where it belongs.
narrative ability brings him un-
sciously to the goals toward which Hrr s
many strive, and yet fail. He is Harvard Arrives
mere scientist when he writes ot
flounder and the moonfIsh: NONE SO BLIND. By Albert Parker
And the colours were equally dif- Fitch; nullished by 3Jacmillan,
rent, those of the flounder abso- $2.50
ite representations of the sand Reviewed by Robert S. Mansfield
id shells on the floor of the cove, After reading volume after volume
te moonfish painted with' aqua-
arine, with silvery spray, with of sensational description of the lurid
ie sheen of foam and sky reflec- l undergraduate life at the American
ons. The silvery sides of the college, Albert Parker Fitch's "None
oun moonfish were oxidized with So Blind," copmes as a distinct relief.
Conservatism
Raps The Puritan
On every side in these modern days,
especially in centers of learning, we
note a staid conservatism that israp-
idly becoming our conception of those
who understand and appreciate good
literature. And it is quaintly inter-
esting to hear. these same chaste
ninds rail at the Puritanical policies
pursued by our ancient forbears.'
Frequently, in browsing about the
dusty sh'elves of bookstores, we come
across editions of ancient masters of
the pen that open our eyes, for they
are not at all like the dry expurgated
volumes we peruse in the class roon'
while endeavoring to obtain a knowl-
edge of the old literature.
Perhaps it is advisable to purify the
writings, perhaps not, but that is not
our contention. We are interested ir,
s .eing whether our grandfathers,
Puritanical though they may have
been, used the blue pencil with, as
much vigor as is evidenced in; our
own country today, in a supposedly
enlightened and broadminded age.'
Good old Shakespeare would never
be accused of being .sordid or of hav-
ing a tendency toward vulgarity, bu:
perhaps that was his method .of deal-
ing with his subject. Present day
writers are generally criticized as
being sordid or vulgar when attempt-
ing to bring out the 'proper atmos-
not questioning the right or wrong in
writing, but defending the modern
against the criticism wh'ich is un-
failingly his lot when he verges on,
or even descends to, what is frequent-
ly termed "indecency." It is discour-
aging to be called for what the old
masters elevated to the rank of "good
literature."
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Quarterly Appears
Reviewed by Murchison MaII.
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For those who like to watch the
wheels of the world go around, there
are plenty. of magazines which record
accurately everything of importancej
that happens. But for those who are
more interested , in knowing why
things happen, who want to know the
reasons for things, there aren't so
many. The Yale Review probably fills
this need as well as any magazine we
have. Four times a year, this publica-
tion appears, filled from cover to cover
with articles as diversified in char-
acter as they are interesting. A glance
at the roster of contributors to the
April issue will show as well as any-
thing the authoritative character of
the review's contents.
Perhaps the most interesting article
in the April issue, from an interna-
tional standpoint, is Philo M. Buck's
discussion of "What India Wants."
Mr. Buck, who is Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences in the University
of Nebraska, was sent to India last
year as an exchange professor at the
University of Bombay. lse had already
lived a part of his life there, and knew
several Indian languages, so he is
well qualified. to speak on conditions
in that vast and turbulent country. His
article is a keen comparison of East-
ern and Western political ideals, the I
former based entirely on the idea of
personal rule, and the latter based on
the conception of democracy as it has
developed during the last hunderd
years. He points out that the Indian
mind is utterly incapable of conceiving
the "state" as we know it. From time
Irving Fisher, former editor of the
"Yale Review," when it was a journal
of economics, contributes an article
on "Europe's Big Debts," in which he
Sshows the utter futility of the huge
debts which saddle the larger nations
of the world as a result of the World
War. As a solution of the whole prob-
lem of international debts he suggests
three remedies: an earnest effort to
maintain world peace, long moratoria
for the countries who owe large sums,
and large ad interomn loans to those
same countries, to help them get back
on their economic feet.
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There is also an article describing
the Present "Struggle for Power in
Russia," by Michael Farbman, an
English journalist who has made no
less than five visits to Russian in the
last three years. He ascribes the un-
usual and rather one-sided develop-
ment of political power in Russia, to
the peculiar makeup of the Russia
people, who, although consistently op-
posed to the government, had never
any definite rogram to set up in place
of it. Power tell naturally, then, into
the hands of the first person who was
prepared to take it. Ile describes the
complete lack of any definite political'
feeling in the large proportion of the
Russian people, and finds reason for
this in the more immediate and pres-
sing problem of the country's econo-
mic needs,",A'n_ d he predicts that there
will be no definite alignment of po--
litical opinion outside of the com-
munist party until such, time as these
needs are provided ,for.
George Santayana contributes a
"Preface to a System of Philosophy."
Santayana is one of the foremost
modern philosophers, and is dis-
tinguished alike for the originality of
his system of thought and the beauty
of his English style. Some have even
gone so far as to proclaim him the
foremost writer of English prose of
today. At any rate, his "Preface," ex-
plaining the basis for his philosophy
of life, is an interesting and stimulat-
ing essay.
A sketch entitled "A Sussex Man,"
is offered by E. L. Grant Watson, a
!,novelist whose work is better known
in England than in the United States.
Like Hardy, he treats of rural life;
and his description of Sussex country
life bears the stamp of intimate ac-
qua intance.
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few spots of delicately tinted ,r itchlhas cone neUi 1iL to
onze, ,and back from -the- eyepowerful treatment, of facts, placed
eamned a.stain ofthe same colour, a,limit upon his imagination, and as
:e ,the tail of a comet." a result has turned 'out a truly note-
erei s added the poet's love of col. worthy piece of work. His chdracters'
and imagery to the scientist's re- ring true, and the power of the novel
n4" offact;.Or, consider, th'e im- 'is far from being lost in the 'fact that'
sion of'awc hnd wonder upon the he has refrained -from going into!
or? lengthy descriptions of the underclass
With all thesp eed of which I was career of vice which most writers of
ble I grasped at it, but afraction college life consider vital.
secolid after my hand reached the "None So Blinpd" is Mr. Fitch's first
c~e tue la lizard) it had y n novel, but the training which he hasI
1, while its tail leaped and twist- given himself in earlier treatments of
nd dance'd hiadly about on' the colleges and college life make this
. . Never will I 'become ac- fact unnoticeable. He knows Har-
1tned to the strange frenzy-which vard, and he has written of Harvard
Tres the dying of this lizardless as he knows it. IHe has realized that
-a frenzy of motion which must the senior year is the year of greatest
ten attract and hold: the attention change in an 'undergraduate, and he
n eneiy'while - the owner es- has'wisely chosen to devote the entireI
s ' book to the senior year of his hero.I
hen we have more men of science It is unfortunate that the conclu-
can put their discoveries before sion of the book is, not on a par with
public in this manner then we the rest of it. It would seem that after
have what James Harvey Robin- working out the problem of the chief
so earnestly desires; the "hu- character, Mr. Fitch was at a loss to
izing of knowledge." Personally, know what to do with the rest, and
phere. Again I1 interpose that I am "ueaat a W;AI% L.&-
Authors are seldom immortal in the immemorial the Indian has paid
annals of literature until their ashes obeissance, to rules as individuals,
are calm and peaceful. More infre- rather than as representatives ofI
quently is the work of a modern writer states. His answer to the question of
given a definite niche in the hall of "What Does India Want?" is that they
fame by critics, who are careful to themselves don't know.
Eavoid the fatal consequences of a mis-
take. And so what is today an "inde- is true. Felicia, after lifting Blais-
cent" or "should be suppressed work," ,dell out of the depths, would scarcely
although it is usually listed among turk from. him at the moment of his
the most-called-for volumes of the
libraries, may some day, be'lueda achievement,. deaspite her admission ofI
atre, picture ofmte lye lauded as love for him, and marry a man mere-
a true picture of the ife of the day, ly because he moved on the samie
be somewhat edited in parts, and then oa naeshrel.Hrcratr
pr ced on a five foot shelf of desir- socialpnlapp as, herseldLHer character
able reading mattery is'cheapened by h'er ac tions late in thei
Naturally, most of the works of our plot; she is shown as being weak and,
day will be relegated to deserved oh-' vacillating, which is highly displeas-
livion, but who can tell whether- a ing to the reader who has coine to re-
imuch deprecated work 'will always spect her for the sincerity and stead-
remin so? And we believe it is a fast friendship which she has shown
fact that today unjust censorship is for the youth .wh m she deserts.
being directed toward writing more -'However, degpite the defects which
than in the old Puritanical days.- I have nentioned, Mr. 1Fitch has made
I.W . perhaps the 4rst real tride toward
giving America the great college
I found "4one So Blind" well worth novel. He has succeeded where others
reading, despite its unfortunate con- have tailed because he has treated the
clusion. Mr. Fitch carries the In- thene fairly, inl an unprejudiced man -
terest along through soliloquies and ner, and has avoided sensationalism
*descriptions, never losing track of his as a medium of popularity. The book
theme, and avoiding dissertations as' may not be widely read, but it de-
he would a plague. Every incident in serves wide reading. Strength of
the story has a distinct bearing uponI character, strength of will, and power
the working out of the plot, in fact, of mind are set forth on its pages in
from this angle, the work might be as words of simplicity and firmness.
minutely studied as Shakespeare, and; There are no flights of fancy set forth
to the advantage of the students. in wordy generalizations. Mr. Fitch
While Dick Blaisdell is undoubted- shows an indigenous quality of ex-
ly the outstanding character of the pressing himself clearly in compre-
book, I feel that Felicia Morland as hensible diction.
the girl who receives his confidences
and who holds his only real affection ( Distant Mesopotamia, the reputed
should have been shown consistently "cradle of the human race," has em-
strong. It may be characteristic of barked upon an ambitious program
the New England young woman of of telephone improvement and devel-
the present time that she would pass I opment, according to information re-
up love for social position, but Mr. ceived from the Michigan bell tsle-
Fitch fails to convince me that this phone couipany.
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"Beyond The Psyche," by Henry
Bellaman, is an inquiry into that ele-
ment in which man, in spite of all our,
unconscious urges and repressed de-'
sires, has caused man to progress"
"slowly but surely from a hairy and
ferocious cannibalism, and worse, to,
a degree of decency which may in the
course of evolution become godlike."
His conception of man's psychic side
coincides with Carl Sandburg's, who
said:
There is a wolf in me. .
There is a fox in me. . .
There is a hog in me. . .
0, I got a zoo, I got a menar-
eries inside my ribs.
And then there are the usual book
reviews in this number-reviews by
men who know what they are talking
about.
e that the time will never come
scientists will write for the
1. Such a procedure would aid in
ding science to the common
and this is exactly what science
teen trying to avoid during the:
rears.' But, so long as scientists
as a result, the story fades out to a
weak and displeasing finish.
The plot deals with the failure ofj
Dick Blaisdell to get anything worth
while out of his first three years atj
Harvard, his resultant fall to low
standing, both in the classroom and
oets .also let them mix the two socially, and of his determined re-
is, only they should be careful covery of his rightful place. The char-
o drag their work down to theI acter as Mr. Fitch portrays him is
s of common appeald through an strong and compelling, a man who
to popularize their works. iwins the reader's liking at the outset,
through the book gambol or plod J and carries his sympathy throughout
[ons, giant iguanas, patriarchalI the, book. There is a love theme in-
es, and innumerable birds. It is troduced, but it is mercifully omitted
ising to learn that most of the : during the, period of the hardest fight
ils which inhabit the Galapagos for self-respect on the part of the
s are fearless, and are friendly hero, and the reader is spared pass-
man so long as he does them no ages referring to the "wonderful in-
Undoubtedly, this fearlessness fluence which her woman's gentleness
e part of the animals permitted held with him." The fact that Felicia
cientist to do a great deal of Morland does influence Blaisdell to
and intimate study without ef- give up his profligate ways is
Then, on the other hand, it brought out, but not harped upon.
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