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20–3063

The hero of this story is a little boy in China when the story opens. He knows nothing of his parentage and believes himself to be Chinese. But he really is white and his American father, altho unwilling to recognize his son, still takes him, at sixteen, back to the United States and educates him. Most of the story is taken up with the tale of the young man’s striving to accommodate himself to American ideals, especially in relation to women. Two women come into his life, Bess and Barbara. To Bess he found marriage to mean the reversal of the Chinese idea—her husband was to become her chattel. Fortunately he found out in time and with Barbara is promised the happiness that comes with love that means partnership.

“It is apparent that Mr Woodworth knows China well, for he has framed in these early pages a picture that is very foreign and that contains a large number of realistic details. If Mr Woodworth had succeeded in keeping his entire novel as vivid as these early chapters it would have been no mean achievement.” D. L. M.

“There is some good material in the book, but the treatment lacks color, and shows no sense either of dramatic values, of style or of character. Such faint interest as the story has flickers out entirely as soon as the hero leaves China, which he does on the sixty-third page.”

“The early portions of the narrative are interesting because of an atmosphere of adventure and exploration; the later phases are speculative and analytical.”

WOOLF, LEONARD SIDNEY.Empire and commerce in Africa; a study in economic imperialism. *$7 Macmillan 960

(Eng ed 20–3421)

“Omitting consideration of Egypt, Mr Woolf records in detail the history of those portions of Africa which fell under the influence of European imperialism. Separate chapters are devoted to Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli, Abyssinia, Zanzibar, and the Belgian Congo. In all cases the sequence of events as disclosed by the narrative is much the same. The awakening of covetous desire in the hearts of European statesmen; the entering wedge of commercial or financial enterprize, ostensibly promoted by private initiative but in reality fostered by the state; the eventual declaration by the home government of its intention to guarantee the integrity of the economic advantages thus gained by its citizens; the marking out of spheres of influence; the friction aroused between the powers by the crossing of imperialistic purposes, and the threat of war; the adjustment of these international differences by the devious methods of diplomacy, and the final emergence of the victor secure in the possession of the spoils. No patriotic bias is shown in the record. France, Italy, England, Germany, and Belgium are accused impartially of sordid motives and heartless conduct. A generous equipment of maps illustrates the text, and a reproduction of the necessary documents lends support to the narrative of diplomatic intrigue.”—Am Econ R

“A high order of merit is shown by the writer in his skillful disentangling of the strands of intrigue in which the imperialistic aims of the rival states are involved, and in the accomplishment of his main intent: to set forth clearly the sequence of events which discloses the true purpose of Europe in its penetration into Africa. Even those readers who cannot agree that a single motive actuates the modern state in its imperial policy will find this study of the progress of empire in Africa illuminating and suggestive.” E. S. Furniss

Reviewed by W. E. B. Du Bois

“This is a book of great value and startling candor. It will remind some of a Veblen satire, but it is more concrete and human than that.” W. E. B. Du Bois

“The merits of the book are that it bears evidence of much research, though always on the one side and directed to proving what the author wants to prove, and that it is not greatly disfigured by indiscriminate abuse or by anti-patriotic bias.”

WOOLF, VIRGINIA (STEPHEN) (MRS LEONARD WOOLF).Night and day. *$2.25 Doran

20–19042

A long and slow-moving story dealing with a criss-crossing of love affairs. Katharine Hilbery, granddaughter of the poet Alardyce, is engaged with her mother in writing the poet’s life. Her father is editor of a literary review and all her associations are of a literary character. In secret however her predilections are for mathematics and she spends lonely midnight hours with Euclid. She becomes engaged to William Rodney, author of poetic dramas, altho she feels herself drawn to Ralph Denham, a masterful young man of no family or position. Ralph maintains a platonic friendship with Mary Datchet, a suffrage worker, who loves him and refuses his lukewarm offer of marriage for that reason. Katharine’s cousin Cassandra comes to town and captivates William, setting Katharine free to marry Ralph. This leaves everyone provided for except Mary, who continues to devote her life to causes. Considerable care is devoted to the delineation of minor characters.

“It is impossible to refrain from comparing ‘Night and day’ with the novels of Miss Austen. There are moments, indeed, when one is almost tempted to cry it Miss Austen up-to-date. It is extremely cultivated, distinguished and brilliant, but above all—deliberate. There is not a chapter where one is unconscious of the writer, of her personality, her point of view, and her control of the situation.” K. M.

“The half expressed thought, the interrupted sentences by which the action of ‘Night and day’ proceeds, are baffling. Carry this sort of thing a few steps further and you have Maeterlinck. Yet even this intent study of a fragmentary and delicate thing strikes one as in the spirit of Tennyson’s ‘flower in the crannied wall’ whose complete comprehension means comprehension of what God and man is.” R. M. Underhill

“‘Night and day’ is perhaps less fine than ‘The voyage out’; it is not quite all of a piece as the other book almost miraculously is, or perhaps the ancient fact that comedy is less impressive than tragedy weighs in its effect. But it is an ample book.” C. M. Rourke

“This novel of Mrs Woolf’s is profoundly irritating. She has devoted such fine ability, such remarkable understanding, to the description of the doings of people profoundly unimportant and insignificant.”

“All of the characters are drawn with art; their thoughts and actions are minutely observed and dissected. In point of literary style the book is distinctive.”

“The narrative moves tardily along, and to the story, as such, one becomes somewhat indifferent. But in fresh characterization of its people and in charming pictures of England, especially of London, the work never fails.”

“Round each scene and round the tale as a whole sound sympathetic notes, that are not definitely struck, but respond to those which are. We feel the dignity of a love-story worthily told. We see much more than we are shown. ‘Night and day’ is a book full of wisdom.”

WOOLF, VIRGINIA (STEPHEN) (MRS LEONARD WOOLF).Voyage out. *$2.25 (1½c) Doran

20–8627

In this kaleidoscopic picture of real life, people come and go with all their commonplace attributes. They are natural people and act naturally without any dramatic high lights to throw them into relief. To make the events transpire in a little world of their own a shipboard is chosen and a tourist’s hotel on a South-American mountain side. Helen Ambrose, wife of a Greek scholar, is put in charge of a niece, twenty years her junior, who at the age of twenty-four is still a child in world wisdom and experience. Helen, with rare insight and good sense, undertakes to initiate her into a larger life. In South America they meet the tourists—a variety of types compressed into a miniature world. Here Rachel unfolds and the greatest of experiences, love, comes her way, and there it all ends. Rachel falls a victim to the treacherous climate.

“To the reviewer, the opportunity to read about people who are real, but intelligent, is an unusual delight. These people employ self-control and common sense, even as you and I, and the plot proceeds without misunderstanding or murder.” R. M. Underhill

“The story is strangely lacking in construction. It has neither beginning nor end nor single point of view, but it is thoroly interesting, a distinctly unusual book.”

“For all its tragic interest ‘The voyage out’ is not low-keyed; it even has a slight buoyancy of tone, as if clear perception itself brought a continual zest to its writer. Mrs Woolf has the diversity of power which makes the great writer of narrative.” C. M. Rourke

“This English novel gives promise in its opening chapters of much entertainment. Later, the reader is disappointed. That the author knows her London in its most interesting aspects there can be no doubt. But aside from a certain cleverness—which, being all in one key, palls on one after going through a hundred pages of it—there is little in this offering to make it stand out from the ruck of mediocre novels which make far less literary pretension.”

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

“As a first novel, it shows promise but is not well-rounded. Portrayal of women and scholarly elderly men is keen and well handled; that of younger and ‘red-blooded’ young men somewhat unsatisfactory.”

WOOLMAN, MRS MARY (SCHENCK).Clothing: choice, care, cost. (Lippincott’s family life ser.) il *$2 Lippincott 646

20–26997

“This book faces the every-day living conditions of the people and treats clothing in its selection, use, care and cost. It is the result of many years of personal experience in technical and popular instruction in textiles and clothing to college students, ... to women’s clubs, to young wage earners, ... to buyers and managers in the retail trade, and recently, during the war, as a textile specialist in the service of the government among home keepers and extension leaders.” (Preface) Contents: Thrift in clothing; Woolen and worsted clothing; Cotton clothing; Silk clothing; Linen for clothing and household; Clothing accessories; Clothing and health; Intelligent shopping; Serviceable clothing; The clothing budget and the wardrobe; The care, repair and renovation of clothing; Dyeing, laundry and spot removal; A clothing information bureau; Planning for clothing progress; Appendix—made-over garments, with charts, bibliography, glossary; Illustrations and index.

“Useful to students, housekeepers and retail dealers.”

WORKS, JOHN DOWNEY.Juridical reform. *$1.50 (3c) Neale 347

20–1529

“A critical comparison of pleading and practice under the common law and equity systems of practice, the English judicature acts, and codes of the several states of this country, with a view to greater efficiency and economy.” (Sub-title) “This little book is intended not only to point out some of the changes in the laws of pleading, practice, and procedure, necessary to mitigate present conditions resulting in interminable delays and enormous expense in maintaining the courts and the administration of justice, but also to show that a large part of the delays, and consequent unnecessary expense of litigation, is not brought about by defective laws alone but by the dilatory and faulty administration of the laws we have.” (Preface) Contents: Courts; Actions; Pleadings; The demurrer; Empaneling juries; Examination of witnesses; Taking cases under advisement; Briefs; Written opinions; Findings; Continuances; Appeals; Rules of court; Reports of decisions; Efficiency; Appendix.

“He writes with an apparent knowledge of his subject and with a high degree of common sense and authority.”

“There is much in this little volume that entitles it to the attention of every voter, certainly of every public-spirited lawyer.” E: S. Corwin

WRAY, W. J., and FERGUSON, R. W., eds. Day continuation school at work. *$3 (*8s 6d) Longmans 374.8

20–18400

“The editors have brought together the discussions of twelve individual contributors, each paper constituting a chapter of the book and dealing with some more or less specific phase of the writer’s experience in organizing and conducting the scheme of training described. The introductory chapter, written by one of the editors, is a general discussion of the necessity for continued education and the relation of day continuation schools to the national educational system. The next chapter is a rather full description of the plan of administration of a girls’ continuation school, written by the head-mistress. This is followed by a similar account of a boys’ school by its head-master. In each case explicit statements are made concerning the curriculum, grading, discipline, and the usual problems of administration. The several chapters following, each written by an instructor in one or the other of these schools, take up such topics as Problems of class teaching in a boys’ day continuation school, The teaching of mathematics and science in a day continuation school for boys, Physical training in a girls’ school, and Arts and crafts. The last two chapters present the employers’ own statement of their attitude toward continuation education and their impressions of the value of the plan here described.”—School R

“‘A day continuation school at work’ has particularly interesting sections dealing with camp and outdoor schools, but it does not achieve quite the modern spirit.”

Reviewed by M. C. Calkins

WRIGHT, GEORGE E.Practical views on psychic phenomena. *$1.60 (4c) Harcourt 130

20–27481

There is still much confusion of thought, even among people of considerable general culture, on the subject of super-normal phenomena, says the author. In order to help the reader to steer clear, on the one hand, of illogical skepticism and, on the other, of unreasoning credulity, the book endeavors to lay down the broad lines on which an examination of the published records in the chief departments of psychical research should be carried out, and to summarize briefly the evidence and put forward the conclusions to which they have led the author. Contents: Evidence in general; Telepathy; Physical phenomena; Materialization and spirit photography; Communication with the disembodied: (1) the methods; (2) the evidence; Conclusion.

“This sensible and restrained introduction for the layman gives an unbiased summary of the evidence in the case for psychical research.”

Reviewed by Joseph Jastrow

“He approaches the whole subject in a singularly cautious spirit; and his careful and candid examination of the nature of evidence in psychical research and of different theories is worth reading.”

WRIGHT, HENRY PARKS.Young man and teaching. (Vocational ser.) *$1.50 Macmillan 371

20–2127

“In ‘The young man and teaching,’ by Henry Parks Wright, the author, who is dean of Yale college, discusses every aspect of the teaching profession, laying particular emphasis on the psychological qualifications of the man who would devote his life to teaching. Among the chapter headings are the following: Teaching as a profession; Objections to the vocation considered; Personal qualifications; Educational preparation; Instruction; Government; Rules and penalties; Teaching in college, and others.”—N Y Times

“His book is thorough and suggestive.”

“Some of the author’s sentiments are tinged with those of the ‘old school,’ but a majority of his thoughts about teaching are strictly up to date and unquestionably true.”

WRIGHT, ROWLAND.Disappearance of Kimball Webb. *$1.75 (3c) Dodd

20–819

Mystery and adventure story centering about a man who disappears as if by magic the night before his proposed wedding to a beautiful young heiress. All efforts to find him prove for weeks in vain. Some think him spirited away by ghosts. Elsie, the heiress, is implored by her relatives to marry some one else, for if she does not marry soon, by the conditions of the will, she loses her fortune. But for her there is no one but Webb. Finally after desperate efforts, and dreadful adventures, the mystery is solved at last. Webb is brought back in time to save the fortune, and the “master mind” who has spirited the bridegroom away and kept him basely hid is one least expected.

“The characters are the mere sketches which pass in most latter-day mystery fiction. The style is slipshod, the dialogue barren, the action forced. Mr Wright has a new idea, cleverly developed in its essential details. With this he stops short.” C. H.

“A somewhat new idea is used as vehicle, showing that modern mystery fiction can be based on a single unsolved point. But the supporting material is inferior, in comparison, and causes the story to prove somewhat disappointing.”

WYATT, EDWIN M.[2]Blue print reading. il $1 Bruce pub. co. 744

20–16615

“This book is the result of several years teaching of blueprint reading in night schools and several years teaching of drafting preceding it.... Essentially it is a tried text, one that has been used to teach the reading of drawings to one class of mixed trades, one class of ship carpenters, two classes of house carpenters, and one class of machinists. It has been designed to suit as wide a range of trades as possible. Usually each new principle is illustrated by both a machine and an architectural example.” (Preface) The book is illustrated with twenty-nine plates, and questions and problems follow the chapters.

“A valuable addition to the library of manual training teachers and craftsmen wishing to be fluently versed in the universal language of mechanical drawing.”

WYLD, HENRY CECIL KENNEDY.History of modern colloquial English. *$8 Dutton 420.9

(Eng ed 20–9723)

“This book may be described, in one way, as a documented history of English pronunciation from Chaucer to the present day; in another, as an attempt to show that, ‘during the last two centuries at least, the modifications which have come about in the spoken language are the result of the influence not primarily of regional, but of class dialects,’ the final result being the ‘public school English’ which is now the normal spoken idiom of the educated classes. In chapter I the author surveys in broad outline the various problems dealt with in minute detail later in the book. Chapter II, dealing with ‘Dialect types in middle English, and their survival in the modern period,’ contains an elaborate phonetic description of the three main contributory dialects. Chapter IV, on ‘From Henry VIII to James I,’ shows us the English language arriving at the self-conscious period. With chapter V, ‘Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,’ we are on modern ground. Chapters VI to IX deal with the phonetic history of the modern language and the origin of inflections. The final chapter, on ‘Colloquial idiom,’ gives us examples of familiar speech from John Shillingford (1447) to Miss Austen; and there are some final sections on the trimmings of speech, such as greetings, epistolary formulas, expletives, compliments, etc.”—Ath

“Professor Wyld is to be congratulated on the accomplishment of a very valuable, and evidently laborious, piece of work. We would suggest that he should so far consider the intelligent layman as to publish an abridged edition, with a few characteristic examples replacing the ponderous mass of phonetic detail which concludes each chapter, and, above all, that he should add an index.” E. W.

“It may be well to indicate what strikes one as its only defect—that he takes the insular attitude not uncommon among British scholars. This caveat once filed, it is only fair to say that Professor Wyld has done very well indeed what was well worth doing.” Brander Matthews

“No matter how familiar the outlines of the story, no one can follow Professor Wyld’s version of it without finding his interest in it quickened and enlarged on every page.” H. M. Ayres

“Professor Wyld commands a fluent style, but not of the highest order. Of minor errors and slips there is too large a number. To end on a fault-finding note would be to give a false impression of our appreciation of this notable book. We hasten to set down our tribute to the author’s courage and enthusiasm.”

WYLIE, IDA ALENA ROSS.Children of storm (Eng title, Brodie and the deep sea). *$2 (1½c) Lane

20–18388

The story of an unequal marriage. Ursula Seton, daughter of one of England’s wealthiest families, and Adam Brodie, son of an humble grocer, are married as the result of a brief wartime romance. After the war, and Adam’s return, they try to make the necessary adjustments. The first attempt is made in Ursula’s home. Although her family mean to be sympathetic and kind, Adam is independent and sensitive and the experiment fails. A second attempt is tried out in Adam’s humble circumstances. Here the pettiness of everyday drudgery wears upon Ursula until she can stand it no longer. The two seem to have come to a deadlock when a new element enters into their affairs. Ursula’s grandfather, who has confidence in Adam, leaves him the management of the steel industry which has brought the family their wealth. In grappling with the problems which this position brings, Adam grows and develops in mind and soul until Ursula sees again in him the man with whom she had fallen in love.

“The domestic scenes revealing their difficulties are perhaps the best in the book.”

“Miss Wylie’s straightforward and felicitous style is an unmixed delight.”

“The author fails signally to answer the question she raises. ‘Children of storm’ contains some dramatic passages and some character-revealing dialogue, but the author cannot be said to meet satisfactorily the artistic demands of her self-imposed, ambitious theme.”

“The final reconciliation of husband and wife through the husband’s endeavour to settle labour troubles is, however, not quite convincing. The writer obviously has fine but vague ideals at the back of her mind for the improvement of the life of the workers, but she does not quite succeed in imparting them to the reader.”

“In the first chapters Miss Wylie writes with truth and without partisanship, so that you see this struggle from every side, sympathize with every character and feel their inevitable sorrows. It is ... partly perhaps that Miss Wylie was in a hurry to bring her tale out of tragedy to a triumphant conclusion, which makes the end of the book melodrama. It is good melodrama, but by comparison with the first part of the book superficial and theatrical.”

WYLIE, IDA ALENA ROSS.Holy fire, and other stories. *$1.75 (2c) Lane

20–8791

Michael Gregorovitch, of the title story, is a Russian priest. He was a man of peace, a non-resistant, he loved and prayed for his enemies and he kept the lamp burning before the altar of the little church—the light of God that had not gone out for two hundred years. The night the village was sacked the women implored him to give the signal from the belfry, to sound the tocsin, for the peasants to break forth from their hiding and kill the invaders. But the priest standing before the holy fire remained firm—although his house was burned, his wife and little grandson killed, he would not countenance killing. When the ruffians entered the church, he did not resent their insults—they put out the holy fire that had burned for two hundred years and the priest escaped to the belfry and gave the signal. The other stories are: Thirst; The bridge across; “Tinker—tailor—”; Colonel Tibbit comes home; “‘Melia, no good”; A gift for St Nicholas; John Prettyman’s fourth dimension; An Episcopal scherzo.

“Most of them are marked by tense emotion, but frequently there are gleams of humor.”

“Miss Wylie’s work is frankly colored with sentiment. She does not ignore the sensibility of the race which was not ashamed to sob over Colonel Newcome and even Little Nell.” H. W. Boynton

WYLLARDE, DOLF.Temperament: a romance of hero-worship. *$2 (½c) Lane

(Eng ed 20–12952)

Joan Delamere, of English parentage, was born in the tropics and had an exotic temperament. She was a musical genius, imaginative and romantic to a degree. She dreamt dreams and fashioned them in music. While still a child the personality of a certain Lord Oswald Lancaster fired her imagination and became her hero. Chance encounters with him at long intervals kept the fire burning, but not till the hero was sixty and Joan thirty did they come to know and love each other. As a child she had made a vow never to marry and her union with Lord Oswald remained an illicit one. When an older obligation claimed the latter, Joan hid herself from him and the world on her native Seychelles islands where she died a lonely death in giving birth to her son.

“The book is not quite as compact as the theme demands, and this diffuseness militates a bit against its complete success but in a large measure the theme, in its ample treatment, is developed in a surprisingly interesting manner. The reader will find much to satisfy him in the book by considering Joan as a feat in portraiture.”

“As usual with this author, we are attracted, half in our own despite, by the sheer cleverness often revealed in dialogue, characterisation and description.”

“Her sentimental adventures are not completely convincing, and Lord Oswald Lancaster is of so commonplace and unattractive a type that the reader will have very little sympathy with Joan Delamere’s obsession.”

“The events of the tale are plausible, and the persons behave quite naturally and credibly. To that extent the book is a skilful and successful piece of fiction. Yet it is very far indeed from being a good novel in any more serious sense than that. The reason is that the persons, though carefully imitated from life, are only lay figures. They are the product not of an act of creative imagination, but of skilled and painstaking manufacture.”

YATES, L. B.Autobiography of a race horse. *$1.75 (3c) Doran

20–10769

A story of horse racing containing considerable inside information on racing methods, comparisons of English and American systems of training and riding, and something of the history of racing in America. Like the ugly duckling, the horse who is made the narrator of the story shows little promise in early youth, but the young master who buys the colt at auction for a paltry thirty dollars is justified in his judgment. He tells of his training, his stable companions and his first races, adding also an account of a race into the Cherokee Strip at the time it was opened for settlement.

“An extremely entertaining romance, filled with authentic gossip of past eras on the American track. The story has many thrilling moments that are lightened by a deft humorous touch that makes the book pleasing to read.”

YATES, RAYMOND FRANCIS.Boys’ book of model boats. il *$2 Century 623.8

20–17511

This book for boys has chapters on: Why a boat floats; The hull; How to make simple boats, with and without power drive; Steam and electric propulsion; An electric launch; A steam launch; An electrically driven lake freighter; An electric submarine-chaser; Boat fittings; The design of model steam-engines; A model floating dry-dock; Operation of flash steam power plants for model boats; Sailing yachts; Two-foot sailing yacht. There are seven full-page illustrations and 166 figures in the text. A dictionary of marine terms is given in an appendix.

“Would require a good deal of material and of manual dexterity.”

YEATS-BROWN, FRANCIS CHARLES CLAYPON.Caught by the Turks. il *$2 (4c) Macmillan 940.47

20–997

In his preface to the story Owen Wister assures the reader that the tale is true. This is well for it is as strange as fiction. A young soldier in an aeroplane was captured with his pilot by the Turks near Baghdad. He is a prisoner of war for nearly three years; escapes, is recaptured and escapes again. He adopts various disguises, once as a woman, once as a Hungarian mechanic, and his adventures and experiences are altogether unusual and romantic. Life in a Turkish prison camp is likewise very different from the prison camp of the western front.

“A war book that is readable on every page.”

“The narrative is lively and humorous, and the author writes an easy style. We ought to know more about the Turk’s character and habits than we do: and the book before us will help our education and stimulate our interest in the Ottoman barbarian.”

“The author tells the story in a straightforward conversational manner. Humor is not the least of his characteristics, and he shows ability to distinguish between the important and the nonessential.”

“A vividly told tale.”

YERKES, ROBERT MEARNS, ed. New world of science, il *$3 Century 509

20–18328

The book is one of the Century New world series and its object is to show the impetus given to research in the various branches of science by the war. The various chapters are written by specialists in the subjects under discussion and the contents fall into groups according to the role in the war of each science. The contributors to the respective groups are: Physical science, Robert A. Millikan, Augustus Trowbridge, Herbert E. Ives; Chemistry, Arthur A. Noyes, Charles E. Munroe, Clarence J. West; The earth sciences (geography and geology), Douglas W. Johnson; Engineering, A. D. Kennelly, Henry M. Howe; Biology and medicine, Vernon Kellogg, Frederick F. Russell, John W. Hanner, Victor C. Vaughan; Psychology, Robert M. Yerkes. The relations of the war to progress in science is treated by George Ellery Hale and James R. Angell. The book is illustrated and indexed.

“It is excellently illustrated; a record of great value and interest.”

YEZIERSKA, ANZIA, pseud.Hungry hearts. *$1.90 (3c) Houghton

20–18936

The Russian immigrant in the ghetto, reaching out with hungry heart to higher things, is the subject of this collection of sketches. There is something fierce and savage and to our sober self-control almost unreasonable in this cry for beauty, life and freedom that rings from the heart of this oppressed race in the voice of one of their number. The sketches are: Wings; Hunger; The lost “beautifulness”; The free vacation house; The miracle; Where lovers dream; Soap and water; “The fat of the land”; My own people; How I found America.

“Very intense, with a touch of sadness or bitterness here and there, but vivid and appealing.”

“The characters in these ten stories of imaginative squalor are truly conceived as portraits, but their speech is too often falsely poetic, Miss Yezierska has a firm command over her subject-matter; when she restrains herself she is artistic.” E. P.

“It is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant books produced by an adopted American.” E. A. S.

“When she leaves the East side neighborhood to which her art is native she never quite has the look of reality. And yet she has struck one or two notes that our literature can never again be without, and she deserves the high credit of being one of the earliest to put those notes into engaging fiction.” C. V. D.

“When one considers her own struggles to become an American her detachment strikes one as little short of miraculous.”

“Many realistic tales of New York’s ghetto have been written; but in point of literary workmanship and in laying bare the very souls of her characters, the superior of Miss Yezierska has not yet appeared.”

“Quite in addition to fulfilling her purpose of making her far-from-mute race even more articulate, Mrs Yezierska has succeeded in making some very readable stories. They are not only Jewish; they are human.” M. C. C.

YOAKUM, CLARENCE STONE, and YERKES, ROBERT MEARNS, eds. Army mental tests. il *$1.50 Holt 136

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