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A TRIO OF THE LATEST BOOKS
GERMAN LITERATURE
["Great German Short Stories";
Benn 8/6.]
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SIMPLE CONFESSION OF GREAT MAN
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
made himself leader Melberne❜a in a very short time. daughter, Sue, is in camp and be- fore Chane's arrival had heard a great deal of him from Chess who said **She would have to love him. The two meet and the remainder of the story is the history of their courtship: a vivid description of of the cruellest methods of capturing horses that could ever be imagined, and finally the capture of Panquitch. Chane, at the re- quest of Sue, releases the animal of the past decade, the simple con- fession of a truly great man.
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Haldane, ["Richard Burdon
Autobiography"; Hodder Stoughton, 25/-] ··
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This is one of the greatest books
Large volumes each of and so proves his love for her and After describing his schooldays, his
In the course of the past few months there have been publish ed several volumes of what one critic described as "Omnibus books," over one thousand pages and un- fortunately sometimes with very small print. "Great German Short Stories" is such a book but the print is definitely large and this makes for pleasant reading,
It has been edited by Messrs. Lewis Melville and Reginald Hargreaves, and published in a most attractive binding by Ernest Benn, Limited, and all connected with the production are to be con gratulated upon giving us a book instructive, interesting, and valu- able, and at a price.
most reasonable
There is a wealth of talent to choose from in German Literature and the main difficulty in arrang- ing this edition could not have been what to include but what to omit but still maintain the truth of the title. The first story "Old Hildebrand" was written in the early ninth century, and the last "Autumn" in the present century, Between these the stories are from the pens of authors famous from time to time each story being put in its chronological order.
The earlier stories are mainly German folk lore and each has its moral which is only to be ex- pected from a nation of sentimen- talists. Humour does not appear to be stressed to any extent and again he could expect nothing else. Stories of armed knights and gallant deeds naturally find prominent places since German ideas tended towards battle and chivalry. Necromancy, especially in the tales from the southern part, comes into many of the ex- tracts in fact very few countries could provide, in their literature, more splendid examples of its use. Superstition in many cases is used as a fool peg upon which to hang a story and this shows in a way the influence of religion on the German people.
There may be some question as to whether some of the tales can be truly described as Short Stories but the actual length is immaterial since the matter contained is so excellent.
This book, in a most indirect manner is really a history of the German people since the various authors have, perhaps unconscious ly, echoed the national feeling in their works and reading through without picking a story here and there it is possible to trace periods of prosperity and depression.
As there are fifty stories it would be impossible, or if pot îm- possible, silly to mention any one in particular as being worth read- ing since all are, but one must mention that stories have been taken from the works of Muen- chausan, Goethe von Schiller, Hoffman, Grimm and Gottfried Keller These names show that nothing but what is best in Ger. man Literature has been included and as the introduction tells us "The aim in this volume has been to include examples of the work of all such writers whose stories have been both in essence and expression, essentially "Teutonic."
This volume will be found a most valuable addition to one's library and one owes the editors and publisher a debt of gratitude for providing us with such a number of beautiful stories in such a pleasant form.
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Zane Grey's New Novel "Wild Horse Mean," by Zane Grey; Hodder and Stoughton. 7/6.3 The mystery and insurmountable nature of Wild Horse Mesa, Pan- quitch, the perfect horse and the romance of Chane Weymer have been put together in the form of a most interesting novel by Mr. Zane Grey,
Chane Weymer is a Wild horse wrangler and in pursuance of his ordinary work comes to Wild Horse Mesa and waits there for Toddy Nokin, an Indian who is helping him to collect horses. In camp he meets Manerube, a thoroughly bad character, who is attempting to
ed and just manages to escape on
freedom..
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The story and the characters adolescent doubting, his student themselves are, in a way, different days at Edinburgh and in Germany, from Zane Grey's usual style, but and his hard work at the Bar, the this rather improves the book, if author.goes on to give the inner it is compared with some previous history of
world-moving
many
ones. Chane Weynier is a splendid events between 1990 and the character and this, the history of present day with vignettes of the wild horse wrangling, should be principal actors. In the words of read by all who love horses.
The Demon Doctor "The Worst Man in the World," by Sydney Horler. Hodder and Stoughton. 7/6.] When Mr. Sydney- Horler created the character of Dr. Vivanti be made up his mind that he was creating a villain, but he could not possibly have realised what a vil- lain he would turn out to be.
This the latest of the Vivanti series contains twelve episodes in the life of this demon doctor and describes with graphic detail how
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the Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher: "Lord Haldane was one of the ablast, kindest, and most valuable of men. The strength of his intel- lectual digestion was almost as pro- digious as his powers of physical endurance. There was no subject however tough or intractable in the sphere of philosophy, law, admini- stration or science which he
to master, and having unable mastered it, to
retain in his well-ordered Scottish capacious, head."
Was
No Purple Patches Lord Haldane's all too short memoir is distinguished by dignity, candour and modesty. It is free flam- from purple patches and boyance, more like Caesar than Cicero, but nevertheless pregnant with facts for future historians and Bacon-like aphorisms. Without indulging either in trumpet-blowing
his plans were invariably thwarted or self-contempt the author is de- by Peter Repington, and his beauti-lightfully candid. ful fiancée Elsie Summers.
It is now generally recognised
The main idea in most of the by experts that Lord Haldane's stories is that Vivanti has under-great organising work at the War taken the task of rejuvenating Office, 1906-1912, saved Paris in elderly millionaires at the expense 1914, and it must also be blushingly of healthy young athletes, who are admitted that Lord Haldane, the murdered during the process. greatest War Minister Britain has Peter Repington, an unoffietal or had, was the innocent victim of free lance, member of the Secret
one of the greatest excesses of Service sets out to capture the panic, calumny, and guttersnipe doctor and twelve times (in this vituperation that ever disgraced the book) comes within an are of doing annals of our varied history. so, but twelve times does Vivanti escape in a manner that can only be described as miraculous.
In each episode either Peter or Elsie are found in the villain's power and are rescued by the other in marvellous ways. Towards the end it becomes rather too obvious that one of them will be found gagged and bound with Vivanti gloating over his victim and ex- plaining how death will come, only to be cheated at the last moment and forced to make one of his spectacular escapes.
In spite of the monotonous cap- tures and escapes "The Worst-Man- in the World" is one of the books that once started will be finished kefore putting out the light. We shall hear more of Dr. Vivant! since he promised Peter Repington at the end of the last episode that for six months he would rest but after that time would renew his eParts to uphold his uuenviable reputation of being The World's Worst Man.
With admirable philosophic re- straint he deals with both these.
He says:
"Every kind of ridiculous rumour about me was circulated. I had a German wife; I was tire! illegitimate brother of the Kaiser; I had been in secret correspon- dence with the German Govern- ment....The Harmsworth Press systematically attacked me, and An- other newspapers besides.
One onymous letters poured in. day in response to an appeal in the "Daily Express" there ar rived at the House of Lords no fewer than 2,600 letters of protest against my supposed disloyalty to
These letters the nation. were
sent over to my house in sacks, and I entrusted the opening and disposal of the contents to the kitehenmaid."
A fit way to dispose of such garbage! A vivid illustration of how strong the herd instinct stil is, and of how little mankind, even Douglas Haig, come from a trium-in London, has become a civilised phant ride with his Sovereign along thinking animal! the Mall!
I am not going to re-
With
Personal Interest
main,' he exclaimed; 'my purpose The personal interest in these is to leave with you a book in which pages is very great, and the reader I have written something."
must regret the strong legal reserve: that he insisted on going away. that prevented the author from say- The book was a volume containing ing more. With characteristic his Despatches, and on the page at modesty he does little more than the beginning be had written these merely catalogue his great achieve- ments at the War Office which he affectionate words:-
found in chaos and left in order. As E. C. Bently rightly says:
"To Viscount Haldane of Cloan -the greatest Secretary of State for War England has ever had. In grateful remembrance of his successful efforts in organising the Military Forces for a War on the Continent notwithstanding much opposition from the Army Council and the half-hearted sup- port of his Parliamentary friends.
-HAIG "F. M."
"He (Haldane) carried through an administrative achievement of; which a Napoleon might have been proud without having a Napoleon's unquestioned au- thority. He had to, and did, exercise over his generals, or most of them, a persuasive power This amounting to hypnotism. we know from other evidences than his own."
·Confession of Faith As the author says on another Most Poignant Passage occasion: "Such are the events that On pages 287-288 is to be found really count in one's existence." the most poignant passage in the Very interesting too are these book, the only occasion when the passages. in: which he gives his author Jifts his vell of stoical re- reasons for going over from theserve. "Before the war ended in Liberal to the Labour Party, also our victory I had, of course, a dis- his opinion of Ramsay MacDonald agreeable time. I was threatened and the Labour Cabinet.
in the street, and was on occasions
The volume closes with Haldane's in some danger of being shot at The "Journal Officier" bas pab abduct an Indian girl, the daugh-confession of faith, and is in many After the victory in France came lished a decree stating that Marshalter of Nokia Chane drives him spects the most brilliant of all, and the British troops had returned Foch's house in the Rae de Grezcle, out of camp and later leaves the It is chokeful of wisdom garnered to London with the victorious chief, from the experiences of a physically Douglas Haig, riding with the together will the furniture, is place himself with a drove of some and mentally strenuous life, a life King at their head, all London anted to Madame Foch as her twenty wild horses. He is attack of crowded, far-reaching, bustling was in a state of rejoicing. 1 residence during her lifetime. his own horse, Brutus. He finds activities, and hard intellectual toil. was left alone, solitary in my study
The French Government has al-himself again on Wild Horse Mesa,
About the whole volume there is at Queen Anne's Gate: It was after ready granted Madame Foch £800 a year, in addition to the pension and catches sight of Panguitch an austere Roman dignity combined dark that evening when my
and swear he will capture the with an attic restraint. Along vant came and said that there was she will receive as a Marshal'a beautiful stallion.
with this modest autobiography an officer who wanted to Half dead he stumbles into the one should read the short panegyric but who would not give his name. camp of Melberne and Loughridge on Lord Haldane by that most dis- I told him to show to my room the who are engaged in capturing wild criminating author, The Gentleman officer. The door was opened, and The E. 1 postal district of the horses and employ Chane's younger with the Duster, in "Mirrors of who should enter but my friend, Ina Claire, who will appear in a new City of London is to be included in brother, Chess Weymer, together Downing Street.”
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