ten to the corrupting
delusions of the economic Socialist.

We need the Puritan element in our characters, the Hellenic element in
our minds, and the Christian element in our souls. We must set a higher
value on moral qualities, on intellectual qualities, and on Christian
qualities. We must learn to see, not gloomily and heavily, but with joy
and thanksgiving, that our world is set in the midst of an infinite
universe, that it has a purpose in the scheme of things, that we are all
members one of another, and that there is no grandeur of character,
mind, or soul which can ever be worthy of creation's purpose.

Less flippancy in the world would lead to more seriousness, more
seriousness would lead to greater intelligence, and greater intelligence
would lead to nobler living.

"The cure for us," said George Sand, "is far more simple than we will
believe. All the better natures amongst us see it and feel it. It is a
good direction given by ourselves to our hearts and consciences."

Let each man ask himself, Is my direction worthy of man's past and
hopeful for his future?

* * * * *

"_An instantaneous success_"

+Mirrors of Washington+

+Anonymous+

_Octavo. Portraits_

+HARDING+ It does to our great and near-great
+WILSON+ what the "gentleman with a duster"
+HUGHES+ did to eminent Englishmen in "The
+HARVEY+ Mirrors of Downing Street." It tells
+HOUSE+ painfully plain truths about the personalities
+HOOVER+ of those in whose hands our
+ROOT+ destinies lie or have lain. It is searching
+LODGE+ in its analyses, and contains fourteen
+BORAH+ discerning, piercing, sometimes
+KNOX+ satirical, always brilliant, character
+PENROSE+ studies. "And," says the _N.Y. Eve.
+LANSING+ Post_, "it contains indiscretions delicious
+BARUCH+ enough to satisfy the most
+JOHNSON+ exacting." 14 portraits and 14
amusing caricatures by Cesare.

_Chicago Daily News_: "We recommend it because it gives a startling and
clear picture of Washington's fourteen great political figures--an
unusual picture, quite different from anything we have had thus far in
American critical writing. A chuckling expose of the good and bad in
American politics ... succinct word pictures, penetrating anecdotes ...
not vicious ... gently, with a charmingly unobtrusive sapiency, the
mysterious pen has traced the lud