The book drops to the floor from his nerveless fingers and he buries
his head in his arms, sobbing. (Music: _"When You and I Were Young,
Maggie."_)
"TWENTY YEARS AFTER ... HENRY ADAMS IS NO LONGER YOUNG, BUT IN HIS
HEART LIES STILL THE HUNGER FOR EDUCATION. GOING FORWARD, EVER
FORWARD, HE REALIZES AS NEVER BEFORE THAT WITHOUT THOUGHT IN THE UNIT,
THERE CAN BE NO UNITY. THOUGHT ALONE IS FORM. MIND AND UNITY FLOURISH
OR PERISH TOGETHER."
(_Allegorical flash-back showing Mind and Unity perishing together._)
The hero is now seen seated in a Morris chair in Washington, touching
his finger-tips together in a ruminative manner. Arising slowly, he
goes to the window and looks out over Lafayette Square. Then he lights
a cigar and goes back to his chair. He is pondering and attempting to
determine when, between 3000 B.C. and 1000 A.D. the momentum of Europe
was greatest, as exemplified in mathematics by such masters as
Archimedes, Aristarchus, Ptolemy and Euclid.
(_Flash-back showing the mathematical theories of Archimedes,
Aristarchus, Ptolemy and Euclid. Music: "Old Ireland Shall Be Free."_)
Rising from his chair again, he paces the floor, clenching his hands
behind his back in mute fury.
Caption: "GOD HAVE MERCY ON ME! I CAN SEE IT ALL--I HAVE NEVER BEEN
EDUCATED!"
NEXT WEEK: BERT LYTELL IN
"SARTOR RESARTUS"
A SMASHING SIX-REEL FEATURE
BY TOM CARLYLE
XX
THE MOST POPULAR BOOK OF THE MONTH
NEW YORK CITY (including all Boroughs) TELEPHONE DIRECTORY--N.Y.
Telephone Co., N.Y. 1920. 8vo. 1208 pp.
In picking up this new edition of a popular favorite, the reviewer
finds himself confronted by a nice problem in literary ethics. The
reader must guess what it is.
There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who
constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those
who do not. Both classes are extremely unpleasant to meet socially,
leaving practically no one in the world whom one cares very much to
know. This feeling is made poignant, to the point of becoming an
obsession, by a careful reading of the present volume.
We are herein presented to some five hundred thousand characters, each
one deftly drawn in a line or two of agate type, each one standing out
from the rest in bold relief. It is hard to tell which one is the most
lovable. In one mood we should say _W.S. Custard_ of Minnieford Ave.
In another, more susceptible frame of mind, we should stand by the
character who opens the book and who first introduces us into this
Kingdom of Make-Believe--_Mr. V. Aagaard_, the old "Impt. & Expt." How
one seems to see him, impting and expting all the hot summer day
through, year in and year out, always heading the list, but always
modest and unassuming, always with a kindly word and a smile for
passers-by on Broadway!
[Illustration: "The most popular book on earth."]
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