Life — January 11, 1923 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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The Latest Books (Continued from page 22) was an underestimate. The number would have to be at least 2,000,- Dr. Franklin explains why mil- lions of decent law-abiding citizens openly violate the supreme law of the land. He doesn’t believe that there has been any radical change in the American character, but finds a reason for the popular re- fusal to obey the Volstead Act in the fact that the Eighteenth Amendment is a crime against the Constitution of the United States, in that it violates the principle which lies at the bottom of respect for all law:—that governments exist to protect inalienable rights and liberties. This may not inter- est the mob of foolish people who have been running around in cir- cles complaining that Prohibition was “put over” without their knowl- edge, and demanding that something be done about it. It should arouse all who are concerned about the maintenance of American institu- tions to a sense of the grave dangers involved in the attempt to make regulation of personal tastes and habits a permanent national policy. " O TELL YOU THE TRUTH” (Dutton), Leon- ard Merrick’s latest child, is a bonnie bairn. More than that, it is a col- lection of short stories. To us, the short-story Merrick is much more readable than the novel Merrick, possibly because the former medium is the better for the distil- lation of his gentle spirit. For Mer- tick is fragile~almost feminine; a blender of shades and shadows with a fluidity of technique that should cover the still dewy rose of Fannie Hurst with a blush of confused self- revelation. And that goes for Miss Edna Ferber and Mr. Rupert Hughes. “To Tell You the Truth” is true to the Merrick strain. It tells again and again of sacrifice and suffering with their eventual reward. Merrick is an author for—we dare say it— the middle aged. 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