BROWNE, LEWIS. Something Went Wrong. Pp. x, 360. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1942. $3.00

• Date: 01 May 1942
• Author: Walter P. Hall
• DOI: 10.1177/000271624222100132
• Published date: 01 May 1942
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Professor Nef has handled his material
franchised rabble got its first real chance
well. He has presented his facts clearly,
to flock to the polls&dquo; in 1874 to elect Dis-
adequately, and with a deftness that leaves
raeli, is absurd. The second reform bill
the reader with a healthful respect for the
came in 1867, and two years later it was
author’s ability. At times, however, his
Gladstone and not Disraeli that had the
enthusiasm for his subject appears to have
majority behind him.
caused Professor Nef to become overcritical
The book is full of half-truths, stated
(p. 161). Agaip, it would be difficult to
without qualification. Thus, the Germans
conceive that any Catholic would go along
did not quit the war in 1918 because of
with the author on the idea that the Church
their great trust in the Fourteen Points.
could accede to subsidy by the state and
The truth is, they surrendered because they
still remain free (p. 348). These criticisms
were beaten, and they grasped at the Four-
are minor in comparison to the value of the
teen Points. But Mr. Browne is especially
book as a whole. It answers the most com-
jaundiced when dealing with Woodrow Wil-
plex question at a time when America is
son, and with all other religious men and
meeting the greatest test of her self-chosen
religious movements. His heroes are Owen,
way of life.
O’Connor, Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and other
JAMES J. FLYNN
radicals. American history as portrayed by
Fordham University
him is one panic after another, and Euro-
pean history the annals of greedy statesmen
BROWNE, LEWIS. Something Went Wrong.
and their capitalistic employers, opposed
Pp. x, 360. New York: The Macmillan
only by sapient socialists.
Co., 1942. $3.00.
Power machines are responsible for all
According to the publisher’s blurb, the
our woes!
Our author forgets that before
author &dquo;made a trip around the world to
even the horse collar was invented, Greco-
collect information for this new book.&dquo;
Roman...