DAS BLINDE GESHLECHT. By Emma Bonn. (Leipzig, Nikola Verlag.)—The works
of Miss Emma Bonn arc known to a large public in Germany, and are so lucid in expression that we turn to them with some relief. Here is not perhaps a masterpiece, but it is an eminently readable book in which the writer proves herself to be a sensitive and observant student of human nature. It is first and foremost a psychological study of an independent girl who underwent hardships and dangers in the War. Her outlook is modern, and a curious incident develops her character in rather an unexpected direction. It would be unfair to summarize this novel, in which two or three problems are closely interwoven. We are shown a glimpse of a changed Germany with—as a contrast to the happy family life of the Bankdirelctor Joel and his daughter—a sombre background of Communism. The characters are all admirably drawn, but the curious and tragic figure of Micro Rau, the dancer, is perhaps the most arresting of them all.
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