Mr. Edward Bok dedicates Dollars Only (Scribner, 7s. 6d.) to
" those earnest men for whom it is not intended," those, he means, who have seen the " vision splendid " of service to their fellows with no thought of self. He writes for the hustling business man, and his motto is " Stop, look, listen.". That this warning is not untimely, in the United States at least, is obvious from the fact that forty-two successful business men dropped in their tracks, so to speak, within a month, last spring, in three States of the Union. " The heart will stand just so much." Mr. Bok could not write uninterestingly if he tried, but here he is in his element, for he has practised exactly what he preaches ; he has fought hie way to fortune, and, having reached it, he relinquished his position while still young enough to serve the world with no
desire for worldly gain. His quick sketches of the chiefs of "big business " who are now devoting much of their energies to the service of the State, or to social welfare, pro-, vides an interesting commentary on the idealism of America., The hardest word in the English- language, says Mr. Bok,. is, " No," and the greatest word is not love, brotherhood, or friendship, but a word that embodies these : Service. The eclectically minded will ignore this book, but the great public will read it eagerly. And the great public is wiser than seine, of us think.
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