says that "he has commemorated the tragedy in
lines of sublime pathos."
AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS says: "Mr. Holborn's poetry is delicate,
musical, rhapsodic; often shaped to enfold classical themes, always of
proportioned comeliness, filled with a vague haunting of indefinable
beauty that can never be embraced in words. It is a book of poetry for
poets; one can hardly say more."
Adopted for Required Reading by the Pittsburgh Teachers Reading Circle
THE NEED FOR ART IN LIFE
_Cloth, 116 pp., 75 cents net_
The object of Mr. Holborn's little book is to show that the peculiar
evil of the present day is a lack of the proper love and appreciation
of Art and Beauty. Our social and political problems which we attempt
to tackle on scientific and moral lines can never be righted in that
way, as we have not made a scientifically correct diagnosis of the
disease.
He makes a careful analytical survey of the three great epochs in our
past civilization and clearly demonstrates that wherever one of the
fundamentals of man's existence is wanting the man as a whole must
fail.
It makes no difference whether the lack be on the intellectual,
artistic or moral side--the result is equally disastrous to the
complete man.
THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT says: "This is one of the greatest little
books of the age. If it is not epoch-making, it should be. It treats
in charming style and convincing manner a theme of vital and universal
interest. The thoughtful man who reads it will feel that a new classic
has been added to the world's literature."
ARCHITECTURES OF EUROPEAN RELIGIONS
_Blue Buckram, Gold stamping, 264 pp., $2.00 net_
G. ARNOLD SHAW, PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY LECTURERS ASSOCIATION
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK
Recommended by the A.L.A. Booklist
Specially suitable for Schools and Colleges
ARMS AND THE MAP
A STUDY IN NATIONALITIES AND FRONTIERS
By IAN CAMPBELL HANNAH, M.A., D.C.L.
_12mo, 256 pages, $1.23 net_
This work, which has had a large sale in England, will be invaluable
when the terms of peace begin to be seriously discussed. Every
European people is reviewed and the evolution of the different
nationalities is carefully explained. Particular reference is made to
the so-called "Irredentist" lands, whose people want to be under a
different flag from that under which they live.
The colonizing methods of all the nations are dealt with, and
especially the place i
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