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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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