Pertinent Pamphlets

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History of Our Own Times: These Eventful Years, the Twentieth Century in the Making. Two vols., 692 and 695 pp. Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., London and New York, 1924. $11.50. Edited by Franklin H. Hooper.

History of Our Own Times: History of Modern Europe, 1878–1919. By G. P. Gooch. Henry Holt &; Co., New York, 1923. 728 pp. $5.00.

History of Our Own Times: Europe Since 1815. By Charles Downer Hazen. Henry Holt &; Co., New York, 1923. Two vols., 1202 pp. $8.00.

History of Our Own Times: Europe Since 1918. By Herbert Adams Gibbons. The Century Co., New York, 1923. 622 pp. $3.00.

History of Our Own Times: The Growth of the United States. By Ralph Volney Harlow. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1925. xv, 862 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by: W. Randall Waterman.

History of Our Own Times: The History of the Foreign Policy of the United States. By Randolph Greenfield Adams. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1924. xv, 490 pp. Reviewed by: Lindsay Rogers

The English-Speaking Nations. By G. W. Morris and L. S. Wood. The Oxford University Press, American Branch, New York, 1924. xx, 396 pp. $1.20. Reviewed by: Howard Robinson

An Introduction to Church History. By Rev. Peter Gullday, Ph.D., Professor of Church History, Catholic University of America. B. Herder Book Co., St. Louis, 1925. vii, 350 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by: Thomas Peardon

The Turco-Egyptian Question in the Relations of England, France and Russia, 1832–1841. By F. S. Rodkey. Urbans, The University of Illinois, 1924. 274 pp. Reviewed by: Edward Mead Earle

Historical Terms and Facts. By Francis S. Betten. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1924. 165 pp. $1.00. Reviewed by: Malcolm E. MacGillivray

The first volume of Elie Hal$eAvy's well-known Histoire du peuple anglias au XIXe siecle has been translated into English by E. I. Watkin and D. A. Barber and appears under the title, A History of the English People in 1815 (New York, Harcourt, Brace &; Company, 1924. xvi, 576 pp. $6.00).     

Researching by Camera

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The History of Art and the History of Civilization: History of Art. By Elie Faure. Trans. by Walter Pach. Vols. II–IV. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1922–1924. 433, 401, 517 pp. $7.50 a vol.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: History of Art. By H. B. Cotterill. F. A. Stokes Co., New York, 1923–24. 2 volumes. 442, 566 pp. $10.00.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: The History of Art. By G. Carotti. E. P. Dutton &; Company, New York, 1923. 3 vols. 420, 375, 365 pp. $3.00 a vol.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: Apollo. By S. Reinach. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924. 350 pp. $2.00.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: The Outline of Art. Edited by Sir William Orpen. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1923–1924. 2 volumes. 231, 491 pp. $4.50 a vol.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: A Primer of Modern Art. By Sheldon Cheney. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1924. 383 pp. $6.00.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: Masters of Modern Art. By Walter Pach. B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1924. 118 pp. $3.50.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: A History of Ornament, Renaissance and Modern. By T. D. F. Hamlin. Century Co., New York, 1925. 521 pp. $5.00.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: The Nature, Practice and History of Art. By H. Van Buren Magonigle. Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924. 319 pp. $2.50.

The History of Art and the History of Civilization: The Appreciation of Art. By Eugen Neuhaus. Ginn and Company, Boston, 1924. 250 pp. $3.00.

Government: The Political Parties of Today. By Arthur N. Holeonhe. Harper and Brothers, 1924. viii, 399 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by: J. P. Watson, A. Gordon Dewey, George A. Lundberg

The American Kevolution and the Making of the Constitution: the Convtilution of the United States; an Historical Survey of its Formation. By Robert Livingston Schuyler. The Macmillan Company, New Yorlr, 1993. 211 pp. $1.50. Reviewed by: E. P. Tanner

The Colonial Baclcground of tha Arnarican Revolution. By Charles M. Andrews. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1924. x, 218 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by: Harry J. Carxan

Imperialism and World Politics: Syllabus on Intamational Relations. By Parker Thomas Moon. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1995. xix, 276 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by: A. C. Flick

Imperialism and World Politics: The Open Door Doctrina in Relation to China. By Mingchien Joshua Bau, Ph. D. Macmillan CO., New York, 1993. xxviii, 245 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by: E. B. Hewes

Imperialism and World Politics: Manchuria, Land of Opportunities. By the South Manchurian Railway Company. Rev. Ed. (New York, 1924. ix, 98 pp.)

Imperialism and World Politics: White and Black in East Africa. By Hermann Norden. F. R. G. (Small Maynard &; Company, Boston, 1924. 304 pp. $5.00.)

Miscellaneous: History of Western Europe, VoZ. I. By James Harvey Robinson. Ginn and Co., Boston, 1924. 531 pp. Reviewed by: A. C. Krey, Eugene N. Curts

Miscellaneous: Great Peoples of tha Ancient World. By Dorothy M. Vaughan, M. A. (Longmans, Green &; Co., London, 1925. x, 178 pp. $1.90.) Reviewed by: Margaret Bancroft     

Our Martial Mythology

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American Economic History. By Harold Underwood Faulkner. Reviewed by Harry J. Carman

Nationalism and Religion in America, 1774–1789. By E. F. Humphrey. Chipman Law Publishing Co., Boston, 1924. viii, 536 pp. Reviewed by Dixon Ryan Fox

English Society in the Eighteenth Century as Influenced from Oversea. By Jay Barrett Botsford. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1924. 388 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by Judith Blow Williams

The Great Betrayal. By Edward Hale Bierstadt, with the editorial assistance of Helen Davidson Creighton. Foreword by Edward Capps. Robert McBride and Company, New York, 1924. xvi, 345 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by Edward Mead Earle

The United States Government. By Everett Kimball, Professor of Government in Smith College. Ginn and Company, New York, 1924. v, 785 pp. $3.60. Reviewed by Schuyler C. Wallace     

II. The Conclusions and Recommendations of the Commission on the Social Studies of the American Historical Association

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Some Recent Geography Textbooks: Modern Business Geography. By Ellsworth Huntington and Sumner W. Cushing. World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York, 1925. viii, 352 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by: John E. Orchard

Some Recent Geography Textbooks: A Smaller Commercial Geography. By G. G. Chisholm and J. H. Birrell. Longmans, Green and Company, New York, 1924. xiv, 302 pp. $1.65. Reviewed by: John E. Orchard

Some Recent Geography Textbooks: High Lights of Geography: North America. By David Starr Jordan and Katherine Dunlop Cather. World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York, 1925. xv, 358 pp. $1.44. Reviewed by: John E. Orchard

Some Recent Geography Textbooks: Human Geography by Grades: Book Three. The World. By James Fairgrieve and Ernest Young. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1925. x, 304 pp. Reviewed by: John E. Orchard

Some Recent Geography Textbooks: First Lessons in Geography. By Philip A. Knowlton. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1924. vi, 257 pp. Reviewed by: John E. Orchard

Some Recent Geography Textbooks: The Story Key to Geographic Names. By O. D. von Engeln and Jane McKelway Urquhart. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1924. xvi, 279 pp. Reviewed by: John E. Orchard

The War for Southern Independence, being vol. VI of The History of the United States. By Edward Channing. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925. 645 pp. $4.75. Reviewed by: B. B. Kendrick

Ethics and Citizenship. By John W. Wayland, Head of the Department of History and Social Science, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg, Va. The McClure Co., Staunton, Va., 1924. 251 pp. $1.85. Reviewed by: H. W. Schneider

History of the 151st Field Artillery. (Minnesota in the World War, Volume I.) By Louis L. Collins. Edited by Wayne E. Stevens. Minnesota War Records Commission, St. Paul, 1924. xxv, 427 pp. Reviewed by: Elbridge Colby

History of the Philippines. By David P. Barrows. The World Book Company, Yonkers, New York, 1924. xiv, 406 pp. $1.60. Reviewed by: Paul V. Shaw     

Economic Conditions in Rome and Their Lessons for Us

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The Economic and Social History of an English Village (Crawley, Hampshire) A.D. 909-1928. By N. S. B. Gras and E. C. Gras. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1930, XV, 730 pp. $7.50.

The American Revolution and the British Empire. By R. Coupland. Longmans, Green and Co. London, New York, Toronto, 1930; vii, 331 pp. $4.50. Reviewed by Robert Livingston Schuyler.

The Genius of Mexico. Lectures Delivered before the Fifth Seminar in Mexico, 19.10. Edited by Hubert C. Herring and Katharine Terrill. The Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America, New York, 1931. 334 pp. Reviewed by Milton W. Hamilton.

A Guide to the Study of Medieval History. By Louis J. Paetow. Revised Edition under the Auspices of the Medieval Academy of America, Dana C. Munro, editor in chief. New York, 1931. (Crofts, $6.00). Reviewed by John L. La Monte.

International Government. By Edmund C. Mower. D. C. Heath &; Co., Boston, 1931. xix, 736 pp. $5.00.

International Law. A Restatement of Principles in Conformity with Actual Practise. By Ellery C. Stowell. Henry Holt &; Co., New York, 1931. xxvi, 829 pp. $4.75. Reviewed by Walden Moore.

A History of South America. By Charles Edmund Akers. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1930. xxxii, 781 pp. Illus. Maps. $5.

A History of the Argentine Republic. By F. A. Kirkpatrick. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1931. xxvii, 255 pp. Illus. Maps.

Narratives of the Discovery of America. By A. W. Lawrence and Jean Young. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1931. viii, 300 pp. Maps. $3.

Select Documents Illustrating the four Voyages of Columbus. Vol. 1. By Cecil Jane. The Hakluyt Society, London, 1930. Illus. Maps. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

The American Public Mind. By Peter Odegard. Columbia University Press, New York, 1930. 308 pp.

American Society. By Charles F. Thwing. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931. 271 pp. Reviewed by R. Stanley McCordock.

The Cabinet Council of England in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 1622-1784, vol. 1. By Edward Raymond Turner. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1930. xi, 469 pp. $7.50. Reviewed by Charles F. Mullett.

A History of the Hebrew People from the Earliest Times to the Year 70 A.D. Largely in the Language of Bible. Prepared by George A. Barton. The Century Co., New York, London, 1930, 464 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by Salo Baron.

Nelson W. Aldrich: a Leader in American Politics. By Nathaniel Wright Stephenson. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1930. xii, 496 pp. Reviewed by Herbert B. Howe.     

The Beginnings of Japanese-American Relations

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Selected Readings in Modern Economics. By A. Isaacs, C. W. McKee, and R. E. Slesinger. The Dryden Press, 1952. New York: Pp. xviii, 700. $4.00. Reviewed by Allan G. Gruchy.

Extracurricular Activities. (Third Edition). By Harry C. McKown. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Pp. xvi, 666. $5.00. Reviewed by Kenneth V. Lottick.

The Pageant of Netherlands History. By Adriaan J. Barnouw. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1952. Pp. xi, 370. $4.50. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.

America, Land of Freedom. By Hartman, Ball, Nevins. New York: D. C. Heath &; Co., 1952. Pp. xxxiv, 720. $3.60 Reviewed by Garton S. Greene.

Lincoln Finds A General: Grant's First Year in the West. By Kenneth P. Williams. New York: Macmillan. Pp. 585. $7.50. Reviewed by Ralph Adams Brown.

Pattern For Freedom. A History of the United States. By Myrtle Roberts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The John C. Winston Company, 1953. Pp. xxxii, 680. $3.00. Reviewed by David W. Harr.

Intergroup Relations in Teacher Education. By Lloyd Allen Cook. Washington, D. C.: The American Council on Education, 1951. Pp xvi, 272. $3.75. Reviewed by Kenneth V. Lottick.

China, Japan and the Powers. By Meribeth E. Cameron, Thomas H. D. Mahoney, George E. McReynolds, Ronald Press, New York, 1952. Pp. 682. $4.50. Reviewed by J. Wade Caruthers.     

The Why,What, and How of Teaching Children Social Skills

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The History of Peace: A Short Account of the Organized Movements For International Peace, By A. C. F. Beales, Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, New York, 1931. viii, 355 pp. Reviewed by: Lloyd W. Truman.

England in the Age of the American Revolution. By L. B. Namier. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1930, viii, 518 pp. $8.50.

The Black Death and Men of Learning. By Anna M. Campbell. Columbia University Press, New York, 1931, xii, 210 pp. $3.00.

The Voyageur. By Grace Lee Nute. D. Appleton &; Co., New York, 1931. ix. 299 pp. With wood-cut illustrations and end-paper maps. $3.00.

They That Take the Sword. By Esmé Wingfield-Stratford. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1931, xiv, 424 pp. $4.00. Reviewed by: Courtney R. Hall.

Modern Europe and the World. By Ralph Flenley, University of Toronto, Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1931. xvi, 567 pp. Reviewed by: John Hall Stewart.

The March of Civilization: Modern World, 1453–1931. By Jesse E. Wrench. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1931. Pp. XVII, 486. $2.00. Reviewed by: Edgar B. Wesley.

Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville, 1742–1811. By Holden Turber. Oxford University Press, New York, 1931. xi, 331 pp. $6.00. Reviewed by: Charles F. Mullett.

Beyond the Sublime Porte. By Barnette Miller. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1931. XIX, 281 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by: Margaret Willis.

King Charles II. By Arthur Bryant. Longmans, Green &; Co., New York, 1931. xi, 448 pp. $3.50.

Annals of the New York Stage. By George C. D. Odell. Columbia University Press, New York, 1927–1931. Seven volumes. Vol. I (To 1798), xiii, 496 pp.; Vol. II (1798-1821), vii 8, 643 pp.; Vol. III (1821-1834), xii, 747 pp.; Vol. IV (1834-1843), xii, 757 pp.; Vol. V (1843-1850), xiii, 655 pp.; Vol. VI (1850-1857), xiii, 676 pp.; Vol. VII (1857-1865), xv 793 pp.     

Current Puelications Received

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Europe in Our Time: 1914 to the Present. Revised Edition. By Robert Ergang. Boston: D. C. Heath and Company, 1953. Pp. 576. $6.00. Reviewed by Bernard C. Weber.

The Big Change (America Transforms Itself.) By Frederick Lewis Allen. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Pp. 290. $4.00. Reviewed by Joseph M. Gottschalk.

Wellsprings of Democracy. By John M. Brewer. New York: Philosophical Library. Hallmark-Hubner Press, Inc., 1952. Pp. xii, 232. $4.50. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.

Crime in Modern Society. By Mabel A. Elliott. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Pp. xvi, 874. $6.00. Reviewed by Jerry A. Neprash.

The Keystone State. Geography, History and Government. By Arthur D. Graeff. Philadelphia, Pa.: John C. Winston Company, 1953. Pp. xxiv, 380. $3.60. Reviewed by David W. Harr.

The Life and Times of Daniel Lindley. By Edwin W. Smith. New York: Library Publishers, 1952. Pp. xiii, 456. $5.50. Reviewed by Wilfred T. Grenfell.

Soviet Civilization, By Corliss Lamont. New York: Philosophical Library, 1952. Pp. x, 433. $5.00. Reviewed by Richard H. Bauer.

The Suez Canal in World Affairs. By Hugh J. Schoufield. New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. Pp. xvi, 174. $4.50.     

Book Reviews and Book Notes

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Factor Analysis: An Introduction and Manual for the Psychologist and Social Scientist. By Raymond B. Catell. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1952. Pp. xiv, 462. $6.00. Reviewed by Kenneth V. Lottick.

Veterans in Politics: The Story of the G.A.R. By Mary R. Dearing. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1952. Pp. iv, 523. $6.00. Reviewed by Horace Samuel Merrill.

Race and Culture Relations. By Paul A. F. Walter, Jr. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952. Pp. xi, 482. $5.50. Reviewed by Milton M. Gordon.

The American System of Government. By John H. Ferguson and Dean E. McHenry. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1953. Pp. xii, 1056. $6.00. Reviewed by Charles Roger Hicks.

The World in the Twentieth Century. By Geoffrey Brunn. Boston, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath &; Co., 1952. Pp. 800. $5.50. Reviewed by Herbert A. Crosman.

Henri Comte de Saint-Simon. Selected Writings. Edited and Translated by F. H. M. Markham. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Pp. Ixix, 116. $2.00. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.     

Lyceum 1511 and Mountain Crest High School: An International Exchange Program Reveals Educational Contrasts

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Mexico. The Story of Two Americas. By Stuart Chase, in collaboration with Marian Tyler. Illustrated by Diego Rivera. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931. 338 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Milton W. Hamilton.

Mexican Maze. By Carleton Beals. With Illustrations by Diego Rivera. J. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1931. 370 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by Milton W. Hamilton.

The United States and Disarmament. By Benjamin H. Williams. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1931. 361 pp. Reviewed by Milton W. Hamilton.

Bolívar. A Contribution to the study of his political Ideas. By C. Parra-Perez. Translated by N. Andrew N. Cleven. Pittsburgh Printing Company, Pittsburgh, 1930. 198 pp. $3. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

The Black Napoleon. The Story of Toussaint Louverture. By Percy Waxman. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1931. 298 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Coronado's Children. Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest. By J. Frank Dobie. The Southwest Press, Dallas, 1930. xv, 367 pp. $3. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Dominicans in Early Florida. By The Very Rev. V. F. O'Daniel. The United States Catholic Historical Society, New York, 1930. xiii, 230 pp. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Historia de la Guerra del Guano y el Salitre o Guerra del Pacifico entre Chile, Bolivia y el Peru. Vol. I. Causas y origenes de la Guerra Naval. By Jacinto Lopez. De Laisne and Rossboro, Inc., New York, 1931. 413 pp. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

A History of the United States Since the Civil War, Volume IV. By Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931. 718 pp. $5.25. Reviewed by Elmer Ellis.

Old France. By John G. Coulter; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931, 600 pp. Français et Allemands. By Louis Reynaud; Paris: A. Fayard et Cie, 1931, 387 pp. Reviewed by Jacques Barzun.

Twelve Portraits of the French Revolution. By Henri Béraud. Translated by Madeleine Boyd. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1928. 831. pp. Reviewed by C. R. Hall

The Second Republic and Napoleon III. By René Arnaud. New York: Putnam's Sons, 1931. Pp. vii, 436. $4.50. Reviewed by Shepard B. Clough.

Prologue to Mexico. The story of a Search for a Place. By Marian Storm. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1931. xii, 328 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Mexico. A Study of Two Americas. By Stuart Chase. The Macraillan Company, New York, 1931. vii, 338 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

The Genius of Mexico. Lectures Delivered before the Fifth Seminar in Mexico, 1930. Edited by Hubert C. Herring and Katharine Terrill. The Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America, New York, 1931, ix, 334 pp. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Liberalism in Mexico, 1857–1929. By Wilfred Hardy Callcott. Stanford University Press, 1931. xiii, 410 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Mexico and its Heritage. By Ernest Gruening. The Century Company, New York, 1930. xix, 728 pp. $3.00. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

Hero Stories for Children. By Earl A. Collins and Lyda Hale. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931. 264 pp. Reviewed by

The First Three Hundred Years in America. By Marion G. Clark and Wilbur Fisk Gordy. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1931. 436 pp. Reviewed by Roberta O'Hara.

Young America. By Charles F. Horne and Olive Bucks. Charles E. Merrill Co., New York, 1930. 328 pp. Reviewed by Roberta O'Hara.     

Book Reviews

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The Reign of Tiberius. By Frank Burr Marsh. Oxford University Press, New York, 1931. 344 pp. Reviewed by Sterling Tracy.

Schemes for the Federation of the British Empire. By Seymour Ching-Yuan Cheng. Columbia University Press (Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, no. 335), New York, 1931. 313 pp. $5.25.

Land Problems and Policies in the African Mandates of the British Commonwealth. By Nick P. Mitchell. (University Studies, no. 2) Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge, 1931. 155 pp. $2.00. Reviewed by Charles F. Mullett.

French Mercantilist Doctrines before Colbert. By Charles Wolsey Cole. Richard R. Smith, Inc. New York, 1931. xiv, 243 pp. $2.50. Reviewed by Summerfield Baldwin.

Story of Near East Relief. By James L. Barton. New York. Macmillan Co., 1930. Pp. xxii, 479. $2.50. Reviewed by A. O. Sarkissian.

The Diaries of John Bright, 1811-1889. Edited by R. A. J. Walling. William Morrow &; Co., New York, 1931. Reviewed by Sarah A. Wallace.

Latters of John III, King of Portugal, 1521-1557. The Portuguese Text edited with an introduction by J. D. M. Ford. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1931. xxx, 408 pp. Illus.

A History of Spanish Literature. By Ernest M$eArim$eAe. Translated, Revised, and Enlarged by S. Griswold Morley. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1930. xv, 635 pp. Illus. $4.

Meet the Spaniards. In which Spain is seen primarily through the Life of the Spanish People. By Henry Albert Phillips. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1931. 330 pp. Illus. $3.

Silver Seas and Golden Cities. A J oyons Journey through Latin Lands. By Frances Parkinson Keyes. Horace Live-right, New York, 1931. ix, 333 pp. Illus. $3.50. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.

The Cambridge History of the British Empire. Edited by J. Holland Rose, A. P. Newton, and A. Benians. Vol. vi, Canada and Newfoundland. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1930. Pp. xxi, 939. $9.50. Reviewed by A. Gordon Dewey.

Industrial Evolution. By N. S. B. Gras. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1930. 259 pp. Reviewed by Shepherd B. Clough.

The Children of Mu. By James Churchward. Ives Washburn, New York, 1931. 266 pp. Illus. $3. The History of the Maya from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Thomas Gann and J. Eric Thompson. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1931. x, 264. pp. Illus. $2.50.

The Magic and Mysteries of Mexico, or the Arcane Secrets and Occult Lore of the Ancient Mexicans and Maya. By Lewis Spence. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1931. 288 pp. Illus. $6. Reviewed by A. Curtis Wilgus.     

Book Reviews

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Deflated Democracy: The Phantom Public. By Walter Lippmann. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1925. $2.05. $2.00. Reviewed by: Read Bain

Deflated Democracy: British Politics in Transition. By Edward M. Sait and David P. Barrows. The World Book Company, Yon-kers, New York. 1925. XVI, 319 pp. $1.80. Reviewed by: A. Gordon Dewey

Deflated Democracy: New Aspects of Politics. By Charles E. Merriam. The Chicago University Press, Chicago, 1925. pp. 247. $2.50. Reviewed by: R. C. Atkinson

Deflated Democracy: The Character of Races. By Ellsworth Huntington. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924. pp. v, 393. $5.00. Reviewed by: S. C. GilFillan

Deflated Democracy: Our Rural Heritage. By James Mickel Williams. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1925. pp. xi, 246. Bruce L. Melvin     

Book Reviews and Book Notes

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The American City. By Stuart Alfred Queen and David Bailey Carpenter. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1953. Pp. viii, 383. $5.00. Reviewed by Wayne C. Neely.

Out of Step. By Joseph Trenaman. New York: The Philosophical Library, Inc., 1952. Pp. xx, 223. $4.75. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.

Readings in Sociology. College Outline Series, Alfred M. Lee, Editor. New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc. 1951. Pp. 1, 439. $1.75. Reviewed by Wilfred T. Grenfell.

The War of the Revolution, Christopher Ward, edited by John Richard Alden, New York: Macmillan, two volumes. $15.00. Reviewed by Ralph Adams Brown.

The Rise of Modern America, 1865–1951. By Arthur Meier Schlesinger, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. Pp. xvii, 607. $5.25. Reviewed by Mahlon H. Helleruh.

Some Modern Historians of Britain. Edited by Herman Ausbel, J. Bartlet Brebner, and E. M. Hunt. New York: The Dryden Press, 1951. Pp. xxii, 384. $5.00. Reviewed by Raymond G. Cowherd.

Display for Learning. By Marporie East. Edited by Edgar Dale, Dryden Press, 3 W. 54th St., New York 19, N. Y. Pp. 306. $3.00.

Interstate Cooperation. A Study of the Interstate Compact. By Vincent V. Thursby. Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press, 1953. Pp. vii, 152. $3.25.

Exploring Pennsylvania: Its Geography, History and Government. By Sylvester K. Stevens; Ralph W. Cordier; Florence O. Benjamin. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Pp. xi, 624. $3.84. Reviewed by Mahlon H. Hellerich.     

News and Comment

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L61 Years in the Schoolroom. By Lawrence Hurst. Boston : Meador Publishing Company, 1952. Pp. 255. $2.50. Reviewed by Walter H. Mohr.

Calling All Citizens. By Robert Rienow with the editorial assistance of Howard R. Anderson. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. Pp. xxxiii, 690. $3.10. Reviewed by Ira Kreider.

Social Psychology: An Analysis of Human Behavior. By Leonard W. Doob. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1952. Pp. xix, 583. $5.00. Reviewed by Jerry A. Neprash.

Social Psychology. By Robert E. L. Faris. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1952. Pp. vii, 419. $5.00. Reviewed by Jerry A. Neprash.

Race Relations in Ancient Egypt - Greek. Egyptian, Hebrew, Roman. By S. Davis. Philosophical Library, 1952. Pp. xiii, 176. $4.50. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.

Social Treatment in Probation and Delinquency. Second Edition, By Pauline V. Young. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc, 1952. Pp. xxvi, 536. $7.00. Reviewed by Wayne C. Neely.     

Book Reviews

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Ideologies of Caring: Rethinking Community and Collectivism, by Gillian Dalley. Houndmills: Mac-Millan Education, 1988. $ 18.50. 165 pp., Paper. Reviewed By Brij Mohan

Bridges of Respect: Creating Support for Lesbian and Gay Youth, by Katherine Whitlock. American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 1988. $7.50. 97 pp. Reviewed By Ski Hunter

Courage and Love, by Gisela Konopka. Burgess Printing Company: Edina, Minnesota. 1988. $11.95. 337 pp. Reviewed By Ruth R. Middleman

Social Work Day to Day: The Experience of Generalist Social Work Practice, by Carolyn Cressy Wells. Longman: New York, 1989 2nd Ed. 205 pp. Reviewed By Elbert Siegel

Learning Through Field Instruction: A Guide for Teachers and Students, by Martha L. Urbanowski and Margaret M. Dwyer. Family Service America: Milwaukee, WI, 1988. $15.95. 180pp. Reviewed By Miriam S. Raskin

Dependency and Poverty: Old Problems in a New World, by June Axinn and Mark J. Stern. Lexington Books: Massachusetts, 1988. 178 pp. Reviewed By Frank R. Baskind     

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RECLAIMING THE BODY IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. By Thomas Ryan (Ed.). New York: Paulist Press, 2004, 179 pp., $16.95 (paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Martin Guggenheim. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 306 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Anne E. Schneiders.

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. By Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. 446pp., $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Reverend Eugene Cahouet.     

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A PASSAGE TO THE HEART: WRITINGS FROM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FROM CHINA. Klatzkin, Amy (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 341 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $19.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

I WISH FOR YOU A BEAUTIFUL LIFE: LETTERS FROM THE KOREAN BIRTH MOTHERS OF AE RAN WON TO THEIR CHILDREN. Dorow, Sara (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 135 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $18.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

PARENTS AT LAST: CELEBRATING ADOPTION AND THE NEW PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD. Peck, Cynthia V. N., and Wendy Wilkinson. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1998, 160 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-609-60290-X, $27.50. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

CLINICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES IN ADOPTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ADOPTEES PLACED AS INFANTS AND AS OLDER CHILDREN. Groza, Victor and Karen F. Rosenberg (Eds.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 175 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95816-7, $55.00. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.

KINSHIP FOSTER CARE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH. Hegar, Rebecca L., and Maria Scannapieco (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, Hardcover ISBN 0195109392, $45. Paperback ISBN 0195109406, $19.95. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.     

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IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: RETHINKING FAMILY VALUES IN THE POSTMODERN AGE. Judith Stacey. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996, 194 pp., ISBN 0-8070-0432-4, $22.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Valerie S. Mannis.

CONFESSIONS OF A LOST MOTHER. Elisa M. Barton. Baltimore, MD: Gateway, 1996, 157 pp., ISBN 0-9650795-0-3, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: THE LEAST DETRIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE. Joseph Goldstein, Albert J. Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, and the late Anna Freud. New York: The Free Press, 1996, 311 pp., ISBN 0-684-82337-3, $35.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Renee Garfinkel.     

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Brecher, Edward M. The Sex Researchers. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. xxiv & 354 pp.

Davajan, Val, Robert Nakamura and Khalil Kharma. Spermatozoan Transport in Cervical Mucus. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 25: I, January 1970.

P. H. Gebhard, J. Raboch and H. Giese. Die Sexualität der Frau. (Female Sexuality.) Hamburg. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, No. 8001, 1968. 157 pp.

Frahm, H. Empfängnisverhütung. (Birth Control). Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, No. 8003, 1968, 126 pp.

Giese, Hans (ed.) Die sexuelle Perversion. Frankfurt a.M.: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. Akademische Reihe. 1967.

Population Council, The Studies in Family Planning. U.S.S.R.: Views on Population/Family Planning. Nr. 49, January 1970.

Masters, William H., M.D. and Johnson, Virginia E. Human Sexual Inadequacy. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1970. 450 pages. $12.50

Neubeck, Gerhard: (Ed.) Extramarital Relations. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1969. 205 pages. Price $2.45.

Pomeroy, Wardell B.: Girls and Sex. Delacorte Press, New York, 1969. 159 pages. Price: $4.50.

Sagarin, Edward. Odd Man In. Societies of Deviants in America. Chicago, Ill.: Quadrangle Books. 1969. 286 pages. Price §6.95.

Siecus (Compiled and edited by). Sexuality and Man. Introduction by Mary S. Calderone, M.D. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. xii & 239 pp.