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Comedies, Ludwig Helberg.

Comedies, Ludwig Helberg.
One of series called the Scandi |
,navian Classics, published by the
American Scandinavian Foundation in
the belief that greater familiarity with
the chief literary monuments of the
North will help Americans to better
understanding of Scandinavians. Al
though these comedies were written
nearly 200 years ago and still delight |
large audiences in Denmark, they were
unknown to English speaking people |
until this translation in 1911. This vol
june includes Jeppe of the Hill, The
Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus.
| These plays will give the reader an
adequate idea of Holberg's best work.
They are all domestic comedies of char
,acter, in which the foibles of some one
central figure are held up to ridicule,
particularly as they are revealed in
their relation with a well defined fam
lily group. The scene in such come
dies, usually the home of a peasant, is
pictured with uncompromising realism,
but Helberg had none of the interest
of the modern scientific naturalist in
analysis of motive and conduct and for
this reason his sense of fact is pie
turesque rather than, profound, yet his
facts lead beyond themselves to situa-
tions of universal interest and signif-
!, ,cance.-( Adapted from the Introduc
tion.)
} The Desk Standard Dictionary, J. c.
: Fernald, ed
This dictionary is abridged from the
Funk and Vaginal New Standard Die,
a tionary of the English language, is a
5 1915 publication, and is probably the
7 most up-to-date of the comprehensive
dictionaries that are worth buying Two
pronunciation keys are used, the first
lis the Revised Scientific Alphabet; the
: second, made by means of diacritic
G marks, is that used in textbooks and
r older dictionaries. The print is excel
i lent, there are numerous illustrations.
and the photography, pronunciation
/ meaning, and etymology of about So
{ 600 words are given. Foreign words
e and phrases are entered in an appen-
G dix. One important feature is the space
: given to synonyms. This dictionary
: has been placed on the table in the
Preference alcove for the use of those
WHO desire to consult a dictionary in
: ga hurry"
) Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Re.
T public, George NJ. Trevelyan.
! This volume appeared at the Cen
81 tenary of GaribaIdi S birth (l900
e! and was widely read in England be-
d cause the present generation of Eng
I lishmen were curious to read about the
). man for whom their fathers had SO
9 pass{ onate an enthusiasm. This at
e tachment to Garibaldi was partly due
Ito their sympathy for Italy, but more
to the captivating personality of the
man himself, in whom they saw ''thc
rover of great spaces of land and sea,
J. the fighter against desperate odds, the
: champion of the oppressed, the patriot,
: land the humane and generous man all
+ in one. = This volume gives in detail
t the history and retreat in 1919. The
J Ieol critic may think Trevelyan S ad-
: miration for Garibaldi is put too
n Istrong.
5 Garibaldi and the Thousand, George
r NJ. Trevelyan
1t This volume continues the story of
:. Italy's struggle for freedom and tells
: Garibaldi S part in the events of 1853
4 and 1860.
Z. Trevelyan says in his preface: "Of
the astonishing feats of 1850 | here
= relate the first part, when, landing
i with 1000 chosen men in plain clothes
5, Tor in red shirts, armed with mushets
IS fit for the scrap heap, the Libcrator
> with the aid of the Sicilian people
,e took the capital of the island from
n $4,000 regular troops armed witt
5, rifles. The story of that mouth dur
: ing which the little band was shut III
70 in that strange island from the knowl
n edge of the expectant world-the tale
It of these adventures which, though tie,
s are such stuff as schoolboys dream,
:. are made of, yet involved the Who'll,
w fate of Italy-has a charm which will
Sill hope, Justify in the eyes of the read