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chalk, crude bristles, cash registers,
typewriters, sewing machines, shoe ma
chinery, coal (from countries which
impose no tariff on American coal, I,
cocoa, coffee. copper ore, corkwood.
cotton and cotton waste, vegetable
dyeins or tanning materials, palm leaf
fans, grasses and fibers, guano, gums
and resins, gunpowder, hides, india rub
ber, iron ore, ivory tusks, unmanufac-
tured jet, all leather not specially pro-
vided for and including boots, shoes,
hraness and saddlery, wood pulp me &.
chanically ground. chemical. unbleached
or bleached hand, sewing and darning
needless, oil cake and meal oakum,
mother Of pearl and shells (not cutl
manufactured platinum, quinine, silk
cocoons and silk waste, raw silk,
standard newsprint paper, stone and
sand, sulphur, tapioca, tar and pitch
of wood, tea (not specially provided
for), tin ore, turpentine and rosin,
barbed wire, unmanufactured whale
bone and wood charcoal.
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ticths Of cent a pound; Underwood.
10 per cent nd valorem.
Railway wheels, 1 cent pound
Underwood, 20 per cent ad valorem.
Cast iron pipe, 10 per cent ad va
loren Underwood, same.
Household utensile, cents a pound
and 30 per cent ad valorem. Underwood,
80 per cent ad valorem.
Scissors, 10 cents each and 30 per
cent ad valorem. Underwood, same.
Razors, valued at less than 81 q
dozen, 10 cents each. Underwood, %
per cent ad valorem.
Clocks, from 81 to SO. Underwood,
| 80 per cent ad valorem.
Automobiles, automobile bodies,
| chassis. parts, not including tires, y
per cent ad valorem. Underwood, 10 tc
AZ per cent. (Such articles from coun
tries which impose duty greater than
rs per cent on American cars would
carry an import duty equal to that i'm
posed In their own countries.)
Airplanes, 30 per cent ad valorem
Underwood, unlisted.
Bicycles, motorcycles. 30 per cent ad
valoreni. Underwood, 25 per cent.
Aluminium. 8 cents a pound. Under
wood, 2 cents.
Tin, bars or pigs, 2 cents a pound
| Underwood. free.
Zinc, in block or pigs, 1ss cents a
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Cotton Manufactures

Cotton yarn. under No. 40. one fiftn
Of one cent a pound; Underwood. D
to 10 per cent.
Yarns, Nos. 40 to 100. s cents a
pound and one fourth Of one cent ad
va'orem per number per pound for each
number above 40; underwood, 10 TO %
per cent ad valorem.
Cotton waste. s per cent ad valorem ;
underwood. same.
Sewing thread, one half Of one cent
ad valorem a hundred yards; Under
wood, 10 per cent.
Cloth. unbleached with average yarns
under No. 40, four -tenths of one cent
ad valorem per number per pound; I'm
derwood, ~ to 1917 per cent.
Above No. 10. 16 cents a pound and
fifty five one hundredths of one cent PEI
number per pound: Underwood, 17l5
TO 27l2 per cent.
Cloth, bleached. under No. 40, forty.
Ave one hundredths of one cent pei
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Flax

Flax straw. So a ton: Underwood,
free.
Flax. two cents pound; Under
wood, free.
Hemp, three fourths of one cent a
pound Underwood, free.
Jute yarns, two and one half cents
q pound; Underwood, 20 per cent nd
valorem.
Cordage. three fourths of one cent a
pound Underwood, one half cent.
Table damasks, towels. sheets. etc,
2s per cent ad valorem Underwood,
free.
Clothing. 33 1-3 per cent ad vslorem ;
Underwood. 80 per cent.
Bags. one cent a pound and II per
cent ad valorem Underwood. 10 per
cant.
Linoleum. 2S per cent ad valorem
Underwood. 30 per cent.
Straw mattings. three cents a square
yard Underwood. two and half cents.
Rattan mating. nine cents square
yard: Underwood. so per cent ad va
loren.
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Wood and Lumber

Timber. hewn, one half of one cent
cubic foot; Underwood. free.
Logs. fr, spruce, cedar or hemock,
81 a 1000 feet.
Provision is made for exemption to
countries having no embargo or re-
striction upon expectations to the
United States during the last year
Underwood. free.
Logs. sawed boards and other forms
Of cedar. lignumvitae, ebony, mahogany
and other cabinet wood, Is per cent ad
valorem: Underfood, 10 per cent.
Wood veneers, 20 per cent ad Va
loren; Underwood, 10 per cent.
Railroad ties. telegraph and telephone
poles. 10 per cent ad valorem; Under.
wood. same.
Wheel woods, 10 per cent ad valorem
Underwood. free.
Pickets. slaves and hoops, 10 pei
cent ad valorem; Underwood. free.
Shingles, fifty cents thousand; I'm
derwood, free.
Casks, barrels and packing boxes, Il
per cent ad valorem Underwood, same
Reeds and ratans, 20 per cent &C
vaorem; Underwood, 10 per cent.
Blinds, shades and screen, 25 per cent
adj valorem Underwood, 20 per cent
House or cabinet furniture. 25 pei
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Metals

Pig iron, scrap steel, scrap tin plate,
81 20 ton; Underwood, free.
Manganese, ore and concentrates, 1
cent a pound on the manganese con-
tent; Underwood, free.
Tungsten ore and concentrate. 45
cents pound on tungsten content ;
Underwood, IS per cent ad vaiorem.
Bar iron, rolled or hammered, from
"a Of / cent pound; Underwood, 8
per cent nd valorem.
Steel ingots, two-tenths of ] cent q
pound, and up to cents pound, ac-
ccrding TO value; Underwood, free.
Boiler plate. iron or steel, valued ur
to 1 cent a pound, seven -twentieths OF
1 cent pound over 3 cents a pound.
20 per cent ad valorem; Underwood, IL
per cent.
Crate iron or steel, valued over 8
cents a pound. 20 per cent; Under :
wood, IL per cent.
Tin plate, 1 and one-tenth cents a
pound; Underwood. Is per cent ad va :
loren.
Beams. girders, joists, seven twen =
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number per pound; Underwood, 10 to
10 per cent.
Above No. 40. 1s cents pound and
three fifth Of one cent per number pei
pound Underwood, 20 to 80 per cent.
Cotton sateens, 10 per cent ad valorem
in addition to the rate on cotton cloth ;
Underwood. unlisted.
Pneumatic tire fabric. % per cent
ad valorem; Underwood 35.
Tracing and oil cloths, 8 cents a
square yard and II per cent ad valoren,,
to s cents yard and 20 per cent ;
Underwood, 25 and 30 per cent.
Cloth containing cotton and silk,
eight cents square yard and II per
cent ad valorem; Underwood, 80 per
cent.
Table damask. 2s per cent ad val
orem; Underwood, % per cent.
Quilts and bedspreads. 25 TO 30 per
cent nd valorem Underwood. % pei
cent.
Machinery betting, 20 per cent at
valorem; Underwood. II per cent.
Knit fabrics. % to 35 per cent ad
valorcm Underwood, unlisted.
Gloves, % to 40 per cent ad valorem
Underwood, IS per cent
Hose and half hose, thirty FIVE cents
dozen pair and 1914 per cent ad val.
orem to 50 dozen and 80 per cent
Underwood. 20 to % per cent.
Underwear and other wearing ap.
parel. forty cents dozen and 1917 pc,
cent ad valorcm, 500 n dozen and 4C
per cent; Underwood. 80 per cent.
Handkrchiefs. 10 to 80 per cent aC
valorem; Underwood, % to 30 pei
cent
Shirt collars and cuffs. twenty fv,
cents a dozen and 1871 per cent ad
valorem; Underwood, 30 per cent.
Curtains. bed sets. etc, one cent {
square yard and 40 per cent ad valoren
to one and one half cents a yard anC
40 per cent Underwood, 35 to 40 pc,
cent.
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Tobacco and Products

Mixed wrapper and filler tobacco,
unstemmed, SO a pound; Underwood,
stemmed. s2.65 a pound; Under
wood. $3.50
Filler unstemmed, As cents pound
Underwood. 35 cents.
Filler. stemmed. so cents a pound ;
Underwood. so cents.
All other tobacco and enuff. So cents
q pound. and cigars. cigarettes. che
roots. 81 so a pound. and 25 per cent
ad 'valorem, as provided BY the Under
wood tariff.
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cent ad valorem; Underwood. As per
cent.
Plate glass, lie a square foot; Un
derwood. &c.
Eye glasses, 20c a dozen and 10 per
cent ad valorem; Underwood, 80 per
cent ad valorem.
Incandescent bulbs, 80 per cent ad
valorem; Underwood, 30 per cent.
Mirrors, 30 per cent; Underwood
same.
Marble, 65c a cubic foot Underwood,
soc.
Granite, 40 per cent ad valorem; I'm
derwood, % per cent.
Grindstones. 50 tom Underwood
81 90
Slate, II per cent ad valorcm I'm
derwood, 10 per cent.
Watch crystals. 40 per cent ad
valorem; Underwood free.
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Sugar and Moldsses

Sugar. tank bottoms, sirups of cane
Juice molasses, testing not above .?
sugar degrees. and all mixtures OF
sugar and water. l.16 cents pound
and {. O4 Of one per cent per pound ad-
ditional for each additional sugar de.
gree; Underwood. OIL cent a pound
and 0.26 for each additional sugar de-
gree.
Molasses and sirups testing not above
Is per cent. one cent gallon; Under =
wood, not above 40 degrees. ID per cent.
Maple sugar and sirup four cents a
pound; Underwood. free. Sugar cane.
81 a ton; Underwood. Is per cent ad
valorem.
Sugar candies. 80 per cent ad va
loren Underwood. 25 per cent.
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SPECIFICATIONS

's.S: s,':, q i.Shs. sa,u.tasIs to a. ineas.
steei tubing, which has . tensile strsnSth Of
z oos RSSns re ;ssHSs os
ss ana A:svx :sSSD.s es'SdsS NS
ssa. Rsy :nssM ss: Mo.ore.s ,yp. D,
or,p:: spssiai sLxox BEAgrr reinforced mex.
SSSss es's they a. The
plates triple nickel plated guaranteed to with.
5;and r1Ss ss5stp nS g 1I% 5sSS ISSS pHTSnas
"a dqs ass s' oS ssn
ernfs sr.tss from 'is s.. t's oSs Ss New
Ball Be.rinEs' chrorns-n -ntol,elsd special A grad.
twork ths. Is as aesurats as hat Witch so.s ,Hss
eating; need attention but onco a year
side walls
Mud splash ss?' :Ss as sS. S.5s
side mud guard with stand latch guards both
front and double braeed
down followed By two Rround coAH n' ons ns'ssa sS
ishing coat and varnish all nickel parts are
ground, copper plated, triple nickel plated and
hEhts, Electric equipment with Delta Light head.
light; battery in tool tank ruby Jewel reflector
49,, TAI hsht & on rear mud suard
inen.s for battery and tools built into main
Tools. Monkey wrench coaster srak, wr.nch p;
Pumpi High compression telescope frame pump
with bracket all heavily triple nickel plated
ovor copper.
doystela Option. rich black with sresn head
and dovotaiis
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Deaths of a Day


Mrs. Catherine T. Zarkoy. widow Of
Joseph Zackey, who accompanied The
famous Hungarian patriot. General
Louis Kossuth to this country more
than fifty years ago, died yesterday
morning at her home. 4027 Chestnut
street. She was seventy eight years
old.
Funeral services will be held on Sat.
urday afternoon from an undertaking
establishment az Eightecnth and Chest .
nut streets Rev W. G McCurdy. as
sistant pastor Of Grace Baptist Church,
Broad and Rerks street will Oficiate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30
Free List

Important items which remain on the
free list include: Agricultural imple-
ments, antitoxins, serums, vaccines,
unmanufactured asbestos, cotton bag
ging. Bibles, binding twine, borax,
brass. bullion gold or silver, crude
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Silks

Partly manufactured silks and noils,
30 cents q pound; Underwood, 20 cents
q pound.
Thrown silk, 80 cents to 81 a pound
Underwood, 10 por cent ad vslorem.
Sewing silk, floss and thread, 81 a
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valorem. 10 per cent ad
spun SIR up to No. POS. 4n o,., 4
valorem. W per cent ad
pound mSven rIndsrgc,55 ItadSriSs, 5571s cents to "a
valorem. III per cent ad
,vnpS nSipstiaees. te Sl to S5 a pound; rrna..
WOOD, oo per cent ad valorem onder-
oS hnit fabrics, underwear and
90 Sood % ~ ~ per cent ad valoremT; T unSsse, nose,
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Charles e. CaldMall

Charles f. Caldwell, member OF the
wholesale grocery firm Of Schwcnk &
Caldwell. 81 North Third street. died
yesterday in his home in Atlantic City
as the result Of stroke Of paralysis he
suffered six months ago Mr., Caldwell
who was ffty.t two years old, was n
member OF tho GrOccrs and Importers
Exchange aud the Union League.
rietis survived by his wife and q
daughter, Miss Catherine Caldwell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30

,,,-ssyz TO TIE STOCKHOLDERS OF WHAR-
.AT ton BJILDING ASSOCIATION 40
s-Taks notice that a Epecis meeting Of the
stockholders Of tha corporation will be held
al the regular meeting place on wednesday
July 49, at Il O'Clock r VI, Tor the purpose
OF voting on proposed amendment 70 the con.
stitution and bylaws Of the corporation.
HARRY r. MOHR President.
Carl. MUHLY. Secretary
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Emanuel A. PosRelt

Emanuel 4. rosseIta founder Of II"
philadelphia Textile School in 1885
died Tuesdav in his home. 2l54 North
Twenty first stret He was editor and
publisher Of PoSselt's Textile journal.
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PARTN EKSHIPS

THE COPARTSERSHIP HERETOFORE
eylstIng between tho undersigned under
the frm names and styles Of Haber Waist
Company and Halpern Dress Company, Is
tnls day dissolved ana ended by mutual
consent.
Samuel Habsr has acquired by purchase
ali the assets Of the psrtnsrship and will
continue the business alone under the nAmO
and style Of Haber Waist Company.
SAMUEL HABER
HARRY HALPERN.
LEVI 4 MANDEL.
Attorneys
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30

William F. Umpstead, fifty four
years old. 1435 North Nineteenth street,
died at his home Tuesday night He
was an active church worker and head
of the Sunday Breakfast Association,
Twelfth and Race streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30
j. L. Stewards Funeral

Funeral services for John J.. Stew.
art, former assistant superintendent of
mails. who died Saturday, will take
place at 2 o'clock today from his home
bS00 Cedar avenue Burial will be in
Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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Annual Meetings

g~zy7 TUE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
49, stockholders u zieaIer Brothers COM.
pany will be held Tuesday. July I2. al 10
!. NJ a. he once Of thhe Pennsylvania
Ing Annuites SIT Chestnut st
l., d ZIEGLER
June "a. 1921
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30

pound. Underwood, Is per cent ad
valorem. (The rate for a period Of two
years was placed at cents pound.
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HOU to Enter the Contest

Apply 10 Bicycle Contest, Circulation Dept,
Public Ledger Building. Independence
Square, Philadelphia, for subscription books
and other particulars, or telephone Waltut
5000, bicycle department, betDesn $3.50 A.
M. and p. NJ. or fill out and mail tho ot-
taehsd coupon to Tho Public Ledger Bicycls
Department.. 7,
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WHO AND HOW

A NY ONE is free TO enter this contest, The
"A thirty-fve subscriptions must be obtained
between June l and September 15, 1921. Your
prospective subscribers are residents of Penn.
sylyania, New Jersey, Delaware and Mary.
land, who are not NOW receiving the Public
Ledger In their homes.
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cent ad valorem; Underwood. 10 I
cent. ...
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RAlIK BR0s: INC0RP0RATED

PhIadeIphia Pa june 28 1921
Quar'erl" lIviderd Of 2 per cent on the
Ft-st and Second Preferred stocks Of this
Corpora ton has been declared payable on
July Is. 1921 10 the stockholders Of record
June 80. 1921. Chicks Will be mailed
HARVERY /. HIRST. Secretary
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CONDITIONS OF THE
CONTEST

SUBSCRIPTIONS must be secured and
~ turned In TO the Public Ledger Office for
yerifeation between June I and September
IS, 1921.
Those from whom subscriptions may be taken
are all those residing In Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, and who are
not now receiving the Public Ledger in their
homes
EACH WINNER will be presented with his or
her bicycle IMMEDIATELY after verifcation
Of the IS subscriptions.
Contestants are not limited as TO age or sex.
Men and women will have their choice Of full
sized bicycles for themselves or the boys or
girls models.
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NATIONAL SECURITY BANK

ThWaI1I IpAla- June g 1921
The Directors have this day dccl ared a
seml-nnnual dividend Of Twelve, 12l Per
stockholders OF record az close ~ business
June so. 1921.
" Il McKEE Caahi.r
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Public Ledger
Bicycle Department.;
Send mo instructions for securing
$6b.00 Black Beauty Bicycle without paying
or collecting any money.
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STEAMSHIP NoTIcEs
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THE BLACK BEAUTY

T oNG known as the best built, most serv-
- iceabie bicycle obtainable anywhere. Tho
Black Beauty you win in this contest will be
completely equipped, all ready for you to hop
aboard and step on 'er." Every bicycle 10
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ance policy for six months repair of acei-
dental damages. Just look at these features,
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The New York herald., 1921-07-03

initely, the fact that many of the
songs are indubitably the work of aris-
tocrats. as likewise of conscious ar
lists who used definite and carefully
worked out technique of expressional
form.
In order TO bear out this point,
Louise Pound in an early chapter on
American Indian folksong shows that
many of the Indian songs reveal def
1itely "A very personal and conscious
sense of the individual poets close
connection with supernatural power,
and consequent exuberant sense of
his own power. she tells how many of
these songs come to the poet-priests in
dream trance often induced by long
preliminary fasting and praying The
individual or his family are proud of
the song, and although others may
sing 1t, the sense of ownership is def
mite. Thus the Song of the Wren was
made by priest who noted that "the
wren, the smallest and least powerful
of the birds. excelled them all in the
fervor OF his song Here, thought
the priest, is a teaching for my people.
Every one can be happy, even the
of thanks SO he made the story of
the wren and sang it, and It. has been
handed down from that day-a day so
long ago no man can remember the
time"
In following chapter is an inter-
esting discussion of the medieval
English dance songs proper, which
survive in ohildren's game songs, and
In rural dance songs to-day. Many
OF these grew out Of the spring festi-
val of which Jane Harrison writes in
her book Ancient Art and Ritual"
The following extract Is suggestive of
its original festal use in a fertility
ritual in which dancing and charm
singing were supposed to help along
this years fruitfulness:
Tripping up the green grass.
Dusty dusty day
Come, all We pretty fair maids,
Come, and with me play.
Naughty man.. he won't come out.
lie won't come out, he won't come out
Naughty man, he won't come out,
To help us In our dancing.
The writer next discusses the mar
rative ballads proper She does not
think that they were originally com
munal or arranged for dancing. The
pure dance song, she maintains, is not
epic. but always lyric. She distin-
guishes the motor or refrain dance
type, the simple lyric or emotional
type, and the idoational or narrative
The New York herald., 1921-07-03

line the traditions of Greece, Rome.
Israel, Christendom, the Middle Ages.
Virgil and Dante are the two indi-
vidual poets to which Wendell gives
most attention, But one of the special
merits of his book is the emphasis
placed upon troubadour and other
groups of singers of which most read
ers have only a hazy notion. He
shows how literature needed such
periods as the soil and preparation for
the better defined masterworks
Wendell and Berdan both keep be-
fore the reader the fabric of history
upon which the poets wove their pat
terms. Speaking of the effect which
the revival of letters had upon every
thing else, Berdan writes:
"The first result was an immense
increase in appreciation of physical
beauty. The loveiness of line of
perfect column and the smooth ripple
of muscle beneath the skin filled the
men Of the Renaissance with delight.
As social conditions became more set
tied the house was regarded as a
home rather than as a fortress, and
was adorned with loving care. Grace
full festoons draped the windows and
the chimneys fiowered in fantasy. The
beautiful simplicity of the Doge's pal
ace faces the decorous richness of
Sansovino's Library. The grimness
of Loche is exchanged for the light
ness of Blois and the frostwork of
Chambord. Ghiberti dreams his doors
and Bramante his domes. The Byzan-
tine rigidity of Cimabue and the stat
uesque grouping of Giotto develop
into the richness Of Titan, the tender
ness of Raphael, the strength of Mi
chelangelo the subtilty Of Leonardo
and the interpretative skill of Hol-
bein. And where before Art was the
hand maiden of the Church, now all
life became her province and Giorgione
paganizes in the mellow Fete Cham
petre. Thus they looked at the world
with the creative eye, and behold! 1t
was very good.
THE same impulse found express
sion also in the trivialities Of every
day life. Just as the temptation Of
the Renaissance artists was for multi
plicity of detail and overornamenta-
tion, so in minor matters. in house
furnishing and table decoration. the
fault lay in a lack of restraint. A
gorgeous lavishness became charac-
The New York herald., 1921-07-03

THE TRADITIONS OF EUROPEAN
LITERATURE: FROM HOMER TO
DANTE, BY Barrett Wendell. Charles
Scribners Sons
EARLY TUDOR POETRY: 14S51547.
BY John NJ. Berdan. The Macmillan
Company.
These two books, by former pro-
fessor at Harvard who died within the
year and by one still connected with
the Yale faculty, are nearly continu-
Gus. The first covers the classic and
medieval period, the second being con-
cerned with England's renaissance
which was the stirring of the greatest
national poetic impulse theA modern
world has known. the preparation for
the successive Elizabethan, Georgian
and Victorian waves of song.
1t is time for young America to
realize more intimately her world herr
tage of literary art And the unity of
this gift. through all strange tongues
and unfamiliar manners, must be
grasped Homer and Virgil and
Dante-yes, and Goethe and Racine,
are ours, and upon their foundation
must we build if we are to build at all.
AS Prof. Wendell wrote:
"A pleasantly reassuring fact in the
history of human expression is that
the names and the works which have
survived have done so largely because.
though each originally came to light
in historical conditions as distinct as
those which surround us now, each
has proved, when Its original sur
roundings have faded, to appeal for
one reason or another to generations
widely different from that which it
chanced to address in the flesh .
Thus the classics. ancient and mod
ern, have slowly revealed themselves
as standards of perception; whoever
comes to know them has a measure by
which he can test or correct his i'm
pulsive Judgment concerning new
works Of literature, or works present
ed to him for the first time"
Standards like this we certainly
need-not to be left on a library shelf
or In college. but assimiated and used
every day. in all our thinking.
The material here printed was used
largely in class work. But It is no
less readable. The five sections out