The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05

contrary to some of the opinions ex-
pressed later, believed that Soviet Rus
STA is moving towards Socialism. He
examines the economic progress which
Soviet Russia has made since the
Revolution, and finds that Russia has
made definite socialist achievements
in building her economic life.
oil combines of the world. Fischer
BROKEN EARTH, by Maurice Hin
dus.-Little is known about what is
happening in the small Russian vii
lage. Hindus, a brilliant American
journalist, returned to the village of
his birth from which he was absent
over twenty years and describes what
has happened to the peasant, his wife
and his children. to the school, the
church, the Soviet and various phases
of the peasant life. The book has an
introduction by Glenn Frank, formerly
editor of the Century Magazine, and
now president Of the Wisconsin Uni
versity.
OIL IMPERIALISM-THE IN
'TERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR
RUSSIAN PETROLEUM, by Louis
Fischer.-In this book Fischer takes
up one of the most important of Rus
sian industries and shows how the
Soviet Government has made progress
in developing it notwithstanding the
obstacles put in its way by the great
oil combines of the world. Fischer
gives a great deal Of interesting
material of what the great British,
American and French oil interests are
doing in order to obtain the control
of the market of Russian oil, The
book is an interesting study both in
Imperialism as we'll as in Russian
economic policies.
EDUCATION IN SOVIET RUS
STA, By Scott Nearing.-Scott Near
ing has been a teacher for over
twenty years, and when he first went
to Soviet Russia he was interested in
finding out what is happening in the
Russian schools. He tells in his book
how the revolution has affected edu-
cation both in the lower schools as
well as the higher universities. The
role which students and teachers play
in the conduct of their educational
work is described and the new methods
which Russian schools employ are
analysed from the point Of view of
what 1t will mean to the Revolution
when the younger generation will
grow up.
LITERATURE & REVOLUTION.
by Leon Trotsky-Following in the
line of other Marxists Trotsky takes
up literature and analyses the social
implications Of various literary
forms and movements. Trotsky par
ticularly is interested in the influence
of the revolution on Russian litera-
ture, and his brilliant book has be-
come a classic in this field.
RUSSIAN POETRY-An Anth-
ology by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm
Yarmolinsky.--Here we have trans
lated all the best poems of repre-
sentative Russian poets from Pushkin
down to the present day. We have
here the classical poets such as Push
KIN, Lermontov and others down to
those who have appeared since the
Revolution, such as Mayakovsky.
Demyan Bedny and others. The book
has complete translation of the ia
nous poem of Biloxi "The Twelve" as
well as a special introduction by the
translators discussing the various
schools of Russian poetry and it con-
talns also critical and biographical
notes OF all the forty odd poets who
have been collected in the book.
MODERN SSIAN COM
by Leonid Sabaneyeff.-
Music lovers who have been partic-
ularly enchanted with Russian music
have long been wanting a book which
would properly present the various
schools of Russia music, particularly
such outstanding figures as Skryabin,
Stravinski, Rakmaninoff, Prokofyeff,
Myaskovski, Ryebikoff, and others.
The Russian composer who writes in
a beautiful style is here presented in
popular form. An analysis of the
contributions of various Russian COM
posers, whose names appear contantly
on concert programs here in America
is also given.
THE NEW EATRE AND
CINEMA OF SOVIET RUSSIA, by
Huntly Carter.-7The famous English
authority on the theatre went to Rus
STA and for some time studied the eff
feet of the Revolution on the Russian