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THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C. B0WERMAN.

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DICKINSON COLLEGE. The History
of One Hundred and Fifty Years
1783-1933. BY James Henry Morgan
PHI. D., D. D, LII. D. Carlisle, Pa.
Dickinson College.
In 1851 Dickinson College, one of the
fine small colleges. such as the one
Daniel Webster loved, had seven dis
tinguiShed alumni in WASHINGTON
They were James Buchanan, fifteenth
President Of the United States; Roger
Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court; Robert
Cooper Grier, another justice Of the
Supreme Court; Philip Francis Thomas,
Secretary Of the Treasury; Clement
Alexander Finley, Surgeon General of
the United States Army; Willard Sauls-
bury, United States Senator. and Spen-
Ger Fullerton Baird. assistant secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution. A
goodly list. Dickinson was the first
Middle States. college west of Susque-
hanna and was established four months
before the ratification of the treaty of
peace between the United States and
Great Britain. During the Civil War
troops Of both the North and the South
occupied its campus. AS the narrative
proceeds. much Of the history of the
United States is shown to have been a
part of the history of the college, from
the time when, under its first presi-
dent, Dickinson got along in some way
without any books, to October 81, 1888,
when it celebrated Its 150th anniver-
sary. The author Of this story of the
continuous existence Of a stalwart COL
lege. DR.. James Henry Morgan, Is now
president Of the institution, with which
he has been connected for more than
half century.
THE SPANISH MARRIAGE. BY Helen
Simpson.
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. BY Wis.,
count Erleigh
THE SECESSION OF THE SOUTH
ERN STATES. BY Gerald w. John
son. All in Great Occasions Series.
New York: g. P. Putnam's Sons.
This excellent new series describing
and estimating certain great historical
events could be profitably extended to
make another five-foot shelf. Among the
eleven volumes thus far published are
The Last Days of the Romanoffs," by
r. H. Bruce Lockhart; THE Massacre
VI StclCUc, Dy OOIlI1 buCI1dL, 4Id-
falgar," by A. F. Fremantle, and "The
Armada" by Lorna Rea, in addition TO
the three volumes listed above. "The
Spanish Marriage" Is the story OF Mary
Tudor's determination to marry Philip
II of Spain, chiefly because OF her de-
sire for an heir and her wish for an
abetter In stamping out Professionalism,
and partly because of some inexplicaole
fascination which the gloomy Spanlard
exercised over her. The historical con-
sequences of the marriage were far
both in politics and religion,
both in England and on the Continent.
"The South Sea Bubble" by Viscount
Erleigh, son of Lord Reading. tells of
one Of the most famous orgies of specu-
lation in the history Of finance, the
forerunner and perhaps the instructor
of some of the modern Wall Street
scandals. The South Sea Bubble, like
stock market and bank crashes to-
day, was attended by bankruptcies,
suicides, the ruin Of small, honest in
vestors and the disgrace of public ofn-
cials. Mr.. johnson, author Of "The
Secession of the Southern States" him
self a Southerner: sees the Civil War
as the result of ''farcical craftsmanship"
on both sides, as Suicide pact" In
which the South fought for what was
it and the North destroyed
what might have saved it from intel
lectual and moral smugneSS. He con-
cludes that neither side was right and
that the Civil War like other wars,
might have been avoided.
TIGER JUAN. BY Ramon Perez de
Ayala Translated from the Spanish
by Walter Starkie, Lift. D. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
The market place Of Pilares, an I'M
aginary town in the Asturias, with its
decaying old houses and tottering ar
cades, is the opening scene in this novel
Of Ayala, which took the National Prize
for Literature in Spain. Love and at
tending jealousy are the theme, as they
have been in so many romanceS Of the
Latin countries. In the market place
there is one stall which, though in an
corner, and partially
concealed by three enormous umbrellas
and a winding rampant of baskets OF
peas, lentils, beans, maize, cheStnuts and
flberts, and barrels of sardines and
dried herrings, is much frequented. 1t
bears the sign Tiger Juan: Scrivener,
copyist, blood-letter," which further ex-
plains that the owner of the stall spe-
cializes in the writing of love letters for
women and in various medical practices.
Juan has a fiery nature-a help in the
writing of love letters for others. He Is
also rumored to have been so jealous
that he wrecked his marriage. His per-
sonal problem Is now his adopted son.
Colas, who Is already at 18 enthralled
by love. Infatuation with the very idea
Of love, Colas urges Tiger Juan to marry
vUid nf
about forty. The idea takes root easily
in Tiger Juan's susceptible heart and the
affair progresses more favorably than
does that Of Colas. Herminia, beloved
Of Colas, becomes involved in the life of
Tiger Juan. For some pages Ayala de-
scribeS the events in the lives of Tiger
Juan and Herminia In parallel columns
rather an odd and not very skilful
device. The contemporaneous emotions
Of the two pail after few pages. There
IS abundant intrigue and abundant emo
ton, both sentimental and violent. 1t is
easy to trace the influence of the older
Spanish romances of intrigue and pic
turesque adventure. The permanent
Spanish romantic types Of the hero the
gallant, the vagabond, the noble lady.
the beautiful heroine, are all here. Senor
Ramon Perez de Ayala is now the first
Ambassador Of the Spanish Republic to
Great Britain. His translator is lecturer
1T Trinity College, Dublin.
MARLOwE'S DAUGHTER.
BY Frances Parkinson Keyes, New
York: Julian Messner.
A story Of Senator's daughter by an
author in Washington official life is sure
70 attract attention. Mrs. Keyes, wife
he
shire. is not novice in fiction writing.
In 1919 her novel, "The Old Gray
was published and since
hen she has written THE Career of
David Noble" Lady Blanche Farm"
Queen Anne's Lace" and Silver Seas
and Golden Cities" stories. which show
.he authors knowledge of rural New
England life, Washington official life,
md diplomatic life in many countries,
where Mrs. Keyes has Travelled extern
'ively. Faith Marlowe, granddaughter