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than this, for before he dropped into the peace
Of q garden on the shore of the Sea of Galilee,
where the only sounds we're the reed flutes of
the goat herds in the fields in order to write
his book Mr.. Bolitho had explored every part
Of the Holy Land and talked with people of all
types. He discovered that Jews hate Arabs and
Englishmen; that Arabs hate Jews and English
men, and that Englshmen have thankless and
well-nigh impossible task when they try to keep
the peace. He became interested in the Zionist
movement and at times "felt the cloak Of the
Jerusalem propagandist falling upon my shoul-
ders, but his final inclination is to believe that
the isolation Of any people Is unnatural and
that there are qualities Of human nature in all
nationalities which should. with long and pains
taking effort, enable them to come to measure
OF understanding and adjustment. While visit
ing German friend his forest and farm
estate he talked with "a little Jew cowman'
about the Zionist movement The cowman,
fresh from the excitement of bargaining over
the purchase of COW. dismissed the suggestion
OF migration to Palestine with finality: mo.
could not live there. If 1t is all Jews, there
wouldn't be any Christians to do business with"
Mr Bolitho's racial and economical conclusions
are based on information and thought. The
charm of his book comes from another source.
that which enters into his biographies and
novels-his power of absorbing and giving out
impressions Of places and people. With him we
visit the Lake Of Gdlilee, the Plain of Jezreel,
Jericho and all the holy places Of Jerusalem,
and with him we appreciate the "whirlblast OF
changes in Palestine"
WILLIAM THE CONQUERoR BY Phillips
Russell. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
@T TWO places In Normandy one may step
A back into the eleventh century and the
environment Of that remarkable man Of
Of action, William the Conqueror, and his
Queen, Nitilda. At Bayeux, under glass, is the
famous tapestry, really embroidery on linen.
made by Queen Matilda to commemorate the
events Of her famous husbands conquest OF
England. The figures Of william and his Saxon
enemy Harold recur In the various battle
scenes The English are always depicted with
mustaches and the Normans without. At
Caen, are the two abbey churches built by
william and Matilda, st. Etienne, or the Alb
baye- AUX Hommes, and La Trinite, or the
Abbaye- -aux-Dames. founded as expiation for
their marrying within the degree Of consan-
guinity forbidden by the church. Mr.. Russell
has written q most satisfying biography of the
dominant Norman duke, who fought his own
unruly mobiles for control Of his duchy and
then, finding the limits Of his territory too
narrow, crossed the Channel and. after some
ruthless fighting eliminating in the battle Of
founded o new dynasty. Detailed, straight
forward not thrown out of proportion by fea-
turing Of the scandalous the biography is yet
full Of the color and action which make .
good romantic story. There is also an ade-
quate index, an accessory with which some
readers easily dispense, but whose absence
badly irritates others.
William was the nlesitmate son Of Robert
the Devil sixth Duke of Normandy and Arlette,
daughter Of . tanner Of Falaise where was
located one of the castles of the Dukes of
Normandy. He was brought up, not in the
castle, but In the house Of his grandfather, the
tanner. When he was only Z or years old.
his father, from conviction of sin and desire
for adventure, decided to go on q pilgrimage to
Jerusalem, and before departing presented his
hitherto unacknowledged son to his barons as
their future lord. Robert the Devil never re-
turned from his pilgrimage, but died, probably
from the popular method Of poisoning, on his
way home. William, now duke according to
his fathers dictum. came under the guardian
ship Of various lords but he early took things
into his own hands. when less than 20 years
old he conquered and brought under subsection
the restless and power-craving mobiles of his own
duchy." q feat which Mr.. Russell estimates as
more significant Of his greatness than the con-
quest of England. Three times in succession
he crushed invading French armies He en-
tered and took territory from neighboring
provinces He converted his stolid Normans
into an aggressive, energetic. and naughty peo-
pie He made his little duchy feared through
out Europe" His marriage to Matilda, daughter
Of Baldwin. Count Of Flanders, cost him more
effort than most of his conquests and gave
him greater anxiety than the hostility of his
barons. Though she was difacult to win. she
was worth the effort, for her loyalty, fierce
determination and administrative ability made
her fit queen for conqueror. At critical
periods william made her his regent. In the
portrait drawn bg Mr. Russell. which Is in
accord with accepted history, william is avid
of power. without scruples brutal, cruel In
other words. he had the qualities necessary for
success in his period.