Evening star., 1934-05-12
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C.. BOWERMAN.

CONNECTICUT TRILOGY. BY Mar
guerite Allis. With Drawings by
the Author New York: G.
Putnam's Sons.
Actual records are all that are
supposed to be Of interest to the true
| historian" says Albert C. Bates, sec
1 retary of the Connecticut Historical
Society. in his foreword to Miss Allis'
book. He says further that the anti
quarian enjoys both the records and
! the stories which often accompany
them. He might have added that
! the general reader loves the stories
and prefers to Eave the records di-
gested for him by the historian. Miss
| Allis of Connecticut celebrates the
tercentenary of the founding Of the
| first three Connecticut settlements In
this informal story, which combines
authentic history and time-honored
legend. The folklore which she has
incorporated in the narrative Is such
as has persevered in various COM
munities for at least a century. Every
elementary history tells us that the
State of Connecticut at first consisted
of two colonies, Connecticut. settled
, in 1888, and Hartford, settled in 1885.
John Oldham, leader OF the first band
of settlers at Wethersfield, had been
twice expelled from Plymouth Colony
and his company were a turbulent
lot" who quarreled not only with
the natives, but also among them
selves. The settlement at Windsor
was less simple. Three different COM
panies of EngliShmen claimed the
land near the junction Of the Farm
ington and Connecticut Rivers. Nat
urally not all was sweetness and
light" at Windsor any more than at
Wethersfield. Several independent
groups arrived at Hartford in 1885
and the pioneers built their huts
"along the banks of the streamlet
which still runs through the grounds
of the State capitol" The early
hardships of the colonists, their at
temptS at recreation, among which
may perhaps be counted their wran-
Cling; the growth of the separate
settlements, and their final union in
1862, are related by Miss Allis with
delightful appreciation Of all the pio-
neering problems and recognition that
humor often entered into even the
most serious situations. The so
drawings Of old houses. meeting
houses, taverns, school houses, col
leges, shops. and Newgate Prison, near
Simsbury. more romantic than Sc
cure" add greatly TO the value and
charm of the book.
THE ;.EW INTERNATIONALISM.
BY Clark Foreman. New York:
w. w. Notion & Co.
The basic idea of DR.. Foreman's
book on the most vital world Ques-
tion of this century is that the old
capitalist internationalism has failed
and that a new internationalism, al
lowing for much more nationalism
and providing for intergovernmental
trading and cooperation is in proc
ess of taking its place. His pan Is a
close relative of economic national
ISM but is not identical with it. He
holds that there is no straight alterna-
tive for the world of nationalism or
internationalism, that there are
shades between black and white. I'm
ternational cooperation is unavoid-
able. The question is how it shall be
conducted" The new system of inter-
governmental trading which is COM
ing into existence demands national
planning Probably Dr. Foreman
would agree that the national plan
ming which is sweeping over many
countries. with Russia, Italy. Ger
many, Japan and cur own country
outstanding examples. is almost cos
mic force. He thinks that the tlansi-
ton from the old capitalist interna-
tionalism to the new intergovern-
mental trading will be accomplished
peacefully in the United States. To
those who threaten more and greater
wars if complete internationalism Is
not attained he replies that the worst
war in history came under the old
system and did more than anything
else TO drive the world further from
this system of internationalism," and
he quotes j. M. Keynes to the effect
that more economic nationaliSm may
tend to serve the cause Of peace. DR..
Foreman, who is on the staff Of the
Department of the Interior, has re-
Gently returned from investigations in
Europe, where he was a member of
the American Council of the Geneva
School of International Studies.
GENTLEMAN OF VIENNA. BY Count
Wilczek. "reminiscences edited by
his daughter Elizabeth, Countess
Kinsky. Translated by A. j. Ash
ton. New York: Reynal & Hitch
cock.
When Count Wilczek was born. In
1887, 1t was the time of Metternich
and RadetZky, Beethoven and Schu-
bert, Strauss and LanNer in Vienna.
His "reminiscences, written for his
grandchildren, are interesting because
of his period-that of Austria's great
est glory-and because of the picture
they give Of the typical life of an
Austrian aristocrat. He was court
chamberlain and carried the plumed
hat of Emperor Franz Josef behind
him during the ceremony of foot
washing on Maundy Thursday. He
was with the imperial forces in the
Seven Weeks War between Austria
and Prussia in 1866 He had many
hunting adventures and went on sew
eral polar expeditions. He was a stu
dent of natural history, mathematics
and navigation. His interests also
extended to relief work, which he car
ried on not only in Vienna, but at
Messina after the earthquake and on
the Galician and Russian fronts dur
ing the World War Though he had
little interest in politics, he was a
privy councillor and a member OF the
Upper House OF Representatives. The
Wilczek family homes were many.
Kreuzenstein, castle in Lower Aus
tria, which had been destroyed by
the SwedeS. he rebuilt, and as a
romantic retreat in the mountain
country he loved built the smaller
castle of Moosham. His daughter says
of him: Count WilcZek was the most
notable figure in our Austrian Cath
olic nobility; he was through and
through of the best metal, like finely
tempered steel"
STATE NAMES, FLAGS. SEALS,
SONGS, BIRDS. FLOWERS AND
OTHER SYMBOLS. BY George
Earle Shankle. Phi. D. New York:
The H. w. Wilson Co.
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