Evening star., 1935-03-17
PUBLIC LIBRARY

PUBLIC LIBRARY
GREECE.
The witchs cauldron of the Balkans
Is bubbling again, and this time the
flames that heat it are leaping up
along the Grecian front. 1t
dangerous spot for fire, as there Is
tinder in every direction, and rumors
of another Balkan war are rife. The
Public Library presents list OF books
on modern Greece.
Descriptive Works.
A Yacht in Mediterranean Seas, by
Isabel Anderson. 1880. G27.An23.
"Chummy, chatty well-informed,
a mixture Of personal narrative and
concise description, historical and
geographical"
Discover Greece: wherein an incur
able nomad sets forth what betell
him and an artist friend during
labyrinthine Summer journey
through modern Hellas, by II. A.
ITanck. 1873. GO4r or
"The narrative is informal, OBJ
servant and amusing; it imparts in
formation in the form Of readily
assinilable by-product."
Greece and the Aegean, by E. A. Gard
ner. 1888 G34Gl73.
1.-The Introductory chapters discuss
the approach to Athens, the histori-
cal and modern means of travel in
that country and the language. re-
ligion and education Of the modern
Greeks"
Picturesque Greece; architecture,
landscape, life Of the people by
Hans Holdt 1922. G32.H74S
(Reference).
A superb collection Of pictures OF
modern Greece.
A Glimpse Of Greece. by Edward Hut
ton. 1928. G34.H97.
"True poet as well as scholar, feel
ing as well as seeing the beauty OF
which he writes, Mr.. Hutton's travel
and historical studies reveal to us not
only the outward semblance but the
heart of lands and peoples"
Greece. by William Miller. 1928.
G34M617.
"Dr. Miller presents a rounded pic
ture of modern Greece in all its ac-
tivities. political, social. cultural, in
dustrial. and in a chapter called Who's
Who in Athens introduces leading
figures in the modern Hellenic world"
Glinpses of Greece, ed, by B. P.
Salmon. 1923. G34 Sa36g.
A well illustrated handbook on
modern Greece with articles on many
phases of its cultural development.
Venizelos.
Venizelos. by H A. Gibbons. 1923.
EV555g.
"The biographer of living man.
especially of a living man whose
career is in the making, must perforce
deal with moot questions and problems
not yet solved"
Eleftherios venizelos, His Life and
Work, by DR.. c. Kerofilas. 1915.
EV555k
An uncritical biograpf in which
the authors "adulation ..lirrors the
attitude of the great majority OF the
Greek people"-in 1915!
Venizelos and the War; a sketch OF
personalities and politics, by CraW-
furd Price. 1917. F30791 P934v.
The Victory of venizelos, a study of
Greek politics, l9l0-l9l8, by V. J.
Seligman. 1920. F346.Se44.
A defense OF the Venizelos admins
tration.
History and Politics.
Greece and the Great Powers; the
Greek struggle for national unity
during the last hundred years ed.
by H. B. Dewing. 1924. F34G813.
1.-THE vitality of the Greek race has
never been more strikingly exhibited
than today, when the work Of political
and economic rehabilitation is in full
swing. in circumstances of extraordi-
nary complexity and difficulty"
Modern Greece; a chronicle and a
survey. 180O-l93l, by John Mavro-
gordato. 1881. F34M44.
"He has embraced the political.
economic and cultural chronicle OF
modern Greece within the compass of
a small book"
A History of the Greek People, 1921
1921, by William Miller 1922.
F34.M6l3.
"After an Introductory chapter
summarizing the many centuries Of
foreign rule in Greece. the book de-
votes itself to the history of modern
Greece from the time of the establish
ment of the monarchy through the
World War"
Postwar Disaster.
The Great Betrayal: A Survey Of the
Near East Problem, by E. H. Biers-
tadt. 1924. JU60l .B474g.
""The Great Betrayal should be read
by everyone who loves distributive
Justice. above all it should be read
and carefully read, by every Ameri-
can"
Greece Today; The Aftermath Of the
Refugee Impact, by E. G. Mears.
1929. G34.M46.
"An exhaustive survey Of the eco
norlic and financial situation in
Greece, dealing extensively with the
success With which the country has
absorbed the half million refugees
form Turkey"
I Was Sent to Athens, by Henry
Morgenthau, in collaboration with
French Strother. 1929. F346.M82.
at is tragic account Of one of the
most tragic episodes In the aftermath
Of the World War"
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