Evening star., 1935-03-23
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH G.. BOWERMAN
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. An
Antholo0v rd;ted u;th an y,tro-

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. An
Anthology. Edited with an Intro
duction by A. X. Wickham, F. s. A.
New York: oxford University Press.
This volume is No. l in the Life
and Art in Photograph series, a new
enterprise which has great posi-
bilities OF value In the way Of both
| information and interest. Nos. and
are "The Polar Regions" and
Dogs" The present volume con-
tains l04 plates, illustrating the
architecture, sculpture and painting
Of the italian Renaissance. which
has ever produced Giottos caripa-
nile and Brunelleschi's dome in Flo
renee appropriately begin the series
| Of plates, for Giotto and Brunelleschi
were pioneers Of the Renaissance who
carried over the spirit Of Roman clas-
sicism into the Middle Ages. Some Of
the other architectural plates show
details Of famous churches, including
the dome Of st. Peters at Rome, the
central portal Of the facade of the
Certosa at Pavia, the nave Of S. Fran
cesco at Rimini, and the nave Of II
Redentore at Venice, the last church
designed by Palladio. Many palaces
in Rome, Florence and lesser Italian
cities are shown. Among the plates
of sculpture are the bronze doors Of
| Ghiberti in the baptistry of Florence,
Jacopo della Quercia's monument to
Ilaria del Caretto. Donatello's David,
several of the Della Robbia terra
cottas, Cellini's Perseus, Verrocchio's
equestrian statue Of Bartolommeo COL
leoni and number of Michelangelo's
sculptures. Paintings include Gina
bue's and Giotto's "Madonnas of the
Uffizi," Masaccio's Expulsion From
Eden," Fra Angelico's "Annunciation"
and the best works Of Raphael,
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
Each plate bears a caption giving the
artist, the name Of the subject, its
location and in many cases the date
The book is one which any amateur
lover of art and travel would be glad
to add to his library.
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A WINTER DIARY AND OTHER
POEMS. BY Mark Van Doren.
New York: The Macmillan Co.
In heroic couplets Mr.. Van Doren
tells in his title poem Of a Winter in
the country, from October to April.
drawing his inspiration from the soil
and the elements. as Thomson did in
THE Seasons" and Whittier in Snow
bound" Four city dwellers remain in
the country when the last of the
Summer people have returned to
town. for sit is the year we stay" to
test the Winter solitude Of the country.
The changes in the weather and the
face of the country as October sun
shine gives place to November rains,
December SHOWS and the settled icy
cold of January and February are
recorded in the Winter Diary" with
the corresponding changes in the
routine life of the family in the farm
house and the animals in their stables.
The verse form, so well adapted to
the subject; the delicately chosen
phrasing and the depth of feeling
combine to make this one Of the best
OF modern pastoral poems. The
volume also contains sequence of "a
SonnetS and a number of lyrics
grouped under the headings: The
Eyes The Tower" Return to
Ritual" The Story-Teller." Report
Of Angels" and Here Then He lay"
The lyrics show wide range of sub
ject and meter and represent some of
Mr.. Van Doren's best work. His
former volumes of poetry are Spring
Thunder" 81 PM" Now the Sky"
and Jonathan Gentry"
FROM THEN TILL NOW. BY James
Barnes. New York: D. Appleton
Century Co.
When only l8 James Barnes left
Lenox. Mass, and New York City,
where his family lived, and werzt forth
to explore the West. He has been
exploring something ever since, places,
people, ideas. He writes as Familiarity
of Europe and South Africa as he
does of Manhattan. His whole life
has been spent with meE of affairs,
artists, writers, and much Of his own
time has been given to writing. He
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ing the Boer War. was highly-paid
personal secretary to Joseph Pulitzer
curing a private cruise, worked as an
engineer IN the Middle West, did edi-
torial work with various publishers,
has written novels and juveniles, went
on a Photographic expedition with
Kearton 10 South Africa, served in
the World War, and now lives at
Princeton. He has had a rich life,
one in which he has been able to
choose his way instead of being
pushed along it, and his reminiscent
ceS, written with delightful informal
ity, convey the impression that he has
enjoyed every bit Of it.
ROME AND THE WORLD TODAY.
BY Herbert S. Hadley New York:
G. P. Putnam's Sons
The Roman Empire gave to sue
ceeding centuries law and the prod
ucts Of a golden age" Of literature.
All high school students are famil-
lar with these contributions. Histo-
rianS and economists have in recent
years found in the events preceding
the establishment of the Roman En-
pire, its comparatively long duration.
its decline and fall. numerous paral-
lels with world history of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth CEN
turies and have not hesitated to base
prophecies on their comparisons. DR..
Hadley, professor of law at the Uni
versity of Colorado. some time ago
made a study of the similarities be-
tween the reorganization of civiliza-
ton under the Roman Empire, which
brought a war-worn world 200 years
of peace and conditions prevailing
in the modern world almost shat
tered by the World War. Since then
the economic collapse has been the
sequence Of that war and some Of
DR.. Hadley's forecasts seem already
to have been realized. So this new
edition of his book is worth while.
SUNLIGHT ON THE HILLS. BY
Elizabeth Carfrae. New York: G.
P. Putnam's Sons.
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