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The Woman of Andros by Thornton WilderAdvocate of Peace through Justice, Vol. 92, No. 3 (August, 1930), p. 199Published by: World Affairs InstituteStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20681477 .
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Advocate of Peace, August, 1930 199
some manufacturers of tennis goods in this coun
try busy all the year round. Dr. Klein feels that
all this international commerce adds great strength to international amity.
The Geneva School of International Studies announces a four-week course for the summer of
1930 in which an interesting group of lecturers
will conduct courses. This is under the direction
of Professor Alfred Zimmern, Deputy Director of
the League of Nations International Institute of
Intellectual Co-operation. Professor Zimmern's
very popular special course, in which he inter
prets each day's session of the Assembly of the
League, will be carried on again this summer.
Under the auspices of the Committee on Cul
tural Relations with Latin America, the fourth
annual session of the seminar in Mexico will be
held this year in Mexico City, July 13 to Augusts. The course will be a comprehensive study of
Mexican life and culture and will conclude with
a reception given by Ambassador and Mrs.
Morrow.
Magallanes, formerly known as Punta
Arenas, is the world's southernmost city, approxi
mately a thousand miles further south than the
southern point of Africa. It is situated about
midway in the Straits of Magellan, and has been
reached only by steamboat service hitherto.
Soon, however, it will be regularly served by air
plane service from Chile. A commander in the
Chilean Navy made the air trip in January and
plans were made for regular air service soon to be
installed.
Miss Agnes McPhail, progressive member of
the Canadian. House of Commons, introduced
there on March 6 a resolution providing that for
every $100 spent by the government for war pur
poses $1 should be used to promote peace by
setting up a chair of international relations, and
by granting international scholarships at each
Canadian university.
In honor of the hundred years of Belgian in
dependence, the Belgian Ambassador of Belgium to the United States, Prince Albert de Ligne, has
offered a gold medal to the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, to be awarded
for the best essay on Belgian history. That his
tory extends over 3,000 years, though only 100
years mark the complete independence of the
country.
Book Reviews
FICTION FOR SUMMER READING
The Woman of Andros, by Thornton Wilder,
Pp. 162. Albert & Charles Boni, . Y., 1930.
Price, $2.50.
Taking his theme from a comedy of Terence, Mr. Wilder uses it in his own manner, building thereon a human story of life, hope, disappoint
ment, and death. But death in Wilder's books
is not the violent frustration it is to many writ ers. It is melancholy, to be sure, but a natural
element of the moral episode. This story of the
Greek Island of Byrnos and a few of its inhabi tants is like a cameo in its delicacy of delinea
tion. The philosophy underlying the few epi sides is as universal as are the principles of
beauty to the cameo-cutter. Perhaps the theme
may be summarized as the demand life makes
upon us for a great love that looks for no re
ward. It suggests the power that such a love
would have upon those who come after. In
deed, the theme is subtly indicated in a part of the opening paragraph, repeated in the final
sentence. "Triumph," says the first page, "had
passed from Greece, and wisdom from Egypt; but with the coming on of night, they seemed to regain their lost honors, and the land, that
was soon to be called Holy, prepared in the dark its wonderful burden." And the last sentence
closes thus: "And in the East the star shone
tranquilly down upon the land that was soon to
be called Holy and that even then was prepar
ing its precious burden."
Uncle Sam in the Eyes of His Family, by John Erskine. Pp. 351. Bobbs, Merrill Co.,
Indianapolis, 1930. Price, $2.50.
Uncle Sam of the cartoon has become the hero of a realistic novel! John Erskine, always un
usual, has seen in the well-known figure a per
sonality both vital and appealing. The story traces that personality through its development, and, without too close adherence to historical de
tail, Uncle Sam becomes a recognizable portrait of
the American character. The older brothers and sister in the family of nations stand in the back
ground of the picture, distinctly sketched with Mr. Erskine's light, ironic touch. Each would be
likable in spite of foibles, one thinks, if one only
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