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NAPIER, ELMA-•-Colranucd of Los Angeles, the Abraham Lincoln of
and inevitability: the wrangling, the recoatcilia- D. & 0., and the Super-Chief on the Santa F
[tons, the spiritual and pltyslcaj miserirs appear Books
astonishingly real. In consideration of. !tit fairly
cnCout'aging conclalslOn, and the fact that it Bookllst 33:221 Mr '37
combinos, ay It does, a treat deal of Interesting Reviewed by M L. Becker
and salutary Information about sex with some Books p0 My 23 ':17 130w
exquisite plcturey of natural objects in one of
the more remote portions of our Empire, I
would like urgently to recommend this volume, NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN. The Avon •
not only to the ordinary adult realer, but also 190p 52 Random house
Lo the schoolmaster, for distribution." 73rlun 512 37.1
Howard
Ir Nathan has token scenes from three-[ New Statesman 6 Notion 12:1028 19 lz,haltespeare's plays. Romeo and Juliet. Oth.
3G 900 ' rind The Turnlnf: of the shrew, woven them
" Written with extreme, almost pia.lnful sen- gethaar with butt one set of characters,
albitlty, 'Duet In Discord' is a novel (Or which therebY fashioned a comauy on tho them
a number of claims, can be made. If one can what might have happened If Romeo
overlook a .certain lushness and precJou-sass Juliet had lived on. '
of :;tyle, bliss Garner has done well by her a
brilliant Caribbean setting. Its vivid beauty Book'1st 33:200 Mr '37
Is omnipresent and Integral to her story; burn- "A comedy which has an odd sort
Ing with color and heavy with tropical scOntrr, col—',d nod probably tickled George
her backredib e does much to make ravening nteneely. It would tickle hire still mote
thatloaDuetdlnle Dlscoitl isl�ftdine ttrathr..ro Cold eomo processor ,) mad about it. We
remain calm." «. F. Eatc,r
For all Its reticence
suavity of style, its modernity of Books p23 Mr 14 '37 90w
tone, lta reticence of language, it has a,. basic "Mr. Nathan prefers Comedy and a co
sentimentality which I found tiresome and
cloying." E. H, W. of marriage he gets. When the play la
•i- ••- N Y Times p7 J'1 13 '37 1150W aluced It will be a pleasure, as It always
"(Mh;A) Garner has treated this hazardous
to hear Shakespeare's lines again on the a
Fuhl!oct Admirably, with candor rine a sincere but as for 'The Avon Plows' wo should
feeling for the emotional impllcatl ns of tho with the forthrightness that )vfr. Nathan -31 mend?. the Avon be damn'd.•' P. M.
situation. She also displays an unexpected and — -1- N Y Tlmea p4 P 11 '37 1190w '
saving point of humor in Writing of her islt;nd
and its inhabitants both black and white, there-
by rendering the otherwir;o grim little tale far NATIONAL COUNCIL Or TEACHERS •
more human and moving ;than it appears In ENGLISH. Correlated curriculum; a r •
outline. . IICre is an 'unusual and atiractive of the Committee Or Correlation 01 the •
piece of work, unafltieted with the conventions ell: Ruth Mary Weeks, chairman, 321p
of tropical romance despite its ..setting, . . A 52 (As 6d) Appleton-Century
theme seldom done satisfactorily from the •
distaff side." 375.42 Education—Curricula. English
+ Sat R of Llt 16:13 31 17 '37 2GOw ature—Study and teaching. Zngllah •
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"Miss Garner relates the Characters to their F,uabe--Brusly and teaching 35
backgrounds as well as to one another, and the "In this hook on one Of the most rcv'olu •
hook might be worth riertdinE just for itai Carib- Lary aspects of Current education, a comm:
bean ddoor, though the clone-ups of tropical of the National Council of 'Teachers of Eb•
vegetation and of the humours of native life has endeavored to gather for the reams;
arc perhaps a little too extraneous to the main analysis typical proposals for each possIb'•e •
theme." William Plcrner of correlation of English with other sub•
Spec 157:1009 D 15 '36 200w of instruction." (Fret) Index. 1 '
"The author has Invented. ill Tony as un- •
pleasant a cad as one would wish to meet:
Reviewed by W. F. AtUrra .,
and the dislike one reels for the old story of SocIci •Educ 1:395 rzv '37 400n-
the middle-aged woman becoming the physical The book is a worthy contribution to ••
slave of the very young man is hardly redeemed of our greatest educational problems ..
by the descrlution of the Island and Its inhaab- ulum-makln}.'." A. C. B.
!rants, gond though that Is." • -l- Soo CI Studies 25:139 I•fr '37 1SON ••`;
— Times [London] Lit Sup p1097 D 25 '3G ?',
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NASH, CHARLES EDGAR. Trailer ahovl 261p per intendencque function of lepoliciescation 1 tam '
11 ;•1,90 Inte111genecr ptg. ca, 3 W. Xing at, siola;an democracy (It. by Hendrik Willem
Lancaster, Pa. Loon), 120p r,0c Nat. educt
620,220 Automobiles—Trailers 37-20410 370,073 Education—Aims and obi. '
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and consls,tsi of a miscellany of. information, The "Statement of the social obligations of
most notable feature Is the series of unusual cation and of the means moat appropriate
photographs, showing trailers, trailer camps and discharging theta. The Commission ••
scenes from the author's travels," W1& Lib Bela double argument: (1) In itn nature and • '
N Y New Tech Bke 22:4 Ja '37* gallons, cdueation is unique among the
tions of government: (2) .the proper (11 .Reviewed by Theodore Pratt of such duties as are laid upon the •
Sat R of Lit 16:10 Ag 7 '37 120w schools requires for education a measure
Special Libraries 28:199 My 'Si autonomy quite as wide as that whlcis k
Wis Llb But 33:34 A '3.7 historicallyy� been accorded the Judiciary-1'.
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"Without agreeing that education 1i
NATHAN, MRS ADELE (GUTMAN), and unique a function as the Commission alt.•
ERNST, MRS MARGARET S. The iron to prove, the reviewer thinks that the
horse. new era ed 44p ii $2 Knopf embodies as good a statement of this.
921..13 Locornotiver;—Juv'enlle 11tOalure as It is po:;sible to make," 1'. A. Vicg "L l'
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