30 WILMETTE LIFE July 26. 1929 tioi1al requirements of the historical romance. it concerns a love story, intrinsicall~ simple enough, but set upon by a host of interferences in the shape of religious clifference.s, political . triie, and jealous intrigues. \Vhat gi\·es the stan a modicum of distinction is the inte;1 sity of the author's feeling for Rome- that city, \~· hich at the end of the period of conflict he describes- · the lat e ninet e<: nth century which sa w the end of Papal dominion 0\' Cf the state---.: emcrgcd ".as a .bride adorned" and entered· into a time of peace. Th e lO\'l' of :\ngela Cran~ll and the Count LTrsi Camillo kept pace with the m oo ds oi Home, for the causes which di\'ided the Homan s also divid ed th e lo\·crs. \ \ 'he n quiet re stores them to each other. their expcri~nces slip readily from !he r.ca<!er s mt!.)cl, 1>~1t t.he Rome they lr,·ed 111 rs nnt. su casll~: tnrgott~' ll. }.1r. ~rur.ray l~a s gr\·e~l a v1gorous Interprctatllm nt a partrcular cpo h. and a~ the s~ m e ti1~2.c made real the asp' ts o t the Cit~· ,,.l11 ch han~ endured. Comment o.n Current Books DAUGHTER OF DICKENS DIES ~frs. Kate Perugini. the onh· surviving daughter oi Charles Dickens , who died in London the other daY in her Uv'NIAJN ..SUVARL · LV~' ninetieth ,·car, inherited man\· of h er father's .l.! ift~. ··~he \\'as a \\'-ittY con\'ersationali :-; t. ,d·ot c as " ·ell as she talkrrl (san Tolm ()'London's \\' ce kh· ). 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J far cnurt. ]\ra re. Translated irom the Cerman h,· ~Iauri ce ~amucl. !\o ,,·nn<kr that this an 1 ln\·mous stnr,· nf \\·ar ad\·enturcs has im.prcssed the " ·hole German world with it s prt fnund sense oi realih·. lTere is th e thitl" as it realh· "·as .- hrhind the line s and : ·~ !he trenche s. ~ating, sle.epin~ _1:1ar.chBARBARIAN. B,· Dick so n Skinner. 111.1.[ · . lc>ve-Plaklllg, fighting . . suffenn)!. j Appleton. \\'lthout a false note and \\'lthout the .. .. . omission of a significant detail. Thi ; Stephen\\ Inthrop. ~on of a long lme ,·mm.g "~-nknO\\'ll Snldie( has ~nnL· j n. f educators an.c~ puhh~ .I~1Cll~. ~r~duat<~s through 1t all. and tells hrs ach·entures tron~ the Gothic an~l I\~ ot 1 rrnccton ..:o simph·. so unpretcntinush·. that f,,r , domrnatecl by the 1dea that he mu st the first time \\T learn ,,·hat the "other make a great deal of nwncy and make "ick" reallY felt and experienced i; 1 thl· : !t .quickly. He \\'ants a great deal oi· \Yorld \\' ar. Hne is the rhcnminrt. It 111 o~der that he may re -e . tahl;sh the the hnrcclom. and the lwrrnr ni ,,·ar hou se of \\.inthrop on \\'hat h e ron\\·ithout cmpha~i-... \rithout 111alir . and .-iders the only firm foundation . . 111d ,,·ithout moralizing. he mu st make it quickl~r itt order to· , marry ~furiel Alcxanda. He TIMBER LINE: .\!ida ~ims .\lalku~. goes into \\all Street and ~tarts The ~ton· of a Cirl of the Cordilkran making it. Once started he lets nothFl1rest (Ages 12-1 (j) Harrmrrt. Brace. ing obstruct him, and . dc\'elops a hardDa\\·n o·. ·eill is th e sixteen-n·ar-olcl ' !les s toward men that stand in hi s '.\'a\· daughter (If a Rock\· }.lnuntai; 1 iorc"t that the l)lore s," nsiti,·e member s ,1f h:s ,,·arden. Srnce hal)\:hoorl she has lin·d family find distressing. BcfM<~ he (an \\'ith her father in ·a cabin high up in accumulate enough monc\· t:1 marn· the Cordilleran range. ~he has kno\\'1 1 ~f uricl. she marries his partner in orde-r few penple. and her life ha~ hee 11 to sa'e her father from hankruptc\· centered on her iather's ,,·ork. the prn- ~nd hersrlf from pm·e rty. t!H' partner tectinn of the animals and fnrests. Then io rtnnately having inherited his mn 11 ey the resen·ation is threatened 1)\· the acl,·a nce of ci\'ilizatinn. It fate. depend~ DR. EAMES RECEIVES MEDAL on the discoven· of an old l)lazl; lonl! The gold medal t)f the Bihlillgraphical si nee o\·ergT0\\'11 in . the hark of ~ pi n.c Society (I .ondon) "ior distinguished tree. Garens Shepherd. nf the Trri~a tinn Sen-icc. takes a part in Da,,·· n's \\'(Irk in bibliography \\'it hnut restricdramatic struggle to presen·e her for- tion as to nationality or ·ml·mhnship est~. 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