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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Sep 1938, p. 38

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Ordi.r Now 1 lubies Are Hum. S.I.git Ill Dr. C. Anderson Aldrich mnd Pa ul H. Steqeman CNILDRENS L.earned, the new bookc by A. Law- rence L oweil whieh the Macmillan company has published. Dr., Lowefl was professor of the science of govermnent at Harvard unlverslty from 1900 to 1909, waà president of the university from 1909 to 1933, and is now president emer- Itus. Luoi and TfmeIy It is difficult to describe the qual- ity of Dr. Lowel's book. Many of the usual adjectives may be applied to it-it îs lucid, stimulating, timely;' but these ternis fail to express the acute observation, the wisdom, the tolerance whlch induce interest and conviction ithe reader. are The Summer Soldier by. Leane Zugsmnith and Fruit in Season by Anthony Thorne. The- SYummer, Sotdiel' revreals the minds and emotions. of ,cultivated, weil-intentioned, 'liberal people,'tor' and harassed by the conflicting social forces. that are sweeping this country today. A situation has arsnthat is sald to. be a, disgracàe to a democracy. FPive men~ and women of good will, impeiled by very différent motives, forget their personal problems long enough to join a committee to investigate. They do not thlnk of danger te themselves. But, afterward, somne of them are neyer to think of any- no< 1tY&<, lhtN. Y. itrasts the mo n for the Arn civil service difference r ent conceptic u un a seneraionI ig to forget ail the Id place stood for. i ts name, and in tory opens, its oc- .unusual. children, in gover ness, and children cannot chà.pter or Jterrr frotu $3.00 vertam aci 1human behavior. --" years later to reopen 1 ~Of9 t Sng, 's for a fortnight, and t >ok. Mr. Birch family together once ;h year, and has briel moment. Mrs. .Richards, Tho MJA ÉAinir .- Dos n tn as just pu o'th s 5444 ghteen n Hall er the for a wÀWM

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