Vol. 16 No. 1 1949 - page 4

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Never before published in English
The Law of Love
and
The Law of Violence
By LEO TOLSTOY
Translated from the Fren ch
by Mary Koutouzow Tolstoy
Written at the end of a long
career, Tolstoy restates the
philosophy of the early Christians
who believed nonresistance
essential to salvation.
An Impassioned Plea for a Halt in
Our Progress Towards Destruction
Written 40 Years Ago - Yet
the Message Seems Directed
Particularly To Us Today.
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A critical introduction
to the poetry of the
Nobel Prize Winner
T. S. ELIOT
A STUDY OF HIS WRITINGS
BY SEVERAL HANDS
THIS book is intended pri-
marily to serve as an
introduction to Mr. Eliot's
poetry--the lastiftg quality,
symbolism and haunting beau–
ty of which have caused him
to
be
awarded the greatest
distinction in letters-the No·
bel Prize. Most of the space
has been devoted to articles
on the Quartets, but there are
also studies of
Ash Wednesday,
G,rontion,
and
The Waste
Land,
and an essay on Eliot's
criticism. $3.00
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Trinity College, Cambridge
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ISAAC BABEL, author of "Red
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short stories, is one of the best–
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The frontispiece by William Baziotes
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