Dorothy Thompson: NYEPLR, (Feb. 19), p. 12. Wassermann's Visit (interview). Harry Saltpeter: NYW, (Feb. 20), p. 10M. The German Dostoievsky (interview). Wedekind, FrANK. The Tenor. Tr. by André Tridon: GBM, V, 25, (Jan.), pp. 65-73. WERFEL. Paulus unter den Juden. Pierre Loving: SRL, (Feb. 26), p. 613— "The weakness of the play lies perhaps in its epigrams." Ernst Jockers: F. W. als religiöser Dichter. GR, II, 1, (Jan.), pp. 40-63. Music and Werfel's Art (translation of parts of interview of Willy Haas in "Die literarische Welt"). NYHTB, (Feb. 13), p. 9. WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH. Sechste Ausgabe von Karl Lachmann, bearbeitet von Eduard Hartl. Berlin 1926. Rev. by W. Kurrelmeyer: MLN, XLII, 1, (Jan.), pp. 58-59. New edition on the basis of all the extant manuscripts. Zweig, Stefan. Verwirrung der Gefühle. A. W. G. Randall: SRL, (Feb. 12), p. 581. The Invisible Collection. N. Y., The Pynson Printers, Inc. Ben Ray Dutch Couperus, LOUIS. The Comedians. SRL, (Jan. 1), p. 487—“An artificial narrative exercise, carried out with skill and thorough attention to colorful detail. Translation lively, natural." NYW, (Jan. 9), p. 11M—“an achievement, although of another kind than ‘Ecstasy.'" Dekker, EdwARD DOUWES (pseud. Multatuli). Max Havelaar, or, The Coffee Sales of the Netherlands Trading Company. Tr. by Max Siebenhaar. With an Introduction by D. H. Lawrence. (Knopf.) A. J. Barnouw: The Netherland-America Foundation, N. Y., Monthly Letter, (Jan.), 4 p.—“As a picture of Dutch rule in Java Max Havelaar is out of date, but from the Drystubble satire with its universal application the book derives its timeless value.” NYS, (Jan. 15), p. 8—“lives by virtue of the human warmth that underlies its indignation." NYHTB, (Jan. 2), p. 17-"a powerful satiric novel." NYW, (Jan. 9), p. 11M. NAEFF, TOPP. Letje. Henriette Hendrix-Holst: NYTBR, (Jan. 30), p. 12— "complete life of a girl belonging to a former generation and a woman of the present day." Icelandic Hollander, LEE M. Were the Mythological Poems of the Edda Composed in the Pre-Christian Era? JEGP, XXVI, 1, (Jan.), pp. 96-105. Argues that since many poems known to be of the Christian era are decidedly Viking in spirit "the nimbus of antiquity must be dispelled from poems that are, supposedly, 'pagan in spirit.'" Danish Brandes, GeorG. Jesus: a Myth. Tr. by Edwin Bjorkman. BTBS, (Feb. 5), p. 3-"rambles from thought to thought, seemingly he wrote them down as they occurred to him from day to day." NR, L, (Jan. 19), p. 255. Clifton P. Fadiman: NYEPLR, (Feb. 26), pp. 1, 13. (Obituary.) Norwegian Undset, Sigrid. The Cross. Tr. by Charles Archer. NYTBR, (Feb. 20), pp. 8, 9. Lucile Gulliver: BTBS, (Feb. 19), p. 5. Swedish DIXELIUS, HILDUR. The Minister's Daughter (Prästdottern). Tr. by Anna C. Settergren with a foreword by Edward Garnett. Marian Storm: NYEPLR, (Feb. 12), p. 2—“admirable for its sweep and for its unity." NYTBR, (Jan. 30), p. 9. Ruth Suckow: NYW, (Jan. 30), p. 10M—“ austerely imagined, finely proportioned." NR, L, 638, (Feb. 23), pp. 26, 27—“a series of astonishing canvases, which yet are so skilfully and firmly interwoven that the whole is coherent, powerful and moving." SSUR, (Feb. 6), p. 7F -Points out similarity in style of Dixelius and Bojer: (1) the same uncompromising religious spirit; (2) the presentation of the skeptic. LAGERLÖF. Liliecrona's Home (Liljecronas Hem). Tr. by Anna Barwell. SRL, GR.... (Feb. 19), p. 600. Outlook, vol. 145, 6, (Feb. 9), p. 189 (mention). NYTBR, (Jan. 30), p. 9—“has the authority and the full flavor of Selma Lagerlöf at her best." Ruth Suckow: NYW, (Jan. 30), p. 10M. Margaret Rigg: NYHTB, (Jan. 30), pp. 3, 4. Mårbacka. NYHTB, (Jan. 16), p. 3—“prose vividly pictorial." The Outlaws. Tr. by Grace Isabel Colbron: GBM, V, 25, (Jan.), pp. 17–24. List of Periodicals Used and Abbreviations American Mercury, New York, N. Y. American Review of Reviews, New York, N. Y. American Scandinavian Review, New York, N. Y. Bookman, New York, N. Y. Canadian Forum, Toronto, Canada. Century, New York, N. Y. Commonweal, New York, N. Y. Dial, New York, N. Y. Drama, Mount Morris, Ill. Forum, New York, N. Y. . Germanic Review, New York, N. Y. GBM......Golden Book Magazine, New York, N. Y. Harpers, New York, N. Y. Independent, Boston, Mass. JEGP.....Journal for English and Germanic Philology, Urbana, Ill. LD. LA. MLN. Literary Digest, New York, N. Y. .Living Age, Boston, Mass. Menorah Journal, New York, N. Y. . Modern Language Notes, Baltimore, Maryland. '. . . . . . . Modern Philology, Chicago, Ill. MP.. SRL.......Saturday Review of Literature, New York, N. Y. SS........Scandinavian Studies, Menasha, Wisconsin. Theatre Arts, New York, N. Y. World's Work, Garden City, N. Y. List of Newspapers Used and Abbreviations BTBS.....Boston Transcript Book Section, Boston, Mass. (Wednesdays and Saturdays). CSM......Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Mass. (Wednesdays). DN... ...Detroit News, Detroit, Mich. (Sundays). NYEPLR.. New York Evening Post Literary Review, New York, N. Y. (Saturdays). NYTBR... New York Times Book Review, New York, N. Y. (Sundays). SSUR.....Springfield Sunday Union and Republican, Springfield, Mass. (Sundays). COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY H. G. WENDT MISCELLANY MEMBERSHIP IN GERMAN LEARNED SOCIETIES 1. Literaturarchivgesellschaft This Society issues the Jahresberichte für neuere deutsche Literaturgeschichte, which is sent free to all members. Membership fee of 8.40 Mk. may be sent to Dr. Fritz Behrend, Berlin, NW7, Unter den Linden 38. The price of the Jahresberichte to non-members is 15 Mk. 2. Gesellschaft für Germanische Philologie The Jahresberichte für Germanische Philologie is given to all members upon the payment of the membership fee of 10 Mk. The price of these Jahresberichte to non-members is 16 Mk. 3. 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