ill27Aof the cartographic works undertakenby the Touring Clubis the Internati,onal Atlas.This, rn'hich has been judged tobe the greatest cartographicrvork of our time, deserves, onaccount of its importance, Specialtreatment apart.But here it is enough to saythat the Atlas is the result often years' work and of the sixmillion lire devoted to its production.It consists of 170plates and 130 detailed maps,and surpasses in printed surfacearea any other atlas of itskind. The rn'eight of the volumeis about 10 Kg.; the index containson less than 220,000names.The success of the work hasbeen very great both in Italy(where 15,000 copies were soldin two ;'ears) and abroad,where it \\ras received withlively interest and enthusiasticpraise in geographic circles. Itmet with particularly highpraise at the InternationalGeographic Congress held atCambridge in 1928 and fromthe li'rench Geographical Societyin Paris, u.hich conferredthe Gallois medal on the TouringClub for this work.MONG the more importantbooks publishecl by theItalian Touring Club is theGui,d,a cl,'Italia, in ltalian, rvhichin 17 volumes describes a1i theregions of Ital-v. It may be saiclthat no other country has beendescribecl so perfectly and insuch detail. The text is accompaniedby numerous plans oftowns antl buildings and mapsof various scales. Thesetnolumes have a touristic andartistic character like the pubiicationsof Baedeker, Hachette,Muirhead, etc., but theeeonomic side is given moreprominencc. Of this collectirn,ATLANTICA, JUNE, 19314,750,000 r'olumes have alreadybeen distributed. Frequentnen' editions keep this monumentalseries up to date, andit is certainl"v the most oompleteand perfect instrumentof tourist propaganda.Htr Touring Club wishedalso to provide foreignersvisiting our country withan exact and up to date guidebook.Three eclitions havebeen prepared, the Frenc\rwhich consists of 4 volumesof the " Guides Bleus " of Hachette,Paris; the trnglish editionin 2 volumes, which formpart of the collection of X{uirheaci"Blue Guides," Lcndonland the Gennan edition, insertedin the collection of" Greiben Reisefiihrer " of theGrieben-Ver1ag, Berlin. Theactivity of the Touring Club inthe matter of Guides has alsobeen directed towards SouthAmerica, and guide books ofthe Argentine, Urugua5' andParaguay are in course ofpreparation and will be publishedcontemporarily in Italianand Spanish.In 1931 the clistribution ofthe " Guida delle Strade diGrande Comunicazione"(Guide of the Great HighRoads), a most useful manualin five volumes for motorists,rvill be completed. EverS' fpportantroacl is described withdiagrams, indications of partiai,increasing, and decreasingdistances, and the altitude,population and public servicesof the centres traversed.The most popular of thepublications of the TouringClub is without doubt t]ne GeneralYear Book, a real andpractical enc-rclopedia where,condensed in a short space, areto be founcl geographic information,statistics, and practicalinformation useful to all personsand at all times. The lastedition (1929-1930) includes1066 pages of three columnsand contains information aboutall the communes and smallerdivisi'ons of Italy. For tlieforeigner visiting Ita15. theYear Book is an indispensablehandbook of information.Last in order of time; butnot of importance, comes theseries of volumes "AttraversoI'Italia" (Across Italy), illustratingwith photographs thevarious regions of ltalv. Theyconstitute the natural complementof the Guide Books, offeringa succession of pictureschosen from the most beautifulwhich the cities, mountains andcountr;r-side of our lancl canoffer.The two l'olumes so farissued, ttPiemontet' and"Lombardia" (Part I), boundin boards and each rveighingabout 1 kg., are given free toall the members of 1930 and1931 respectively. Everv yeara new volume will be distributedand this wtill graduallvform a collection of exceptionalvalue, for l,heir libraries, of acompletel-u- illustrated Ital-v.f-I-HE activities of tlre Toiu'-I ing Club include the wlLoletourist field of action, so that itis almost indispensable f or'whoever rvishes to visit the"Bel Paese" to belong to it.The Touring Club acceptsmembers other than ltalians,and in fact the number of foreignassociates is alread5.about 10,000.Association rvith the TouringClub may constitute, to allthose who knor'' and iove Ital.vor who are interestecl in l,rerhistorv, art, or economic situation,a pleasant and lastinglink n'ith Italian life. .
AiJinq thn C"lr-bu, l-i cspit. l,Th* WonL "fthn L"J inl Auxilio'ierJ N brirrging about the successI that has attended the re-or-I ganization of the two Colum-',us l{ospitals of the Missionarv.iisters of the Sacred Heart in\en' York City, occasioned by the:ecent opening of the magnilicentl1-storv hospital building in thelou'ntown section of the city, nosrnall part has been'placed b1' theLadies' Auxiliaries of these hospitals.The Senior Ladies' Auxiliary ofihe dolvntorvn Columbus Hospital,norr comprising over 250 members,rr as established ten l ears ago, in,\pril, 1921, with an original membershipof only 13. Six years agoso many young girls had joined the-\uxiliary that it was thought advisableto have a Junior Auxiliary,n'ith functions similar to the seniororganization. It now has over 125members. And now, onlv a fewnionths ago, a Ladies' Auxiliary forthe Colurnbus Hospital Extensionuptorvn has been formed to supplementthe other two.The latter two organizations, supplementaryto the original SeniorLadies' Auxiliarv, constitute the beginningof a movement to formladies' auxiliaries for all the hospitalsof the Missionary Sisters ofthe Sacred Heart throughout theLrnited States, and having themlinked bl'having their general hea
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