uffItitabout for u,avs of n-orliing his u'a1-through coliege.The bocik is largely autobiographical.N{r. Nticeli actually diclrvin the lirst prize for the essav includedin the book, and in fact, itenabled him to publish "\\'-herel)emocrac)' Tri'.rmphs." \\,-rittenri ith a rare degree of understanclingoi tlre older Italian generatiortin America, the boolt at the samctirne prt'sen1s tlrr point of rieu ofthe Italian born in America. It isa sociolog;ical clocument, r'r'orthy ofbeing leacl b1. er,er1. educatecl ltalianin America, if onh' for pass;rst'slike rhe ioliou ing :"\\'hcthel the ltaliarr imnrigrlrlhas been in America one day ort\'ventl. I'ears, he stiil regardsAmerica as a foreign country-; andit is r-rot until r,r'e come to his ofispringthat n,e find, for the firsttime, the opposite attitucle, and theseecl of American idealism deep11-rooted in the It,alian heart."The deplorable tendencr- ofson-re Italians to hide their Italianclescent and enrbrace irrdiscriminzrtelr'everr,thing that is American,is condemneci b1' the author. l'hoblar.nes it largelv on ignorance oftlre glorious heritage of the ltalians.Putting his linger unefringl-r'o11 one of the reasons for this ignorance,t1.rc author sal's, "This defrciencyis c1r-re to the great inadequacl-of the collrse of instrucliorrin the A mrrican se hoois, espcciallr-in the study of foreign histon',for the neecls of Americanlouths of rccent foreign parentage."Because the averag'e Italian-'\nerican knou.s so little of hisireritas'e, he ,.:xperiences greal- difficultr-in r-rnde rstancling hin-rself .irnd drr elol,irtg I'is possil,ilities."Tl.re vnlr-re oi the Italian as arl.\rttcrit'att u'ill l,c proporti, 'rtllc t{,tl're extent that he strives to ac1c1 touih:Itever .gotitl he hnds in Anrericathe best that his people have plorluced.ancl to give the iullest anclI'eSi cxlr|rssiil11 ir, ilre 3crrirt:1,r.-culiar to his race Not ur-rtilhe learns, throngh the str:cl_v of thehistorlr of his,people, to ttnclerstanclhis particr-rlar genius. arrd strivesfor self-cxpression. can the Italiangenius br,rcl folth and blossom ir-rall its spendor ancl glorl-in America,ancl till then An-rerica must n ailfor his grcatest contlibution toirer !"America, it might bc ac1c1ed, neednot u'ait. f or- alreaciv indicationsl,oin1 1o a rcal rrrrl permanerrt cotr .tribr:tion being marie nou, ltr- tl-reeilucatecl, seconci-generation Ita1,ATLANTICA. JUNE, 1931iarrs, standirrg on thc loundatiorraiready laid dor'vn bv their immigrantfathers. "The Italian contributiorito America" is no idlephrase.fto(;NDABOLti ELROI'E, bt 11ntteMerritnatt Peck. IlLustruted bJ, theouthor. 26j page.r. Nez.'l-orlt: I{ttrfer& Bros. $2.50./*r-\ HIS readablc travel ir,r,,k l,,r'I reaclcrs in their lcctts. ;tbunclantlyillustrated bi' the authorherseii. is rlivided into iour sections: Thi: llcditerranean ancl theGateu-aJ. tc Spain; Spain ; ThreeLittle Countries (Hollancl. Belgir-rmand Su-itzerland) ; and German\r.Thele is a1u.aJ's a f airlrconstantdemancl f or juvenilebooks, and X'Iiss Peck's style.simple arrd informal, is rvell suitedto this type of u'riting.Tr.r'o years ago the author's"Storybook E,urope" \\ras n'idel).acclaimed as a travel tlooli, ancl"Ilounciabout llrrrope " is irr i:csponseto the demand tor anotherof that type. It is regrettable thar"Roundabout E,urope" contains nuseparate chapter- or treatmerrt orIta1v.G,4LtLEO: Settt'che r ol tha Heaterts, byEmilc Nontcr. Tran.sLated and adaftcdfrorn the Iirench. b1' StDr'/ Harris.Illustrated. 298 fage.r. NazE Yorh:Robert l[. ]'[cBride E Co. $375.rn H I thertit of this irrfol'nlativr'L biogrlphv of ilit'grca1 Jtalianastronomer is his struggleagainst the fog of scientific stupidit-r-on the part of the men \\-howere Iooliecl up to as the intellectualgiants of his era. A11 hislif e Galileo had to cut his u.ar'through deadrn'-ood. had to overcorrethe lidicule or jealousr.ofhis univelsity colleagr-res, lrad tosubnrit to the censurc ancl actir.t:opposition of tl-re Chrrrclr. Er,enrvhen he gave visible prooi of histheories, as n-hen f rom Pisa'sl-eaning Tor,r er he demonstratedthat boclies oi different \veightst'all u-ii1-r the same l'eiocities. htu.as rnocketl and satirizecl. Tl're irfinitr.of nelr. stars revealed by hisiat,tu'r. tclrs('upe rr e. disrrri*sccl asan optical ill-rsion. Aircl it \vas hisinsistencc that thc surr rl.:rs thi,center of thc universe that precipitatecihis tragic triai itl- tire lnqr,risition,1he qr-rcstion oi his re -c:rntation.(lalileo \\.as one oi thc greatestIt.rlians. x11rl ll!1.,,I tlrr qrtat nrorlcrrtsof ail time. As 1)r. Robert A.l.,tillikarr. Nobel Prize rr.inner, saicli-ecentlr-: ''It is llot too n'ilrch to savthat flalilco startecl modern phr-sicalscience on the collrse lvhich hasextended unbroken thlough ourdn)- . . It is easl- to trace thcpedigree of practicallr' everr. modernindustrial or scientific der.icrback to the neu. knon-leclge u,.hiclrI.ras come from the application ofGaiileo's method, ancl, indeecl,irom his o\\jn experirnental researches."Tn rhis connccti,,rr, it is a prL,l)os1u slate that. acct-rt'dinH t{, the Ital-\'America Societr., a special committeeof Itaiian scholars has bee-,rappointed br. the Italian Governrlentto undertal
llroclamation of the German Empireat Versailles. This period islonger than that of an.v President,rf the United States.Twenty-five episodes in the lifeof the great Gerrnan and the samennmber in t1-re life of the great Italiarrare set iorth ior comparison.based on documents, memoirs, andpersonal contacts. The author, iican easiiy be seen, is ali admiler,rf both rren. and perhaps thiss,rmetimes colors his critical judgrnent,but he u'rites r,r'ith such enthusiasmand 'charm that c.rne iscornpelled to admire the result.The idea ior the compalison. accordingto the book's jacket, came:rltottt in a rrost natural fashion.The atrthor met Nlussolini rn 1923.Chancing to speali to him of Bisr.narck.he yias struck by the Italian'sl
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