FINLAND ON FIFTY DOLLARS

bySydney A. Clark '12. Robert M. Mcßride& Cos., p. 194. $2.25.

Finland, on Fifty Dollars is the eleventh volume in the interesting and valuable series projected by Mr. Clark. The author seems perhaps to be more enthusiastic about Finland than any of the other countries which he has visited. For here prices are extremely reasonable. Nowhere in the world are railroad and steamship fares so inexpensive, and prices at hotels and restaurants are extremely low. For instance, at the Torni, the skyscraper hotel in Flelsinki, formerly known as Helsingfors, a single room with bath may be secured for $1.00 and up and good meals may be obtained, as this reviewer can testify, for not over fifty cents. Furthermore Finland is one of the cleanest countries in the world. There is very little poverty and no beggars are seen on the streets.

The author spends fourteen comfortable days in Finland, four of which are spent in Helsinki the Capitol, a city known throughout the world for its masterpieces of architecture. Here may be seen the railroad station by Saarinen and Siren's parliament building, called by Mr. Clark "one of the two or three most imposing legislative buildings in the world." After discussing the unique Finnish baths and the Finnish language, one of the most difficult of the European languages, our author takes us to the city of Viborg and thence by train and boat to Valamo, the home of Russian monks who speak no Finnish but only Russian. The Hermitage at Valamo was founded in 992 by monks from Mt. Athos. The approach to Valamo "is one of the miracles of modern travel, an unfolding of a world so improbable that we gaze at it with lingering disbelief." As there is so much to see in Finland and as the distances are so great, our author suggests increasing our budget to $75 and taking a trip to the Arctic Ocean. Finland possesses "the only road in the world leading to the Arctic Ocean." This trip the author states is absolutely unique in the world.

Other chapters deal with the many lakes of Finland, with Tampere, the smokeless Manchester, and the Aland Islands.

Those who have never visited Finland will surely wish to do so after reading this interesting volume of Mr. Clark's, and those who have had the opportunity of only a brief visit there will want to go back and make further discoveries.

Dr. Edmund P. Fowler Jr. '26 is the author of an article Multiple Myeloma,Involving the Temporal Hone. This article is reprinted from the May issue of the LARYNGOSCOPE.

A pamphlet, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATIONFOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS, INC.—GENERAL

STATEMENT OF PLANS AND APPOINTMENT OFCOMMITTEES, has been issued by Basil O'Connor '12, President of the Foundation.

The pamphlet DARTMOUTH-LAKE SUNAPEEREGION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE contains an article Flora of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region, by Victor M. Cutter Jr. '38.

Charles T. Prouty '31 is the author of an article George Gascoigne and, ElizabethBacon Bretton Boyes Gascoigne. This has been reprinted from the REVIEW OF ENGLISHSTUDIES for July.

Albert R. Chandler 'OB and Edward N. Barnhart are the authors of a 190 page mimeographed pamphlet entitled A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL AESTHETICS, 1864-1937. This has been published by the University of California Press.

LETTERS FROM SPAIN BY JOSEPH DALLET['27], AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, TO HIS WIFE, has been published as a pamphlet of 63 pages.

The Coach and the Faculty, by Edward E. Redcay '27 has been reprinted from the May 28 issue of SCHOOL AND SOCIETY. A story by Dr. Redcay A Bass for Mary Jane appears in the September issue of YANKEE.

The May issue of THE SEMINAR QUARTERLY contains three articles by Dartmouth men: Elements of a Successful Ministry, by Rev. Howard J. Chidley '06, The Minister's Salvation: a Sense of Humor, by Rev. John R. Scotford '11, and The Pastor's Supreme Task, by Rev. Harold S. Winship '10.

THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION has reprinted The College Library Building,Its Planning and Equipment, by James Thayer Gerould '95, originally published by Scribners Sons in 1932. This volume has long been out-of-print.

The Weld Collection, a history and genealogy of the famous Weld family, by the late Charles F. Robinson '90 has been prepared for the press and privately printed in a limited edition through the cooperation of a group of interested subscribers.

Herbert L. Searles '17 is the author of The Revolt Against Metaphysics, which appears in the PERSONAUST for the Spring issue of 1938.

Charles S. Mendell Jr. '31 is the author of a pamphlet, SHIPBUILDERS OF MATTAPOISETT, published by the Old DartmouthHistorical Society at New Bedford, Mass.

H. Sheridan Baketel, M'95 is the author of 75 Years After Gettysburg, which appears in the May number of THE RESERVEOFFICER.

The June issue of SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE contains an article Grover Aloysius Whalen by Harland Manchester '21.

Thomas L. Sullivan '13 is the author of Reminiscences of an American Soldier, which has been published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Condensations by Sodium. IX. Preparation and Properties of Trixenyl and Trimethyltrixenylcarbinols and Some of theirDerivatives, by William S. Emerson '34 and Avery A. Morton, has been reprinted from the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.

The Nazi Primer, translated from the German by Harwood L. Childs '19 has been recently published by Harper Bros.

Willis S. Fitch '17 is the author of Wingsin the Night, published by Marshall Jones Company, which will be reviewed in a forthcoming issue of the MAGAZINE.

Marshall Schacht '27 is the author of a group of poems in the August 23d issue of NEW MASSES entitled Coney Fourth. The individual poems are You Go Inside,Nickel Ride, Wayfarer, and Fireworks.