Briefly Noted

Former headmaster of Tabor Academy in Massachusetts, W. Huston Lillard '05 has recalled two vivid years in his life., 1946 and 1947, when he served in Austria as Chief of the Resettlement Division of the United Nations' International Refugee Organization, in a self-published book titled Courage on the Danube (1964, 124 pp.). In this unpretentious volume Mr. Lillard records his experiences upon arrival in warravaged Austria in setting up an organization to begin the process of resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Displaced Persons to new homes in Canada, Brazil, and Peru, and in countering Soviet moves to frustrate this great humanitarian effort. But most importantly, the author describes the people caught up in this sad aftermath of war. He retells in simple, moving narratives the individual tales of courage and hardship told to him and, through letters sent to him, he follows them to new homes and new hope in their new countries. In concluding his work with gratitude for having had the opportunity to share in this venture, Mr. Lillard goes on to write: "And for the continuing work of the United Nations in caring for the victims of the past, present, and future wars - Gott sei Dank!"

Seelman at eight and eighty without song ofbirds

Revised his book in many thousand words.

So wrote Ernest P. Seelman '98 in a letter advising THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE that he was mailing a copy of a revised edition of his book, The Law of Libel and Slander inthe State of New York. The book in two volumes, 1100 pages, and self-published by the author was originally published in October 1933. Because of the special nature of this achievement in bringing out a revised edition, this column is departing from usual practice and will quote from the author and publisher's own words:

"The original work, published October 1933 and Supplements thereto, have become the standard reference book on the law of libel and slander in New York, used by all lawyers and judges in the trial of such causes.

"Although the book is devoted to the law of New York, it has been purchased by many out-of-the-State firms, courts, law schools, and libraries. It went out of print in 1962. The revision, all in long hand, took a year, and the printing, etc., eight months. It cost to date $18,000. Enough orders have arrived to meet the expenses.

"Many of the changes suggested by me have been embodied in the law of our State."