and noble passions, out of which natural poetry continually arose; its , ideal of the knightly spirit; its open-handed expenditure of time and money, without ignoble restriction, for the sake of love, for the sake of beauty, for the sake of the future, and for the sake of the state and religion; and, finally, wonder for its mysteries of thought and feeling, in love, in superstition, in legend, in transmuted myths of nature, in the wild tales of the wild creatures of moor and mountain lands and wood, in the imaginations of faery and of the far-off islands where dwelt the ever-living in peace and joy. Nor can I omit those strange and often noble aspirations towards the wonder of the unknown, out of which grew the magic, alchemy, and astrology of the Middle Ages. This it is which, in all its forms, Scott's poetry has the power to kindle, and the power has blest and adorned the life of humanity. Its more particular result was the clothing of ancient places belonging to his own country with a robe of romance which will never wear out as long as the English language lasts; and the support and cherishing of this romance in the mind of men, and in the soul of the young... The whole land became alive, walked and warred, thought and felt with passion, spoke and sang. The very names take personality, and breathe and live, and his use of them in poetry is one of the most brilliant things in literature. This was a great result to accomplish, and it acted with extraordinary force on the readers of his poetry. It filled them with a strong desire to see and know the country in which so much romance of the past, of men and landscape, still existed. It opened out the land to eager voyaging, and created the eagerness to visit it. It brought romance home to the hearts of men and women and balanced the materialism of the age. And when once this romantic love was awakened for Scotland, it stirred men to feel it for their own land, for its scenery and history, and for all its past... In all this cherishing of romance in the minds of men, and especially of the young, the work he did was beautiful; and it continues, and will continue, to exercise its power... To be the voice and the inspirer of the young and of their romance; to have their praise, which is contained in their pleasure, from age to age; to be the kindler of their first joy, in nature, in ancient historic places, in the story-telling of wild love and sorrow; to establish that pleasure, so that in after-years they carry with them the power to make all lands romantic; to nourish into strength and passion the romantic heart-this is Scott's enduring fame as a poet. It is a just fame, worth a man's life, and it is the final criticism of his place as a poet for humanity. "Deep in the general heart of man His power survives." A New Library Station On July fourth a station of the Library was opened at 2943 Penn Avenue in connection with the first Information and Service Center of the Americanization Bureau of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. The location was chosen at the suggestion of the Library because it is in the heart of one of the city's most congested districts which was without adequate service by the local organizations interested in work with the foreign born. At this center the Americanization Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, the Carnegie Library, the Board of Education, and the Home Nursing Bureau will unite forces to make it possible for the newcomer to America to get information upon the problems of his new surroundings and to obtain actual help for his most immediate needs. It volunteers help upon the question how to become a citizen, how and where to learn the English language, where to get help in case of sickness, where and how to get good legal and business advice, and similar problems. Classes will be conducted and a corps of field workers maintained; in every way the enterprise is organized and equipped to render valuable service. The opening exercises on Independence Day were attended by something over five hundred people. The program consisted of the raising of a flag presented by the D. A. R., addresses by the foreign consuls of the peoples most largely represented in the district and by representatives of agencies interested in Americanization work, and of music and folk dances by national groups. The Library considers itself fortunate in being given this opportunity to demonstrate its possibilities as an Americanization agency. This station will also make it possible to try out in a very definite way the value of direct association with other agencies engaged in Americanization work with which the Library has been co-operating for the past three years. New Periodicals The following periodicals have recently been added to the list of those regularly received in the Periodical Room: C. I. T. Technical Journal. Pittsburgh. Le Caoutchouc & la Gutta-Percha. Paris. International Labour Review. London. Journal of the Optical Society of America. Philadelphia. Books Added to the Library June 1 to July 1, 1921 Anr or b prefixed to the call number indicates that the book must be called for and used in the Reference or the Technology Room; j that it is especially suitable for children; and q that it is quarto size or larger. Bindloss, Harold. Carmen's messenger. Fiction Stokes. B485c A tale of adventure in Canada and Scotland, with many complications. Buchan, John. The moon endureth; tales and fancies. Sturgis. B848mo Contents: From the Pentlands looking north and south [poem].-The company of the Marjolaine.--Avignon, 1759 [poem].-A lucid interval.-The Shorter catechism (revised version) [pom].-The Lemnian.-Atta's song [poem].-Space.-Stocks and stones [poem].-The grove of Ashtaroth.-Wood magic [poem].-The kings of Orion. -Babylon [poem].-The green glen.-The wise years [poem].-Fountainblue. Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich. C418m My life, and other stories; tr. from the Russian by S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan. Daniel. Other stories: The house with the mezzanine.-Typhus.-Gooseberries.--In exile. -The lady with the toy dog.-Goussiev. Child, Richard Washburn. The velvet black [and other stories]. Dutton. C4362ve Other stories: Identified.-The nightingale.-A whiff of heliotrope.-The cracking knee. Fiber. An experiment in resource. The avenger.- Pode.-In dancing shadows. Foxed. Short stories recounting exciting events and adventures in the lives of criminals, spies, and sharpers. Couperus, Louis. C839i The inevitable; tr. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Dodd. A psychological novel dealing with a divorced woman, her life in Rome and elsewhere in Italy, her love for an artist, and the "inevitable," her eventual return to her husband. Cull, John Augustine. C9152b Bride of Mission San José; a tale of early California. Abingdon Press. Dorgelès, Roland. Wooden crosses [a novel]. Putnam. Vivid pictures of a French soldier's life during the great war. Dostoyeffsky, Feodor Mikhailovitch. D738w D748f The friend of the family; or, Stepantchikovo and its inhabitants, and another story [Nyetochka Nyezvanov], from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Heinemann. "Chronological list of Dostoevsky's works,” p.362. Two sharply contrasting stories: the first is an amusing farce, a marvellous tale of comic intrigue which concerns the inhabitants of a country house; the other is a tragedy, first of a drunken violinist and then of his step-daughter. Condensed from Spectator, 1921. Fletcher, Joseph Smith. The orange-yellow diamond. Knopf. F6350 Detective story. Hamsun, Knut. H231g Growth of the soil; tr. from the Norwegian by W. W. Worster. 2v. Knopf. "Knut Hamsun, by W. W. Worster," v.2, p.257-276. A novel depicting the life of a simple, elemental peasant, and his development from a lonely pioneer to the patriarchal head of a flourishing homestead. Hanson, Daniel Louis. Business philosophy of Moses Irons. Shaw. H243b Stories of the management of a big concern whose head is a typical self-made business man. Hay, James. The unlighted house; a novel. Dodd. Detective story. Hope, Anthony, (pseud. of Anthony Hope Hawkins). Lucinda. Appleton. H3684u H781L An entertaining and acute character study of an attractive woman who just before her wedding deserts a good man to marry a scalawag. After the passing of the years of the great war, she is eventually rehabilitated through the devotion of another man. Condensed from Spectator, 1921. Lincoln, Joseph Crosby. Partners of the tide. Burt. L7162pa A Cape Cod story dealing with two partners, the young hero and his friend the captain of a vessel in the coasting trade. The interest of the story is divided between the young fellow's love for a neighbor and schoolmate and his business success, but it is in the sketches of New England character threaded upon the narrative that its chief attractiveness lies. Condensed from Dial, 1905. Lincoln, Natalie Sumner. The moving finger. Appleton. Detective story. Lynn, Margaret. L7163m Free soil [a novel]. Macmillan. L993f The experiences of a New England abolitionist family who, during Pierce's administration, went to Kansas to help make it a "free" state. MacGrath, Harold. M162d Drums of jeopardy. Doubleday. Appeared in the "Saturday evening post," v. 192, Jan. 24-Feb. 28, 1920. A tale of mystery and adventure centering around a young refugee from bol shevik Russia and his two great emeralds which give the name to the story. |