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...TALE OF TROY-John Masefield- MacMillan ($1.50). Though England's Poet Laureate Masefield does not believe in drinking his annual allowance of good Canary wine (TIME, Jan. 11) he upholds most laureately another time-honored poetic tradition: reading poetry aloud. He dedicates this Tale of Troy to the seven "beautiful Speakers" who recited it, last Midsummer Night, in his attentive presence...
...chivalry is dead at Southern California as far as football rallies are concerned. No longer will men be afraid of splitting the ear drums of coeds when yelling for the Trojan varsity or singing "Fight On," because the women of Troy will be sitting up in the balconies listening for their masters voices...
Russell Sage College (Troy, N. Y.) Louise Homer, contralto ..... Mus.D. Katherine M. Kellas, onetime (1916-28) Dean of Russell Sage College ..... Ed.D...
...remarkably fine example of the early illustrated book, a copy of "The Book of Troy" by Guido delle Colonne, printed at Augsburg with the type of Gunther Zainer, about 1478, has just been acquired by Harvard University. The only other recorded copy of the book is in the Dresden State Library...
...Harvard copy is in fine condition, complete and excellently preserved. This is unusual because the book is known to have been very popular. In fact, the extreme rarity of the Volksbucher, of which this romance is an example, is due to their great popularity. The Fall of Troy was a favorite subject, and the Harvard copy is of the third version known to have been printed. Only two complete copies of the first version are known, two perfect copies of the second, and one imperfect copy of the fourth...