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TONEY BUILDING SUPPLIES, INC. MELVILLE ROAD • DR. 7-6469 • DR. 7-6460 DECATUR, GA. RALPH’S QUALITY CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY WE GIVE S & H GREEN STAMPS PICK UP AND DELIVER _PO. 1-5334 1006 Main St. Forest Park, Ga. RYBERT PRINTING COMPANY PRINTING LITHOGRAPHING "Serving Atlanta Since 1912" TR. 5-4727 550 Forest Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia JESS WALTON’S SERVICE STATION SEE US FOR TIRES, TUBES, BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES AT THE LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN TR. $-6580 1392 Howell Mill Road, N. W. Atlanta, Ga. BOOK REVIEWS EDITED BY EILEEN HALL 3087 Old Jonesboro Road, Hapeville, Georgia Each issue of this Book Page is confided to the patronage of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces, with the hope that every read er and every contributor may be specially favored by her and her Divine Son. SAINTS AND SNAPDRAG ONS, by Lucile Hasley (Sheed & Ward, $3.00), a selection of the Catholic Literary Founda tion and the Thomas More As sociation. (Reviewed by Wenonah Chambers) The contrasting moods of Mrs. Hasley’s latest collection of es says (one on "togetherness,” for instance; later, an interesting visit with Frank Sheed; final ly, "Birds of a Feather”) have left this reviewer with a swirl ing head and a temporary sense of unbalance. But we loved ev ery word of it, and underneath the humor one finds much seri ous thinking. This is Mrs. Hasley’s first book in five years. It may become even more popular than Re proachfully Yours and The Mouse Hunter, her earlier ones which pleased a wide audience. It certainly brings the reader closer to the Hasley family, and a delightful family it must be. It is full of witty but pointed bits of advice, for instance: “Even if Paris has decreed that we drape ourselves in these sad sack dresses, let’s watch out that we don’t become spiritual sad sacks as well. I honestly don’t think our husbands could stand us both ways.” Her disguised-in-chuckles ad vice will be remembered long after one finishes reading the book. But you won’t read it and put it away; it’s good reading for those nights when you just can’t go to sleep. GLAIRMONT & PEACHTREE ROAD PHARMACY Quality Drugs Prescriptions and Sundries Clairmonf Road and Peachtree Road Drs. Frank Thomas Watkins, Bill Chism GL. 7-4482 — CE. 7-6466 BUCKHEAD BOWLING CENTER Compare Our Prices and Refined Atmosphere Before Deciding Where to Bowl 3141% Peachtree N. E. CE. 3-9189 Mrs. E. M. McMillan Atlanta, Ga. WESTBROOK PHARMACY SUNDRIES • PRESCRIPTIONS Prompt Delivery Service TR. 2-6644 1582 Piedmont Rd„ N. E. Atlanta, Ga. LUNSFORD-WILSON CO. 714 STEWART AVE., S. W. PI„. 3-1228 ATLANTA, GA. LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH BRANNAN-PERRY INC., Realtors 403 West Ponce de Leon Ave. DR. 7-2643 Decatur, Ga. VAN’S STORE FOR MEN Nationally Advertised Brands of the Highest Quality Priced to Suit Your Budget A. A. VAN WEEZEL, Prop. 1044 Peachtree N. E. TR. 4-6737 Atlanta, Ga. PIEDMONT PHARMACY Visit Our Newly Remodeled Store PRESCRIPTIONS • SUNDRIES • DRUGS Delivery Service TR. 2-2211 — Atlanta, Ga. — 991 Piedmont Ave., N. E. J. H. Head, Proprietor BEST WISHES Wallace Furniture & Appliance Co. Visit Our Showroom for Quality Merchandise Sold at Prices You Will Be Happy With GL. 7-2133 — Chamblee, Ga. — 5313 Peachtree Rd. Ask for Mr. Wallace J. P. STEVENS ENGRAVING CO. Manufacturers of Engraved Stationery, Reception and Visiting Cards, Wedding Invitations, Monogrammed Stationery, Acknowledgment Cards, College and School Diplomas 110 Peachtree N. E. JA. 2-6870 Atlanta, Ga. LOCAL DISCOUNT CORP. H. C. McGOWAN, Mgr. JA. 5-7G31 72 Forsyth St., N. W. Atlanta, Ga. FREUD AND RELIGION, by Zilboorg, Newman, 95c. Reviewed by Flannery O'Connor This, the third of the Wood- stock papers edited by Father John Courtney Murray, is a study of Freud’s atheism and its sources in his personal life. It is a successful attempt to show that Freud’s atheism was not scientific and is not a necessary conditon for the practice of psy choanalysis, that Freud’s teach ings are in fact less dangerous to religion than Jung’s theories, which use belief in the practical service of psychotherapy. Dr. Zilboorg shows that Freud was not a “natural unbeliever” as Dr. Ernest Jones, his friend and biographer, insists. In his insecurity Freud constantly sought faith in unbelief. One of his most presistent interests was the problem and image of Moses, whom he wished to find fully human and historical and Egyptian rather than Jewish, as such a theory would fit in more closely with his own unconscious attitude toward the Hebraic- Christian tradition. Religion was so disturbing emotionally to Freud that he wished to abolish it, and in order to do so, he cut it down to a size “chosen by himself.” He made the man in the street the measure of reli gion. Dr, Zilboorg points out that such a reduction, if applied to science “would make science come off as an art of making mechanical ways.” This is a valuable study for anyone interested in Freudian theories and their compatibility with Christian belief. MORE STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, by Piet Worm, artist (Sheed and Ward, $3.00). Those who are familiar with Piet Worm’s earlier Stories From the Old Testament, pub lished two years ago by Sheed and Ward, know what a gor geously colorful book it is; this one is the same — full of bright, interesting pictures that will capture any child’s attention and impress the Bible scenes on his imagination. The artist, an ar chitect who lives in Amster dam, drew the pictures in both volumes for his own children, Marianne and Huupje. Each pic ture was redrawn until the chil dren approved it. Besides the us ual gay colors found in child ren’s books, these two works of art contain much gold, making them seem rich, in keeping with the subject matter. The artist used gold, he said, “because the language is like gold.” In the earlier volume, the sto ries began with Adam and Eve and continued to Joseph and his brethren. This one takes up there, telling the stories of Mos es, Samson, David, Elias, Daniel, Jonas, and other Old Testament figures, to the time when “Jesus was born in the stable of Beth lehem . . . And He is King of us all forever.” The simple narrative, printed in legible handscript, leaves the pictures still predominately im portant. The cover is of soft ma terial, with gold letters, in a black square. End papers are maps showing the route the Is raelites traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land, and Jerusa lem during the reign of King Solomon. The beautiful book was printed and bound in Hol land. Like its companion vol ume, it will make a delightful gift for any child with an artis tic temperament. TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL, Charles Peguy, Harper, $3.50. (Reviewed by Flannery O’Connor) Apparently it is a great ac complishment to translate Pe- guy’s prose into English. Mau- riac once remarked that it was a pity some one didn’t trans late it into French. The trans lator in this case, M. Alexander Dru, has been remarkably suc cessful in conveying Peguy’s pe culiar and powerful rhetoric. He has also contributed a valuable introduction to these two Cash iers which deal with Christiani ty, or rather with the lack of it, in the modern world, with the progressive transformation of a mystique into a politique, of founders into profiteers, of faith into power. The first Cahier, “Memories of Youth,” is a long essay on the political issues involved in the Dreyfus Affair. Peguy was an ardent Dreyfusite. The second, “Clio I,” is a disquisition to the author by the Muse of History, who lays the lack of Christiani ty in the modern world to the clergy. “It is no riddle. It is no longer a secret, even in the schools, and it can no longer be concealed, except perhaps in the seminaries, that the de- Christianization stems from the clergy. The shrinking, the with ering of the trunk of the spirit ual city, temporally founded, eternally promised, does not come from the laity, it comes from the clerks.” Peguy was in great measure instrumental in decreasing this opposition of liberty and tradition in France. His is a voice which has been listened to to the great benefit of Catholic revival everywhere. THE BULLETIN, “anuarv 19, 195b PAGE THE PAPACY: Its Origins and Historical Evolution, by Paolo Brezzi Newman, $3.50. Brezzi’s brilliant panorama of the Papacy, its origins and his torical evolution, translated by Henry Yannone, is an excellent volume for those who wish to know more about the institution that is the center of the Church’s unity rather than about the lives of the individual popes. This authoritative but very readable study traces the his torical development of the papal institution through its various periods of stormy history to ascertain whether it exists a result of cleverness, intrigue and historical circumstance, or of the element of consistency and con tinuance inherent to itself. Through the primacy of Peter and his early successors (saints' the Martyrs), the 'early hersies, the degeneration caused by the struggles of the Roman nobility, the splendor as the acknowledg ed leader of Western civilization, battered and harassed by schism, the Reformation and Gallicism, weakened by internal intrique and the laxity of her clergy, the modern Papacy emerges in all its renewed vigor as the spirit ual center of the whole world these very facts are proof enough of its divine origen? Paolo Brezzi, born in 1910 in Turin, Italy, holds a degree of Doctor of letters from its uni versity. He has taught philoso phy and history (currently at the University of Naples), is author of many publications in Church and political history, consultant of the Sacred Con gregation of Rites and a mem ber of various commissions on Italian history. Although not a biography of the popes, The Papacy, in an appendix by the translator, lists the popes with very brief data for each one. It includes an in dex and a detailed bibliography of courses, documentary collec tions, and works of both a genera] and particular character —- an addition to its value. Fulton J. Sheen to the atten tion of the literary world in 1925; because its emphasis is on reason rather than religious dogma, this brilliant analysis of the modern flight from reason appeals to non-Catholics as,well, as to Catholics. JESUS AND HIS TIMES, by Daniel-Rops, in two volumes, 95c each — the book for which its author was knighted by Pope Pius XII, and which has been translated into 15 languages; called the finest life of Christ written in this century, the book combines deep learning and colorful writing, profound spirit ual insight and a keen eye for picturesque detail. FAITH AND FREEDOM, by Barbara Ward, 95c -— a sweep ing view of Western civilization from its origins to the present; its themes are that faith and freedom are the twin pillars of the West, that our free institu tions depend upon religious faith, and that the West itself cannot survive unless both these great concepts flourish. THE QUITE LIGHT, a novel of St. Thomas Aquinas, by Louis de Wohl, 95c ■— one of the most popular Catholic novels of re cent years, this was suggested to Mr. de Wohl by Pope Pius XII; the author has fashioned a portrait of the brilliant and holy author of the Summa in which the thought and goodness and warmth of this remarkable man are made understandable and appealing to all. SAINT BENEDICT, the story of'the man and his work, by Abbot Juiiin McCann, O. S. 85c — long acknowledged as thu best biography of Benedict, “the Father of the West, ’ for modern readers, the life and teaching of this great and lovable saint is here, re-created by a distin guished modern Benedictine Abbot. CHARACTERS OF THE RE- FORMATION, by Hiliare Belloc, 85c — brilliantly presented por traits of 23 leading personalities of the Reformation; fascinating profiles that bring the Reforma tion alive in the bright, virile prose of one of the great literary stylists of our time. THE B E L I E F OF CATHO LICS, by Ronald Knox, 75c — a masterly presentation of Catho lic belief, stimulatingiy and bril liantly written; a fresh and fascinating look at the eternal truths of Catholicism. CLERICAL Wear Headquarters DAN KITE ROBERT A. GENAU "Will Fit You Right" 801 N. Capitol St. Washington 2, D. C. STerling 3-2264 AUTISTIC BEAUTY INSTITUTE Trainers and Suppliers of Better Hair Dressers MU. 8-2900 5% AUBURN AVE. ATLANTA, GA. HOLY PAGANS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, by Jean Danielou (Helicon Press, $3.00). (Reviewed by Elizabeth Hester) “How can one talk about a new creation to someone who no longer recognizes that he is a creature, or of the Incarnation to someone who no longer sees the action of God in the world, or of contemplation to someone whose knowledge of things te limited to their practical .utility? What has to be restored to the world is the primary, original, universal basis of religion in the soul, and this is what the saints we have been discussing stand for." So speaks Father Danielou of his own book (my italics). In further qualification this, much should be said of Father Danie lou. He is a man deeply absorbed with the reality of God’s per sonal intercession at all times and all places in the lives of men. He is constantly reiterat ing, with intense missionary fervor, that God is always with men, more than through “natu ral law,” and even where the name of Christ and Hebrew his tory have never been known. This he previously demonstrated in a beautiful book called God and the ways of Knowing, and now, Holy Pagans of the Old Testament, he has found another way to pres home his same ever present theme. In this book he discusses eight pagan saints: Abel, who made a satisfactory sacrifice; Henoch, who talked with God and was bodily assumed into heaven; Danel,. who was a prototype of justice; Noe, whose faith was unquestioning and wholly obedient; Job, who en dured; Melchisedech, a ' priest forever; Lot, a symbol of right eousness; and finally, the Queen of Saba, who sought wisdom with humility, though in tan gibles she was already unspeak ably rich. We are shown how each of these had a personal immediate exchange with God. Above all, it is the inference that since these could obviously know the true God without knowing a Jew or the name of Christ, no man can ever be be yond contact with, a duty to, the Lord. Best Wishes To All! Planter's Hut & Chocolate Co. 382 Piedmont N. E. Atlanta, Ga. TR. 4-4403 TUXEDO PHARMACY Your Northside Headquarters for Prescriptions, Sundries, Drugs • WE DELIVER Dr. H. L. Miles, Pharmacist 3659 Roswell &: Piedmont CE. 3-2112 Atlanta, Ga. IMAGE BOOKS Newly published are the fol lowing Image Books editions of Catholic classics: GOD AND INTELLIGENCE IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY, by Fulton J. Sheen, $1.25 — the book which brought the name of Best Wishes for 1959 VOSS HAIS EXPERTS “The Finest Of Scalp Treatments” JA. 5-6164 703 GRANT THEATRE BLDG. ATLANTA, GA.