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Van CL eve 3 FLOWERS 186 E. CLAYTON STREET ATHENS, GEORGIA CITIZEN’S PHARMACY BOOK REVIEWS EDITED BY EILEEN HALL 3087 Old Jonesboro Road, Hapeville, Georgia Each issue of ihis Book Page is confided fo 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* and light, which makes for kin ship in an otherwise cantanker ous relationship. The book is well worth the reading but more, in more ways than one, it, in its narration, is profitable to absorb. Corner Clayton and Jackson Sts, ATHENS, GEORGIA W. H. BAILEY PLUMBING & HEATING Telephone LI. 6-8133 — 1500 W. Hancock Avenue ATHENS, GEORGIA COAL — FUEL OIL BUILDING MATERIALS ARMSTRONG & DOBBS, Inc. SINCE 1912 315 OCONEE ST. DIAL LI. 6-8271 ATHENS, GEORGIA RADIO DISPATCHED DELIVERIES CROW’S DRUG STORE Uptown — 283 E. Clayton C. & D. PHARMACY Normal Town — 1227 Prince Ave. VILLAGE DRUG SHOP Doctor's Bldg. — 740 Prince Ave. QUALITY DRUGS • ECONOMY PRICES BISSELL’S TYPEWRITER SALES & SERVICE CO. Phone Liberty 3-3691 269 North Lumpkin Athens, Ga. DORSEY McLEROY PRODUCE COMPANY Wholesale Fruits & Produce 450 Georgia Depot Street Athens, Georgia CLASSIC CITY BEVERAGES, Inc. 95 Hoyt Street P. O. Box 549 Telephone: LI. 3-4971 Athens, Georgia Editorial Praises Flannery O'Connor (Atlanta Journal) Miss Flannery O’Connor, Georgia’s distinguished novelist and short-story writer, has had her fine talents recognized once more. This time it is by the Ford Foundation. The Foundation is awarding her a stipend which happily will enable Miss O’Con nor to do nothing but write dur ing the next two years, if she is so disposed. We submit this is a fine way to honor creative minds—to free them from want in the hope they will realize their full po tential — and we congratulate the Ford Foundation on the good sense of it. We congratulate Miss O’Con nor, of course, for being on the receiving end. The grant is acutely a measure of her stature as a writer, for she is one of 11 writers so recognized. She writes such fine prose, we are delighted to rear back and contemplate what the grant can mean in the way of new products of her pen. THREE CARDINALS: New- man-Wiseman-Manning by E. E. Reynolds, Kenedy, $5.50. (Reviewed by Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara) This biographical study of the three Cardinals, who played the leading role in the formal re establishment of our great Church in ancient England, — so aptly described by the gentle Newman as “The Second Spring,” — should hold high interest for us of the Diocese of Savannah. Entertainingly writ ten and historically accurate. The Three Cardinals in its nar ration enables us the better to understand the rotiocination of those among whom we live, who are not of our Faith. Our region is very English in its origin and its religious men tality finds a ready counterpart in the religious mentality of The Three Cardinal’s England. Born in the region and having lived all his years in the region, save for those years of prepara tion for the Priesthood, the re viewer as he perused the pages of this book found himself time and time again living circum stances out of his own exper iences and meeting again with people of personal acquaintance. The hook then has its apologetic value for both priest and lay man of the Diocese, who would understand their non-Catholic neighbor the better. Thoughtfully read this hook through the delineation of the personality of Cardinal Wiseman indicates how best the priest, the layman, seeking to serve the Church’s Apostolate, can ap proach the well-intentioned non-Catholic; through the de lineation of the personality of Cardinal Manning, the book makes for a tolerance of the aggressive and at times self- opinionated non-Catholic, who nevertheless is well-intentioned in his pursuit of truth; and through the delineation of the personality of Cardinal New man gives to one and all a touch of that gentility and sweetness IMAGE BOOKS Eight new titles were added on February 11 to the steadily growing list of Catholic classics and popular literature available in the Image Books peper-cover format. They are: THE IDEA OF A UNIVER SITY, by John Henry Cardinal Newman, $1.35 — a book which has probably done more than any other to stimulate reflection on the character and aims of higher education. TERESA OF AVILA, by Mar cello Auclair, $1.35 — biography of one of the greatest and most attractive of women saints, written by a woman author, with scrupulous historical accu racy, rare vividness and a wealth of telling detail. PLAYED BY EAR, the auto biography of Father Daniel A. Lord, S. J., 95c — more than just the life of a humble, gifted and dedicated man — it is also his penetrating thoughts and reflections on our own lives and times, on modern education, family life, and the myriad challenges of this modern era. SAINT PETER THE APOS TLE, by William Thomas Walsh, 95c — a glowing and inspiring picture, full of warmth and color, which reproduces the early days of the Church, the great figures of early Christen dom and above all the towering colossus who. became the Vicar of Christ on earth, the first pope. THE LOVE OF GOD, by Ael- red Graham, O. S. B., 85c — a lucid treatment of the spiritual life of inestimable value to the intelligent reader, profound, in spiring: and enlightening. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, by St. John of the Cross, 75c — E. Allison Peers, trans lator, calls the verse and prose works of St. John of the Cross “the most grandiose and the most melodious spiritual can ticle to which any one man has ever given utterance.” MY BELOVED, the story of a Carmelite Nun, by Mother Catherine Thomas, 75c — the author, a typically American woman, writes with candor, sensitivity and a delicious sense of humor of her three decades in the cloister. WOMAN OF THE PHARI SEES, by Francois Mauriac, 75c — a subtle portrait of self-love at its most vindictive — one of the great novels of modern times. HARRY VERNON AT PREP, by Franc Smith, Houghton Mif flin, $3.00. (Reviewed by Flannery O’Connor) This book is an intended satire on prep school teachers. A petty thief with a photo graphic memory and a good command of academic jargon gets himself a position in an Eastern prepschool and in a first person narrative recounts his adventures there. A great comic artist, a Gogol or a Nabo kov, might be able to do some thing with this, but Mr .Smith does not have the qualifications. The book’s humor depends en tirely on the device of exaggera tion, one which appeals mainly to loutist school boys and can be found best exemplified in DUDLEY NURSERIES, INC. GROWERS OF QUALITY NURSERY STOCK GENERAL LINE OF NURSERY STOCK AND LANDSCAPE SERVICE Phono 3-9744 P. O. Box 609 ATHENS, GA. BENSON’S OLD HOME BREAD AND BENSON'S FAMOUS BROWN 'N SERVE ROLLS ARE THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY! BENSON'S Memorandum $1,000 in cash awards and the McGeary Foundation Gold Medal are to be presented for the best treatment of a book or books appearing in a diocesan newspaper in 1959, accord ing to a full-page announcement in the current issue of THE CRITIC. This, it says, is “a competition to eneouragte broad and effective treatment of books in the Catholic Press.” According to the contest rules, “treatment of book or books” shall be taken to mean a review, feature, picture story, editorial or any other presentation of one or more books in a Catholic diocesan newspaper published in the United States during calendar year 1959. Entries, the announcement continues, must be submitted to “Diocesan Newspaper Contest. The Thomas More Associ ation. 210 West Madison Street, Chicago 6, Illinois, by January 15, 1960. Any number of entries may be submitted, but each must be submitted by the publishing newspaper and accom panied by a letter identifying its contents as entries in the competition. The McGeary Foundation Gold Medal is to be awarded to the newspaper publishing the first prize-winner. The author or authors of the first, second and third prize winners, respectively, will receive $500, $300, and $200. Surely THE BULLETIN must keep this contest in mind and submit some entries. I will appreciate, not onlv your continued good contribu tions, but also suggestions from all of you on which reviews we shall keep on file for possible submission in the contest at the end of the year. Your opinions of the book reviews which will appear in THE BULLETIN in 1959 will be of much help in this matter. Sincerely, EILEEN HALL. English versions were made from the incomplete Italian translation of the Latin. Written in collequial modern English by Raphael Brown, Franciscan tertiary, reference librarian at the Library of Con gress in Washington, and a lead ing Franciscan scholar, the new edition has been hailed by the Rev. Marion A. Habig, O. F. M., an expert in the field, as a “richly rewarding” edition that “will become justly famous.” The book also includes “The Five Considerations on the Holy Stigmata,” “The Life of Brother Juniper,” a new version of “The Life of Brother Giles” by his friend Brother Leo, and “The Saying of Brother Giles,” as well as maps, biographical sketches, notes, and a compre hensive bibliography. Important new data concerning the book’s author, based on recent dis covery sources, is given in the work’s introduction. PRACTICAL TEST An education is only half the problem—the student must learn how to use it after he gets it. ' THE BULLETIN. March 7. 1959—PAGE 7 C. A. Trussel! Motor Co. Authorized Dealer FORD Products ATHENS, GEORGIA ATHENS PRODUCE COMPANY Swift Building LI. 6-6531 ATHENS, GA. BRIDGES FUNERAL HOME, INC. Only Ambulance Equipped with 2-Way Radio 256 WEST DOUGHERTY STREET ATHENS, GEORGIA BRADLEY PROVISION CO. 247 E. Broad St. Athens, Go. Phone 1446-1447 BERNSTEIN FUNfcRAL HOME AMBULANCE SERVICE ESTABLISHED 1911 TELEPHONE LI. 6-7373 ATHENS, GEORGIA Memorandum college humor magazines. If this were the book’s only fault it could be recommended for boys who never grow up and dis missed. Unfortunately, it has a pretension to seriousness. The jacket informs us that Mr. Smith attended parochial schools; this is a blinking light to caution the Catholic reader. True to our expectations, the only “good” characters are Cath olics, innocent and with hearts of gold. The heel-hero is also basicly innocent and with a heart of gold and though he is not a Catholic, he feels a strong attraction to good Catholic liv ing. All this makes a painful book more painful. THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS, edited and trans lated by Rapheal Brown (Han over House, $3.95). This new edition of the fam ous classic includes nineteen ad ditional chapters which have never before been printed in English. It is the only edition based on the orginal Latin text of Fra Ugolino di Monte Santa Marie, the gifted 14th-century Franciscan author. All other WELLS-ROWE, Incorporated INSURANCE • REAL ESTATE 298 N. LUMPKIN STREET ATHENS, GEORGIA PHONE LI. 3-3017 Thornton Brothers Paper Company WHOLESALE Paper Products :: Specialties PHONE LI. 3-5204 P. O. BOX 111 Corner Foundry and Broad Streets ATHENS, GEORGIA MOON-WINN DRUG CO. Prescription Work Our Specialty 197 CLAYTON STREET ATHENS, GEORGIA BELLS TWO STORES TO SERVE YOU 1247 Prince Avenue 1689 S. Lumpkin Street ATHENS, GEORGIA ■■■ -gHrr—wmi-t*. ■■ THE ATHENS BANNER HERALD DAILY-(Evening) SUNDAY — (Morning) Member Audit Bureau of Circulation