Under the Stuarts

The following books, economically, politically, historically, or biographically related to Foreign News, have recently been published in the U. S.:

Under the Stuarts

HISTORY OF THE TORY PARTY--Keith Feilding -- Oxford University Press ($6.00). The period which this book covers (1640-1714) is one of the most alluring in the history of England. The execution of Charles I, the advent of Commonwealth and Protectorate, the restoration of the Stuarts, the bitter quarrels of the Puritans and Cavaliers all combined to give the period an adventurous spirit unequalled in history and not often excelled in fiction. The book is scholarly, accurate and an original contribution to knowledge of great importance.

Orientations

CONFLICT OF POLICIES IN ASIA-- Thomas F. Millard--Century ($4.00). A searching inquiry into the international policies of the Far East from the Paris Peace Conference to the Washington Conference, with special reference to the role of the U. S. in China and Japan and the Oriental aims of European countries. Mr. Millard writes with a force which plainly indicates that he is master of his subject. If his views cannot be generally accepted, they at least provide food for thought.

Veneer

SUPERS AND SUPERMEN--Philip Guedalla--Putnam ($2.50). The brilliancy of the author, apart from the unnecessary display of erudition, cannot be gainsaid, but it is that type of brilliancy that depends rather upon literary tricks than upon honest intellectual effort. Great men, past and present, some greater than others, form the subject matter of the book. It never fails to be amusing although it often succeeds in being grossly unfair, as, for example, when Virgil's metaphor is applied to Belloc and renders Belloc, horrida Belloc.

Reign of Mistresses

THE PRVATE LIFE OF Louis XV-- Mouffle d'Angerville (Translated by H. S. Mengard)-- Boni & Live right ($3.50). Spicy is the adjective which must govern this book. It shows how the people of Paris, tired of the wicked Regency, welcomed the young King with open arms, and how they came to detest him. In the main, it is the story of Louis' amours, piquant, authoritative and amusing. The translation itself has considerable merit.