The Forest and the Trees THERE is a central fact in our human condition and it is the reality of human bodies with the spirit and suffering and hope which inhabit them. We hold precariously to...
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Forum M R. WILLIAM M. AGAR has done yeoman's work in trying to convince us that England's war is our war and that Americans must "see this thing through." I do not agree with Mr. Agar; and I do not...
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Mount Melleray, Ireland A leading writer of Dublin remembers a bicycle trip and a visit to the Cistercian Monastery. By Winifred M. Letts G 6 6 0 to Mount Melleray," she said. "You'll neither...
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February 14, 1941 THE COMMONWEAL 417 New York City Selects for Service The efficiency of the dictatorships is more than matched by democratic action in the big city. By Bertha Anne Peet EVEN...
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February 14, 1941 THE COMMONWEAL 419 Picasso and Ourselves An instinct for universal responsibility, a will for universal participation seems lacking to our day. By M. A. Couturier THE...
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Views & Reviews BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS NOTHING has so cheered and strengthened the writer of these weekly jottings—which of late have more than ever deserved that rather lightweight caption, as he...
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422 THE COMMONWEAL February 14, 1941 Communications VIEWS AND REVIEWS Portsmouth Priory School. TO the Editors: Mr. Michael Williams in his excellent article in your issue of January 17th...
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February 14, 1941 THE COMMONWEAL 423 The Stage & Screen The Leading American Actress THERE is a certain juvenility in the American pastime of voting on who is the best this and that—the college...
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RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Showplace a the Notion Rockefeller Center An exciting new drama . . . vividly bringing to the screen the adventure, glory and romance of a young America. "AR I ZO N...
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Books of the Week Fine Apologetics The Necessity for the Church. W. E. Orchard, D.D. Longmans. $1.75. THIS IS the writing of a theologian and a thinker who knows his matter so well that into a...
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430 THE COMMONWEAL February 14, 1941 ADVERTISEMENT BOOK PUBLISHERS RECOMMEND ENGLAND'S HOUR. By Vera Brittain. A document that discloses to America the heart and the soul of the new England; as...
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