Abstract

Books in Brief

The article presents an overview of several books. Hilaire Belloc's "Missing Masterpiece," mystery story is only a peg on which Mr. Belloc hangs certain opinions and ideas, but this happens to be a rather good mystery story in itself--an essential element for first-rate satire. "His Own People," by Leon W. Rogers where feelings of a normal boy who suffers under the affliction of being a minister's son and the hard life of a circuit rider and his family, saddled with poverty and constantly on the move, are described with a crude effectiveness that makes this story better worth reading than many more carefully written ones. Austin Warren in "Alexander Pope as Critic and Humanist," where Mr. Warren has done Pope the great service of demonstrating that in his critical theories, his literary attitude, and his whole method of thought he was far more liberal, humane, and wise than several recent generations have given him credit for being.