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THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE

Sunday. May 25. 1958

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dating from the thirteenth cen-
J tury.
S n g sjRomances and egend sf Eugene Mason has put together
lections and written the introduc-
tion that, although brief, helps
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in some sort of historical context
In the Art on the Covers than in the Contents for the reader.
The most famous of the stories
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HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF tion, by Eugene Mason. 249 pp. attractive bindings than for their lette" neds Ait intoductio,
BRITAIN. By Geoffrey of Mon- New York: Dutton Everyman merits as important and interest- especially for beginning French
mouth. The Sebastian Evans Paperback. $1.15. ing works of mediaeval times. students who have read the conte
anation, revised by Charles By VERNON NAHRGANG One of these is the Historia Re- in something closer to its original
W. Dunn. 281 pp. New York: form. Mason's version, however,
Dutton Everyman Paperback. FROM one of the publishing gum Britanniae of the early is pleasant and in its way man-
$1.65. firms that only recently joined twelfth century, the History of ages, too, to capture some of that
the circle of "paperback" pub- the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey "flavor" of its own time.
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE lishers have come two new editions of Monmouth, a work that has
AND OTHER MEDIAEVAL that will probably sell more copies served as one of the major source
ROMANCES AND LEGENDS, to the art-conscious American books for many later English writ-
Translated, with an introduc- public for their well-designed and ers. j p !jiitrh

The other stories are much less
known yet are often much better
at capturing the thoughts and
ideas of their time, particularly in
respect to the religious and de-
votional attitudes of those who
lived in the thirteenth century.
Simpleness and singleness of
emotion and intent are often the
theme of these romances, each of
which has, in its way, a sort of
charm. What the collection lacks,
however, is a short paragraph at-
tached to each of the 16 tales,
telling what is known about the
origin of that particular legend-
something that even the "modern
reader" appreciates now and then.
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This is the first great work in
English about King Arthur; it
contains tales since drawn on by
many famous authors. The book
on Merlin's prophecies is in itself
a fascinating history, as are the
stories of Lear and Cymbeline, of
Brute (the descendant of Aeneas),
and of Uther Pendragon.
In this edition, the History of
the Kings of Britain is prefaced
by an illuminating introduction
by Lucy Allen Paton, which in
turn is updated by the present
editor, Charles W. Dunn.
Dunn has also slightly revised
the translation for modern read-
ers, although, he assures us, it
captures "the spirit of Geoffrey's
style admirably in the appropri-
ately Elizabethan flavor ...." This
edition is also well-indexed.
THE second of these revivals is
a collection: Aucassin and Nico-
lette and Other Mediaeval Ro-
mances and Legends. There are
sixteen of these tales in all, most
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Of Kings, Romances and Legends-A Review
By Vernon Nahrgang Page Two
Raids, Rivalries and Riots
By John Weicher Page Three
How To Run a Successful Riot
By David Kessel Page Four
Henry James and H. G. Wells-A Review
By Vernon Nahrgang Page Six
Twilight of the Minor Leagues
By Dale Cantor Page Seven
Changing Student Housing Scene
By David Tarr Page Eight
Defense: Missiles or Guns?
By Ralph Longer Page Nine
Latest in Mystery-A Review
By Vernon Nahrgang Page Twelve
Jacob Boehme-A Review
By Charles Caton Page Fourteen
'Anatomy of a Murder'-A Review
By Douglas Vielmetti Page Sixteen
MAGAZINE EDITOR-Carol Prins
Picture Credits-Cover: photo courtesy U.S. Army; Page Three: Daily
photos; Page Eight: Daily Photo; Page Nine: top photo courtesy U.S.
Army, Upper Right-photo courtesy U.S. Army, Lower-photo
courtesy U.S. Navy; Page Ten: photo courtesy U.S. Navy; Page
Eleven: Daily photo.

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