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MAY, 1930 61

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Heing a T^eview of the "golden zAsse"

Written by ^Mary Sllen Qiase

C O I N C I D E N T with the publication of this anniversary issue in
which we reminisce of years gone by comes a book, a small but
exquisite volume bound in blue and white and stamped in gold,
from Henry Holt and Company. Coincident, too, is the fact that its
author is a former editor of To DRAGMA. Yes, The Golden Asse and
Other Essays is from the pen of Mary Ellen Chase (Gamma).

The book arrived yesterday morning, and last night we read several
of the essays together. Mary Ellen Chase's books lend themselves to
being read aloud, for her writing is very beautiful, her words rich with
color, and the sensation they create upon being said aloud is exactly
[he impression one might have upon experiencing or in reality encounter-
gln the action or scene which she describes.

Such essays are not often written in these days. In them Miss
*~hase calls up her childhood in that lovely country side in Maine. They
ear delightful, filled as they are with the finest humor and so be-
sprinkled and interwoven with her profound knowledge of literature.

Reading them reminded us of our first meeting with Charles Lamb.
v»e are many years older, 'tis true, but we had the same warm, com-
ortable feeling that one always feels upon meeting him who can say

nat one has long wished to put into words. You, too, will recall
^Periences of your youth as you read these lovely bits of reminiscence.