Mr. Goldberg has written interestingly about writers and a culture
which are all too little known in the English-speaking world. He combines a wide and intelligent knowledge with tremendous enthusiasm for his subject, which, however, is not wholly imparted to his readers. His point of view is a little more scholastic than scholarly, and he makes too fre- quent and vague use of, to us, rather meaningless academia critical cliches. But possibly our inability entirely to share the author's enthusiasm is due to a lack of sufficient acquaintance with the works of the -*titers tinder discussion. Judging, however, by the material which Mt: Goldberg affords us on the Modernists renovation, and such authors as Ruben Dario, Rode, Santos Chocano, Rufino Blanco-Fombona (what a magnificent name !) and others, it is clear that Mr. Goldberg is sound in his relative judgments.
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