CONSTANTIN DE GRUNWALD. Tsar Nicholas I. Translated by Brigit Patmore. Pp. ix, 294. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. $4.50

• Author: Sidney Harcave
• DOI: 10.1177/000271625630400167
• Published date: 01 March 1956
• Date: 01 March 1956
• Subject Matter: Articles

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impressions. The problem involves the
with quotations from many sources. The
general question of relationship between
degree of authority of the sources is not
language and culture.
evaluated, and some selections make the
While scholars ponder, the problem is at-
reader wonder.
Transcription of Slavic
tacked by Harry Hodgkinson, sometime in-
words is inconsistent and careless.
telligence officer in the British Royal Navy.
With all its limitations, Mr. Hodgkin-
He wrote a book in the classical fashion
son’s book is not without value. It touches
published as Doubletalk in Great Britain,
upon one of the most urgent problems of
and Language o
f Communism in the United
foreign relations and of scholarship. Con-
States. The text is preceded by the state-
tributing little itself to a solution, it has
ment that &dquo;the meaning of a Communist
the daring and the merits of a pioneering
word is not what you think it says, but
work.
what effect it is intended to produce.&dquo; The
NICHOLAS P. VAKAR
book is inspired by practical consideration
Wheaton College
and represents a glossary of terms which,
in Communist
CONSTANTIN DE GRUNWALD. Tsar Nicholas
usage, are not only means of
communication but &dquo;weapons&dquo; and &dquo;instru-
I. Translated by Brigit Patmore. Pp.
ments of struggle.&dquo;
ix, 294. New York: The Macmillan
The book lives up to its promise but in
Company, 1955. $4.50.
parts. Two-thirds of the 164 entries are
Constantin de Grunwald began his study
&dquo;information, please&dquo; type summaries of
of the life of Tsar Nicholas I with many
the Communist theories of genetics and
advantages: knowledge of the sources, ac-
of astronomy, of &dquo;family,&dquo; &dquo;art,&dquo; &dquo;astro-
cess to important archival material in Vi-
botany,&dquo; &dquo;sports,&dquo; of &dquo;current Soviet mili-
enna, experience in the writing of biog-
tary thinking&dquo; (pp. 79, 138-43) and &dquo;for-
raphy (Metternich, Baron de Stein, and
eign policy&dquo; (pp....