A biography of great momentary interest is "Adolf Hitler' by Dr. Emil Lengyel (Routledge). This is a translation from the German and shows an intimate knowledge of the man who is now of critical importance not only to the country of his adoption, but to the whole world.
Adolf Hitler, the founder of the National Socialist (or Nazi) Party, is by birth an Austrian, but Slav by descent. He is one of those men with a rare power to fascinate and move great éfowds of people. Ambition and vanity seem to be his leading principles and as yet it is quite impossible to say what will be the outcome of his fervid efforts.
Dr. Lengyel brings a highly critical attitude to bear upon his subject, but all the facts are carefully found and set out, and Hitler has been allowed to express himself largely through the text of his own speeches. The book, which is shrewd and well written, can be strongly recommended to all students of current politics.
Mr. Churchill Views his Ancestor The writing of a new Life of the Duke of Marlborough would, in any event, be of first class interest to the reading public, because that great and illustrious soldier is ever a fascinating and somewhat elusive subject for the biographer.
But the news that a descendant of the Duke, Mr, Winston Churchill, is writing the Life makes it of very special interest. This is Mr. Churchill's first attempt at historic cal biography and with it he hopes to rehabilitate the founder of his family, who has never quite lost the reputation for undue suppleness amongst his contemporaries.
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