..., however, will be solved in the end not by speculative constructs but by extensive research in the family and notarial archives of France. george v. taylor Leicester, Patron of Letters. By Eleanor Rosenberg. New York: Columbia University Press, 1955. Pp. 395. $5.25. The problem of patronage is, as any...

...Jane De Hart Mathews Book Reviews 187 great emotions or great thoughts, by which Stevens measured the stuff common to his letters and his poems both. DUKE UNIVERSITY BERNARD I. DUFFEY Patrons and Patriotism: The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in the United States, 1790-1860. By Lillian B. Miller...

... spread of Pentecostalism around the world in the last hundred years has subjected many communities to just this kind of evental transformation. Given this, how might philosophical theories of the event that claim Paul as their patron saint be read in relation to what it means for Pentecostal converts...

... the earliest scop or minstrel until the days of dear old Doctor Johnson, a writer was naught but slave to this or that patron. James I had learned a certain style of poetry from a Scotch tutor and he took a deep interest in the verse, and had a widespread influence on the poets, of his time. Thus he...

... schools or seek for them special tutors. The teachers of these schools, or family tutors, are absolutely dependent on the good will of their patrons. Real training, consisting in restraining the appe­ tite, governing the will, and learning new and difficult facts, is the last thing to bethought of. Every...

...). The theater has hosted some of the most important musi- cians, directors, and artists in history, among them Mozart and Rossini. Most notably it was the birthplace of Pirandello’s plays in the 1920s. After the closure of ETI, members of the Valle’s community of actors, directors, and patrons found...

... in the Mathematics Department at Alma College. 182 The South Atlantic Quarterly December 6, 345 or 352. After his burial at Myra in Asia Minor, he was canonized a few years later as his fame spread over the Christian world. He became the patron saint of Greece, of Russia, of many cities, and over a thousand churches...

... for Johnson as Patron, a surprising reversal of usual assumptions. Despite Johnson s letter to Chesterfield and his definition of patron, he himself fulfilled the obligations of patron in all aspects except direct financial support. His patronage con­ Book Reviews 397 sisted in writing reviews, signing...

... no formal architectural education, was one of the great eclectic practitioners of the first third of the twentieth century.12 He attracted and retained an extremely wealthy clientele by producing what they wanted: palatial homes and philanthropic institutions which embodied their patrons idiosyncrasies...

... of nourishing native arts and mass patrons alike eventually grew . . . the free publicly-supported art mu­ seums that we know today. The author suggests, however, that the apologetic used so effectively in the creation of these first galleries may have had a somewhat ambivalent influence on the works...

... legends, ambitious men and their followers would move to new territories, building new villages and acquiring insignia of office from patrons (i.e., the chiefs of established groups) in exchange for tributary fees. This political activity was expressed and understood in ritual terms as the acquisition...

... private benefactors and some help from government on the federal, state, or local level. Interference with creative freedom is a different matter. Artistic freedom depends on the kinds of checks and balances in the admin­ istration of patronage. Patrons in Western Europe and the United States have found...

... it is the exploration of half-understood but nonetheless decisive feelings, something less than Book Reviews 187 great emotions or great thoughts, by which Stevens measured the stuff common to his letters and his poems both. DUKE UNIVERSITY BERNARD I. DUFFEY Patrons and Patriotism: The Encouragement of the Fine Arts...

... of more commendable representatives of the profes­ sions. Perhaps those Patrons of Arts, and Pilots of the Stage, Who guide it (through all tempests) from the rage Of envious whirle-windes appealed to in various prologues of the period included per­ sons other than honest gentlemen and fair-minded...

... this point of view, then, it may be neither uninter­ esting nor totally fruitless to examine, more or less hastily, the nature of the programmes that delight the patrons of the great national theatres of Paris. We may be able to draw some conclusions with regard to the esprit gaulois that so intrigues...

... bidden to patronize the railroad; a separate car or compartment is provided for him. It is only in the matter of government that a different course has been pursued, the dominant race deciding, when it became evident that an open ballot box for all was at present inimical to peace and prosperity...

... favor with many Italians of the official class. The schools for girls have been especially patronized by them. Italian officials are above all de­ voted to the cause of United Italy. In the past they were forced to patronize Catholic institutions. The Jesuit schools for boys 208 The South Atlantic...

..., then on critical. A priori to the above, Giroux assumes that, because Venus and Adonis and Lucrece were dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, the earl was Shakespeare s patron. He is not the first, nor will he be the last so to assume. But, beyond the two dedications, the fact remains that there is not a scrap...

.... These classes became immensely rewarding, but also immensely demanding patrons. The disc jockey, for instance, has no obligation to shape public taste only to serve it, and such a proposition also holds true for the editors of monthly book clubs, and movie script writers. It may also be true in our political...

... of banal accessories. There were, however, trends among the younger artists and patrons of art to replace the era s false pathos, blended with a passion for photographic verisimilitude, by an art that would once more allow its creator to make full use of his wisdom and imagination. Twelve years earlier...