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...orthodox Catholic theology (once thought sufficient to contain the universe) Abelard was not only a brilliant scholar but a bold thinker. Envious' and less able enemies had maneuvered him out of one hall of learning after another, but wherever he was he drew throngs of worshipful listeners. Authoress Waddell's narrative finds him at the peak of his career, the shining star of the Paris Schools. When old Fulbert, canon of Notre Dame, invited Abelard to share his house and tutor his beautiful niece Heloise, Abelard was living the unconsciously uncomfortable life of a natural bachelor. Under Fulbert...
...swore a terrible revenge. One night as Abelard slept hired bravos seized and gelded him. Now there was no longer any place for the arrogant Abelard; he who might have been a prince of the Church became its pauper. He and Heloise were separated forever. But when Authoress Waddell's story leaves him, an infinitely sadder, somewhat wiser man, his thatched hut in the country has become another lecture-hall, and once more he is emptying Paris of its scholars...
...ELISABETH-Sigrid Undset-Knopf ($2.50). Story of modern marriage guaranteed complete in one volume, by the prolific authoress of Kristin Lavransdatter...
...LAMPS OF CHINA-Alice Tisdale Hobart-Bobbs-Merrill ($2.50). Novel of Americans in China, by an authoress who supposedly knows both...
...HEAD-Margaret Fishback -Button ($2). More light verse by the lightly versatile authoress of I Feel Better...