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urpose of the book is apparently to show tha common humanity of 2.1 » a men. It has a cartain artistic value but it seems to place that comrhon homonity on 4 low physical plane. The book contains little that might be consiceres spiritually elevating, Th Aere are pictures of men, women and children in all starcs o > mn. et tv “ ws fa +} tee undress and in poses from which one usually turns away in embarrassment wh mien, Women and children of many a7 meton ithe seaches or inthe parks, It show races in scenes of eating, playing, dancing, srmoking, drinking, With sex prominently displayed, On page seven there is a picture of a man and a worncn laying on the grass in tight embrace and over the picture appears a tew lines of verse by the notorious writer of salacious matter, James Joyce, This bit of obscenity and invitation to promiscuity is unprintable. Je all” know that six is here, that it is an emotion common io all but we also know tha: it rust be disciplined and controlled in order ta avoid great harm. This book and the verse noted scem to sanction it in the raw without control or ciscish A photostatic copy of some of these pictures will be sent to mature Fricncs on request. Jacques Barzun, Dean of Faculties at columbia University, has givena devastating indictment of 'The Family of wian' in his current book ‘The House of Intellect. ' He not only scores this book for vulgarity and pornogragny; he also points out the cheap and false philosophy which lies behind its editing, With wee ita glori/.cation of the common, the trivial, the mean, and sordid, fFlis con- fh we at ie cdemnation of this book which the AFSC has promoted is not apnarently base e the kind of Christian witness and concern Quekers would be expected to cxanress