UNIVERSITY PRESS PUTS OUT THREE NEW BOOKS

The University Press has announced the appearance of three new books on its list of publications. Students of mediaeval literature will be especially interested in "The Pastourelle," a study of the origins and traditions of a lyric type, by Professor William Powell Jones, which was published last week. In his latest work the author has evaluated the literary influences of the time on, the pastourelle, but goes on to show that the chief inspiration was from popular sources. A chapter on the history of the genre after the Middle Ages throws some interesting light on French songs of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Two more works were published yesterday, the seventh volume of "The Pepys Ballads," edited by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins of the English Department; and "A Garland for John Donne," edited by Dr. Theodore Spencer, also of the English Department. This seventh volume of "The Pepys Ballads" concludes Professor Rollins's reprints from the Pepys Collection, although it will presently be followed by an eighth, containing Indexes to the whole work. Some of these ballads are of a strictly historical nature; numerous others deal with the troubles of lovelorn maidens; various have to do with deeds of passion and violence, expiated on the gallows; and many more report strange and wonderful news. So miscellaneous, indeed, are the themes in this volume, that in many ways it is the most interesting and valuable of the seven. The London Times comments that "The whole set will constitute a very valuable reprint." The appearance of "A Garland for John Donne" is particularly appropriate at this time since it marks the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of the great Elizabethan poet and preacher. The list of the eight scholars who wrote the essays which comprise this volume is a sufficient guarantee that the volume will not only have an interest to scholars but will also appeal to all who are interested in poetry.

The University Press's annual Christmas catalogue will be ready for free distribution at the Coop, Widener Library, and bookstores the latter part of the week. The Press has published almost twice as many books this year as in any previous year