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This article presents information on several books. One of the book is "Civilization in the United States. An Inquiry by Thirty Americans," edited by Harold E. Stearns. This books describes the main features of the American civilization. Cooperative works, however, are never very even or very systematic, and in "Civilization in the United States" it is more important to look for the general unity of purpose and conscience to which the book lays claim. As a matter of tact, it does on the whole exhibit that unity.

The Sunday after the arrival of the U.S. Senatorial Commission, a Te Deum was celebrated in the historic cathedral which shelters Columbus's tomb and bridges the longest time span in the hemisphere. When the oldest Mayflower Pilgrim was as yet unborn Santo Domingo flourished. It is for this culture and this civilization that Archbishop Nouel has been the irrepressible protagonist. He was still feeble and he feared to encroach on his sorely needed strength. So a questionnaire was submitted, but even its unequivocal responses is amplified with a gentle humor mellowing the unquenchable fire which five years of martial law couldnot dim. For the Archbishop too has borne a heavy cross.