PHILADELPHIA'S genial publisher--retired--has produced, or helped to produce, another book comparable to his "Twice Thirty". Once again the theme is the joy that comes to the executive who has had the good sense to retire early enough to enjoy the fruits amassed in a busy business life.

But "Perhaps I Am" is not even as good as "Twice Thirty", and one regrets to see the man who could write such biographies as "The Man From Maine" and "The Americanization of Edward Bok" descending to the trivialities of Hmericks, often stale jokes, and even at best, a disjointed mass of, for the most part, pointless anecdote.

There are a few good spots in the book, such as the meeting of the author with the original Mrs. Grundy, but they are few and far between. Even where Mr. Bok has a good and original tale to tell, he more often than not spoils it by stretching it to excessive length and smothering it under bromidic sentimentality.

Robert S. Hillyer '17, who is coming to the University to teach next year, has a volume of poetry announced among spring publications of the Viking Press. This most recent work of Hillyer's is called "The Seventh Hill" and will be reviewed in the next issue of the CRIMSON BOOKSHELF.