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The January Art exhibit is of the watercolours of Muriel Clarke; florals, West Coast scenes, opening January 3rd, at 7:30 p.m. and running through to January 31st. ********** Three books from the Library's truly remarkable collection that I have recently read and enjoyed thoroughly are "The Brazilian Journal" by P.K. Page; "Johnny Chinook" by Robert Gard; and "Songs of the Pacific Northwest" by Philip J. Thomas. "The Brazilian Journal" is a prose account of Ms. Page's three year stay in Rio de Janeiro with her husband while he was the Canadian ambassador to Brazil. It is light, entertaining reading - I started it about 10 one night and got about halfway through, glanced at my watch and it was 3 a.m.! It provides all sorts of insights into the demands of the diplomatic life and is most instructive about the attitudes of the representatives of the 'economic colonial powers' in an emerging nation. "Johnny Chinook" is a collection of Alberta folklore; roughly 50 short tales and episodes of Albertan history ranging in scope from a Blackfoot story remarkable in its similarity to the story in Genesis, to the deeds of Colonel MacLeod of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, to the 'green-ery' displayed by the 'remittance men' - the younger sons of the aristocracy in Britain who had found it expedient to emigrate and who tended to drink their monthly or quarterly allowance cheques (remittances) from home. Johnny Chinook is the animus behind these tales, and the book provides a valuable insight into our heritage as a nation. "Songs of the Pacific Northwest" is a book in much the same vein, focussing on British Columbia - not a formal history but a survey of folk-history by means of a collection of 49 folk-songs. These are accompanied by explanatory historical background and photographs from a wide variety of archival sources. Even if you can't read a note of music, this is a terrific book providing insight into our own provincial heritage. ********** I wish you all the very best of the Season. Please don't drink and drive, and I look forward to seeing you at the Annual General Meeting in January 1989. Charles B. Corbet Editor