The Man Who Entered through the Window

volume autobiography, starting with childhood. Not so Madariaga. This volume of Memoirs-the second of a projected threeis the first to appear, and the author, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday on July 23, 1976, doubts that the first and third volumes will be completed. Versions of these Memoirs have now appeared in German, English, and Spanish, and in that order chronologically.3 In keeping with his cultural duality of citizenship, Madariaga lived in Switzerland from 1972 until his return to Spain earlier this year. At the same time he has maintained his colaboracidn with the Sunday Supplement of ABC, the Madrid newspaper. The years 1921-36, with which these Memoirs deal, were most significant not only in the life of Madariaga but also in that of the Western world, as everyone knows. We begin with the author's career as funcionario internacional world civil servant (in the English version), and conclude with his reflections on the tragedy of the Second Spanish Republic. These Memoirs have been described as elegantly melancholy . . . charming, whimsical, and evocative of the interwar years.4 They are all that and much more, for in the pages devoted to fifteen years in the life of one of Europe's leading intellectuals we can once again relive the period which witnessed the rise of Mussolini and Hitler, the Manchurian and Ethiopian crises, the failure of the League of Nations, and the prelude to the Spanish Civil War. Estimates of personalities and of events abound. The gallery of portraits includes a number of prominent Englishmen, Americans, Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Mexicans, among others. Moreover, the author devotes space to his impressions of a number of countries, such as Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, and, of course, Spain. His service with the League of Nations involved him significantly in efforts to resolve conflicts within our own

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