Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1994. [Vol. 2.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 22)

BOOK REVIEWS - Csilla Bertha: Tribute to the Scholar, Teacher and Man, László Országh. Vadon, Lehel: Országh László. Eger: Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Nyomdája, 1994. 93 pp

CSILLA BERTHA TRIBUTE TO THE SCHOLAR, TEACHER AND MAN, LÁSZLÓ ORSZÁGH Vadon Lehel: Országh László. Eger: Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Nyomdája, 1994. 93 pp. The beauty of humanities is that they

—as the name indicates

— involve the whole human being; not only the intellectual but also the spiritual, moral, aesthetic spheres of the personality. To reverse it: a scholar and a teacher is truly credible only if he/she pursues the discipline with his/her whole personality; gives, apart from knowledge, a model of moral, aesthetic, humane behaviour. To pay tribute to such a person should also be a matter of total involvement, not only an intellectual evaluation but also an emotional, moral and aesthetic expression of the admiration. Lehel Vadon's book on Professor László Országh, entitled simply: Országh László (Eger, 1994) is such a tribute to such a scholar. On the tenth anniversary of Prof. Országh's death his one-time student compiled two volumes: this description and evaluation of the scholarly career completed with a detailed bibliography, to be a companion volume to the festschrift, Emléklcönyv Országh László tiszteletére ("A Festschrift in Honour of László Országh") with essays by Országh's students and admirers. The book Országh László counterbalances

—as much as such a book can have the power to

—the general and shameful neglect that this outstanding scholar had to suffer most of his lifetime by the authorities. One 153